Balancing Endangered Species Protection and Irrigation Water Rights: The Platte River Cooperative Agreement

Authors

J. David Aiken, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

1-1-1989

Comments

Published in Great Plains Natural Resources Journal, vol. 3 (1999), pp. 119-158.
Great Plains Natural Resources Journal is published by The University of South Dakota Law School, Vermillion, SD. http://www.usd.edu/law/student_resources/great_plains_NRJ.cfm

Abstract

This article discusses Platte basin water right disputes involving endangered species, the development of the Platte Cooperative Agreement as a method for resolving such conflicts, and the framework within which such conflicts will now be addressed.