Law Seminars International: Tribal Water in the Pacific Northwest
- Confluence Law
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March 26-27, 2026 | Virtual
Join Jamie Morin of Confluence Law at Law Seminars International’s Tribal Water in the Pacific Northwest conference for a discussion on how states quantify water rights and manage water resources, including the prior appropriation system, beneficial use, relinquishment, and abandonment, exemptions, water right adjudications, and the interplay with instream water rights.
Who Will Benefit from Attending
Attorneys, tribal, local, state, and federal government representatives, environmental professionals, business executives, water users, and their representatives will all benefit from attending.
Why You Will Benefit from Attending
There are currently a wide range of tribal water issues in the Pacific Northwest, and this year's Tribal Water program will give you comprehensive coverage of those topics.
To update you on federal Tribal water rights issues, Sarah LeFlore, Acting Director of the Indian Water Rights Office, will provide an update on Indian Water Rights Settlements pending before the 119th Congress and the agency's policy priorities. Afterwards, you will learn about issues at the intersection of Tribal water rights and state water law.
Our next series of topics will focus on Tribal participation in water management in the region. You will hear an update on the Yakama Basin Integrated Plan; tips for securing and utilizing Treatment as a State status for Tribal water quality management; an update on EPA's proposed new rule regarding state and Tribal review of federal projects under the Clean Water Act; and efforts for collaborative salmon recovery in the region.
You won't want to miss the wrap-up panel on the use of Tribal treaty rights to protect Trial resources in an evolving regulatory environment.
What You Will Learn
Federal update: Indian Water Rights Settlements
How states quantify water rights and manage water resources
Tribal participation in state water rights adjudications
Treatment of unquantified treaty-reserved water rights
Federal water resource management
Bureau of Reclamation
Army Corps of Engineers
Bonneville Power Administration
Water management on the Columbia River
Methodologies for quantifying instream flows
Tribal Treatment as a State (TAS) under the Clean Water Act
Salmon Recovery
Elwha dam removal
Klamath River dam removal
Collaborative efforts in Puget Sound
Protecting Treaty Resources in an evolving regulatory landscape
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