Managing Partner Curtis Berkey addressed the Tribal Water Rights Summit in Sacramento on November 4, 2009. The Summit was part of the planning process for the 2009 Update for the California Water Plan. Mr. Berkey prepared a paper on the role of Indian tribes in water planning and policy formulation, which may be accessed here. He also made two presentations at the Summit, the first an overview of federal Indian water rights law, and the second a brief summary of his briefing paper.
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