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Monthly Briefing Archive
Congress and Obama Administration Elevate Ag Policy Issues Alliance Hits Capitol Hill with Irrigation Association Op/Ed by Alliance President Pat O'Toole Big Month for San Joaquin Irrigators NEPA Rules Draw Fire from Western Lawmakers / Water Users Climate Change Being Infused into Federal Policies "THANK YOU" to our New and Supporting Members
Looking For Ways to Streamline Low-Head Hydro Projects in Canals New Clean Water Bill Offers Not-so-New Ideas Alliance President Participates in Roll-Out of "Outdoors Initiative" Proposed Standards Could Increase Gridlock Senate Climate Bill Remains Uncertain Reclamation Legend Dominy Dies at 100 Recent Alliance Speaking Engagements Focus on ESA Challenges Johnson Foundation Announces Water Initiative "THANK YOU" to our New and Supporting Members
2010 Annual Conference Water Themes Hit on Collaboration, Coordination and Conflict Alliance Board Establishes Priority Initiatives for 2010 Cabinet Secretaries Meet With Alliance Reps on Low Head Hydro Matters EAJA Transparency Bills Endorsed by Alliance Alliance Engages Congress, Agencies on Several Climate Fronts Irrigation District Manager Sought in Columbia Basin Photos and Highlights from Alliance Annual Conference Salute to Our Recent and Continuing Supporting Donors
D.C. Snow Storm Leads to Cancellation of Senate Climate / Water Hearing Green Political Power - How Did Their Garden Grow? Obama Administration Proposes NEPA Expansion While You Were Sleeping - A Slew of New Rules in the Works Irrigation District Manager Sought in the Columbia Basin Klamath River Agreements Signed Water Project Leadership Opportunity in Arizona NM Water Manager Questions Wilderness Proposal Salute to Our Recent and Continuing Supporting Donors
2010 Annual Conference Highlights the Good, Bad History of Irrigator-Consevationist Relationships Conference Speaker to Outline Interior Dep’t Water Initiative USFWS Refuses to Answer Questions On Scientific Basis for Its Restrictions on Water Deliveries Alliance Joins Nearly 150 Other Ag Groups to Support Senator Murkowski’s Efforts to Curb EPA Greenhouse Gas Rules Salute to our Recent and Continuing Supporting Donors
December 2009 "Monthly Briefing"
Colorado River "Water Sharing" Group Meets 2010 Annual Meeting and Conference Set for March 3-5 New Website Highlights Public Perception of Western Water National Academy Set to Review Bay-Delta Science Questions Feds Release Two Important Irrigation Studies Pacific NW Regional Director to Retire from Reclamation Alliance Treasurer Receives Ag Business Award Daughter of Alliance President Voted "Best Future Rancher"
Big Climate Change Developments in D.C. 2010 Annual Meeting and Conference Set for March 3-5 Water Transfers Receive Growing Attention Draft Klamath River Dam Removal Agreement Announced News Briefs Donor Support Information
October 2009 "Monthly Briefing" Alliance Begins Case Study Report of Western Water Management Save the Date! 2010 Alliance Annual Conference Set Conference Season Arrives - Alliance Hits the Road US Fish and Wildlife Service Sued Again Over Smelt Alliance Engages in Colorado River Water Sharing Forum Court Says Bureau of Reclamation Liable for Breach of Contracts Johnson Foundation White Paper on Ag / Environmental Water Issues Forthcoming Alliance IQA Litigation Update Thanks to our Donors!
Farmer Lobbyists Tackle Climate Change on Capitol Hill The Alliance Message on Climate Change Save the Date! 2010 Alliance Annual Conference Set Health Care Debate Puts Climate Change on Back Burner Interior Launches Climate Change Strategy Unique Partnership Promotes Conservation Through Ranching Idaho Water Users Initially Pleased With New Obama Salmon Plan Alliance Engages in Johnson Foundation Freshwater Forum Editorial: Indepedent Peer Review of Bay-Delta Science Needed Thanks to our Donors!
Alliance Gears Up for Climate Debate Climate Change Legislative Outlook in U.S. Senate Senator Feinstein Calls for Review of Bay-Delta Fish Science Company's Move to Discontinue Aquatic Herbicide Sends Shockwave Through Irrigation Community Thanks to our Donors!
Alliance Calls for Withdrawal of Delta Smelt Opinion Alliance to Weigh in on Climate Debate Alliance Addresses Farm Foundation Forum at National Press Club Clean Water Bill Should Clarify, Not Muddy the Law Thanks to our Donors! June 2009 "Monthly Briefing"
San Joaquin Crisis Grabs DC Attention Alliance Establishes Legal Fund Alliance Joins New Ranching Coalition Irrigation Association to Host Conference Controversial Clean Water Act Bill Clears Committee Cap and Trade Bill Narrowly Passes U.S. House House Ag Committee Compiles Climate Change Responses Jim Lundgren Steps Down from Alliance Board Water World Mourns Loss of Craig Bell Alliance to Address Farm Foundation Forum at National Press Club Thanks to our Donors! May 2009 "Monthly Briefing"
2009 Farmer Lobbyist Trip to DC The Alliance's DC Message Policy Makers, Irrigators Eye CWRA Developments Connor Confirmed as New BOR Commissioner Thanks to our Donors! April 2009 "Monthly Briefing" California Water March Alliance Co-hosts Fresno State Smelt Seminar Alliance Testifies on BOR Stimulus Plan Working on San Joaquin Valley Crisis Preparedness Stimulus NEPA Rx Submitted to White House CEQ Climate Change Activities Heat up in Congress Thanks to our Donors!
March 2009 Special Conference Edition. Inside, you will find the complete rundown of our 21st Annual Meeting and Conference, held March 4-6, 2009 in Las Vegas:
NARF Leader Keynotes 21st Conference 2009 Family Farm Alliance Initiatives TNC Speaker Outlines "Win-Win" Western Success Stories The California Water Crisis: Conference Panel Diverse Panel Tackles Ag-to-Urban Water Transfers Former Bush Appointee Talks About His Time at Interior Speaker Outlines Efforts to Inject Rigor into ESA Decisions Thanks to Jane Townsend! E.D. Presents New Report to Conference Congressional Water Committee Staff Video Conference Speaker Outlines the "30-Year Challenge" Facing Agriculture Using IQA to Rein in Agency Deference Bob Johnson and Joe Raeder are 2009 "Water Warriors" Aging Water Infrastructure Gets New Attention CSU Rolls Out New Poll on Public Attitudes Towards Water Use Reclamation Roundtable
February 2009 "Monthly Briefing"
Zero Water Allocation for Many CVP Water Users Final Family Farm Alliance Conference Schedule Stimulus Package Includes $1 Billion for USBR Alliance Sends Spending Rx to Cabinet Secretaries Congress Sets up New Water Committees Bob Johnson Joins Water Consult Thanks to our Donors!
Alliance Reps to Host CSU "Water Tables 2009" - Focus on Water Conflicts Central Valley Congressmen Weigh in On Alliance IQA Request Cal Farm Water Districts Boost Water Use Efficiency Mid-Pacific Conference Carries Grim Tone: Curtailment Looms Oregon High Court Agrees to Decide Klamath Water Suit Issues Reclamation Releases New Managing for Excellence Documents Stimulus Bills, Omnibus Lands Package Hold Promise for Irrigators Thanks to our Donors!
December 2008 "Monthly Briefing"
Alliance Applauds Selection of Salazar as Interior Secretary Alliance Files IQA Request in California Family Farm Alliance Western Water Policy Report Now Available Environmentalists Submit Wish List to Obama Transition Team Oregon Activists Want Higher Columbia River Flows Recent Reclamation Developments House Natural Resources Committee Agenda for 2009 Klamath River Dam Removal California Water Agencies Sue to Protect Further Cutbacks What to Watch for in the 111th Congress Farm Foundation Releases Report Thanks to our Donors!
October 2008 "Monthly Briefing"
Alliance Readies Release of 2008 Western Water Policy Report Western Water Policy Recommendations NW Dam Impacts to Salmon Questioned Pacific Institute Study Rebutted Loan Guarantee Rule Out for Review Thanks to our Donors!
Alliance Testifies on Title Transfers Financial Crisis Impacting Water Legislation Alliance Members Honored for Work on "M4E" Mancos Project Bill Passes Committee California Water World Loses Robert Stackhouse House Economic Stimulus Proposal: $300 M for Water Infrastructure Opinion: Pacific Institute Study Misses Mark
Alliance Engages at Dem, GOP National Conventions Alliance's New Water Policy Proposals Activists Balking at ESA Changes Alliance Plans Ag-Urban Water Transfer Policy "Water for America" Initiative Reclamation News Briefs Ag Salinity Workshop Re-Scheduled
July 2008 "Monthly Briefing"
Alliance Exec Director Testifies on Canal Safety Bill Alliance Climate Study Discussed at Congressional Hearing EPA Water Transfer Rule Challenged by Environmentalists Alliance Joins Coalition Letter on Farm Bill AWEP Alliance's 21st Annual Meeting Set for March 4-6, 2009 in Las Vegas Critical New Mexico Domestic Well Decision is Handed Down
June 2008 "Monthly Briefing"
Sacramento Valley Irrigators Await Decision on Diversion Dam Second Nevada Canal Breached Reclamation Looks at Canal / Asset Issues Hydropower the Topic of Oversight Hearing Government Witness Suggests Interior Officials Used ESA "Political Influence" - MacDonald, Manson Rebut Assertions EPA Says Clean Water Permits Not Needed for Water Transfers Districts Receive Grants to Improve Delivery Systems New Mid-Pacific Regional Director Named Alliance Asked to Help Plan Ag / Salinity Meeting Retiring Reclamation Information Officer Honored.
May 2008 "Monthly Briefing"
President Signs Site Security Bill West Coast Salmon Are Given House Panel Scrutiny President Signs Alliance-Backed "Produced Water" Bill Farm Bill Clears Congress - Contains Program Supported by Alliance Snake River Wild & Scenic Bill Passes Senate Panel Coalition Likes Upper Snake Biological Opinion Senate Committee OKs San Joaquin River Restoration Bill Alliance Leading Charge to Launch Loan Guarantee Program The Challenge: Financing Aging Water Infrastructure
April 2008 "Monthly Briefing"
Hearing on Controversial Clean Water Act Bill Draws a Crowd to D.C. Aging Water Infrastructure Getting Congressional / Administration Scrutiny Reclamation Plans Canal Workshop Wrapping Up Reclamation's M4E Hearing Held on Indian Water Rights Columbia River Fish Pacts Proposed Water 2025 Applications Are Sought California Pays Fish-Saving Price Senate OK's Site Security Cap
March 2008 "Monthly Briefing" Special Expanded Annual Meeting Issue!
Former Assistant Deputy Secretary Julie MacDonald: Embattled, But She Defends Interior Role Alliance 2008 Initiatives A busy 2006 for Alliance Washington Insiders Arizona Rancher Joins Board Past Leaders Take a Look Back at the First 20 Years Alliance Focus on Climate Change Hot Water in the West A Strategy for Sharing Problems New Coalitions are Taking Shape Not Waiting for the Cavalry Matt Jenkins of "High Country News" Alliance Honors Peltier, Gold, Todd and Range Magazine at Conference Reclamation "Managing for Excellence" Wrapup
Monthly Briefing February 2008
The Show Will Go On! - Alliance's 20th Annual Meeting will Reopen a Safe Monte Carlo in Vegas - Complete Conference Agenda Alliance Again Takes Part in "Managing for Excellence" Bush Administration Rolls out Proposed Reclamation Budget Reclamation Budget Specifics Alliance Engages in Two Western Water Conferences Editorial: EarthJustice's Clean Water Poll Comes Up Short Site Security Legislation Passed by Senate Energy Committee
Read the February 2008 "Monthly Briefing"
Monthly Briefing January 2008
Alliance Has a Terrific Lineup for 20th Birthday New Year's Storms Boost West's Snowpacks The Alliance's New Look on the Web Alliance President O'Toole Responds to Senate Committee's Questions Proposed Klamath Basin Settlement Released for Public Review Long Time California Water Leader David Kennedy Dies at 71 Historic Colorado River Water Management Settlement Wins OK
Read the January 2008 Monthly Briefing
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Alliance President Testifies Before Senate Committee Highlights of the Upcoming 20th Annual Meeting and Conference Alliance President, Wife Mesh Organization's Activities with Ranch Work Klamath's Latest NRC Study: High Hopes Tempered by Anti-Farm Rhetoric Uneasy Idaho Irrigators Await Columbia River Decision Site Security Bill is Approved by House of Representatives Polly, Wirkus Are Named New Deputy Reclamation Commissioners
Read the December 2007 Monthly Briefing
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Climate Change and the West A Nevada Oasis That is Rich In Fascinating Las Vegas Water History Reclamation's Proposed Land Management Regulations Catch West by Surprise "Managing for Excellence" is Among NWRA's Conference Topics Congress Overrides President Bush's WRDA Veto Expansive Clean Water Act Bill Set for House Committee Hearing
Read the November 2007 Monthly Briefing
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Battle Over New Dams Sinks California Water Bond Plan Clean Water 'Restoration Act' Called "Classic Bait and Switch" Alliance Annual Meeting Info to be Sent Out Next Month SECURE Water Act Tackles Climate Change, Water Challenges Water, Power Customers Helping to "Right Size" Reclamation Snake River Headwaters Legislation is Bad for Idaho Regional Water Management Approach Urged for San Joaquin Valley
Read the October 2007 Monthly Briefing
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The Delta Smelt Case Alliance Resolves to Help Central Valley Irrigators Alliance's New Report on Climate Change, Impacts EPA Releases Water-Related Climate Change Reports "Managing for Excellence" Meeting Planned in Portland Reclamation has Two New Regional Directors The Other Side to Julie MacDonald Allegations
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Climate Change and the West
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Former Alliance President Limbaugh Leaving Interior
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O'Toole Testifies on Climate Change
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Alliance Will Take a Look at Climate Change
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Alliance Conference Views Crucial Issues
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Secretary Kempthorne Will Address Alliance
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A Great Alliance Lineup for Annual Meeting
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'Farming Is National Security’Annual Meeting
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Election Changes in DC
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Colorado Survey Shows Support for Ag
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New Ties Bind Farmers, Fishermen
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President Nominates Johnson as BOR Chief
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Senate ESA Revamp Effort Loses Impetus
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New Interior Chief Engages Water Users
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Alliance Meets with Beleagured Fishermen
Monthly Briefing Spring Storms Pound West Coast
Special Annual Meeting Briefing
The Ag-Urban Transfer Threat
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LV Water Leader to Speak at March 2-3 Event
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Annual Meeting: Speakers to Address NAS
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2006 Annual Conference
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ESA Bill is OK'd by House
August
Alliance Report Helps Assess BOR Future
Convention Edition
Keppen and O'Toole Testify in Congress
Dam Safety Bill Passes - Alliance Victory!
Dam Safety Bill Awaits House Action
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West's Drought Worsens April 2004 Special Annual Meeting Edition Featuring:
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