In the final COVID-19 webinar, Laura Schroeder, Therese Ure, and Sarah Liljefelt discuss various types of easements and how to protect water access. The webinar airs on June 17, 2020 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM. You can view the webinar here! First, learn the different types of easements, how they are created, and when […]
In the ninth COVID-19 webinar, Laura Schroeder and Alan Schroeder discussed stockwater on and off public land. The webinar was held June 10, 2020. A recording of the presentation is available here. This webinar focusses on acquisition of stockwater use in Nevada, Idaho, and Oregon. Participants will learn how to obtain new stockwater permitted uses
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By Therese Ure and Lisa Mae Gage In case you missed it, on May 13, 2020, Schroeder Law Offices presented a very informative webinar regarding water right adjudications. (To view the full webinar, please visit https://www.water-law.com/webinars/water-right-adjudication/). During this webinar, attorneys Laura Schroeder and Therese Ure provided attendees with valuable information concerning water codes in Oregon
In the eighth COVID-19 webinar, Laura Schroeder, Michelle Owen, and Scott Revell discussed various types of water organizations. The webinar aired originally on June 3, 2020 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM. You can view the webinar here! Above all, learn the differences between public and private water organizations. For instance, the panelists will provide
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In the seventh COVID-19 webinar, Laura Schroeder and Catherine Hansford explained the basic steps in determining the value of water rights. The webinar aired originally on May 27, 2020 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM. You can view the webinar here! First, participants learn the different water right components that might either add value to
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For the sixth COVID-19 webinar, paralegals Rachelq Harman, Tara Jackson, and Lisa Mae Gage will discuss the research tools and resources available on the Idaho Department of Water Resources (IDWR), Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD), and Nevada Division of Water Resources (NDWR) online databases. The webinar will occur in 3 parts on May 20,
In the fifth COVID-19 webinar, Laura Schroeder and Therese Ure discussed adjudications and filing a claim for a “vested” water right. The webinar originally aired on May 13, 2020 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM. You can view the webinar here! Stay tuned to our blog for announcements for information about the next webinars. You
In the fourth COVID-19 webinar, Laura Schroeder and Wyatt Rolfe discussed how to conduct due diligence on water use rights. The webinar originally aired on May 6, 2020 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM. You can view the webinar here! Stay tuned to our blog for announcements for information about the next webinars. You can watch
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In the third COVID-19 webinar, Laura Schroeder, Clint Kinney, and Bob Long discussed what to do when you receive a notice that your well construction is non-compliant. The webinar aired originally on April 29, 2020 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM. You can watch the webinar here! Stay tuned to our blog for announcements for
By Laura A. Schroeder and Tara J. Jackson The answer to this question may depend on the paperwork you have to document domestic water use at the current or planned residence. When either a building permit or financing is required on a rural residential property, the permitting authority or lender will likely require that the
In the second COVID-19 webinar, Laura Schroeder and Sarah Liljefelt discussed what to do when you receive a notice of cancellation of your water right in Oregon. The webinar aired originally on April 22, 2020 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM. You can view the webinar here!. Stay tuned to our blog for announcements for
As the first COVID-19 Webinar in new weekly series, Laura Schroeder and Therese Ure discussed the ins and outs of how watermasters regulate water in Oregon and Nevada. The webinar aired originally on April 15, 2020 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM. You can view the webinar here! Stay tuned to our blog for announcements
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National Ag Day is March 24, 2020. It’s a special day to recognize and celebrate the contributions of agriculture. We should all “thank a farmer” at every meal and every time we get dressed. Therefore, National Ag Day is an organized effort to do just that. See the Agriculture Council of America’s website for more
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Every year the Oregon Water Resources Department (“OWRD”) allows 15 districts to change their place of use without going through a long Transfer Application process. This process, called the Irrigation District Pilot Project, allows one transfer application for every irrigation season. The Project started in 2003 and the Oregon State Legislature has extended it several
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Oregon dairy farmers produce great milk products for the northwest! Jakob Wiley attended the Oregon Dairy Farmers Association (“ODFA”) conference in Salem, Oregon this February. The conference included a fascinating keynote presentation by Alison Van Eenennaam of UC Davis. Her presentation addressed the intersection of climate change, dairy products, and cultured meat. Cultured meat is
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Associate Attorney Jakob Wiley recently co-authored an article titled “Groundwater Management: The Movement Toward Local, Community-Based, Voluntary Programs” in the Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy (Volume 29, Issue 1) available for download here. Jakob’s contribution provided the western United States’ examples and perspectives for the paper. The paper is a product of a
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Oregon State University’s Family Business 360 Series for 2019-2020 will feature Laura Schroeder in a webinar on February 20, 2020. The webinar will have two parts. The first is an introduction to water rights drawing on Laura’s nearly 30 years’ experience as an Oregon water lawyer. The second part addresses Due Diligence for Sellers and
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The Oregon Water Resources Department (“OWRD”) does not use a single definition of an aquifer. Instead, it uses different applications of the word depending on the context. Scientifically, there is a generally accepted definition (which we discussed here: https://www.water-law.com/who-owns-an-aquifer/): “body of permeable rock which can contain or transmit groundwater.”[1] Depending on the location, context,
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More and more in Oregon, hopeful groundwater use applicants are finding that proposed uses of groundwater are denied by the Oregon Water Resources Department due to the agency’s finding of hydraulic connection with surface water sources and the potential for groundwater use to cause substantial interference with existing surface water rights. When the agency makes
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The adoption of efficient water technologies is identified as a goal under Oregon Water Resources Department’s (“OWRD”) 2017 Integrated Water Resources Strategy (https://www.oregon.gov/OWRD/programs/Planning/IWRS/Pages/default.aspx). For agricultural uses, weather-based irrigation, soil moisture controls, computer controlled irrigation, and piping and drip irrigation systems are being developed to substantially reduce the amount of water applied to land for the
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