water rights

Attorney-Adviser Vacancy with DOI in Boise

Sarah M Donnelly

Link to USAJobs announcement here.

Main client would be Bureau of Reclamation (so water law), with some Indian law work.  Closes Friday, August 8, 2016.

Sho Ban Tribe – Water Summit (August 11, 2016)

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the brochure: TribalWaterWorkshop_ver2

Website here.

 

Policy Analyst Positions at Interior’s Indian Water Rights Office

Sarah M Donnelly

Link to Senior Policy Analyst announcement here.

Download senior analyst duties and responsibilities here.

Link to Policy Analyst announcement here.

Crow Allottees v. Dept. of Justice Cert Stage Briefs

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Crow Allottees Cert Petition

Cert Opp Brief

Cert Cert Stage Reply

Lower court materials: briefs, Mont SCT Opinion.
Related federal court materials here.

Tenth Circuit Rejects Individual Water Rights in Nambé-Pojoaque-Tesuque Basin General Stream Adjudication

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in State of New Mexico v. United States:

CA10 Opinion

Briefs:

Joint Pueblo Brief

New Mexico Brief

New Mexico Jurisdiction Brief

Trujillo Brief

Trujillo Jurisdiction Brief

Trujillo Response to Pueblo Brief

Cert Opposition Briefs in Crow Water Settlement

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Cert Opp Brief

US Cert Opp Brief TK

Cert petition in Crow Allottees v. United States here.

Lower court materials: briefs, Mont SCT Opinion.
Related federal court materials here.

 

Navajo Blame EPA Inaction for Suicides

Teresa Walrod

From The Daily Beast:
“For most Americans, the third week of December is about wrapping up Christmas shopping and prepping for a whirlwind of family gatherings. But for the leaders of the Navajo Nation, it’s about something much heavier: suicide prevention.”

Article is HERE.

 

 

 

Montana SCT Affirms Approval of Crow Water Compact

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion:

Montana SCT Decision

Briefs are here.

Ninth Circuit Briefs in San Luis & Delta Mendota Water Authority v. Jewell

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Federal Opening Brief

Hoopa Opening Brief

Yurok Opening Brief

San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority Opening Brief

San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority Response Brief

California Amicus Brief

Federal Response Brief

Hoopa Response Brief

Fishermen’s Brief

Yurok Response Brief

San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority Reply

Lower courts materials here.

Law Professor Comments Submitted on EPA Proposed Rule

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Law Professor Comments regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed Revision of Certain Water Quality Criteria Applicable to the State of Washington, Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2015-0174, published at 80 Fed. Reg. 55063 (Sept. 14, 2015):

Water quality standards (WQS) for Washington2 impact the rights, resources, and health and well-being of numerous tribes in the region. In fact, when the waters that support fish are allowed to be contaminated, tribes’ interests are profoundly affected and tribal people disproportionately among the most exposed. This context is significant, because it constrains rulemaking in important ways. Among other things, the adequacy of WQS for Washington must be considered in view of legal protections for tribes’ fishing rights, including treaties and other instruments.