Water conflicts plague every river in the West, with the thorniest dilemmas found in the many basins with Indian reservations and reserved water rights—rights usually senior to all others in over-appropriated rivers. Negotiations and litigation over tribal water rights shape the future of both Indian and non-Indian communities throughout the region, and intense competition for limited water supplies has increased pressure to address tribal water claims. Much has been written about Indian water rights; for the many tribal and non-Indian stakeholders who rely upon western water, this book now offers practical guidance on how to negotiate them. By providing a comprehensive synthesis of western water issues, tribal water disputes, and alternative approaches to dispute resolution, it offers a valuable sourcebook for all—tribal councils, legislators, water professionals, attorneys—who need a basic understanding of the complexities of the situation. The book reviews the history, current status, and case law related to western water while revealing strategies for addressing water conflicts among tribes, cities, farms, environmentalists, and public agencies. Drawing insights from the process, structure, and implementation of water rights settlements currently under negotiation or already agreed to, it presents a detailed analysis of how these cases evolve over time. It also provides a wide range of contextual materials, from the nuts and bolts of a Freedom of Information Act request to the hydrology of irrigation. It also includes contributed essays by expert authors on special topics, as well as interviews with key individuals active in water management and tribal water cases. As stakeholders continue to battle over rights to water, this book clearly addresses the place of Native rights in the conflict. Negotiating Tribal Water Rights offers an unsurpassed introduction to the ongoing challenges these claims present to western water management while demonstrating the innovative approaches that states, tribes, and the federal government have taken to fulfill them while mitigating harm to both non-Indians and the environment.

Negotiating Tribal Water Rights: Fulfilling Promises in the Arid West

Britton, Sarah

Colby, Bonnie G.

Thorson, John E.

Environmental & Natural Resources Law

University of Arizona Press

Shortle (agricultural and environmental economics, Pennsylvania State U.) and Griffin (natural resource economics, Texas A&amp;M U.) gather together 18 articles on the effects of agriculture on water resources (and vice versa) that have been previously published in academic journals between 1980 and the present. The articles are organized into sections that address pollution control instruments for irrigated agriculture, salinity and water allocation, and water reallocation and the environment. The major concern throughout the volume is the economic effects of various water allocation plans, as well as economic instruments capable of providing pollution control and proper water allocation within current market systems. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Irrigated Agriculture and the Environment (The Management of Water Resources series, 1)

Business & Money

Young, R. A.

Bromley, D. W.

Adams, R. M.

Dinar, A.

Helfand, Gloria E.

Howitt, R. E.

Segerson, K.

Weinberg, M.

Zilberman, D.

Economics

Edward Elgar Publishing

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