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2021 Ruth Wright Distinguished Lecture in Natural Resources: Are We Saved? Tempering Our Expectations for Natural Resources Management Under the Biden Administration Marcilynn A. Burke Dean and Dave Frohnmayer Chair in Leadership and Law University of Oregon School of Law Wednesday, April 7, 2021 Almost forty years ago, Dean Derrick...

13th Annual Schultz Lecture in Energy: Climate Change and Innovative Paths to a Sustainable Future Dr. Steven Chu U.S. Secretary of Energy 2009-2013 William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Physics and Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology Stanford University Thursday, March 4, 2021 Multiple industrial and agricultural revolutions have profoundly...

Session One: Expanding the Toolbox of Water Financing Options Tuesday, September 15, 2020 Gone are the days when funding western water needs was merely a task of gaining Congressional authorization and appropriations for new dams and reservoirs. Today, federal funds are limited, and much of what needs to happen does...

Public Land Policy after the Trump Administration: Is This a Turning Point? Thursday, February 27, 2020 Professor John Leshy University of California-Hastings College of Law Since the Civil War, a strong, bipartisan consensus has developed in support of the national government’s owning large amounts of land. Over the last half-century,...

Seventh Annual Martz Winter Symposium: A Green New Deal for Public Lands? Friday, February 28, 2020 The Seventh Annual Clyde O. Martz Winter Symposium will probe a provocative set of questions about the past and future of one third of our nation’s lands. Challenges to be addressed include: Are current...

Energy as a Locally Desirable Land Use Thursday, October 17, 2019 Professor Hannah Wiseman Florida State University College of Law Energy generation is a classic example of a locally undesirable land use (LULU). Everyone needs energy, but many residents fervently oppose proposals to build a wind farm on a local...

Charting a Better Course for the Colorado River: Identifying the Data and Concepts to Shape the Interim Guidelines Renegotiation Thursday, June 6th and Friday, June 7th, 2019 On June 6-7, 1869, John Wesley Powell’s expedition down the Colorado was prepping for passage through the Canyon of Lodore, an arduous journey...

The Changing Landscape of Public Lands Thursday, February 28 and Friday, March 1, 2019 Event Program The Symposium opened Thursday evening with a look at natural resources challenges at the State level, including the future of oil and gas regulations and western water issues. On Friday, we turned to federal...

Climate and Energy Law in the Trump Administration Thursday, January 24, 2019 Jody Freeman Harvard Law School, Archibald Cox Professor of Law Director, Environmental and Energy Law Program Professor Freeman discusses the major policy reversals on climate and energy during the Trump administration and describe their implications and legal vulnerabilities...

Cost-Nothing Analysis: Environmental Economics in the Age of Trump Professor Lisa Heinzerling, Georgetown Law The annual Distinguished Lecture Series is a cooperative venture between the Getches-Wilkinson Center (GWC) and the Colorado Natural Resources, Energy, & Environmental Law Review to host a distinguished figure in the fields of natural resource, energy,...