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Works Used

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Used for Each State:

  1. Bureau of Land Management, National Training Center, 1997. Water Rights. Course Number 1730-26.

  2. Landry, C., Unpublished. A Review of Instream Flow Laws for the Western United States. Political Economy Research Center, Bozeman, MT.

  3. MacDonnell, L. J. and T. A. Rice, 1993. Instream Flow Protection in the West. The Natural Resources Law Center, University of Colorado School of Law, Boulder, CO.

  4. Western States Water Council, 1992. Western State Water Right Permitting Procedures.

  5. Wolfe, M..E., 1996. A Landowner’s Guide to Western Water Rights. Roberts Rinehart Publishers, Boulder, CO.

State Specific:

Alaska:

  1. Prokosch, G., 2001. Section Chief, Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mining, Land, and Water, Water Resources Section. Personal Interview.

  2. State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mining, Land, and Water, 2001. http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/mine_wat/index.htm.

Arizona:

  1. Arizona Department of Water Resources, 2001. http://www.water.az.gov.

  2. Arizona Department of Water Resources, 1997. A Guide to Filing Applications for Instream Flow Water Rights in Arizona.

  3. Stephan, C., 2001. Public Outreach Programs Coordinator, Department of Water Resources. Personal Interview.

California:

  1. California Division of Water Rights, 2001. A Guide to California Water Right Appropriations. State of California.

  2. California Division of Water Rights, 1999. A Guide to Water Transfers. State of California.

  3. California Environmental Protection Agency, State Water Resource Control Board, Division of Water Rights, 2001. http://www.waterrights.ca.gov/.

  4. Enferadi, K., 2001. Engineering Associate, Division of Water Rights. Personal Interview.

  5. Water Education Foundation, 2000. Layperson’s Guide to Water Rights Law.

Colorado:

  1. Colorado Division of Water Resources, 2001. http://water.state.co.us/.

  2. Grantham, J. and S. Lautenschlager, March 1999. Synopsis of Colorado Water Law. Colorado State Engineer’s Office.

  3. Joanna W., 2001. Colorado Division of Water Resources, Ground Water Information Desk. Personal Interview.

Idaho:

  1. Idaho Department of Water Resources, 2001. http://www.idwr.state.id.us/.

  2. Larson, D., 2001. Idaho Department of Water Resources, Information Officer. Personal Interview.

Montana:

  1. Martin, C., 2001. Water Rights Bureau Chief. Personal Interview.

  2. Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, December, 1999. Water Rights in Montana.

  3. State of Montana, Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Water Resources Division, 2001. http://www.dnrc.state.mt.us/wrd/home.htm.

  4. Water Resources Division, Water Rights Bureau, July 2000. Montana’s Basin Closures and Controlled Groundwater Areas.

New Mexico:

  1. Deubel, R., 2001. Water Right Administrator, New Mexico State Engineer Office. Personal Interview.

  2. New Mexico State Engineer, 1995. Rules and Regulations Governing Drilling of Wells and Appropriation and Use of Ground Water in New Mexico.

  3. New Mexico State Engineer, 1953. Manual of Rules and Regulations Governing the Appropriation and Use of the Surface Waters of the State of New Mexico.

Oregon:

  1. Oregon Water Resources Department, May 2001. Water Rights in Oregon: An Introduction to Oregon’s Water Laws and Water Rights System.

  2. Paul, T., 2001. Oregon Water Resources Department. Personal Interview.

  3. State of Oregon, Water Resource Department, 2001. http://www.wrd.state.or.us/index.html.

Utah:

  1. Boulton, D., 2001. Water Rights Specialist, Division of Water Rights. Personal Interview.

  2. Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water Rights, 2001. http://nrwrt1.nr.state.ut.us/.

  3. Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water Rights, 1999. Utah’s Water Right Process.

Wyoming:

  1. Lacy, C., 2001. Water Management Consultant, State of Wyoming, State Engineer’s Office. Personal Interview.

  2. Wyoming State Engineer’s Office, 2001. http://seo.state.wy.us/about/about.html.

 

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