Shortage and tension on the Upper Rio Grande: protecting endangered species during times of drought - the role of the Bureau of Reclamation, a brief overview of relationships in the Upper Rio Grande Basin
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The Bureau of Reclamation's role in water management events in the Upper Rio Grande Valley during the drought of 1996 is assessed. The Bureau was successful in a number of areas, including water delivery to irrigators and downstream users in New Mexico, river flow management, and resources planning for the next drought.
Publication Name: Natural Resources Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0028-0739
Year: 1999
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Contractual discretion and the Endangered Species Act: can the Bureau of Reclamation reallocate federal project water for endangered species to the middle Rio Grande?
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Whether the Bureau of Reclamation has the authority to reallocate contracted San Juan-Chama water for the Rio Grande silvery minnow is discussed. The effect of the Endangered Species Act and of the and of the unmistakable-terms canon of government contracts construction are also discussed.
Publication Name: Natural Resources Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0028-0739
Year: 2001
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An analysis of the drought of 1996 in the Middle Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico
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The 1996 water shortage in the Middle Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico is analyzed. The shortage may not have met the definition of a 'hydraulic drought,' but it did have a severe impact on the Rio Grande silvery minnow, which was designated as an endangered species in 1994.
Publication Name: Natural Resources Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0028-0739
Year: 1999
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