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August 2010: Oregon PUC Rolls Out Residential Solar Incentives Pilot Program |
April 2010: Oregon Legislature Expected to Revisit Exempt Well Legislation | |
April 2010: Oregon Legislature Enacts Changes Restricting Application of Its Business Energy Tax Credit Program | |
March 2010: Oregon Water Resources Department Finds State’s Instream Flow Restoration Program Leads the Nation | |
December 2009: Oregon Department of Energy Issues Temporary Administrative Rules for Business Energy Tax Credit Program | |
November 2009: Oregon Legislature Authorizes New Statewide Integrated Water Resources Strategy | |
October 2009: Oregon Water Resources Department Proposes Rules to Implement New Recording Requirements for Exempt Groundwater Wells | |
October 2009: Oregon Lawmakers Power through a Tough Economy to Pass Climate Change Policy | |
August 2009: Oregon Safe Drinking Water Fund Receives $27.8 Million in Stimulus Funds for Water Infrastructure Projects | |
June 2009: Oregon Undergoing Significant Review of Its Water Quality Standards and Toxics Regulation | |
April 2009: Climate Change and Water in Oregon | |
March 2009: Oregon Statewide Water Roundtables Results—A Snapshot of Water Issue Perspectives across the State |
January 2009: Ninth Circuit Holds CERCLA’s Provision Superseding State Statutes of Limitations Extends to State Statutes of Repose McDonald v. Sun Oil Co., ___F.3d___ 06-35683 (9th Cir. Nov. 19, 2008) | |
December 2008: Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski Proposes ‘Headwaters to Ocean’ Comprehensive Water Strategy | |
December 2008: Oregon Governor Unveils Ambitious Plan for 2009 Global Warming Legislation | |
November 2008: Open for Business: Oregon’s DEQ Set to Clarify Rules for the Water Quality Trading Marketplace | |
May 2008: Oregon Governor Signs Water Bill to Address Critical Water Shortages | |
March 2008: A New Challenge to Stormwater Regulation in Oregon |
February 2008: Third District Court Upholds California Fish and Game Commission’s Coho Listings as Threatened and Endangered California Forestry Ass’n v. California Fish and Game Comm’n, ___Cal.App.4th___ C053866 (3rd Dist. Nov. 20, 2007) | |
January 2008: Fish Food: Oregon’s Landmark Proposal to Reduce the Amount of Pharmaceuticals in Its Rivers | |
December 2007: Climate Change and Water in Oregon |
December 2007: News from the West |
November 2007: District Court Upholds Listing of Coastal Coho Salmon under the Endangered Species Act Trout Unlimited v. Lohn, ___F.Supp.2d___ 06-1493-ST (D. Or. Oct. 5, 2007) |
October 2007: Center for Biological Diversity Petitions California and Eight Coastal States to Regulate Carbon Dioxide Pollution under the Clean Water Act | |
August 2007: Water Supply and Conservation Initiative Proposed by Oregon Water Resources Department |
June 2007: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Releases Proposed Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl | |
May 2007: Proposed Oregon Legislation Would Require Water Rights for New Domestic Wells | |
April 2007: Ninth Circuit Rejects Timber Harvest Incidental Take Statement for Northern Spotted Owl Oregon Natural Resources Council v. Allen, ___F.3d___ 05-35830 (9th Cir. Feb. 16, 2007) | |
December 2006: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Suspends New Pilot Program for Removal-Fill Permitting in Oregon | |
October 2006: News From The West: Ninth Circuit Addresses the Intersection of Water Law and the Endangered Species Act Center for Biological Diversity v. US Fish & Wildlife Service 450 F.3d 930 (9th Cir. June 5, 2006) | |
August 2006: Oregon Water Resources Department Issues Proposed Rule Amendments, Which Recognize Changes to Certificates of Registration and Modify Transfer Rules | |
June 2006: Oregon Water Resources Commission Considers Request for Reservation of Water for Future Municipal Use | |
March 2006: Oregon: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking |
February 2006: To Count, or Not to Count: Lawsuit Challenges NMFS’ Election to Not Count Hatchery-Spawned Salmon in Rendering ESA Listing Determinations Alsea Valley Alliance v. Evans (U.S. Department of Commerce) Case No. 05-CV-06376, filed Dec. 13, 2005 (D. Or.) | |
February 2006: Oregon Water Resources Department Issues New Guidelines on Notice Requirements to Sever Water Rights from Appurtent Parcels | |
November 2005: Latest Chapter in Bull Trout Critical Habitat Designation Comes to an End upon Release of a New Final Habitat Designation | |
November 2005: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Reduces Critical Habitat for the Western Snowy Plover | |
October 2005: Oregon Legislature Passes House Bill 3038 in Response to Oregon Court of Appeals Decision that Restricted Water Rights Not Used within Five Years | |
October 2005: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Issues Final Critical Habitat Rule for 15 Vernal Pool Species | |
October 2005: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Draft Economic Analysis Estimates Western Snowy Plover Protection to Cost $645 Million | |
October 2005: NOAA Fisheries Reduces Critical Habitat for Salmon and Steelhead Trout | |
September 2005: Oregon: Water Supply and the Land Use Connection |
August 2005: Pesticide Usage along California’s Waterways: Will the Ninth Circuit’s Decision to Protect Salmon also Preserve Water Quality? Washington Toxics Coalition v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ___F.3d___ 04-35138 (9th Cir. June 29, 2005) | |
June 2005: Oregon Legislature Considers Water Law Reform | |
February 2005: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Re-Proposes Western Snowy Plover Critical Habitat with Minimal Change for California | |
February 2005: NOAA Modifies Proposal to Designate Critical Habitat for Salmon and Steelhead in California and the Pacific Northwest. | |
January 2005: 2005 Oregon Legislative Forecast | |
September 2004: OREGON: Enforcement of Water Quality Regulation and Penalties | |
July 2004: District Court Finds Failure to Conduct All Appropriate Inquiry Costs PRP Innocent Purchaser Status. XDP Inc. v. Watumull Properties Corp. v. Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, et al., ___F.Supp.2d___ Civ. 99-1703-AS (D. Or. 2004). | |
June 2004: Hydroelectric Project Reauthorization in Oregon—A Unique State Model for Integrating with Federal Relicensing. | |
May 2004: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Northwestern Division Interprets Clean Water Act to Extend to Irrigation Canals and Ditches | |
April 2004: Federal: Ninth Circuit Requires NOAA Fisheries to Develop New Rule to Address Hatchery Fish in Endangered Species Act Listing Decisions Continued on next Alsea Valley Alliance v. Evans ___F.3d___, Case No. 01-36071 (9th Cir. Feb. 24, 2004). | |
December 2003: In-stream Water Right Transfers Survive Judicial and Legislative Challenges in Oregon Kerivan v. Water Resources Commission; Sheehy v. Becker 188 Or.App. 491, 72 P.3d 659 (Or. App. 2003); Case No. A118633, affirmed without opinion (Or. App. Oct. 29, 2003) | |
November 2003: New Oregon Law Authorizes Expedited Permit Review—For a Price |
October 2003: Ninth Circuit Rejects Challenges to Actions—and Inactions—of the Pacific Northwest’s Bonneville Power Administration Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation v. Bonneville Power Administration ___F.3d___, Case Nos. 01-71735, 01-71740 (9th Cir. Sept. 2, 2003). | |
July 2003: Oregon Legislature Considers "Who Owns the Water Right?" | |
May 2003: The Oregon Legislature in 2003: An Interim Report | |
April 2003: Oregon Legislative Update: Proposals that Could Impact Water Rights Transfers | |
March 2003: OREGON: Meeting Water Needs in the Face of Diminished Supply - The Role of Water Conservation and Reuse | |
January 2003: Ninth Circuit Orders U.S. Forest Service to Obtain NPDES Permit and Perform Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement League of Wilderness Defenders/Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project v. Forsgren 309 F.3d 1181 (9th Cir. Nov. 4, 2002). | |
September 2002: OREGON: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking | |
March 2002: Ninth Circuit Rules that State Action, for Purposes of Section-1983 Liability, Includes a Private Corporation Acting in a Traditional Public Function Lee v. Katz 276 F.3d 550 (9th Cir. 2002) | |
March 2002: OREGON: Clean Water Act Issues Impacting Water Supply | |
January 2002: Group Sends 60-day Notice Challenging Southern Oregon-Northern California Coho Salmon Evolutionarily Significant Unit Listing | |
December 2001: Ninth Circuit Holds that Insurer Has No Duty to Defend Insured in a Nuisance Action Indiana Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Co. v. West Oregon Wood Products, Inc. ___F.3d___, Case No. 00-35621 (9th Cir. Oct. 5, 2001). | |
October 2001: FEDERAL: Environmental Groups Petition National Marine Fisheries Service to List Green Sturgeon as Endangered | |
January 2001: Oregon: Court of Appeals Reverses Sewage Sludge Water Quality Violation Environmental Quality Com'n v. City of Coos Bay 171 Or.App 106,___P.2d ___,2000 WL 1728456 - WQMW-WR-96-277; CA A107070 (Or. App. Nov. 22, 2000) |
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Clackamas County |
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Columbia River Basin |
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Coos Bay |
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Coos County |
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Deschutes Basin |
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Eagle Creek |
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Fort Vannoy |
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Grande Ronde Basin |
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Hells Canyon Wilderness Area |
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Jackson County |
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May 2001: Ninth Circuit Holds Irrigation District Must Obtain NPDES Permit for Weed Control Activities in Canal Headwaters, Inc. v. Talent Irrigation District ___F.3d___,Case No.99-35373 (9th Cir., March 12, 2001) | |
April 2001: Oregon: State Court of Appeals Affirms Water Resources Department Decision Concerning Pending Land Use Approvals Skrepetos v. Oregon Water Resources Department 172 Or.App 9,___P.2d___, (Or. App., Jan. 17, 2001) | |
April 2001: Federal/Oregon: Court Holds Irrigation District Must Obtain NPDES Permit for Weed Control Activities in Canal Headwaters, Inc. v. Talent Irrigation District ___F.3d___, 2000 WL 33224806,2001 U.S.App.LEXIS 3718 (9th Cir. March 12, 2001) |
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Jefferson County |
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Josephine County |
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Klamath Project |
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Klamath River |
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Klamath River Basin |
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June 2010: Oregon Supreme Court Addresses Beneficial and Equitable Property Rights in Klamath Basin Water ‘Owned’ by the U.S Klamath Irrigation District v. U.S. 348 Or. 15 (Or. 2010) | |
June 2010: Klamath Basin Adjudication Update: Klamath Tribes and Dam Owner Reach Water Right Settlement | |
May 2010: Oregon Supreme Court Weighs in on the Klamath Basin Irrigators’ Property Interest in the Water Received from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Klamath Irrigation District v. U.S., 348 Or. 15, ___P.3d___ (Or. 2010) | |
May 2010: News from the West | |
February 2010: Oregon Supreme Court to Address Water Users’ Property Interest in Water Received from the Bureau of Reclamation in the Klamath River Basin Klamath Irrigation District v. U.S 345 Or. 638, 202 P.3d 159 (Or. 2009) | |
December 2009: Crossroad in the Klamath—Contests, Settlements, Uncertainty | |
May 2008: Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement: An Attempt to Realize the Goals of the Fifty-Year-Old Klamath River Compact | |
March 2008: Peace on the River? Proposed Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement Released | |
February 2007: Precedent-Setting Legislation Requires Klamath River Salmon Recovery Plan | |
February 2007: Next Steps in the Klamath Adjudication: Quantifying Tribal Reserved Water Rights in the Klamath Basin | |
November 2006: FERC Klamath Hydropower Relicensing: Administrative Law Judge Ruling May Result in Fish Ladders or Affect Future of Dams In the Matter of Klamath Hydroelectric Project (License Applicant PacifiCorp.) 2006-NMFS-0001 | |
October 2006: OWRD Presents Evidence of Ground Water/ Surface Water Interaction in Klamath River Basin, Raising Questions Regarding Future Ground Water Allocation | |
June 2006: Proposed Federal Legislation Offers Emergency Assistance for Economic Losses Caused by Declining Klamath River Salmon | |
May 2006: Pacific Fishery Management Council Votes to Recommend a Severely Restricted Commercial Salmon Fishing Season | |
April 2006: Klamath Administrative Law Judge finds United States to be Legal Holder of Project Water Rights Interim Order in Lead 003 of the Klamath Basin General Stream Adjudication (January 12, 2006) | |
December 2005: Ninth Circuit Rejects Klamath Irrigation Plan as Insufficient to Protect Salmon Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations v. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, ___F.3d___ 03-16718 (9th Cir. Oct. 18, 2005) | |
October 2005: Court of Federal Claims Holds that Klamath Project Interests Are Not Compensable Property Rights under the Fifth Amendment Klamath Irrigation District v. United States 01-591 L (Fed.Cl. Aug. 31, 2005) | |
June 2005: Judge Says Statute of Limitations Bars Tribe’s Claims for Compensation for Alleged Damages Sustained to Tribal Fishing Rights Klamath Tribes of Oregon v. PacifiCorp, ___F.Supp.2d___ 04 – 644 – CO (D. Or. April 21, 2005) | |
April 2005: U.S. District Court for District of Oregon Rules Coho Salmon Have Been Illegally Listed California State Grange, et al. v. U.S. Dept of Commerce, et al. ___F.Supp2d___ 02-6044 (D.Or. Jan 25, 2005) | |
December 2004: State and Federal Officials Agree to Coordinate Resource Management Efforts in Klamath Basin | |
November 2004: Bull Trout Critical Habitat Designation Stirs Up Controversy in Northwest | |
March 2004: Oregon: Endangered Species Act Issues Impacting Water Supply | |
December 2003: National Research Council Report Calls for New Water Management Emphasis in Klamath Basin | |
September 2003: Oregon: Issues Facing the State’s Rivers and Streams | |
May 2003: Water Supply and Demand Planning Is the Job of Water Suppliers, Not Planning Agencies County of Ventura vs. Castaic Lake Water Agency, et al.; Friends of the Santa Clara River and Sierra Club v. Castaic Lake Water Agency, et al. Kern County Superior Court Case No. 245365 | |
November 2002: Managing Water Shortages in a Changing West | |
July 2002: Federal Actions: Ninth Curcuit Denies Citizen Suit Contesting Renewal of NPDES Permit ONRC Action v. Columbia Plywood Inc. 286 F.3d 1137 (9th Cir. 2002). | |
July 2002: Klamath's Next Chapter Written: Book Not Complete | |
July 2002: The Continuing Debate over Klamath Basin Water Rights: The Oregon Water Resources Commission Denies Request for Water Rights Moratorium | |
June 2002: Ninth Circuit Denies Citizen Suit Contesting Renewal of NPDES Permit ONRC Action v. Columbia Plywood Inc. 286 F.3d 1137 (9th Cir. 2002). | |
October 2001: FEDERAL/OREGON: Irrigation Districts Move to Intervene in Suit Brought by Environmental Groups Requesting that Bald Eagles Be Given Priority to Klamath Project Water Oregon Natural Resources Council v. Keys Case No. 01-6250-AA, motion filed Sept. 5, 2001 (D. Or.). | |
October 2001: Oregon Irrigation Districts Move to Intervene in Suit Brought by Environmental Groups Requesting that Bald Eagles Be Given Priority to Klamath Project Water Oregon Natural Resources Council v. Keys Case No. 01-6250-AA, motion filed Sept. 5, 2001 (D.Or.). | |
July 2001: Federal/Oregon: District Court Denies Klamath Farmers' Request For Injuction Preventing Implementation of Bureau's 2001 Operations Plan Kandra v. United States ___F.Supp.2d___,Civ.No.01-6124-AA,2001 (D. Or. April 30, 2001) | |
July 2001: Congressmen Ask Interior Department to Consider Convening the "God Squad" for Klamath Basin Irrigators | |
July 2001: Federal: Congressmen Ask Interior Department to Consider Convening the "God Squad" for Klamath Basin Irrigators |
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Lewis and Clark Forest |
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March 2006: News From the West Brady v. Abbott Laboratories, 433 F.3d 679 (9th Cir. 2005); Goodrich v. United States, ___F.3d___ 05-5047 (D.C. Cir. 2006); City of Union Gap v. Washington State Dept. of Ecology, Wash. PCHB No. 05-078 (2006) |
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Lincoln |
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Little Butte Creek |
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Malheur National Wildlife Refuge |
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McMinnville |
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Ochoco National Forest |
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Portland |
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Rouge River |
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Siskiyou National Forest |
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Snake River |
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Tenmile Creek |
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Tillamook State Forest |
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Tualatin River |
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Umatilla Basin |
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Umpqua River |
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July 2001: Ninth Circuit Holds that Biological Opinions by the National Marine Fisheries Service Are Inadequate Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, Inc. v. National Marine Fisheries Service ___F.3d.___,99-36027,36195 (9th Cir. May 31, 2001). | |
July 2001: Ninth Circuit Holds that Biological Opinions by the National Marine Fisheries Service Are Inadequate Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, Inc. v. National Marine Fisheries Service, ___F.3d.___,99-36027,36195 (9th Cir. May 31, 2001). | |
July 2001: Federal/Orego: Ninth Circuit Holds that Biological Opinions by the National Marine Fisheries Service Are Inadequate Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, Inc. v. National Marine Fisheries Service ___F.3d.___,99-36027,36195 (9th Cir. May 31, 2001) |
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Warrenton |
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Willamette River |
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Woodburn |
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