Law of the Rio Chama

 

These documents discuss various legal concerns and considerations of water in the Southwest, topics include: Tribal rights and state claims; San Juan-Chama and Colorado River compact; (Middle) Rio Grande; climate impacts; Albuquerque-Bernalillo and Santa Fe; and Reports of the Rio Grande Compact Commission.

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Submissions from 2018

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2018 Annual Operating Plan, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation

Submissions from 2017

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Reviewing Reservoir Operations: Can Federal Water Projects Adapt to Change?, Reed D. Benson

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Albuquerque & Bernalillo County Comprehensive Plan, City of Albuquerque 22nd Council

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Pueblo Indian Water Rights: Charting the Unknown, Richard W. Hughes

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Calendary Year 2017 Report to the Rio Grande Compact Commission, Kevin Rein, Tom Blaine, Patrick R. Gordon, and Hal Simpson

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2017 Annual Operating Plan, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation

Submissions from 2016

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Arizona Water Law: A Parched Public Interest, Janet M. Howe

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2016 Annual Operating Plan, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation

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Calendar Year 2016 Report to the Rio Grande Compact Commission, Dick Wolfe, Tom Blaine, Patrick R. Gordon, and Hal Simpson

Submissions from 2015

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Optimizing Reservoir Operations to Adapt to 21st Century Expectations of Climate and Social Change in the Willamette River Basin, Oregon, Julia A. Jones

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Trading Dams, Dave Owen and Colin Apse

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2015 Annual Operating Plan, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation

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San JuanContract between the United States of America Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation and the Town of Taos to Lease the Use of 2015 San Juan-Chama Project Water, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation

Submissions from 2014

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Developing the Law of the River: The integration of law and policy into hydrologic and socio-economic modeling efforts in the Willamette River Basin, Adell Louise Amos

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The End of Sustainability, Melinda Harm Benson

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Water Governance Challenges in New Mexico's Middle Rio Grande Valley: A Resilience Assessment, Melinda Harm Benson, Dagmar Llewellyn, Ryan Morrison, and Mark Stone

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Dams, Duties, and Discretion: Bureau of Reclamation Water Project Operations and the Endangered Species Act, Reed D. Benson

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Managing Complex Water Resource Systems for Ecological Integrity: Evaluating Tradeoffs and Uncertainty, Ryan Richard Morrison

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2014 Annual Operating Plan, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation

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Jump in Before It's Too Late: Protecting and Increasing Streamflows in New Mexico, Sharon Wirth

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Calendar Year 2014 Report to the Rio Grande Compact Commission, Dick Wolfe, Tom Blaine, Patrick R. Gordon, and Hal Simpson

Submissions from 2013

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A Classification Framework for Running Adaptive Management Rapids, Melinda Harm Benson, Ryan R. Morrison, and Mark C. Stone

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Avoiding Jeopardy, Without the Questions: Recovery Implementation Programs for Endangered Species in Western River Basins, Reed D. Benson

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Middle Rio Grande Project, Andrew H. Gahan

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Cooperative Agreement for the Middle Rio Grande Collaborative Program Recovery Implementation Program, Middle Rio Grande Collaborative Program

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Frameworks for amending reservoir water management, Ethan Mower and Leandro E. Miranda

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2013 Annual Operating Plan, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation

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Climate Impact Assessment - Appendix - A Upper Rio Grande System and Operations, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation

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Climate Impact Assessment - Appendix E - The Upper Rio Grande Simulation Model (URGSiM), U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation

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West-Wide Climate Risk Assessment: Upper Rio Grande Impact Assessment, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation

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Calendar Year 2013 Report to the Rio Grande Compact Commission, Dick Wolfe, Scott A. Verhines, Patrick R. Gordon, and Hal Simpson

Submissions from 2012

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By-Laws Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Collaborative Program - 2012 Amendment, The Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Collaborative Program

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2012 Annual Operating Plan, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation

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Calendar Year 2012 Report to the Rio Grande Compact Commission, Dick Wolfe, Scott A. Verhines, Patrick R. Gordon, and Hal Simpson

Submissions from 2011

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Environmental Review of Western Water Project Operations: Where NEPA Has Not Applied, Will It Now Protect Farmers From Fish?, Reed D. Benson

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New Adventures of the Old Bureau: Modern-Day Reclamation Statutes and Congress Unfinished Environmental Business, Reed D. Benson

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Adaptation, Legal Resiliency, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Managing Water Supply in a Climate-Altered World, Victor B. Flatt and Jeremy M. Tarr

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2011-2016 Supplement to the Rio Grande Supplemental Water Programmatic Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation

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2011 Annual Operating Plan, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation

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Calendar Year 2011 Report to the Rio Grande Compact Commission, Dick Wolfe, Scott A. Verhines, Patrick R. Gordon, and Hal Simpson

Submissions from 2010

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Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority Contract for Storage of San Juan-Chama Water in Elephant Butte Reservoir - Final Environmental Assessment, U.S. Department of the Interior

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2010 Annual Operating Plan, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation

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Finding of No Significant Impact - Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority Contract for Storage of San Juan-Chama Water in Elephant Butte Reservoir, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation

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Defining the Public Interest: Administrative Narrowing and Broadening of the Public Interest in Response to the Statutory Silence of Water Codes, Amber L. Weeks

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Calendar Year 2010 Report to the Rio Grande Compact Commission, Dick Wolfe, John R. D'Antonio, and Patrick R. Gordon

Submissions from 2009

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Water Markets as a Tragedy of the Anticommons, Stephen N. Bretsen and Peter J. Hill

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Environmental Flows in the Rocky Mountain West: A Progress Report, Lawrence J. MacDonnell

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By-Laws Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Collaborative Program, Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Collaborative Program

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2009 Annual Operating Plan, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation

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Calendar Year 2009 Report to the Rio Grande Compact Commission, Dick Wolfe, John R. D'Antonio, and Patrick R. Gordon

Submissions from 2008

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City of Santa Fe Resolution No. 2008-8, Bureau of Reclamation

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Calendar Year 2008 Report to the Rio Grande Compact Commission, Dick Wolfe, John R. D'Antonio, and Patrick R. Gordon

Submissions from 2007

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Surface Water Management: Working Within the Legal Framework, Kevin G. Flanigan

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The Impact of Full and Beneficial Use of San Juan-Chama Project Water by the City of Albuquerque on New Mexico's Rio Grande Compact Obligations, Kevin G. Flanigan and Amy I. Haas

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History of the Minnow Litigation and Its Implications for the Future of Reservoir Operations on the Rio Grande, Lara Katz

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Modeling Reservoir Storage Scenarios by Consensus, Susan Kelly

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History of the Rio Grande Reservoirs in New Mexico: Legislation and Litigation, Susan Kelly, Iris Augusten, Joshua Mann, and Lara Katz

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A Reservoir Runs Through It: A Legislative and Administrative History of the Six Pueblos' Right to Store "Prior and Paramount" Water at El Vado, Joshua Mann

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The History of Cochiti Lake from the Pueblo Perspective, Regis Pecos

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Carryover Storage of Indian Prior and Paramount Water in El Vado, Viola Sanchez

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Record of Decision for the Upper Rio Grande Basin Water Operations Review Final Environmental Impact Statement, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation

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Calendar Year 2007 Report to the Rio Grande Compact Commission, Dick Wolfe, John R. D'Antonio, Patrick R. Gordon, and Bill Ruth

Submissions from 2006

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An Environmental Pool for the Rio Grande, Kara Gillon

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2006 Calendar Year Report to the Rio Grande Compact Commission, Hal D. Simpson, John R. D'Antonio, Patrick R. Gordon, and Bill Ruth

Submissions from 2005

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Settlement Agreement between Rio Grande Silvery Minnow v. Keys Plaintiffs, the City of Albuquerque and the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority, ABCWUA

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Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Act Collaborative Program - Long Term Plan 2005-2014, Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Act Collaborative Program

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2005 Calendar Year Report to the Rio Grande Compact Commission, Hal D. Simpson, John R. D'Antonio, Patrick R. Gordon, and Bill Ruth

Submissions from 2004

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2004 Calendar Year Report to the Rio Grande Compact Commission, Hal D. Simpson, John R. D'Antonio, Joe G. Hanson, and Bill Ruth

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A First Look at a Modern Legal Regime for a "Post-Modern" United States Army Corps of Engineers, A. Dan Tarlock

Submissions from 2003

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"Whisky's fe Drinkin'; Water's fer Fightin'!" Resolving a Collective Action Dilemma in New Mexico, John R. Brown

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2003 Calendar Year Report to the Rio Grande Compact Commission, Hal D. Simpson, John R. D'Antonio, Joe G. Hanson, and Bill Ruth

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2003 Supplemental Water Program Report, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation

Submissions from 2002

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Watershed Down?: The Ups and Downs of Watershed Management in the Southwest, Kara Gillon

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2002 Calendar Year Report to the Rio Grande Compact Commission, Hal D. Simpson, John R. D'Antonio, Joe G. Hanson, and Bill Ruth

Submissions from 2001

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Contractual Discretion and the Endangered Species Act: Can the Bureau of Reclamation Reallocate Federal Project Water for Endangered Species in the Middle Rio Grande, Joan E. Drake

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2001 Calendar Year Report to the Rio Grande Compact Commission, Hal D. Simpson, Thomas C. Turney, Joe G. Hansen, and Bob Armstrong

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Upper Rio Grande Basin: Finding Flexibility in Federal Reservoir System Operations Within the Web of Water Laws, Policies, and Institutions, Gail Stockton, William DeRagon, and Lisa Robert

Submissions from 2000

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Water Conservation Incentives for New Mexico: Policy and Legislative Alternatives, William M. Fleming and Emlen Hall

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2000 Calendar Year Report to the Rio Grande Compact Commission, Hal D. Simpson, Thomas C. Turney, Joe G. Hansen, and Bob Armstrong

Submissions from 1997

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Whose water is it? Private Rights and Public Authority Over Reclamation Project Water, Reed D. Benson

Submissions from 1996

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Implementing the Public Welfare Requirement in New Mexico's Water Code, Consuelo Bokum

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Determining What Is in the Public Welfare in Water Appropriations and Transfers: The Intel Example, Susanne Hoffman-Dooley

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1996 Calendar Year Report to the Rio Grande Compact Commission, Hal D. Simpson, Thomas C. Turney, Jack Hammond, and Kenneth L. Salazar

Submissions from 1977

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Project History of the San Juan-Chama Project (Colorado-New Mexico), Bureau of Reclamation

Submissions from 1974

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Development of the Rio Grande Compact of 1938, Raymond A. Hill

Submissions from 1922

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Colorado River Compact, 1922, City of Santa Fe