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Water Law Workshop, January 2007, Port Townsend, WA

Goals for the Day:

- Increase Understanding of recent water cases and legislation and current trends.

- Learn how to find out about water rights, what information is used to “prove” a water right and reduce risks of abandonment or relinquishment for non-use.

- Improve ability to work effectively with federal, state and local water planning.

- Understand which agencies and processes are going to occur locally and how top participate more effectively.

Katherine Baril, Director of WSU Jefferson County Extension:

Introduction to Water Law Workshop











Joe Stohr, Special Assistant to the Director for Water Policy, Washington State Department of Ecology:

Excerpts from Overview of Water Issues.











Steve North, JD, Washington State Assistant Attorney General:

Overview of Current State Water Law.











Fred Rajala, Washington Water Resources Program:

Primary Documents and Historical Perspectives.











Ken Slattery – Supervisor of the Water Rights Adjudication and Compliance

Section - Regulatory Updates- Instream flows– Water rights-











Bill Clark, JD, The Mentor Group – WAR Counsel

- private sector strategies and opportunities











Shirley Nixon, JD. Staff Attorney, Center for Environmental Law and Policy

- Reclaimed Water Advisory committee- public interest strategies and opportunities

Brinnon

Does the Brinnon School maintain its water rights if it doesn't use them?

Cape George

Where does the water come from for Cape George?