Hats off to rancher-turned-water policy guru James Eklund on the ‘Law of the River’ | S6 Ep.4

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I often tell people that taking water from ag only means you won’t die of thirst in the short term, but it guarantees you will die of hunger in the long term.

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I think Silent Spring came out about 1960. Justice Hobbs seems to be paraphrasing the concept that law needs to be a “living document”; contrary to the concept accepted by the justices on SCOTUS - originalism. I took issue with James last week because I thought he was reaching for short term solutions for long term problems. Today he put on his diplomatic hat and offered better solutions geared to the duration of the problem. However, I still think re-writing water law is only part of the long term solution.