Publications

Presentations & Publications

• Trout, Raley, Montaño, Witwer & Freeman, P.C., Acquiring, Using and Protecting Water in Colorado (revised ed. 2011) out of print.

• Peggy E. Montaño and Michael A. Kopp, Working with Legal Counsel, Presentation to Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (2023).

• Michael A. Kopp and W. Davis Wert, Eminent Domain and Water Law Basics, International Right of Way Association (September 2023).

• Lisa M. Thompson and Michael A. Kopp, Water Rights in Colorado, Presentation to the Colorado Association of Tax Appraisers (August 2023).

• Peggy E. Montaño and Michael A. Kopp, TABOR Overview, Presentation to Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (2023).

• Peggy E. Montaño and Michael A. Kopp, Board Presentation and Open Meetings Workshop, Presentation to Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (2023).

• W. Davis Wert, Co-Author, Clean Water Act Jurisdiction Over Wetlands: The Implications of Sackett v. EPA, The Colorado Lawyer (Colorado Bar Association Dec. 2023).

• W. Davis Wert, The Ebb and Flow of “Waters of the United States,” Colorado Bar Association CLE Presentation (2023).

• Lucas O'Brien, State Ballot Initiatives and Federal Preemption: How Colorado Voters Have Changed Cooperative Federalism in Wildlife Management, 62 Nat. Res. J. 49 (2022).

• Lisa M. Thompson and Michael A. Kopp, Water Rights in Colorado, Presentation to the Colorado Association of Tax Appraisers (August 2023).

• Peggy E. Montaño and Michael A. Kopp, Contracts Workshop, Presentation to Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (2022).

• Peggy E. Montaño, Wildfire Impacts on Water Supply and Planning, Water Law Institute, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation CLE Presentation (November 2021).

• Peggy E. Montaño and Michael A. Kopp, Risk of Loss Presentation, Presentation to Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (2020).

• Peggy E. Montaño and Michael A. Kopp, Insurance Workshop, Presentation to Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (2019).

• Peggy E. Montaño and Michael A. Kopp, Contracts Workshop Presentation to Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (2018).

• W. Davis Wert and Peggy Montaño, 13 Colorado Practice Series, Civil Procedure Forms & Commentary §§ 86.1–92.1 (Rev’d 2d Ed. 2018) (Rules 86 to 92. Special Rules Relating to Water Cases).

• Lisa M. Thompson, CLE Speaker, Law of the Rio Grande (2017).

• Peggy E. Montaño, Colorado Water Law Today, American Planning Association (October 2017).

• Peggy E. Montaño, Colorado Water Plan, Durango Rotary Club (June 2017).

• Deborah L. Freeman, Co-Author, New Clean Water Act Rule Defining Waters of the United States, The Colorado Lawyer (Colorado Bar Association 2015), selected for inclusion in Journals & Law Reviews WESTLAW database.

• Peggy E. Montaño, The Change of Water Right, Water Marketing Conference, Presenter, CLE International (December 2009).

• Lisa M. Thompson, Court Report, Sierra Club v. Hankinson, 351 F.3d 1358 (11th Cir. 2003) 7 U. Denv. Water L. Rev. 132 (2004).

• Lisa M. Thompson, Court Report, Raymond Proffitt Found. v. United States Army Corps of Eng'rs, 343 F.3d 199 (3d Cir. 2003), 7 U. Denv. Water L. Rev. 469 (2003).

• Lisa M. Thompson, Conference Report: The Twenty-First Annual Water Law Conference, Into the Twenty-First Century: Water Rights, Water Supply, Water Quality, San Diego, California, February 20-21, 2003, 6 U. Denv. Water L. Rev. 668 (2003).

• Lisa M. Thompson, Court Report, Miccosukee Tribe of Indians v. S. Fla. Water Mgmt. Dist., 280 F.3d 1364 (11th Cir. 2002), 6 U. Denv. Water L. Rev. 171 (2002).

• Lisa M. Thompson, Court Report, Georgia v. United States Army Corps of Eng’rs, 302 F.3d 1242 (11th Cir. 2002), 6 U. Denv. Water L. Rev. 175 (2002). 

• Co-Author, New Federal Guidance on Identifying Waters Protected by the Clean Water Act, THE COLORADO LAWYER (Colorado Bar Association 2011).Deborah L. Freeman (Contributor), Endangered Species Act: Law, Policy and Perspectives (ABA 2002).

• Bennett W. Raley, Chaos in the Making: the Consequences of Failure to Integrate Federal Environmental Statutes with McCarran Amendment Water Adjudications, 41 Rocky Mt. Min. L. Inst. (1995).

• Deborah L. Freeman, Against the Flow:  Emerging Conflicts Between Endangered Species Protection and Water Use, 40 Rocky Mt. Min. L. Inst. (1994).

• Deborah L. Freeman, Reinitiation of Endangered Species Act Section 7 Consultations Over Existing Projects, Natural Resources and Environment, American Bar Association (Summer, 1993).

• Peggy E. Montaño, Non-Indian Federal Reserved Rights Since the Rio Mimbres Decision, 37th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute (1991).  

• Bennett W. Raley, Water Quality v. Water Quantity: A Delicate Balance, 34 Rocky Mt. Min. L. Inst. 24 (1988).