WA Supreme Court Ruling Removes Public, Legislature Voice From River Flow Decisions, Gives Ecology Total Control
August 08, 2020
August 08, 2020
EUGENE, Oregon, Aug. 8 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on Aug. 7:
Yesterday, the State Supreme Court ruled against protecting flows in the Spokane River, rejecting arguments of river advocates, upholding the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology)'s drought-level flow rate decision. The decision subverts the will of the state legislature, granting total control over river flows in Washington state to Ecology and establishes a superficial . . .
Yesterday, the State Supreme Court ruled against protecting flows in the Spokane River, rejecting arguments of river advocates, upholding the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology)'s drought-level flow rate decision. The decision subverts the will of the state legislature, granting total control over river flows in Washington state to Ecology and establishes a superficial . . .