Baker Ranches Fights National Park Service for Water Rights

Water in the West has long been considered a precious resource as often it is scarce. Legal battles over water rights have occurred through history and are still going on today. On February 12, 2025, Baker Ranches Inc., represented by Mountain States Legal Foundation, filed an “open briefing” with the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals against both the Department of the Interior and the National Park Service. Baker Ranches has been using the water from Baker and Lehman Creeks in eastern Nevada for their ranching operations for over a century and hold senior water rights. However, upstream from Baker...

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