Strategic Counsel

Pacific Forest and Watershed Lands Stewardship Council Completes Transfer of 140,000 Acres of Watershed Lands in California

The Pacific Forest and Watershed Lands Stewardship Council (Stewardship Council) is a non-profit formed twenty years ago as part of a settlement agreement between Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), the California Public Utilities Commission, and other parties in PG&E’s bankruptcy proceedi

SWRCB Strawberry Creek Hearing Confirms Underground Interception of Spring Water Requires a Surface Water Right

Along with Rachel Doughty of Greenfire Law, WPLG Attorney Paul Kibel participated in the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) hearing on diversions by Nestle (and its successor) of waters supporting Strawberry Creek in San Bernardino County.  The hearing, initiated by the SWRCB