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Kirk Maag

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I bring a solutions-oriented approach to the practice of natural resources and environmental law. My practice involves advising clients in natural resource industries, including water suppliers, forest products companies, agribusinesses, and manufacturers. I focus on the needs of those industries and advise my clients on water rights, real property transactions in the forest products and agricultural industries, and local, state, and federal regulations that affect the storage, transportation, disposal, and cleanup of solid and hazardous wastes.

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On June 22, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Arizona v. Navajo Nation, No. 21-1484, limiting the federal government’s obligation to affirmatively secure water for federally recognized Indian tribes. The Supreme Court held that the 1868 treaty establishing the Navajo Reservation (the “Treaty”) “did not require the United States to take…

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