AGENDA: The Future of Natural Resources Law and Policy

• Main Authors: University of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Colorado Law Scholarly Commons 2007
• Subjects: natural resources; law and policy; natural resource law and policy; history; constitutional law; perspectives; paradigms; polar bear; values; environmental law and policy; economic analysis; cost-benefit analysis; environmental law; resources law; federalism; natural resource policy; natural resources policy; scientific resource management; non-market goods; federal government; state government; natural resource management; public lands; public land management; tort law; property law; playing field; public players; private players; decision-makers; decision-making; agencies; courts; public participation; legislature; judiciary; tribes; tribal perspectives; Native American lands; Indian lands; states; tribal resources; multiple-use management; wilderness protection; Interior Secretary Babbitt; wilderness re-inventory; wilderness inventory areas; lawsuit; Utah; settlement; naming and labeling; natural resources law; preservation planning; stress; sprawl; economic development; climate change; past; trends; resource rights; accommodating change; resource use regimes; conflicts; private rights; resource governance regimes; local level; resource users; Natural Resources Law Center; 25th Anniversary; case studies; oil; gas; mining; mineral development; mineral leasing; federal lands; mineral rights; protected land; roadless rule; Bush administration; The Wilderness Society; EarthJustice; USFS; U.S. Forest Service; Rocky Mountain Region; public resources; conservation; restoration; ecosystems; case study; dam removal; Elwha River; U.S. Bureau of Reclamation; BLM; Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe; wildlife; biodiversity; Klamath River Basin; natural resource law teachers; natural resource lawyers; water resources; water law and policy; water resource management; water resources management; prior appropriation; survival; forests; rangelands; rangeland management; NEPA compliance; National Environmental Policy Act; timber permits; grazing permits; Arapahoe-Roosevelt National Forest; speculation; future; Evolution of Natural Resources Law and Policy; Larry MacDonnell; Sarah Van de Wetering; Administrative Law; Animal Law; Climate; Dispute Resolution and Arbitration; Energy and Utilities Law; Energy Policy; Environmental Policy; Forest Management; Indigenous; Indian; and Aboriginal Law; Jurisdiction; Land Use Law; Law and Society; Legal Education; Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility; Litigation; Natural Resource Economics; Natural Resources and Conservation; Natural Resources Management and Policy; and Energy; and Mineral Law; Peace and Conflict Studies; President/Executive Department; Property Law and Real Estate; Science and Technology Law; State and Local Government Law; Sustainability; Torts; Urban Studies and Planning; Water Law; Bates
• Online Access: https://scholar.law.colorado.edu/future-of-natural-resources-law-and-policy/1; https://scholar.law.colorado.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=future-of-natural-resources-law-and-policy

The Natural Resources Law Center's 25th Anniversary Conference and Natural Resources Law Teachers 14th Biennial Institute provided an opportunity for some of the best natural resources lawyers to discuss future trends in the field. The conference focused on the larger, cross-cutting issues affecting natural resources policy. Initial discussions concerned the declining role of scientific resource management due to the increased inclusion of economic-cost benefit analysis and public participation in the decision-making process. The effectiveness of this approach was questioned particularly in the case of non-market goods such as the polar bear. Other participants promoted the importance of public participation and explained how meaningful engagement between an agency and the public can lead to superior decisions. The conference has also provided the Natural Resources Law Center with the opportunity to sponsor a new book titled The Evolution of Natural Resources Law and Policy. The book will be edited by former NRLC Director Larry MacDonnell and former Associate Director, Sarah Van De Wetering (Bates).