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Agenda: Challenging Federal Ownership And Management: Public Lands And Public Benefits, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Challenging Federal Ownership and Management: Public Lands and Public Benefits (October 11-13)

Conference organizers, speakers and/or moderators included University of Colorado School of Law professors David H. Getches, Michael A. Gheleta, Teresa Rice, Elizabeth Ann (Betsy) Rieke and Charles F. Wilkinson.

In the face of numerous proposals for privatizing, marketing, and changing the management of public lands, the Natural Resources Law Center will hold its third annual fall public lands conference October 11-13, at the CU School of Law in Boulder.

A panel of public land users and neighbors, including timber, grazing, mining, recreation, and environmental interests, will address current discontent with public land policy and management. There will also be discussion …

Public Land Policy Is Ripe For Change, James L. Huffman

Challenging Federal Ownership and Management: Public Lands and Public Benefits (October 11-13)

18 pages.

Restoring The Rio Grande—What Will It Take?, Denise Fort

Sustainable Use of the West's Water (Summer Conference, June 12-14)

18 pages.

Contains 1 page of references.

Betting On Open Space: The Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund, Will Shafroth, Rick Hum, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Betting on Open Space: The Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund (February 9)

17 pages.

Includes illustrations, maps, and biographical information for Will Shafroth and Rick Hum.

In 1992 Colorado voters approved the dedication of a portion of lottery proceeds to a trust fund for parks, wildlife, trails and open spaces. The fund will produce over $30 million during the next five years, and $35 million annually thereafter that will be dedicated to these purposes. Will Shafroth, Director, State Board of the Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund, will discuss the first 18 months of GOCO and future challenges. Rick Hum, Summit County Commissioner, will comment on the program from the perspective of local …

Agenda: Water Organizations In A Changing West, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Water Organizations in a Changing West (Summer Conference, June 14-16)

Conference organizers, faculty and/or moderators included University of Colorado School of Law professors Lawrence J. MacDonnell, David H. Getches and James N. Corbridge, Jr.

Water organizations in the western United States range from small, traditional acequia associations to large metropolitan water suppliers. What do these vastly different kinds of organizations have in common? All are feeling the pressures of change in the region--growing urban populations, environmental concerns, and calls for public participation.

This year's summer program will examine how water organizations are adapting to these pressures for change. Speakers drawn from urban, agricultural, and community organizations will share their experiences …

Dam Fights And Water Policy In California: 1969-1989, Harrison C. Dunning

Innovation in Western Water Law and Management (Summer Conference, June 5-7)

49 pages (includes illustrations and maps).

Contains references.

Preparation And Implementation Of The State Water Plan In Kansas, Stephen A. Hurst

Innovation in Western Water Law and Management (Summer Conference, June 5-7)

12 pages (includes illustrations and maps).

Contains footnotes.

Sources Of Water Ii: Federal Water Projects, Bruce C. Driver

Moving the West's Water to New Uses: Winners and Losers (Summer Conference, June 6-8)

46 pages.

Contains references.

Changing Demand For Water In The West, Kenneth D. Frederick

Moving the West's Water to New Uses: Winners and Losers (Summer Conference, June 6-8)

19 pages.

Contains references.

A Colorado River Basin Authority: Opportunity For Sharing River Basin Management And Resources, David H. Getches

Boundaries and Water: Allocation and Use of a Shared Resource (Summer Conference, June 5-7)

32 pages.

Contains references.

The Delaware River Basin: Courts, Compacts And Commissions, R. Timothy Weston

Boundaries and Water: Allocation and Use of a Shared Resource (Summer Conference, June 5-7)

112 pages (includes illustrations and 1 map).

Contains references.

Managing The Upper Rio Grande: Old Institutions, New Players, Steven J. Shupe

Boundaries and Water: Allocation and Use of a Shared Resource (Summer Conference, June 5-7)

19 pages.

Agenda: Boundaries And Water: Allocation And Use Of A Shared Resource, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Boundaries and Water: Allocation and Use of a Shared Resource (Summer Conference, June 5-7)

Conference organizers and/or faculty included University of Colorado School of Law professors David H. Getches, Lawrence J. MacDonnell and Charles F. Wilkinson.

Boundaries and Water: Allocation and Use of a Shared Resource is the topic of the Center's annual summer program on water this June. Most of the major rivers in the western United States are shared between two or more states. Often tribal governments play an important role in water allocation and use decisions. International considerations also may be involved in some cases. These interjurisdictional issues extend to groundwater as well as surface water.

This conference will provide the …

The San Joaquin–Sacramento Delta, David R. Beringer

Water Quality Control: Integrating Beneficial Use and Environmental Protection (Summer Conference, June 1-3)

20 pages.

Contains 2 pages of references.

Legal Issues: San Francisco Bay, Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta And Estuary, Stuart L. Somach

Water Quality Control: Integrating Beneficial Use and Environmental Protection (Summer Conference, June 1-3)

48 pages.

Contains footnotes.

Agenda: Instream Flow Protection In The Western United States: A Practical Symposium, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Instream Flow Protection in the Western United States: A Practical Symposium (March 31-April 1)

Conference speakers included University of Colorado School of Law professors Lawrence J. MacDonnell and Charles F. Wilkinson.

Virtually all western states now provide some kind of legal recognition for instream flows. On March 31-April 1, the Natural Resources Law Center will present a symposium on the different approaches taken in these states, with emphasis on such major issues as the purposes for instream flows, the quantities of water needed for these purposes, enforcement of instream flow rights, federal instream flow claims, private instream flow claims, and transferring consumptive water rights to instream flow rights. Speakers include representatives from state agencies …

Keeping The Waters Flowing: Streamflow Protection Programs, Strategies And Issues In The West, Steven J. Shupe

Instream Flow Protection in the Western United States: A Practical Symposium (March 31-April 1)

44 pages.

Contains 2 pages of footnotes.

Riparian Management: Back To Basics, Wayne Elmore

The Public Lands During the Remainder of the 20th Century: Planning, Law, and Policy in the Federal Land Agencies (Summer Conference, June 8-10)

9 pages.

Progress And Problems In National Forest Planning, Jeff M. Sirmon

The Public Lands During the Remainder of the 20th Century: Planning, Law, and Policy in the Federal Land Agencies (Summer Conference, June 8-10)

17 pages.

Public Land Management: Planning, Problems, And Opportunities, David C. Williams

The Public Lands During the Remainder of the 20th Century: Planning, Law, and Policy in the Federal Land Agencies (Summer Conference, June 8-10)

26 pages (includes illustrations).

Contains bibliography.

The Clean Water Act, Water Quality, And Water Use, Bruce D. Ray

Water as a Public Resource: Emerging Rights and Obligations (Summer Conference, June 1-3)

56 pages.

Includes unsigned annotations by David Getches.

State Water Planning To Protect Public Needs, David H. Getches

Water as a Public Resource: Emerging Rights and Obligations (Summer Conference, June 1-3)

44 pages.

Agenda: Water As A Public Resource: Emerging Rights And Obligations, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Water as a Public Resource: Emerging Rights and Obligations (Summer Conference, June 1-3)

Conference organizers and/or faculty included University of Colorado School of Law professors Lawrence J. MacDonnell, David H. Getches, and Charles F. Wilkinson.

This conference focused on the legal rights associated with a broad range of public uses and interests in water including recreation, fish and wildlife protection, and water quality. Evolving legal areas such as the public trust doctrine, instream flow laws, federal reserved rights, and wetlands protection were discussed.

Water as a Public Resource: Emerging Rights and Obligations considered the extension of the public trust doctrine to areas previously not covered by this concept, as well as developments in …

Changing Patterns Of Water Use In The West: Pressures On The System, David H. Getches

Western Water: Expanding Uses/Finite Supplies (Summer Conference, June 2-4)

17 pages.

Factors Affecting Colorado’S Water Future: Summary Of Results Of Survey Conducted April 1985, Lawrence J. Macdonnell

Colorado Water Issues and Options: The 90's and Beyond: Toward Maximum Beneficial Use of Colorado's Water Resources (October 8)

7 pages.

Agenda: Western Water Law In Transition, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Western Water Law in Transition (Summer Conference, June 3-5)

Conference organizers and/or faculty included University of Colorado School of Law professors James N. Corbridge, Jr., Lawrence J. MacDonnell, Richard B. Collins, David H. Getches and Charles F. Wilkinson.

The prior appropriation doctrine has governed the allocation and use of water in the western United States since the 1850s. The shifting nature of water demand is bringing about changes in the traditional legal system. This conference will consider the fundamental principles of the prior appropriation doctrine together with the important new developments in the law now underway throughout the West.

Access To And Across Public Lands, Rebecca Love Kourlis

The Federal Land Policy and Management Act (Summer Conference, June 6-8)

16 pages.

Contains list of references (page 1 of text).

Agenda: The Federal Land Policy And Management Act, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

The Federal Land Policy and Management Act (Summer Conference, June 6-8)

Conference organizers and/or faculty included University of Colorado School of Law professors James N. Corbridge, Lawrence J. MacDonnell, David H. Getches and Charles F. Wilkinson.

This important piece of legislation, passed by Congress in 1976 following many years of extensive study and debate, directs the activities of the nation's major land manager--the Bureau of Land Management. The FLPMA conference will bring together a distinguished group of experts to review the law itself, to consider the effectiveness with which it has been implemented, and to discuss the key issues which have arisen under its implementation.

Agenda: Water Resources Allocation: Laws And Emerging Issues: A Short Course, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Water Resources Allocation: Laws and Emerging Issues: A Short Course (Summer Conference, June 8-11)

Even before the [Natural Resources Law] Center was established [in the fall of 1981], the [University of Colorado] School of Law was organizing annual natural resources law summer short courses. To date four programs have been presented:

- July 1980: "Federal Lands, Laws and Policies-and the Development of Natural Resources"

- June 1981: "Water Resources Allocation: Laws and Emerging Issues"

- June 1982: "New Sources of Water for Energy Development and Growth: lnterbasin Transfers"

- June 1983: "Groundwater: Allocation; Development and Pollution"

(Reprinted from Resource Law Notes, no. 1, Jan. 1984, at 1.)

Speakers and instructors for this short course …

Contracting For Water From A Federal Project, Gary L. Greer

Water Resources Allocation: Laws and Emerging Issues: A Short Course (Summer Conference, June 8-11)

7 pages.