7390

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7390
• Author: Natural Resources Law Center.
• Title: Boundaries and Water
• USFW Year: 1989.
• USFW - Doc Type: Allocation and Use of a Shared Resource.
• Copyright Material: NO

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Managing the Upper Rio Grande: Old Institutions, New Players
Steven J. Shupe, Shupe & Associates, Santa Fe, New Mexico
The Upper Rio Grande Basin has been managed for irrigation and flood control for much of this cimtury ~
under interstate compact and federal laws. These institutions, however, have been tested in recent year. )
by a far more complex set of interests, including fisheries, recreation, river corridor protection, wildlife, India
rights, water marketing, water quality concerns and others. This presentation looks at possible mechanisms
for forming policy and resolving disputes about these issues.

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Interstate Allocation of the Platte River
Prof. J. David Aiken, Dept. of Agriculture & Economics, University of Nebraska
Early interstate disputes regarding allocation of Platte river \:Vater focused on irrigation uses. These conflicts
resulted in a U.S. Supreme Court decree on the North Platte between Nebraska and Wyoming, and an inter-
state compact between Nebraska and Colorado on the South Platte. More recent conflicts have focused
on environmental protection in the central Platte River in Nebraska.

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The Arkansas River Controversy
David W. Robbins, Hill & Robbins, P.C., Denver
In December 1985, Kansas filed a lawsuit against Colorado alleging material depletions of the Arkansas River
in violation of the Arkansas River Compact. Colorado filed a counterclaim alleging various violations of the
same compact by Kansas. This presentation will describe the issues involved in the lawsuit and the current
status of the litigation.

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Cookout on Flagstaff

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Tuesday, June 6, 1989

AM 'BASIN STUDIES (con't)

8:45 Coordinated Water Management in a Basin with Erratic Surface Supplies: the Law North and South
of the Pecos
'1 Prof. Charles T. DuMars, University of New Mexico School of Law
This paper will explore the hydrology of the Pecos River Basin, the Interstate Compact regulating that basin
and the implications for state and national water planning strategies.

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The Delaware River Basin: Courts, Compacts & Commissions
R. Timothy Weston, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Delaware River waters serve the four-state region of the northeast megalopolis. The 50-year experience of
litigation and compact commission programs provide a paradigm of maturing interstate management of shared
resources. A former Commissioner reflects on the lessons offered for other basins and. regions.

10:25 Break

The Missouri River: River of Promise or Peril?
John E. Thorson, Doney & Thorson, Helena, Montana
The Pick-Sloan Plan, authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1944, was the charter for natural resource
development in the Missouri River Basin. The promise of that charter has not been fulfilled and recent contro-
versies-most notably the ETSI Pipeline Project litigation-have resulted. This presentation reviews the
shortcomings of the Pick-Sloan Plan and describes recent efforts of the ten basin states, 27 Indian tribes,
and federal agencies to develop new water management approaches for the river. . ~

11 :35 Lunch (on your own)

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