Tag Archives: Karrigan Bork

Reallocating Environmental Risk

Posted on November 5, 2023 by Andrew Rypel

By Karrigan Bork & Keith Hirokawa [X-posted from Environmental Law Prof Blog] Living the good life has often meant finding ways to allow for growth and construction while ostensibly protecting the natural environment on which we depend. Want to build … Continue reading →

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What’s the dam problem with deadbeat dams?

Posted on May 28, 2023 by Andrew Rypel

by Andrew L. Rypel, Christine A. Parisek, Jay Lund, Ann Willis, Peter B. Moyle, Sarah Yarnell, Karrigan Börk *this is a repost of a blog originally published in June 2020. Damming rivers was once a staple of public works and … Continue reading →

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Considerations for Developing An Environmental Water Right in California

Posted on June 12, 2022 by Andrew Rypel

By Karrigan Börk, Andrew L. Rypel, Sarah Yarnell, Ann Willis, Peter B. Moyle, Josué Medellín-Azuara, Jay Lund, and Robert Lusardi This week, news emerged of a State Senate plan that would spend upwards of $1.5B to purchase senior water rights … Continue reading →

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New science or just spin: science charade in the Delta

Posted on March 15, 2020 by Andrew Rypel

By Karrigan Bork, Andrew L. Rypel, and Peter Moyle Science-based decision making is key to improved conservation management and a legal mandate in the US Endangered Species Act.  Thus supporters of federal efforts to increase water exports from the Central … Continue reading →

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Guest Species – What about the nonnative species we like?

Posted on May 28, 2018 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Karrigan Bork, JD, PhD Conservationists worry about a host of nonnative species, and with good reason. Nonnative species cause north of $120 billion per year in damages in North America alone, and they present the primary extinction risk for roughly … Continue reading →

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Fish, flows, and 5937 – legal challenges on the Santa Maria River

Posted on July 30, 2017 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Karrigan Bork, JD, PhD Driving down the 101, you cross a half-mile long bridge over the Santa Maria River into the city of Santa Maria, California. It’s a large bridge, with big levees to constrain the river on either … Continue reading →

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