by Editor | Oct 11, 2013 | EPA, Water Issues
By Amena H. SaiyidBloomberg BNA Posted 10/11/2013 Sept. 26 — Federal regulators may be able to assert Clean Water Act jurisdiction over more waters and wetlands than are now protected on the basis of a draft scientific study that links all streams and certain...
by Editor | Oct 8, 2013 | Citizen Action, Govt Agencies, Growth Management Act (GMA), WA State DOE, WA State News, War on the West, Water Issues, Wildlands Project
Posted 10/8/2013 by Jeff Rhodesfor The Olympia Report Members of a local citizens group have filed an appeal in Superior Court of recently adopted updates to San Juan County’s Growth Management Act, claiming their aim is to block development entirely rather...
by Editor | Oct 7, 2013 | WA State News, War on the West, Water Issues, Wildlands Project
By Rachel LermanSkagit Valley Herald Posted 10/7/2013 The state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state Department of Ecology overstepped its authority in a water rights decision that would allow rural landowners to gain access to water. The 6-3 ruling invalidates...
by Editor | Sep 18, 2013 | War on the West, Water Issues
The Recorder Posted 9/18/2013 A disputed fee charged to California water rights holders is invalid, a judge says in a proposed decision, because insufficient connection exists between the amount charged, the benefits received and the burdens imposed by those who pay...
by Editor | Sep 18, 2013 | Agenda 21, Govt Agencies, War on the West, Water Issues
By Gabrielle Karol FOXBusiness Posted 9/18/2013 For small farmers, some seeds of change are being sown, as the 10-month comment period for a rule that would change the way farmers grow, harvest and store produce winds down over the next couple months. The Food...
by Editor | Sep 17, 2013 | War on the West, Water Issues
Posted on September 17, 2013 10:44 am by Pearl Rains Hewett Comment Have we been set-up? by the Washington Water Trust and the Clallam County Commissioners AS NON-BENEFICIARIES of a charitable and honorary trust, which does not have actual beneficiaries. That has...
