The importance of maintaining and protecting water rights is more crucial then ever. Oregon agriculture, supported by valid water rights, has long been the State’s leading sector of the economy. The impacts of Oregon agriculture are felt state and nationwide. A relatively new organization emphasizes the philanthropy of farmers around Oregon. Farmers Ending Hunger is […]
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As evidenced in the recent amendments to proposed HB 3369 concerning revisions to loan and grant funding for Oregon water projects, climate change issues are finding their way into Oregon statutes. One might ask if this is proper given the lack of science surrounding climate change issues. The Environmental Protection Agency realizes that the science
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Tough times dictate that we cut our discretionary spending. Property owners may defer some maintenance and other due diligence. But spending money on education and protecting your property interests must be considered a continued important investment that is not discretionary. Hunkering down and waiting for it to pass us by will not work. Business as usual
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Most Western states allow an exemption from water right permitting for domestic wells. In New Mexico this exemption was recently challenged as being inconsistent with the prior appropriation doctrine. Other western states seek to legislatively limit the scope of such exemptions. Oregon which has perhaps the broadest statutory groundwater exemption is seeking in this legislative
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Though much of the news out of Salem involves discussion of the budget and shortfalls, the 2009 Legislature is considering some important water bills with an immediate impact on water use in Oregon. The summary below includes three water bills that are of interest. We encourage you to contact your Senator or Representative regarding your
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The Oregon Ground Water Association (OGWA) is holding their Spring Technical Conference on March 6-7, 2009 at the Oregon Garden Resort in Silverton Oregon. Schroeder Law Offices’ Therese Ure will join the panel discussion on Government Affairs which will discuss and consider the 2009 Legislation’s proposed bills relating to the ground water industry. For more
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In Senate Bill 424, Oregon considers changes to the water right forfeiture law. Currently a water right in Oregon is subject to forfeiture if the water has not been applied to beneficial use under the certificate once in every five year period. As proposed, this bill sponsored by Senator Girod and Representative Gilliam would allow
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On Tuesday, January 27th while speaking on hot topics in water at the annual Oregon Water Coalition meeting in Hermiston Oregon, Laura Schroeder, Cortney Duke and Therese Ure announced the Schroeder Law Office new Hermiston Oregon location. Attorney Therese Ure will be making a monthly rotation of up to 10 days a month in the
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. In January 2009, Schroeder Law Offices’ Therese Ure was elected to serve on the Agricultural Law Section’s Executive Committee for the Oregon State Bar. This section, among others, monitors issues facing agricultural interests and also provides guidance and comment to the Oregon State Bar on new legislative ideas, such as the Oregon Water Courts
The Oregon Water Coalition has asked Laura Schroeder to present Chet Prior with its annual “Friend of Farmer” award on January 27, 2009, in Hermiston, Oregon. The Oregon Water Coalition actively supports water development projects including the recently funded research to develop aquifer recharge and aquifer storage in the critical ground water areas located in Morrow and Umatilla
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For the Oregon Water Coalition’s 2009 Annual Membership Meeting and Water Conference, Laura A. Schroeder, Cortney D. Duke, and Therese A. Ure will present a two hour seminar covering two main topics including: 1) Ground Water a) Critical Ground Water b) Division 33 Rules c) Peak Flows 2) New Legislation a) SB 1069 b) Long
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2,4-D is a herbicide commonly used to attack broad leafed plants, but it is less harmful to grasses. In agricultural applications, herbicide is applied to wheat, small grains, sorghum, corn, rice, sugar cane, low-till soybeans, orchards, rangeland, and pasture. Others mix it with other herbicides or pesticides for application onto non-producing lands such as roadsides,
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The Oregon Department of State Lands is holding a series of workshops covering the administrative rules pertaining to Removal and Fill permitting. These workshops will be very useful for anyone requiring a Removal-Fill permit within wetlands and waters of Oregon. To see a schedule of the time and place of the workshops please visit http://www.oregon.gov/DSL/docs/removal_fill_rule_hearings_nov2008.pdf
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Throughout the fall of 2007, facilitators from Oregon State University, private business and Representative Jackie Dingfelder, Chair of the House Energy and Environmental Committee, conducted a series of roundtable meetings throughout the State of Oregon to discuss Oregon’s current water needs and priorities with water users and citizens of this state. The stated purpose of these meetings was to
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The Bureau of Reclamation recently announced they are seeking letters of interest from non-Federal entities throughout the western states to conduct river basin or sub-basin studies. The Bureau is conducting the studies as part of the Water for America initiative. The Basin studies are to be cost-shared on a 50/50 basis with state, tribal and local partners.
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Applicants obtain water rights through Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD) in a process dictated by statute and rule. There are three general phases to obtaining water rights: Water Right Application Water Right Permit Water Right Certificate The administrative process undertaken by OWRD from the application stage to the certificate stage is detailed and specifically governed by the applicable rules. Because the
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A meeting was held on Monday, November 3rd wherein many landowners were educated on many issues surrounding the B2H high powered transmission project. For more information on the meeting, follow this link: http://www.argusobserver.com/articles/2008/11/04/news/doc49108e808f901907365579.txt Schroeder Law Offices was in attendance at this meeting and urged landowners to participate in submitting comments to the Bureau of Land
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To get a working basic knowledge of water law in Oregon, consider attending a Water Law Bootcamp. Laura Schroeder teaches an all day educational water law seminar for free. The sponsoring organization, usually Water for Life, provides coffee and lunch and charges less than 25% of other similar continuing education accredited seminars. As a former
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By Laura Schroeder After Ft Vannoy, permits or appurtenant water right certificates inside irrigation districts or organization are subject to third party determinations. Both landowners and irrigation districts/organizations should take action now to determine their own fates as to those permitted uses and water rights diverted, delivered, and/or in the name of the district or
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The B2H Project will construct a new high power (500 kilovolt) electric transmission line over 298 miles of private and public lands throughout North-Central to Eastern Oregon and Idaho. The B2H Project is currently scheduled to begin construction in 2011 and begin service in 2012. Between now and 2011, the project is undergoing the permitting
