This post is one of a series highlighting the ways in which water users have adapted to life in the time of COVID-19. Todd Nash is a rancher, Wallowa County Commissioner, and President Elect for the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association. He and his wife, Angie, own Nash Natural Beef. They run primarily an angus cow-calf operation in […]
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In case you missed it, on June 10, 2020, Schroeder Law Offices presented a webinar on stockwater on and off public land. Panelists included Laura Schroeder and Therese Ure of Schroeder Law Offices, P.C. and Alan Schroeder of Schroeder Law in Boise Idaho. The panelists discussed stockwater in Nevada, Idaho, and Oregon. The webinar’s topics
Please join, Laura Schroeder and Alan Schroeder for a bonus COVID-19 webinar on Idaho Limited Agency Agreements for Stockwater on Federal Land. The webinar will be held on June 19, 2020 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM Pacific. You can register here. Grazing permittees and licensees in Idaho have recently been receiving Limited Agency Agreements
By Caitlin Skulan and Lisa Mae Gage On January 31, 2020 the Nevada State Engineer Tim Wilson issued the Order of Determination of the Relative Rights in and to All Waters of the Diamond Valley Hydrographic Basin. This order is the State Engineer’s final determinations of all the vested claims to water in the Diamond
The 20th annual National Groundwater Awareness Week will occur between March 10 – March 16, 2019, and this year’s theme for awareness is “Think.” Though a simple theme, through “Think,” the National Groundwater Association (“NGWA”) urges us to “think” about how we impact our groundwater resources in our everyday lives. For National Groundwater Awareness Week
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Authored by: Valley Urricelqui Did you know that an animal’s performance is based, in part, on their water intake? Water is the most essential component for livestock’s proper growth, development and performance. How much water do you think cattle drink each day? Well there are a lot of different factors that lead up to that.
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The debate continues on the prior appropriation system. During the 2016 Family Farm Alliance Annual Conference, the Alliance’s 2015 report on the prior appropriation doctrine raised some debate. This debate, now focusing on Nevada’s prior appropriation system, was again raised in equal vigor during the 2016 Nevada Water Resources Association annual conference. While many argue
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Earlier this month, the Oregon Water Resources Department announced in this press release that the Department would be submitting a second notice of proposed rulemaking, holding a second public hearing, and extending the comment period for proposed rules that grant preference for “human consumption” and “stockwatering” uses following the Governor’s declaration of a drought. The
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