Western states are facing extreme drought and chances of widlfire. Senators Feinstein, Padilla and Wyden and Congressman Jimmy Panetta introduced the Wildfire Emergency Act of 2021 . The...
Category: Water Rights and Legislation
After 18 years of negotiations, the end of 2020 brought passage of the Navajo Utah Water Rights Settlement Act.
9th Circuit opinion on federal reserved right to groundwater
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Native Americans and others claiming federal reserved water rights have a right to groundwater under their lands.
The legal battle between Oklahoma and Texas over water rights to the Red River Basin is now in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court. Oral argument was heard on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. The case,...