Mary focuses her practice on water rights and water resource management. Her clients include farmers and orchardists, homeowners associations, municipalities, conservation districts, and nonprofit environmental groups.
Professional:
- Advise clients on the extent and validity of their water rights.
- Represent clients in water right changes and transfers before County Conservancy Boards and the Department of Ecology, and advise clients on acquisition of new water rights.
- Represent Washington Water Project of Trout Unlimited in acquiring water rights for instream flow.
- Advise conservation districts and watershed planning groups regarding water resource management and water banks and exchanges.
- Assist clients in preparation of Environmental Impact Statements for water resource programs and projects.
Community Activities:
Board of Directors, Methow Conservancy (2010 - present)
Pro bono advisor, Methow Watershed Council (2010 - present)
Volunteer, Providence SoundHomeCare & Hospice (1999 - 2004)
Volunteer, Amedysis Hospice (2011 - present)
Member, Methow Valley Lookout Coalition, community-based organization to assist the elderly and disabled (2011-present)
Publications and Presentations:
Primary author, “Landowner's Guide to Washington Water Rights,” Washington Water Project of Trout Unlimited / Washington Rivers Conservancy (2009), downloadable as 10MB PDF from http://www.tu.org/sites/www.tu.org/files/documents/2009-2ndEd.-FinalWRC-... (note: external link)
Co-presenter, ”Water: Something You Can Trust,” Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office Salmon Recovery Conference (April 2011)
Presenter, Washington Water Rights community workshops presented in Twisp, Tonasket, Waterville, Entiat, Leavenworth, and Longview (2009 - present)