Category: Volume 28
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Peace Like a River: Institutionalizing Cooperation Over Water Resources in the Jordan River Basin
I. Introduction In January 2008, United Nations (“UN”) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon commented on the coincidence of water and conflict at the World Economic Forum. Pointing out that the […]
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Collateral Damage: The Gun Debate Moves into America’s National Parks
National parks are the best idea we ever had. Absolutely American, absolutely democratic, they reflect us at our best rather than our worst. —Wallace Stegner[2] I. INTRODUCTION […]
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Not All Land Exchanges Are Created Equal: A Case Study of the Oak Flat Land Exchange
I. Introduction “Balance, that’s the secret. Moderate extremism. The best of both worlds.”[2] As a result of United States federal land policy in the early part […]
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Areas of Critical Environmental Concern: FLPMA’s Unfulfilled Conservation Mandate
[1]Authors’ note: The analysis and citations in this article to “current” Bureau of Land Management (BLM) planning regulations are to the regulations in effect in 2015, when the article was […]
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Mountain Biking into the Wilderness
ABSTRACT America’s Wilderness Act of 1964[2]* (the “Wilderness Act”) dedicates unique and scenically important federal lands for protection from development. Over time, the increased acreage of federal land designated as […]
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The Truth Behind International Climate Agreements: Why They Fail and Why the Bottom-Up is the Way Forward. A Game Theory Analysis
I. INTRODUCTION Climate change is one of the biggest problems facing the world today. It is no longer just environmental groups who are warning of the […]
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The Hard(rock) Truth About Abandoned Mines in the Western United States: Why the Pressure Is On to Enact Good Samaritan Legislation as a Way to Recover
I. INTRODUCTION The water was mustard yellow. It was unnatural and unsafe, but was it unexpected? The normally blue, free-flowing Animas River, which flows from Southern Colorado […]
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Speech: In Love With the Wild: Thoughts About the Public Lands in the 21st Century
[1]Years ago, the writer and activist Terry Tempest Williams and I stood on the sidewalk in front of the Whitney Museum in New York asking passersby if they knew what […]
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Colorado’s Ground-Level Ozone Burden
I. INTRODUCTION Since 1970, the federal government has been regulating ground-level ozone under the Clean Air Act (“CAA”). At the ground level, ozone is an air pollutant, […]
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Wringing Wonder From the Arid Landscape of Law
INTRODUCTION It is easy to celebrate the multi-faceted work of Charles Wilkinson. His public service has given voice to many lives and communities. His teaching has transformed […]