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Earthrise and co-counsel submit response brief in ongoing Deschutes River and Budd Inlet TMDL case

December 24, 2025

View of Budd Inlet from Burfoot Park

Earthrise and co-counsel Bryan Telegin of Telegin Law, PLLC recently filed a Response/Reply brief in the Western District of Washington on behalf of our client, Northwest Environmental Advocates, in the long-running Deschutes River and Budd Inlet TMDL litigation. Thanks to clinic students Shoshana Grossman, Delaney Weirauch, James Cole, and Michael Johnson for helping make this happen.

See NWEA’s opening brief, EPA’s Response, and NWEA’s reply.

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Earthrise and co-counsel submit response brief in ongoing Deschutes River and Budd Inlet TMDL case

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