North Snake Ground Water District v. Gisler

KIDWELL, Justice.

North Snake Ground Water District appeals the decree of a water right to the Gislers. It argues that the water right cannot be decreed without taking into consideration the sprinkler-flood irrigation policy and that it properly and timely raised this issue before the SRBA district court.

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FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Bradley and Linda Gisler (Gislers) submitted a SRBA claim for a water right on July 29, 1988. Under water right 36-00077C, the Gislers’ claimed 4.0 cubic feet per second (cfs) for irrigation and stock water for 69 irrigated acres. Water right 36-00077C was…