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2001
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Western States Water Council Annual Report 2001
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buy Water rights. He pointed out there are 42M acres in the CRP program, and this little program <br />is 1.1M acres. Moreover, the program focused on short-term contracts to lease water and farmers <br />would retain full ownership of their water -- while providing a source of water for endangered <br />species, for example, in drought years -- and supplementing a farmer's income in years in which they <br />face water supply restrictions due to Endangered Species Act concerns. "This actually helps the <br />farmers. Keep in mind, this program requires a willing seller, a willing buyer, and we protect <br />property rights.... Why shouldn't a rancher or farmer have the right to do with his property what he <br />wishes?" <br />Senator Burns questioned the result of such a program, though well- intentioned. "I would say <br />this: Whenever the Federal Government enters the picture..., when you are going broke, and the <br />fellow in town has the biggest checkbook, and it happens to be the Federal Government, ...[you] <br />know the position you are in ... and where that water is going to go." <br />The discussion continued until a compromise was reached that satisfied some, but not all. With <br />the support of Senators Reid and Jeff Bingaman (D -NM), instead of striking the program, Senator <br />Domenici and the others agreed to a modified amendment which reads: "Before the Secretary of <br />Agriculture begins to implement the program created under this section in any State, the Secretary <br />shall obtain written consent from the governor of the State. The Secretary shall not implement this <br />program without obtaining this consent. In the event of the election or appointment of a new <br />governor in a State, the Secretary shall once again seek written consent to allow for any new <br />enrollment in the program created under this section in that State." <br />Later, Senator Jon Kyl (R -AZ) filed a further amendment to strengthen water rights protections <br />that would have required the Secretary of Agriculture in enrolling lands in the Conservation Reserve <br />Program (CRP) for the purpose of permanently acquiring water or water rights to "...comply with - -(i) <br />all interstate compacts, court decrees, and Federal or State laws (including regulations) that may <br />affect water or water rights; and (ii) all procedural and substantive State water law. No action was <br />taken, and the debate continued into the new year. <br />Border Water Issues <br />Texas irrigators protested Mexico's failure to comply with the 1944 treaty, under which it owes <br />Texas some 1.4 million acre feet (af) of water. Under the 1944 treaty, Mexico is to release 350,000 <br />of of water to Falcon and Amistad reservoirs, which supply Texas irrigators and Mexican water <br />users in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.33 Spencer said that the IBWC believes that there is sufficient <br />water in Mexican reservoirs to address the deficit. Ongoing binational meetings are being held to <br />move toward a solution, with Mexico having agreed to repay 600,000 of of water by July 2001, and <br />the full deficit by October 2002. Mexico has released some 345,000 af. <br />32 Western States Water, Issue #1440, December 21, 2001. <br />33 Western States Water, Issue #1358, May 26, 2000. <br />34 Western States Water, Issue #1441, December 28, 2001. <br />ku <br />
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