water rights

Settlement Announced Between Springfield Wood Products Company And California City

By • Aug 13, 2019
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A settlement has been reached between Roseburg Forest Products and the small California city of Weed, in a suit filed over water rights.

Q&A: Are The Klamath Restoration Agreements In Trouble?

By Desmond O'Boyle & Jes Burns • Dec 7, 2015
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People have been fighting about scarce water resources in the Klamath Basin in Southern Oregon and Northern California for decades. 

State Denies McKenzie River Water Rights Application

By Jes Burns • Mar 11, 2014
BLM

The state of Oregon has denied a permit application from Willamette Water Company for water rights on the McKenzie River.  

Merkley And Wyden Introduce Crooked River Collaborative Water Security Act

By Desmond O'Boyle • Nov 25, 2013

Legislation was introduced last week to improve water management on the Crooked River near Prineville.  Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley spoke Friday about the bill.

Merkley: "You know how we say here in the West: Whiskey, that's for drinking, and water, that's for fighting."