Return to the River: Environmental Flow Policy in the United States and Canada1 |
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| Authors: | Lawrence J MacDonnell |
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| Institution: | Professor of Law, University of Wyoming College of Law, 1000 E. University Avenue, Laramie, Wyoming 82071. |
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| Abstract: | Abstract: This paper provides an overview and summary of United States and Canadian federal, state, and provincial laws that offer some form of legal protection for environmental flows. Special attention is given to the new “second generation” law established in Texas and to ways western states are beginning to encourage transactions that help restore dewatered streams. Progress in the eastern states and some Canadian provinces to provide environmental flow protection is addressed. Based on this review, this paper presents recommended elements of a “model” environmental flow policy. |
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| Keywords: | water law water policy instream flow environmental flow |
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