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Full-Text Articles in Law
The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Revisited: Law, Science, And The Pursuit Of Ecosystem Management In An Iconic Landscape, Robert B. Keiter
The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Revisited: Law, Science, And The Pursuit Of Ecosystem Management In An Iconic Landscape, Robert B. Keiter
University of Colorado Law Review
Thirty years ago, the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) concept and ecosystem management surfaced as key to preserving this legally fragmented region's public lands and wildlife in the face of mounting development pressures. Yellowstone's grizzly bears were in sharp decline and wolves were absent from the landscape, while bison and elk management issues festered. The GYE's national forest lands were subject to extensive logging, energy leasing, and other commercial activities that cumulatively threatened the region's ecological integrity. In the face of extreme jurisdictional complexity and a strong commitment to agency discretion, a high-profile federal "Vision" effort to improve and better coordinate …
Controlling An Invasive Plant At The Edge Of Its Range: Towards A Broader Understanding Of Management Feasibility, Zdravka Tzankova
Controlling An Invasive Plant At The Edge Of Its Range: Towards A Broader Understanding Of Management Feasibility, Zdravka Tzankova
Zdravka Tzankova
Invasion biologists often think about feasibility of weed control in purely ecological terms, while land managers’ feasibility definitions are further informed by social, policy, and institutional considerations. We use the case of cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) in the Eastern Sierra Nevada in California to examine the origins and practical significance of differences between scientific and managerial definitions of feasibility. A serious invasive weed and a major ecological threat to the region, cheatgrass in the Eastern Sierra still exists in the kinds of low-density patches that are technically amenable to containment through active management. Yet land managers in this region dominated by …
Legitimacy, Adaptation And Resilience In Ecosystem Management, Barbara Cosens
Legitimacy, Adaptation And Resilience In Ecosystem Management, Barbara Cosens
Articles
Ecologists have made great strides in developing criteria for describing the resilience of an ecological system. In addition, expansion of that effort to social-ecological systems has begun the process of identifying changes to the social system necessary to foster resilience in an ecological system such as the use of adaptive management and integrated ecosystem management. However, these changes to governance needed to foster ecosystem resilience will not be adopted by democratic societies without careful attention to their effect on the social system itself. Delegation of increased flexibility for adaptive management to resource management agencies must include careful attention to assuring …
Escaping The Sporhase Maze: Protecting State Waters Within The Commerce Clause, Mark S. Davis, Michael Pappas
Escaping The Sporhase Maze: Protecting State Waters Within The Commerce Clause, Mark S. Davis, Michael Pappas
Louisiana Law Review
No abstract provided.
Options For Blue Carbon Within The International Climate Change Framework, Gabriel Grimsditch
Options For Blue Carbon Within The International Climate Change Framework, Gabriel Grimsditch
Sustainable Development Law & Policy
No abstract provided.
Is Redd Accounting Myopic?: Why Reducing Emissions From Deforestation And Forest Degradation Programs Should Recognize And Include Other Ecosystems And Services Beyond Co 2 Sequestration, Paulo A. Lopes
Sustainable Development Law & Policy
No abstract provided.
The Practical Effects Of Delegation: Agencies And The Zoning Of Public Lands And Seas, Josh Eagle
The Practical Effects Of Delegation: Agencies And The Zoning Of Public Lands And Seas, Josh Eagle
Pepperdine Law Review
Legislative efforts to delegate zoning power to public land and ocean management agencies have generally proven unsuccessful. When given the power to create uniform-use areas such as parks and wilderness areas within their broader jurisdictions, agencies either have opted not to exercise it or have been extremely hesitant to do so. The tepid administrative response to zoning is not surprising. Zoning decisions are politically charged, are likely to offend powerful, concentrated interest groups, and erode the discretion that is the core of agency power. These aspects of zoning decisions explain why, by contrast, all states require that municipal zoning ordinances …
An Ecosystem Management Primer: History, Perceptions, And Modern Definition, Kalyani Robbins
An Ecosystem Management Primer: History, Perceptions, And Modern Definition, Kalyani Robbins
Akron Law Faculty Publications
This chapter will first take the reader on a journey through the history of ecosystem management, providing a summary of how it has grown and developed over the past two decades. This will only naturally lead to the next part of the chapter, which focuses on the present understanding of how ecosystem management is to be defined and applied, as well as the variety in perceptions of this modern understanding. Finally, it will serve as an introduction to the remainder of the book, previewing the various contributions collected here, offered by some of the best-known scholars in the field of …
For The Birds: Judicial Expansion Of Executive Power In Fund For Animals V. Kempthorne, Lauren B. Murray
For The Birds: Judicial Expansion Of Executive Power In Fund For Animals V. Kempthorne, Lauren B. Murray
Villanova Environmental Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Laying To Rest An Ancien Régime: Antiquated Institutions In Louisiana Civil Law And Their Incompatibility With Modern Public Policies, Christopher K. Odinet
Laying To Rest An Ancien Régime: Antiquated Institutions In Louisiana Civil Law And Their Incompatibility With Modern Public Policies, Christopher K. Odinet
Louisiana Law Review
No abstract provided.
Monumentally Inadequate: Conservation At Any Cost Under The Antiquities Act, Mark Laemmle
Monumentally Inadequate: Conservation At Any Cost Under The Antiquities Act, Mark Laemmle
Villanova Environmental Law Journal
No abstract provided.
The Silver Anniversary Of The United States’ Exclusive Economic Zone: Twenty-Five Years Of Ocean Use And Abuse, And The Possibility Of A Blue Water Public Trust Doctrine, Mary Turnipseed, Stephen E. Roady, Raphael Sagarin, Larry B. Crowder
The Silver Anniversary Of The United States’ Exclusive Economic Zone: Twenty-Five Years Of Ocean Use And Abuse, And The Possibility Of A Blue Water Public Trust Doctrine, Mary Turnipseed, Stephen E. Roady, Raphael Sagarin, Larry B. Crowder
Faculty Scholarship
Sustainably managing marine ecosystems has proved nearly impossible, with few success stories. Ecosystem management failures largely stem from the traditional sector-by-sector, issue-by-issue approach to managing ocean-borne activities—an approach that is fundamentally unable to keep pace with the dynamics of coupled human, ecologi cal and oceanographic systems. In the United States today there are over twenty federal agencies and thirty-five coastal states and territories operating under dozens of statutory authorities shaping coastal and ocean policy. Among marine ecologists and policy experts there is an emerging consensus that a major overhaul in U.S. ocean governance is necessary. This Article suggests that the …
Ecosystem Resilience To Disruptions Linked To Global Climate Change: An Adaptive Approach To Federal Land Management, Robert L. Glicksman
Ecosystem Resilience To Disruptions Linked To Global Climate Change: An Adaptive Approach To Federal Land Management, Robert L. Glicksman
GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works
Global climate change presents daunting challenges to the federal government’s ability to manage its lands and resources in ways that ensure that the priceless natural heritage that these land and resources comprise remains available in substantially unimpaired condition to both present and future generations of Americans. One of the challenges results from the fact that the laws governing the activities of federal land management agencies have outlasted the scientific assumptions on which those laws were based. In particular, Congress adopted many of those laws on the assumption that ecological systems tend toward a natural equilibrium. Subsequently, the science of ecology …
Farms And Ecosystem Services, J.B. Ruhl
Farms And Ecosystem Services, J.B. Ruhl
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
Over the past decade two themes have emerged as organizing principles in natural resources policy. One, ecosystem management, builds a framework for landscape–level decision making (Christensen et al. 1996). The other, ecosystem services, opens a new dimension for thinking about what we hope to achieve through ecosystem management (Daily 1997; Costanza et al. 1997). The convergence of these two themes has become a driving force behind the concept of agricultural multifunctionality, the idea that farms can have multiple outputs—not just commodities—and thus can contribute to several societal objectives simultaneously (Jordan et al. 2007; OECD 2001).
From Swamp Drainage To Wetlands Regulation To Ecological Nuisances To Environmental Ethics, John Copeland Nagle
From Swamp Drainage To Wetlands Regulation To Ecological Nuisances To Environmental Ethics, John Copeland Nagle
Case Western Reserve Law Review
No abstract provided.
Slides: The Future Public Law Of Private Ecosystems, J. B. Ruhl
Slides: The Future Public Law Of Private Ecosystems, J. B. Ruhl
The Future of Natural Resources Law and Policy (Summer Conference, June 6-8)
Presenter: J.B. Ruhl, Florida State University Law School
18 slides
Historical Evolution And Future Of Natural Resources Law And Policy: The Beginning Of An Argument And Some Modest Predictions, Sally K. Fairfax, Helen Ingram, Leigh Raymond
Historical Evolution And Future Of Natural Resources Law And Policy: The Beginning Of An Argument And Some Modest Predictions, Sally K. Fairfax, Helen Ingram, Leigh Raymond
The Future of Natural Resources Law and Policy (Summer Conference, June 6-8)
8 pages.
Includes bibliographical references
"Sally Fairfax, UC-Berkeley, Helen Ingram, UC-Irvine, and Leigh Raymond, Purdue University" -- Agenda
From Words To Action: The Impact And Legal Status Of The 2006 National Wildlife Refuge System Management Policies, Robert L. Fischman
From Words To Action: The Impact And Legal Status Of The 2006 National Wildlife Refuge System Management Policies, Robert L. Fischman
Articles by Maurer Faculty
On June 26, 2006, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued three new final policies governing the conservation of the national wildlife refuge system. These new agency manual provisions nearly complete an implementation project that began shortly after Congress enacted an organic statute in 1997 for management of the refuges. This article briefly reviews the significance of the 1997 legislation and places the new policies in the context of the statutory framework. It then discusses the most important aspects of the policies in terms of both practical refuge management and broader trends in natural resources law. The article evaluates …
What Is Natural Resources Law?, Robert L. Fischman
What Is Natural Resources Law?, Robert L. Fischman
Articles by Maurer Faculty
A recent flurry of new natural resources law casebooks, coming a quarter-century since the publication of the last significant new teaching materials, is an occasion to revisit the boundaries that define the field. The similarities among the casebooks are stronger than their differences, and represent a consensus about what composes natural resources law. The published teaching materials as well as an informal poll of natural resources law professors show a substantial overlap between natural resources and environmental law course coverage. Administrative implementation of statutes dominates both subjects. Both courses typically cover environmental impact analysis and endangered species protection. The new …
What Is Natural Resources Law?, Robert L. Fischman
What Is Natural Resources Law?, Robert L. Fischman
University of Colorado Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Pardy-Ruhl Dialogue On Ecosystem Management, Part Iv: Narrowing And Sharpening The Questions, J.B. Ruhl
The Pardy-Ruhl Dialogue On Ecosystem Management, Part Iv: Narrowing And Sharpening The Questions, J.B. Ruhl
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
This article, fourth in a five-part dialogue appearing in the Pace ELR, further responds to Professor Bruce Pardy's critique of ecosystem management. I defend ecosystem management, arguing it does not involve the standardless, unbridled administrative discretion Pardy suggests.
Maieusis Through A Gated Membrane: "Getting The Science Right" In Public Decisionmaking, Deborah Hussey Freeland
Maieusis Through A Gated Membrane: "Getting The Science Right" In Public Decisionmaking, Deborah Hussey Freeland
Deborah M. Hussey Freeland
Law meets science in a remarkable variety of contexts. While their interactions are often studied in particular contexts, general theories of their interaction are wanting. This paper presents a general model of an interface between law and science that identifies how their interaction must be structured to promote effective interdisciplinary collaboration, and then demonstrates how this model can be used to analyze problems as diverse as: a large-scale intergovernmental attempt at ecosystem restoration; and the effects of a method of science-based alternative dispute resolution on science and negotiated outcomes. In both cases, the model features of a properly functioning law-science …
Challenges For Private Sector Conservation: Sanderson's The Future Of Conservation In Tierra Del Fuego, Julia Amrock
Challenges For Private Sector Conservation: Sanderson's The Future Of Conservation In Tierra Del Fuego, Julia Amrock
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
To date, global protection of biodiversity has been largely dominated by governmental actors. Ecosystems transcending state boundaries find themselves at the mercy of international agreements, for better or for worse. Steven Sanderson of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) suggested for worse in The Future of Conservation, but he gave hope for more effective environmental conservation, if the private sector could gain more standing globally. The plan that Sanderson created for self-assertion of nongovernmental environmental groups describes approaches typically endorsed not by NGOs but by governments: global alliances, political strategy, human-centered conservation, and economic development. This Note isolates the current use …
Localism's Ecology: Protecting And Restoring Habitat In The Suburban Nation, Jamison E. Colburn
Localism's Ecology: Protecting And Restoring Habitat In The Suburban Nation, Jamison E. Colburn
ExpressO
There is wide agreement among conservation activists and scientists alike that loss and alteration of habitat are the leading threats to biodiversity in America. Suburbs and exurbs, though, are only beginning to acknowledge that they are the problem in the struggle to stem the tide of “sprawl” and other economic processes producing ecosystem-wide habitat degradation today. A recent resurgence in academic and activist attention to local governments in America is reconsidering them as viable solutions to this problem. But most of this dialogue is being based upon a mistaken conception of local governance. Much of the legal scholarship on local …
Slides: Nepa And Adaptive Management, Denise A. Dragoo
Slides: Nepa And Adaptive Management, Denise A. Dragoo
Best Management Practices and Adaptive Management in Oil and Gas Development (May 12-13)
Presenter: Denise A. Dragoo, Partner, Snell & Wilmer L.L.P., Salt Lake City, UT
22 slides
Maintaining Instream Flow And Protecting Aquatic Habitat: Promise And Perils On The Path To Regulated Riparianism, Lee P. Breckenridge
Maintaining Instream Flow And Protecting Aquatic Habitat: Promise And Perils On The Path To Regulated Riparianism, Lee P. Breckenridge
West Virginia Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Myth Of What Is Inevitable Under Ecosystem Management: A Response To Pardy, J.B. Ruhl
The Myth Of What Is Inevitable Under Ecosystem Management: A Response To Pardy, J.B. Ruhl
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
This article, second in a five-part dialogue appearing in the Pace ELR, responds to Professor Bruce Pardy's initial evaluation of ecosystem management. I defend ecosystem management, arguing it is not directed at changing nature as Pardy suggests.
The National Wildlife Refuge System And The Hallmarks Of Modern Organic Legislation, Robert L. Fischman
The National Wildlife Refuge System And The Hallmarks Of Modern Organic Legislation, Robert L. Fischman
Articles by Maurer Faculty
This article explores the origins and precise meaning of the term "organic act," which is widely used in public land law. The evolution in the meaning of the term reflects larger shifts in the role of legislation in public resource management. The article illustrates this with an analysis of the 1997 Refuge Improvement Act, a substantial revision of the charter for the Refuge System and the first major statute governing public land management enacted since the 1970s.
The Refuge System's "dominant use" regime is an important model for sustainable resource management. The article describes this regime in the context of …
The Epa's Nepa Duties And Ecosystem Services, Robert L. Fischman
The Epa's Nepa Duties And Ecosystem Services, Robert L. Fischman
Articles by Maurer Faculty
No abstract provided.
Regionalized Water Management: An Evolving Hydrocommons?, Gary D. Weatherford
Regionalized Water Management: An Evolving Hydrocommons?, Gary D. Weatherford
Water and Growth in the West (Summer Conference, June 7-9)
26 pages.
Contains footnotes and 8 pages of references.