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45 Ocean & Coastal L. Memo [i] (1998)

handle is hein.journals/ocoaslme45 and id is 1 raw text is: Ocean and Coastal Law Memo Issue 45 January 1998 Western Water Rights, the Federal Navigation Servitude, and Salmon Restoration by Richard G. Hildreth, Professor of Law, Codirector, Ocean and Coastal Law Center Carrie Dahlstrom, J.D. 1998, University of Oregon Marshall L. Wilde, J.D. 1998, University of Oregon Table of Contents Page I. Introduction ........................................................ 1 II. The U.S. Congress Severs Nonnavigable Waters from Western . FederalPublicLands.. . ...... .......... .1 IL The Federal Navigation Servitude ........................ ........ 5 IV. The Servitude and Western Water Rights . ................... .11 V. Potential Roles for the Navigation Servitude in Federally Supported River Basin and Watershed Restoration Efforts ................... 17 VI. Authority to Use the Federal Navigation Servitude for Salmon ........ 23 VII. Conclusion .......................................... ....... 25 This memo is the result of research sponsored in part by Oregon Sea Grant with funds from NOAA Office of Sea Grant, Department of Commerce, under Grant No. NA606X-01 (Project R/PPA-41). The authors gratefully acknowledge the manuscript assistance of Nancy Farmer and the research assistance of Andrea Coffman. Distributed by: Oregon State University Extension . Sea Grant Program Corvallis OR