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- Shifting Baselines and New Meridians: Water, Resources, Landscapes, and the Transformation of the American West (Summer Conference, June 4-6) (23)
- Western Water Law, Policy and Management: Ripples, Currents, and New Channels for Inquiry (Martz Summer Conference, June 3-5) (21)
- Water, Climate and Uncertainty: Implications for Western Water Law, Policy, and Management (Summer Conference, June 11-13) (11)
- Dams: Water and Power in the New West (Summer Conference, June 2-4) (7)
- Sustainable Use of the West's Water (Summer Conference, June 12-14) (6)
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- Moving the West's Water to New Uses: Winners and Losers (Summer Conference, June 6-8) (5)
- Water and Growth in the West (Summer Conference, June 7-9) (5)
- Water as a Public Resource: Emerging Rights and Obligations (Summer Conference, June 1-3) (5)
- Who Governs the Public Lands: Washington? The West? The Community? (September 28-30) (5)
- Innovations in Managing Western Water: New Approaches for Balancing Environmental, Social and Economic Outcomes (Martz Summer Conference, June 11-12) (4)
- Books, Reports, and Studies (3)
- Challenging Federal Ownership and Management: Public Lands and Public Benefits (October 11-13) (3)
- Groundwater in the West (Summer Conference, June 16-18) (3)
- Two Decades of Water Law and Policy Reform: A Retrospective and Agenda for the Future (Summer Conference, June 13-15) (3)
- Climate Change and the Future of the American West: Exploring the Legal and Policy Dimensions (Summer Conference, June 7-9) (2)
- Navigating the Future of the Colorado River (Martz Summer Conference, June 8-10) (2)
- Shale Plays in the Intermountain West: Legal and Policy Issues (November 12) (2)
- Water Quality Control: Integrating Beneficial Use and Environmental Protection (Summer Conference, June 1-3) (2)
- A Celebration of the Work of Charles Wilkinson (Martz Winter Symposium, March 10-11) (1)
- Allocating and Managing Water for a Sustainable Future: Lessons from Around the World (Summer Conference, June 11-14) (1)
- Biodiversity Protection: Implementation and Reform of the Endangered Species Act (Summer Conference, June 9-12) (1)
- Coping with Water Scarcity in River Basins Worldwide: Lessons Learned from Shared Experiences (Martz Summer Conference, June 9-10) (1)
- Federal Lands, Laws and Policies and the Development of Natural Resources: A Short Course (Summer Conference, July 28-August 1) (1)
- Fracking, Water Quality and Public Health: Examining Current Laws and Regulations (March 20) (1)
- Hard Times on the Colorado River: Drought, Growth and the Future of the Compact (Summer Conference, June 8-10) (1)
- Strategies in Western Water Law and Policy: Courts, Coercion and Collaboration (Summer Conference, June 8-11) (1)
- The Climate of Environmental Justice: Taking Stock (March 16-17) (1)
- The Future of Natural Resources Law and Policy (Summer Conference, June 6-8) (1)
- The Public Lands During the Remainder of the 20th Century: Planning, Law, and Policy in the Federal Land Agencies (Summer Conference, June 8-10) (1)
- Western Water Law in Transition (Summer Conference, June 3-5) (1)
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Full-Text Articles in Environmental Policy
The Use Of “Nonnavigable” Water For Public Purposes, John E. Thorson
The Use Of “Nonnavigable” Water For Public Purposes, John E. Thorson
Water as a Public Resource: Emerging Rights and Obligations (Summer Conference, June 1-3)
18 pages.
Contains references.
Agenda: Water As A Public Resource: Emerging Rights And Obligations, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center
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 …
Agenda: Western Water Law In Transition, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center
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.
Agenda: Federal Lands, Laws And Policies And The Development Of Natural Resources: A Short Course, University Of Colorado. School Of Law, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center
Agenda: Federal Lands, Laws And Policies And The Development Of Natural Resources: A Short Course, University Of Colorado. School Of Law, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center
Federal Lands, Laws and Policies and the Development of Natural Resources: A Short Course (Summer Conference, July 28-August 1)
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.)
Instructors for this conference included University …