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Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP has significantly influenced the development of water resources in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain West for more than 40 years. Our rich history in the development of water policy in our region is reflected in the fact that two of our former partners have served as the Assistant Secretary for Water and Science with the U.S. Department of the Interior, while another former partner served as the Director of Natural Resources for Colorado, the Solicitor of the U.S. Department of the Interior, and the Assistant U.S. Attorney General for Lands and Natural Resources.
Today, DGS has great breadth of experience in all aspects of legal issues and projects that involve water and water rights. We help municipalities, governmental entities, private industry, ditch companies, and individuals develop, adjudicate, finance, protect, and operate under reliable water supplies. We have significant experience in litigation over the initiation, protection, and change of water rights, approval of augmentation plans, and rights to the use of underground water. We also represent clients seeking to buy, sell, mortgage, and exchange water rights and related structures, and opine and have served as expert witnesses in water right title matters.
DGS has particularly strong interdisciplinary experience in addressing environmental and federal public land law issues related to water use and development. These issues and experience include permitting and litigation under the Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), National Forest Management Act, Federal Land Policy and Management Act, and similar state and federal laws.
DGS attorneys have represented the State of Wyoming, the City of Colorado Springs, and the City of Greeley in water planning and permitting matters to assist these entities in the development and delivery of new supplies of water for future use. Our work has included in-depth analysis of the legal constraints and requirements imposed on water resource planning and development under state water laws and various applicable regulatory laws, such as NEPA, the Endangered Species Act, and other federal and state laws.
Join us for a discussion of the new COGCC rules to implement Governor's Task Force Recommendations 17 and 20. Topics...
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DENVER - October 2, 2015 - Jonathan Goldstein has joined the Finance & Acquisitions Department and Mike Kotlarczyk has joined...
DENVER - September 24, 2015 - Leading Denver business and securities litigation attorney Jason M. Lynch has joined the Trial...
Rule Now Effective In All Other States, But Legal Challenges Loom Nationwide As discussed in a previous DGS alert, on...
Please join Davis Graham & Stubbs for a discussion of EPA's and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's recently finalized...
On May 27, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) issued a pre-publication final...
Please join Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP and the Nevada Water Resources Association for a discussion of hot topics in...
Three people from Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP were honored yesterday at the Colorado Lawyers Committee (CLC) 2015 Awards Luncheon...
After reaching water rights settlements, a number of Native American tribes find themselves with rights to more water than their...
"The Bottom Line: Fees, Billing, and Collections β Ethical and Effective Billing and Trust Account Practicesβ will be presented by...
On March 25, 2014, EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers issued a pre-publication release of the much-anticipated proposed rule...
The recent devastating floods in Colorado have created significant challenges for a wide variety of companies. In the aftermath, affected...
Please join us for the second session of a two-part series on Hydraulic Fracturing Water Resources and Management. Water, as...
Please join us for the first session of a two-part series on Hydraulic Fracturing Water Resources and Management. Water, as...
On April 12, 2013, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its proposed revisions to the New Source Performance...
DENVER β APRIL 9, 2013 β Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP partner Janet Savage will be speaking at the Rocky...