by Editor | Jan 6, 2013 | Agenda 21, Govt Agencies, WA State DOE, WA State News, Water Issues
By MATTHEW WEAVER Capital Press Posted 1/5/2013 Washington state ranchers expect the state Department of Ecology to propose new water quality regulations soon. “It’s imminently close,” said Jack Field, executive vice president of the Washington...
by Editor | Jan 6, 2013 | Agenda 21, Critical Areas Ordinances, Govt Agencies, War on the West, Water Issues
Glenn Morgan The Freedom Foundation Posted 1/5/2013 When my Great Uncle Ed Dalby installed the first waterwheel in the South Puget Sound near Union, WA in 1922, he did not get a permit. He was just an innovative guy, and he wanted to have electric lights in...
by Editor | Dec 28, 2012 | Water Issues
Posted 12/27/2012 Capital Press CALDWELL, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho water user’s lobbying group is fighting the city of Caldwell’s bid to gain control of a portion of a local irrigation district, calling it an unprecedented hostile takeover. The...
by Editor | Dec 26, 2012 | Agenda 21, Govt Agencies, WA State DOE, Water Issues
By MATTHEW WEAVER Capital Press Posted 12/24/2012 The new president of the Cattle Producers of Washington says the industry’s biggest need is to be left alone by bureaucrats. “We can take care of ourselves if they let us,” Dave Dashiell said....
by Editor | Dec 26, 2012 | Water Issues
Posted 12/26/2012 Capital Press YREKA, Calif. – A judge here ruled Dec. 24 that the state Department of Fish and Game (DFG) overstepped its authority by requiring ranchers to obtain special permits for irrigation. The Siskiyou County Farm Bureau filed suit...
by Editor | Dec 26, 2012 | WA State DOE, War on the West, Water Issues
by Sue Forde for Citizen Review Online Posted 12/26/2012 Clallam County, WA – Now that the Washington State Department of Ecology’s (DOE’s) water “rule” is in effect, those people living in the rural areas or who hope to have a garden or animals, may be out of luck. ...
