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By John Sittler, Esq. The Colorado Drought Task Force, created through Senate Bill 295 last May, recently released its first report summarizing its internal and…
By Jamie Morin, Esq. On December 14, 2023, a number of parties to pending litigation filed a Joint Motion to stay litigation through 2028 on…
By Eric Cohn and E.J.Schloss The Housing Crisis Act of 2019 (the Act or HCA), in part, prohibits certain cities from: (1) enacting any policy…
By Boyd Hill California’s Third District Court of Appeal in Tsakopoulos Investments, LLC v. County of Sacramento upheld the trial court’s decision denying a writ…
By John Sittler Several Colorado water and governmental agencies are in the process of implementing a wide variety of money-for-water strategies in hopes of protecting…
By Miles Krieger On October 8th, 2023, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 389 (Bill) into law. The Bill, which amends Water Code section 1051, enables…
By Micheline Nadeau Fairbank and Derek Hoffman The United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) recently announced $28.97 million to support planning…
On August 29, 2023 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of the Army (the agencies) announced a final rule amending the…
[THE SUPREME COURT'S MAJORITY OPINION IN SUMMARY AND EXCERPT] An 1868 peace treaty between the United States and the Navajo Tribe established the Navajo Reservation…
By Andrew J. Waldera After executing a settlement agreement and mitigation plan in 2015, surface water users, groundwater users, and the State of Idaho are again…
