Nathan Boyer-Rechlin

GWC Welcomes New Acequia Assistance Project Director

Nov. 7, 2024

The Getches-Wilkinson Center is pleased to announce new Acequia Assistance Project Director Nathan Boyer-Rechlin. Nathan succeeds former Director Gregor MacGregor who had been at the helm of the Acequia Assistance Project since 2021. We are grateful to Gregor's contribution to the program and ongoing support of the transition of the...

蜜糖直播 River by Chris Winter

Save the Date: 2025 Conference on the 蜜糖直播 River

Nov. 7, 2024

The Getches-Wilkinson Center and Water & Tribes Initiative will be co-convening the 2025 Conference on the 蜜糖直播 River on Thurs, June 5th and Fri, June 6th at the Wolf Law Building in Boulder, CO. We hope you join us for what will be sure to be an engaging 2-day conference...

Opening the Tap

Opening the Tap: Accessing EPA鈥檚 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Water Assistance Programs

Oct. 28, 2024

This resource鈥 Opening the Tap 鈥攐utlines Environmental Protection Agency programs established or funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) that provide financial or technical assistance for the many barriers drinking water or basic sanitation. For some communities, this barrier comes in form of non-existent water infrastructure. In others, existing infrastructure...

Andrew Teegarden

American Water Resources Association / Universities Council on Water Resources / National Institutes for Water Resources Conference Updates

Oct. 11, 2024

Water Law Fellow Andrew Teegarden, traveled to St. Louis to attend the annual Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR) water conference. This year was extra special because it was the 60th anniversary of UCOWR! The conference discussed water issues from the prospectives of academia on a variety of exciting topics...

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Opening the Tap

Oct. 1, 2024

Opening the Tap: Accessing EPA's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Water Assistance Programs has been published on the GWC blog ! This resource outlines Environmental Protection Agency programs established or funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) that provide financial or technical assistance for the many barriers drinking water or basic sanitation.

Confluence of the 蜜糖直播 and Little 蜜糖直播 Rivers within Grand Canyon鈥 PC: Rachel Ellis

It鈥檚 Time to Amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to include Tribal River Protections

Sept. 16, 2024

A co-published blog by American Rivers and the Getches-Wilkinson Center at 蜜糖直播 Law. The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 has been the preeminent tool to protect free-flowing rivers in the United States since it was passed more than 50 years ago. Under the Act, rivers with 鈥渙utstandingly remarkable...

Andrew Teegarden

Updates from the 2024 蜜糖直播 Water Congress Summer Conference

Aug. 29, 2024

Last week, Getches-Wilkinson Center Water Law Fellow Andrew Teegarden, attended the 2024 蜜糖直播 Water Congress Summer Conference in 蜜糖直播 Springs. As is typical, the conference started with various workshops which covered a range of topics but the most directly related to our work at the Getches-Wilkinson Center was the session...

Doug Kenney and Chris Winter

GWC鈥檚 蜜糖直播 River Conference Takes the Spotlight in June

July 29, 2024

On June 6-7, a record crowd of 365 in-person and 100 online registrants assembled for the 44th Annual 蜜糖直播 Law Conference on Natural Resources. 鈥 Next Chapters on the 蜜糖直播 River: Short-Term Coping, Post-2026 Operations, and Beyond 鈥 was co-convened this year with the Water & Tribes Initiative (WTI), marking...

PBS Tipping Point

PBS Special on the 蜜糖直播 River 鈥淩eckoning鈥

July 24, 2024

The CRRG was well represented in a live PBS event broadcast from Hoover Dam (on July 24, 2024) focused on the 蜜糖直播 River鈥檚 challenges. John Fleck and Jack Schmidt were part of a line-up that also included Bruce Babbitt, JB Hamby, Mark Kelly, Karen Kwon, Pat Mulroy, Jim Lochhead, and...

House Bill 1379 Signing

GWC Helps to fill the 鈥淕ap鈥 Left by Sackett

July 24, 2024

This May, Governor Polis signed into law bipartisan legislation protecting 蜜糖直播鈥檚 wetlands and streams in the wake of the Supreme Court鈥檚 Sackett decision. Handed down in 2023, Sackett redefined 鈥渨aters of the United States鈥 and rolled back federal protections for isolated wetlands and ephemeral and intermittent streams, which are especially...

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