[sweetiepiezer]

Jake on X: “In Oregon, all water is publicly owned. Rain that falls on your property. Snow that melts on your land. Gary Harrington didn’t accept that. He built three reservoirs on his 170-acre property in Eagle Point — collecting rainwater
The state told him to drain the reservoirs.
He refused.

30 days in jail. Nine misdemeanor convictions. $1,500 fine.

His argument: it’s rain that fell on my land.

Oregon’s argument: all water belongs to us.

Oregon won.

https://x.com/JakeCan72/status/2041241351229153360

[HoneysuckleTN]

His argument: it’s rain that fell on my land. Oregon’s argument: all water belongs to us. Oregon won.

Not a lawyer, so... Can he appeal all the way up to the Supreme Court? Is there any chance the SC could overturn this?

This is so not right.

[OldWarBaby]

Oregon water? Yup, that’s been the rule for a long way back. One of my rancher uncles wanted to dig a small catchment in a slope on his place. The slope drained to a creek that ran all the way thru his place. After checking the rules, tho, he learned he couldn’t save the drainage water. Just let it run to the creek. The most he could do was plow to slow it down. That was in the 1950’s. He learned how to plow to slow it down and give his pasture a great spring start. Probably gained a month of grass anyway.. He used to buy me bullets to kill the jackrabbits that loved that grass.