AG ALERT: EPA announces it will revise ‘waters of the U.S.’ definition Ag Alert Policy and regulation March 26, 2025By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to review the definition of “waters of the United...
CAL MATTERS: ‘Puddles and ditches’: California considers protecting wetlands from Trump order Cal Matters Policy and regulation March 14, 2025President Trump — once again — will rein in the nation’s 53-year-old law protecting waterways. At stake are seasonal streams,...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Trump’s ‘fabricated’ energy emergency threatens wetlands across the US, conservationists claim Courthouse News Service Policy and regulation February 21, 2025The Center for Biological Diversity intends to sue Trump and the Army Corps of Engineers for illegally expediting approval of...
AG ALERT: New ‘waters of the U.S.’ rule still problematic for farmers Ag Alert Policy and regulation September 12, 2023By Ching Lee, California Farm Bureau Federation After the U.S. Supreme Court set boundaries for what bodies of water the...
NOTICE: U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Sackett – Army Corps Approved Jurisdictional Determinations (AJDs) Paused US Army Corps of Engineers ANNOUNCEMENTS May 30, 2023From the Army Corps of Engineers: On May 25, 2023, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision in the...
AG ALERT: Groups sue over legality of new ‘waters of the U.S.’ law Ag Alert AgriculturePolicy and regulation January 25, 2023By Ag Alert The American Farm Bureau Federation and other agricultural and business groups are suing federal agencies, challenging the...
AG ALERT: Final rule seen as muddying waters for ag landowners Ag Alert AgriculturePolicy and regulation January 11, 2023By Ching Lee, Ag Alert In its latest attempt to define which bodies of water fall under federal protection, the...
AG ALERT: Waters of the U.S. rule needs clarity, farm groups say Ag Alert Policy and regulation June 22, 2022By Christine Souza, Ag Alert California Farm Bureau President Jamie Johansson told leaders of the Environmental Protection Agency and the...
AG ALERT: Farmers seek ‘clarity and certainty’ in U.S. waters rule Ag Alert Policy and regulation September 15, 2021By Christine Souza On behalf of California farmers and ranchers, California Farm Bureau provided feedback this month to federal agencies...
AG ALERT: Biden administration opens WOTUS rule ‘round three’ Ag Alert Policy and regulation July 16, 2021By Christine Souza, Ag Alert The latest change in presidential administrations has brought another change in direction in overseeing waters...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Biden EPA pulls plug on Trump-era water rule Courthouse News Service Policy and regulation June 9, 2021The latest bend in a decades-long battle has the federal government working to restore protections undone by the Trump administration...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Environmentalists challenge Trump rollback of water protections Courthouse News Service Policy and regulation June 25, 2020Legal challenges continue to mount over the White House rolling back protections for America’s waterways, with the latest brought in...
CAL MATTERS: Filling Trump void, California steps in to protect birds, wetlands Cal Matters Policy and regulation June 19, 2020California has pushed back against the Trump Administration’s environmental rollbacks by writing its own rules. By Julie Cart, Cal Matters...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: California and EPA Tussle Over Water-Quality Protections Courthouse News Service Policy and regulation June 18, 2020Attorneys for 18 states and 2 major cities were in federal court Thursday asking a judge to grant a preliminary...
THE CONVERSATION: Repealing the Clean Water Rule will swamp the Trump administration in wetland litigation The Conversation Policy and regulationWater rights and water law September 24, 2019Patrick Parenteau, Vermont Law & Graduate School, for The Conversation The question of which streams, lakes, wetlands and other water...
