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Oregon Supreme Court Rules Water Rights for Proposed Dam Were Improperly Denied

By Bill Poehler  |  Aug. 12, 2025 |  Salem Statesman Journal The Oregon Supreme Court remanded the Oregon Water Resources Commission’s denial of water rights by the East Valley Water District. The Oregon Water Resources Commission must reconsider its denial of a proposed dam in farmland south of Silverton, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled on […]

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Oregon Supreme Court Upholds Key Ruling for Drift Creek Instream Water Right

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Aug. 8, 2025 For information, please contact:Tommy Hough, WaterWatch of Oregon, tommy@waterwatch.orgBrian Posewitz, WaterWatch of Oregon, brian@waterwatch.org Oregon Supreme Court Upholds Key Ruling for Drift Creek Instream Water RightThe state’s highest court affirmed most of a lower court’s ruling protecting a tributary of the Pudding River from a proposed 70-foot dam and

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Water Permit Dispute Over Potential Drift Creek Dam Reaches Oregon Supreme Court

By Sophia Cossette  |  Nov. 21, 2024  |  Woodburn Independent A decade-long fight over the water rights to stream water in Marion County may finally be coming to a head. The dispute between the East Valley Water District and the environmental nonprofit WaterWatch of Oregon over water law involving a proposed dam on Drift Creek

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Court of Appeals Denies Proposed Drift Creek Dam But Water District Intends to Appeal

By Bill Poehler  |  Nov. 17, 2023  |  Salem Statesman Journal The Oregon Water Resources Commission and the Court of Appeals have prohibited the dam, saying it might harm cutthroat trout that spawn in the creek. Oregon’s Court of Appeals this month upheld a previous ruling prohibiting construction of a new dam south of Silverton

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Farmer v. Farmer: Future of Oregon Water at Center of Fight Over New Dam Near Silverton

By Molly Harbarger  |  May 16, 2015  |  The Oregonian Bruce Jaquet took over management of his 193-acre farm from his father. He bought the land from his great-aunt, passed down from her father, who originally bought the land after emigrating from Switzerland in 1900. Jaquet doesn’t want to sell, and he doesn’t want four

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