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Category "Western Water Law & Policy"

Ninth Circuit Affirms Order Vacating the Delisting of the Yellowstone Grizzly Population

Ninth Circuit Affirms Order Vacating the Delisting of the Yellowstone Grizzly Population

By James Purvis The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued a final rule removing the [...]

Congress Considers Amendment to Expand Reach of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act

Congress Considers Amendment to Expand Reach of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act

By Brian Hamilton and Merdith Nikkel On September 11, 2020, Congressman John Garamendi introduced a bill [...]

U.S. District Court Reverses Army Corps’ Clean Water Act Jurisdictional Determination—Applies Both Justice Kennedy and Justice Scalia’s Analyses in Rapanos

U.S. District Court Reverses Army Corps’ Clean Water Act Jurisdictional Determination—Applies Both Justice Kennedy and Justice Scalia’s Analyses in Rapanos

By Melissa Jo Townsend, Rebecca Andrews The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana [...]

California Court of Appeal Finds Imperial Irrigation District Water Allocation Program Invalid but Not a ‘Taking’ of Water Rights

California Court of Appeal Finds Imperial Irrigation District Water Allocation Program Invalid but Not a ‘Taking’ of Water Rights

By Derek R. Hoffman In a years-long dispute over water allocations among irrigation district water users [...]