US Golden Eagle (USGE) is a multinational corporation based in Canada. It currently has a water right for consumptive use on the Skagit River system in order to irrigate hundreds of acres of blueberries. USGE recently submitted an application for…
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are a group of industrial compounds found in paint additives, adhesives, hydraulic fluids, electrical insulators, capacitors, and electric appliances such as television sets or refrigerators. Prevalent in the air, soil, and water worldwide, research in the 1960s…
EDIT: The newsletter includes a save the date for Celebrate Waters. The date has since changed to September 9th. Dear Friends, As we approach summer, we at CELP are keeping an eye on our water resources. This winter and spring…
Dear Friends, It has now been over a year since the start of the pandemic, and all our lives have changed. We hope you and your loved ones have stayed safe and well. All of us at CELP have adapted…
Crown Columbia Water Resources, LLC (Crown Columbia) is a so-called “water banking operation” that holds a portfolio of water rights to use for mitigation for future uses. Crown Columbia is affiliated with a larger corporation called Petrus Partners Ltd., based…
Happy New Year! We are starting the new year with a new administration, and with it hope for federal progress on clean and abundant water, strengthening tribal treaty rights, and modernizing the Columbia River Treaty. Here at home, we started…
Professor Emeritus Robert Anderson served for decades as a law professor and Director of the Native American Law Center at the University of Washington. He is also an Oneida Nation Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and visiting…
A multi-year ethics consultation on the Columbia River Treaty facilitated by the Ethics & Treaty Project. VANCOUVER, Wash. – Cowlitz Indian Tribe and Washington State University Vancouver’s Native American Affairs and Collective for Social and Environmental Justice are co-hosting the…
As the year approaches its end, we have all had to rethink how we do many things including work, school, birthdays and holidays. But that hasn’t stopped us from doing our work to protect and restore our river flows through…
Nicole is an educator, Eastern Washington resident, and Snoqualmie Tribal Member. Water has always held a special role in my life. Since I was a child, I have always known water to be a place gathering and enjoying company of…
