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Water Year 2016

The Nevada Farm Bureau 2017 Policy Supporting Groundwater Management Plans

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The Nevada Farm Bureau has adopted new and revised policies, which are available in their 2017 Policy Book. The policy positions were approved by farmer/rancher voting delegates at the general session of the 2016 Nevada Farm Bureau Annual Meeting. One important new policy adopted by the Nevada Farm Bureau relates to supporting groundwater management plans […]

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Schroeder Law Offices at Oregon Water Law Seminar for Annual Updates

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Oregon Legislative Updates A drought task force, authorized in 2016 by the Oregon Legislature, submitted their year-end report[1] to the Governor in November discussing how Oregon can better anticipate and adapt to increasingly common years of drought. Specifically, the report encourages the State to review the drought declaration process to better assist with drought response,

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Drops of Wonder

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                                Photograph by Maurice Mikkers   Normally, we do not have a positive association with tears – typically, they are released in response to pain, whether physical or emotional. However, some recent photographic artwork can perhaps help reframe our concept of tears as an unexpected source of beauty. The Dutch scientist Maurice Mikkers prepares images

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Oregon Women for Agriculture Holiday Gift Packs Featuring Oregon Growers and Products packed with care by Yamhill County Chapter

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Schroeder Law spent a lovely Saturday morning with the ladies of the Yamhill County Chapter of Oregon Women for Agriculture, packing gift packs that are sold as the Chapter’s annual fundraiser. The activity is a 45 year tradition!                 Assembling and offering the gift packs is a community

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Snake River Dam Removal Public Meetings

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  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bonneville Power Administration, and the Bureau of Reclamation (“federal agencies”) are engaged in a five year process to analyze the effects of the Federal Columbia River Power System on salmonid species. In May 2016, District Court Judge Michael Simon found the federal agencies had violated the Endangered Species

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Groundwater Management Area created for East Snake Plain Aquifer

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In a move he hopes will ease the most arduous administrative burden faced by the Idaho Department of Water Resources, Director Gary Spackman has created the state’s largest groundwater management area, encompassing the Eastern Snake River Plain Aquifer (ESPA) region. Hoping “to stop the drop” of the aquifer level, which has experienced an annual rate

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Laura Schroeder and Therese Ure Present at the World Irrigation Forum in Chiang Mai, Thailand

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The International Commission on Irrigation and Draining (ICID) hosted the World Irrigation Forum (WIF) in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The 2016 conference serves as the second annual forum. The intent of the World Irrigation Forum is to bring together all stakeholders in order to provide a platform for the world irrigation community to work to find solutions to the problems the irrigation community faces. Some of

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Seismic Resiliency – A Topic for Discussion in the Water World

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The American Water Works Association (AWWA), Pacific Northwest Section’s October meeting focused on seismic resiliency and emergency preparedness by discussing strategies implemented by the Willamette Water Supply Program in building a water delivery system that should withstand a disaster. The meeting emphasized the importance of building a water supply distribution system on soils that will

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Water Metering

Showing Diligence in Water Use by Tracking Water Use Meters

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Due to recent crackdowns by the State Engineer in Nevada regarding both forfeitures and cancellations of groundwater rights not in full use, it is important to keep records of your water use.  One method to show use is by recording your meter readings.  This is important both for permitted wells and certificated wells respectively, to

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Montana Recognizes Interconnection of Groundwater and Surface Water Systems

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The Montana Supreme Court recently issued its decision in the long fraught dispute about exempt groundwater wells. The ruling by the Montana Supreme Court in The Clark Fork Coalition v. Tubbs, will protect the rights of senior water users from exempt groundwater wells that often deplete the amount of available surface water.[1] The Montana Water

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Sage Grouse Project Funding Available in Lander County, Nevada

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The Lander County Commission (“LCCD”) is funding a program for sage grouse enhancement projects and is currently looking for land owners that reside in Lander County (not just ranchers) to participate in a sage grouse project.  LCCD first received funding for the project in 2014 when they were granted $50,000 to begin projects benefitting the

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Water Security Risk

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By 2025, an estimated 1.8 billion people will live in areas plagued by water scarcity.  Two-thirds of the world’s population will be living in water-stressed regions where is there a water security risk. This issue is no longer relegated to the developing world! We as water lawyers practicing throughout the Western United States are developing

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Flying Fish Passage!

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Last month, attorney Sarah Liljefelt organized a tour of the Whooshh Innovations fish passage structure constructed for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife on the Washougal River. Members of the Oregon State Bar Environmental and Natural Resources Section attended, including attorneys in private practice, working for the State of Oregon, and public interest. Whooshh

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Find Schroeder Law at the Oregon Ground Water Association’s Fall Convention

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Laura Schroeder and Tara Jackson are looking forward to unwinding and learning with the fine members of the Oregon Ground Water Association at their Fall Convention next week, October 14 through October 15 at Eagle Crest Resort in Redmond. Those in attendance will be treated to a presentation by attorney Schroeder on Water Law in

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Junior Partner Sarah Liljefelt Accepted to Utah State Bar

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Junior Partner Sarah Liljefelt was recently admitted to the Utah State Bar, making her eligible to practice law in Utah.  Liljefelt is the first attorney with Schroeder Law Offices barred in the state of Utah! In October, Shareholder Laura Schroeder will join Liljefelt in admittance to Utah State Bar. Utah water law adheres to the

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