land use

Idaho Legislation Seeks to Classify Pivot Corners

2021 Idaho legislation seeks to classify irrigation pivot corners for taxation.  House Bill 252 proposes additional language to Idaho Code, Title 63. This language would ensure county assessors classify pivot corners as agricultural land.  Pivot corners are the parts of a square parcel that a center-pivot irrigation system misses.  Idaho law consideres land “farmland” and […]

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Pore Spaces

Update: Is an Aquifer’s Pore Space Public or Private Property?

In a previous blog, we looked into who owns an aquifer: does it belong to private individuals or the public? Under the ad coelum doctrine, the surface owner holds the ground itself – rocks, dirt, and the like – as private property, owned all the way down to the Earth’s core. On the other hand,

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Grazing

Call Your Congressman—House Bill Proposes Permanent Retirement of Federal Grazing Allotments

It’s time to call your Congressman—House Bill H.R. 5737, introduced on January 30, 2020 proposes the implementation of procedures to permanently retire federal grazing allotments. H.R. 5737 or the “Voluntary Grazing Permit Retirement Act” (the Act) proposes the ability of grazing permittees to sell or “waive” their right to graze under their Bureau of Land

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Introducing SLO’s 2019 Summer Law Clerk

For the past decade, Schroeder Law Offices has provided opportunities to law students interested in learning water and natural resource law. Former SLO law clerks have established successful legal practices across the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Schroeder Law Offices is pleased to introduce our 2019 summer law clerk, Katie Jourdan. Katie is returning to work

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Comment Period Extended for Fallon Range Training Complex Modernization

The Fallon Range Training Complex (“FRTC”) Modernization Draft Environmental Impact Statement (“EIS”) comment period has now been extended so that public comments may be submitted through Thursday, February 14, 2019. There are several public informational materials available to the general public regarding the modernization, materials can be found at the draft EIS website and include

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Water Week in the United States, April 15 – April 21, 2018

Written by Alyssa Holland, Lisa Mae Gage, and Lisa Kane Water Week 2018 is currently underway as water organizations across the country gather in Washington, D.C. to advocate the importance of water protection and conservation with hopes of ultimately elevating water to a national priority. Organizations in the water sector are using Water Week to

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Workshops

Federal Land Grazing Permit Workshops in Nevada

During the month of January, the Nevada Cattlemen’s Association is hosting a series of workshops around the state regarding grazing permits on federal lands. The Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service agencies (and other agency representatives) will be giving presentations on their plans to implement land use changes that have been established for

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Fallon Range Training Complex Modernization EIS Public Comment Period Extended

As an update to the previous blog posted regarding the Fallon Range Training Complex Modernization and Public Comments, https://www.water-law.com/deadline-approaching-submit-nepa-scoping-comments-nevadas-fallon-range-training-complex/, the deadline to submit comments has been extended. The new deadline is December 12, 2016. If you are interested in submitting comments there are several ways to submit comments including online or by mail. Submit Comments

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Hammond Protest

Public Forum Scheduled to Address the Washoe County Public Lands Bill

Washoe County is hosting a public forum to discuss the Public Lands Bill on Wednesday, November 2, 2016 from 4:30 pm – 7:00 pm at the Reno Sparks Convention Center. A few of the main priorities of the bill include: Make certain federal lands available for future economic development opportunities Expand recreational opportunities to include

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Deadline Approaching to Submit NEPA Scoping Comments to Nevada’s Fallon Range Training Complex “FRTC” Modernization Proposed Action

NEPA is the acronym for the National Environmental Policy Act.  NEPA’s purposes included setting national policy to encourage productive and enjoyable harmony between humans and their environment; promoting efforts that will prevent or eliminate damage to the environment; and, enriching the understanding of the ecological systems and important natural resources. See 42 U.S. C. 4321

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Hammond Protest

Fallon Nevada Navy Training Complex Expansion & NEPA Process

The Department of Defense Plans to Expand the Fallon Nevada Navy Training Complex. Now is the Time to Participate and Comment in the NEPA process! The Fallon Range Training Complex (FRTC) is planning expansion of its Fallon Nevada facilities and announced in the Federal Register its intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS). The

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Participate in Targeted Grazing Discussions

The Bureau of Land Management has scheduled a workshop to explore the ideas of strategic targeted grazing. Targeted grazing is a natural approach using controlled livestock to accomplish vegetation management. More specific examples of vegetation management include: weed control, reducing the fuels of wildland fires, aiding in restoration projects as well as landscape enhancement. One of

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Nevada Public Land Grazing Workshop on Sage Grouse Plan Implementation

The Nevada Cattlemen’s Association posted a news release on May 16, 2016 regarding the Permittee Outreach Workshop. This workshop is geared towards Nevada Cattlemen and Cattlewomen who graze cattle on BLM permits. With the listing of the Sage Grouse as “Not warranted” now more than ever it is imperative to establish with state and Federal

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