Final Unified Decree for the Snake River Basin Adjudication

Court Decree: Unified Final Decree relating to all water rights in Snake River Basin. Contents: I. Procedure, p.1; II. Findings of Fact, p.4; III. Conclusions of Law, p.6; IV. Order p. 9; Attachments available on website: Attachment 1: Snake River Basin Water System Map Attachment 2 -- Issued Partial Decrees by subcase or basin number Attachment 3 -- General Provisions by Basin Attachment 4 -- Water Right Agreements Between the State of Idaho and the United States of America: Shoshone-Bannock Tribes - Revised Partial Final Consent Decree Determining the Rights of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes - Water Right Partial Decrees - 1990 Fort Hall Indian Water Rights Agreement - Public Law 101-602, 104 Stat. 3059 (November 16, 1990) - Chapter 228, 1991 Idaho Sess. L. 547 - H.C.R. No. 16, 1985 Idaho Sess. L. 745 - Resolutions of the Business Council of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes dated: June 15, 1990; July 5, 1990; and June 14, 1991 Shoshone-Paiute Tribes - Revised Consent Decree for the Benefit of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes - Water Right Partial Decrees Nez Perce Tribe - Nez Perce Consent Decree and Idaho Water Resources Board Minimum Stream Flow Partial Decrees Multiple Use Water Right Decrees Springs or Fountains Water Right Decrees Idaho Water Resource Board Water Right Decrees Craters of the Moon Agreement Subcases Department of Energy Agreement Subcases Hells Canyon National Recreation Area (Basin 78) Agreement Subcases Hells Canyon National Recreation Area (Basin 79) Agreement Subcases Wild and Scenic Rivers Act Claims - Amended Order Approving Stipulation and Entry of Partial Decrees Agreement Subcases Yellowstone National Park - Order of Partial Decree on Uncontested Federal Water Right Claims Agreement Subcases Attachment 5 -- Disallowed Water Right Claims Attachment 6 -- Unclaimed Water Rights Decreed Disallowed Attachment 7 -- Order Governing Procedures for Deferred De Minimis Domestic & Stockwater Claims Attachment 8 -- Instructions on Searching the Final Unified Decree Attachment 9 -- Order on Motion for Partial Summary Judgment Attachment 10 -- Register of Action [Source: http://www.srba.state.id.us/finaldecree.htm

Order Granting Joint Motion for Approval and Entry of Consent Decree Approving Entry of Final Decrees Determining the Rights of the United States as Trustee for the Benefit of the Nez Perce Tribe to the Use of Water in the Snake River Basin within Idaho and Partial Final Decrees Determining Minimum Stream Flow Water Rights Held by the Idaho Water Resource Board

Court Document: Consent Decree Approving Entry of Partial Final Decrees Determining the Rights of the US as Trustee for the Benefit of the Nez Perce Tribe & the Nez Perce Tribe to the Use of Water in the Snake River Basin within Idaho and the Partial Final Decrees Determining Minimum Stream Flow Water Rights Held by the Idaho Water Resources Board. Covers off-reservation instream flow claims, springs and fountains claims, multiple-use claims and Idaho Water Resource Board Claims, and includes standard of review. Order: dismisses objections by DeVeny; grants Joint Motion for approval and entry of Final Decrees and disallows with prejudice claims listed in Attachment 3 of Consent Decree entered 01-30-2007. [Source: https://www.idwr.idaho.gov/water-rights/adjudication/SRBA/documents.html

Consent Decree Approving Entry of Partial Final Decrees Determining the Rights of the US as Trustee for the Benefit of the Nez Perce Tribe & the Nez Perce Tribe to the Use of Water in the Snake River Basin within Idaho and the Partial Final Decrees Determining Minimum Stream Flow Water Rights Held by the Idaho Water Resources Board

Post-settlement court orders/decree. Parties: Nez Perce Tribe, ID, Idaho, US, United States, Non-Indian Water Users listed in Attachment 1. Decree incorporates Special Master’s Term Sheet and partial final decrees for federal reserved water rights held by the US as trustee for the Tribe, for multiple use and for springs or fountains as well as state minimum stream flow water rights held by Idaho Water Resources Board. All Nez Perce claims and US claims for the Tribe which not found in the partial final decrees are dismissed with prejudice. Decrees were entered in compliance with Sec. 42-1411 A, Id. Code. The parties agree that the Consent Decree and Agreement (Special Master’s Term Sheet) are the final, complete and exclusive determination of all water claims of the Nez Perce Tribe and US as trustee in the Snake River Basin Adjudication. Most of 50,000 afy of multiple use federal reserve right will come from Clearwater River. Fountains and Springs federal reserve right includes non-exclusive use on certain federal public lands ceded to US. All claims to such waters on private and state lands are dismissed. The Tribe and Idaho will share information about diversions within the relevant hydrologic subbasins. The Court will maintain jurisdiction to administer decrees, resolve disputes regarding implementation and enforcement of Consent Order. Includes: Attachment 1 - Water Users - Parties to Consent Order - 2 pages; Attachment 2 - Settlement Agreement (Special Master\u27s Term Sheet), Attachment 3 - Claims Dismissed and Clerical Errors regarding claim subcase numbers; Attachment 4 - Subcase numbers for multi-use claims; Attachment 5 - Subcase numbers for fountains or springs claims; Attachment 6 - Subcase numbers forstate minimum stream flow water rights. [Source: https://www.idwr.idaho.gov/water-rights/adjudication/SRBA/documents.html