A Green New Deal for Public Lands?

April 19, 2020

We are facing a national public health crisis that should be pulling the nation together. Yet the effects of and reactions to COVID-19 track the fault lines of class, race, region, and cultural affiliation that predate this crisis and will, absent concerted national and collective effort, be exacerbated by it...

Now Accepting Applications: Getches-Wilkinson Water Fellows

April 2, 2020

We are pleased to announce we have launched a national search for the inaugural pair of Getches-Wilkinson Water Fellows. The Getches-Wilkinson Fellows Program is a first-of-its-kind initiative designed to train the next generation of leaders in natural resources fields. The intensive two-year program will immerse the two Fellows in the...

The Climate and Diversity Crisis: Moving Toward a Global Awakening?

March 25, 2020

Please join us for the Boulder Faculty Climate Science and Education Committee, Spring 2020 Climate Lecture with Dr. Cassandra Brooks. Tuesday, April 21st 5:00-6:30 p.m. (Webinar) Â鶹ÊÓƵ Boulder Faculty Climate Science and Education Committee Spring 2020 Climate Lecture The Climate and Biodiversity Crisis: Moving Toward a Global...

Calling all conservation innovators and risk-takers

March 3, 2020

On behalf of the Salazar Center for North American Conservation, CSU Author: Courtney Massey In 2020, the planet is facing existential threats from human-induced climate change, species extinction, and rapid population growth – all of which contribute to increasing pressure on and fragmentation of rural and urban landscapes. At the...

Getches-Wilkinson Center to Launch Fellows Program With Focus on Water in the West

Dec. 4, 2019

Anne Castle

The Risk of Curtailment Under the Colorado River Compact

Nov. 11, 2019

New Study of Colorado River Cutback Risks by GWC Senior Fellow Anne Castle and University of New Mexico Water Resources Program Director John Fleck. With a credible risk that declines in the Colorado River’s flow could force water curtailments in coming decades in Colorado and the rest of the Upper...

12th Annual Schultz Lecture in Energy

Oct. 31, 2019

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...

Fall 2019

Fall 2019 Newsletter

Sept. 1, 2019

Featured Articles Experiential Learning at Colorado Law Climate Change in the Mont Blanc Region Colorado Law Hosts Congressional Hearing on the Climate Crisis Read the newsletter .

The Law of the River, 2019

Aug. 28, 2019

The Law of the Colorado River seminar, taught by Professor Sarah Krakoff , is a deep-dive into the American West’s most important resource – the water of the Colorado River. We studied every aspect of the river and its management; the Colorado River Compact, the two major dams at Glen...

Attacks on the Antiquities’ Act (2019 National Preservation Law Conference)

July 18, 2019

Professor Mark Squillace Luncheon Keynote The 2019 National Preservation Law Conference was held on Tuesday, June 25 in Washington, D.C. The conference is put on by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in partnership with Georgetown University Law Center. This intense one-day summit provided a highly focused look into historic...

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