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Entitlement lawyers can toil for months if not years in getting a project lined up, application submitted, and approvals passed by the applicable local agency.…
The First District Court of Appeal rejected a challenge to the State Water Resources Control Board’s (SWRCB) approval of a policy designed to maintain instream…
On September 27, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) completed reinitiated consultation in relation to proposed modifications to Fall X2 for 2017 under §…
The Nevada Legislature passed Senate Bill (SB) 270 during the 2017 legislative session to require water right holders with rights pre-dating state statutes to submit…
On October 7, 2017, as regulatory oversight over sustainable groundwater management expands in Sacramento and across the state, Governor Brown signed Senate Bill (SB) 252…
The main agreement governing the Colorado River between the United States and Mexico was extended on September 26, 2017 in Ciudad Juarez. The new agreement—officially…
The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued an important property rights case, holding that the Court of Appeals of Wisconsin was correct in analyzing a landowner’s…
On July 17, 2017, as part of the state’s efforts to further implement its groundwater management policies, California Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 321…
On July 21, 2017, as part of its ongoing efforts to “increas[e] the quantity, quality, and diversity of wetlands that qualify as waters of the…
On July 31, 2017, three non-profit organizations representing farming and ranching entities brought suit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). The groups allege…
