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Creating Better River Basin Governance: A Comment, David M. Freeman Jun 2001

Creating Better River Basin Governance: A Comment, David M. Freeman

Two Decades of Water Law and Policy Reform: A Retrospective and Agenda for the Future (Summer Conference, June 13-15)

3 pages.


Clarifying State Water Rights And Adjudications, Greg Hobbs Jun 2001

Clarifying State Water Rights And Adjudications, Greg Hobbs

Two Decades of Water Law and Policy Reform: A Retrospective and Agenda for the Future (Summer Conference, June 13-15)

14 pages.

Contains footnotes.


Fort Belknap-Mt Compact Of 2001, Montana Apr 2001

Fort Belknap-Mt Compact Of 2001, Montana

Native American Water Rights Settlement Project

Settlement & State Legislation: No separate settlement agreement. Fort Belknap-Montana compact ratified. (MCA 85-20-1001) (April 16, 2001) Parties: Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes of the Fort Belknap Reservation, MT and US. The Tribes have right to 645 c/f/s from the Milk River and its tributaries upstream from Reservation diversion point with a priority date of October 17, 1855. Off-stream storage is limited to 60,000 a/f and up to 125 c/f/s is for irrigation and other historical purposes. Tribes have right to develop surface water in the Milk River Basin for livestock impoundments provided they don't use more than 30 a/f/y. …


Shivwits Band Of The Paiute Indian Tribe Of Utah Water Rights Settlement Agreement, Shivwits Band Of The Paiute Indian Tribe Of Ut Et Al Jan 2001

Shivwits Band Of The Paiute Indian Tribe Of Utah Water Rights Settlement Agreement, Shivwits Band Of The Paiute Indian Tribe Of Ut Et Al

Native American Water Rights Settlement Project

Settlement Agreement: Shivwits Band of The Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah Water Rights Settlement Agreement (Jan. 18, 2001) Parties: Shivwits Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe of UT, UT, US, New Santa Clara Field Canal Co., Ivins Irrigation Co., Gunlock Irrigation Co., Lower Gunlock Reservoir Corp., New Santa Clara Field Canal Co., Washington County Water Conservancy District, City of St. George, St. George Field Canal Co., Bloomington Canal Co., Southgate Irrigation Co,. Edward Bowler. (Shivwitz Band Only, not the other 4 Bands of Utah Paiutes) The Band will have use of a total of 4000 acre-feet per year including 100 …


Public Trust & Distrust: Theoretical Implications Of The Public Trust Doctrine For Natural Resource Management, Erin Ryan Jan 2001

Public Trust & Distrust: Theoretical Implications Of The Public Trust Doctrine For Natural Resource Management, Erin Ryan

Erin Ryan

This essay reviews the theoretical underpinnings of the public trust doctrine, received at common law and constitutionalized in many states, and explores its contentious reception by green legal theorists. Since Professor Joseph Sax's revival of the ancient common law doctrine as a vehicle for environmental advocacy in the early 1970s, it has been hailed by many environmentalists as the most powerful tool available for protecting natural resource commons. At the same time, however, it has been attacked by others who argue that use of the property rights-based doctrine reifies an ownership approach to natural resources and obstructs the development of …


China’S Three Gorges: The Impact Of Dam Construction On Emerging Human Rights, Sarah C. Aird Jan 2001

China’S Three Gorges: The Impact Of Dam Construction On Emerging Human Rights, Sarah C. Aird

Human Rights Brief

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