Understanding Water Rights in Oregon: A Guide for Land Trusts

Designed as a guide for prospective buyers of land in Montana, this guide explains how water rights are allocated in Montana. It explains the first in time, first in right system of water rights and how use due diligence in ascertaining water rights and restoring stream flow.

This handbook was developed to provide basic tools for understanding Washington water rights. If you own land with water rights, want to buy or sell land with water rights, or want to transfer water rights, this handbook can help you become more knowledgeable.

This guidebook contains information about water resources and water rights, conservation tools, best practices and practical guidance. Section 1 presents an overview of water resources and water rights in Arizona.

This guide provides land trust staff and other land acquisition practitioners with information about key aspects of water rights.

This document contains sample language from the Colorado Water Trust for maintaining water rights in an easement.

This guide is a resource for communities, water providers, land trusts, and other conservation partners to use voluntary land conservation to secure community drinking water sources.

This paper describes efforts to protect water rights on conserved lands in the West.

This is a general introduction to the laws on water rights in Utah. It discusses the history, the application process and recording requirements.

Often referred to as mini-textbooks, the Water Education Foundation’s popular Layperson’s Guide series offers readers an easy-to-understand, broad overview and perspective on a variety of important water topics.

Can the promise of conservation compete against the paycheck from selling a property or water right? And can land and water trusts protect Colorado’s valuable water rights and vast ag lands before they’re lost?