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Slides: Wrapping Up The Big Horn Adjudication: Lessons After 38 Years And 20,000 Claims, Ramsey L. Kropf
Slides: Wrapping Up The Big Horn Adjudication: Lessons After 38 Years And 20,000 Claims, Ramsey L. Kropf
Innovations in Managing Western Water: New Approaches for Balancing Environmental, Social and Economic Outcomes (Martz Summer Conference, June 11-12)
Presenter: Ramsey L. Kropf, Deputy Solicitor for Water Resources, Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior
34 slides
The Unsettling Of The West: How Indians Got The Best Water Rights, David H. Getches
The Unsettling Of The West: How Indians Got The Best Water Rights, David H. Getches
Michigan Law Review
A single, century-old court decision affects the water rights of nearly everyone in the West. The Supreme Court's two-page opinion in Winters v. United States sent out shock waves that reverberate today. By formulating the doctrine of reserved water rights, the Court put Indian tribes first in line for water in an arid region. Priority is everything where water law typically dictates that the senior water rights holder is satisfied first, even if it means taking all the water and leaving none for anyone else. In the West, water rights belong to "prior appropriators." The earliest users of water secure …
Colorado Water Law, George Vranesh
Colorado Water Law, George Vranesh
Books, Reports, and Studies
This digital resource contains only an abstract, cover image and table of contents information from the published book.
Print copy of book is available in the University of Colorado’s Wise Law Library: http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b130018~S0
Riparian Rights, Peter N. Davis
Riparian Rights, Peter N. Davis
Water Resources Allocation: Laws and Emerging Issues: A Short Course (Summer Conference, June 8-11)
8 pages.
Contains research sources.