Category: Volume 27

  INTRODUCTION Our ancestors biggest fear, what they feared most at treaty time, was a loss of the ability to hunt, fish, and gather foods like they’d always done. That’s […]

PROLOGUE This piece, a story that has long needed to be told in full, traces the evolution of the historic 1971 decision by the citizens of the City of Boulder, […]

  INTRODUCTION ♣[1]†With continuing population growth and a changing climate, Colorado’s finite water resources face unprecedented pressure. Current projections indicate that Colorado’s population will increase from the current 5.2 million […]

  INTRODUCTION In recent years, the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) has attempted to institute a “Fast-Track” permitting process for renewable energy projects on public lands, which is supposed to […]

INTRODUCTION Hydropower is one of humankind’s oldest sources of energy.[2] Civilizations from the ancient Mesopotamian region utilized dams in one form or another as early as 8,000 years ago.[3] More […]

ABSTRACT In 2014 Congress passed the Huna Tlingit Traditional Gull Egg Use Act. The Act reestablishes a native gull egg harvest that had been eliminated in the 1960s. The new […]

I. INTRODUCTION The Navajo Nation has a bitter history with uranium mining. Uranium mining began in and around the Navajo Nation reservation in 1942, as the uses of uranium were […]

I. INTRODUCTION Coal is a necessary part of the twenty-first century global economy. Approximately thirty-six percent of all globally generated power is reliant on coal as a primary fuel source.[2] […]

I. Introduction This Note offers an analysis of how courts in the Tenth Circuit should interpret water development project Environmental Impact Statements (“EIS”) in an increasingly dry and environmentally sensitive […]

  INTRODUCTION Designating areas for conservation purposes often causes conflict in communities with competing public and private interests, particularly when the federal government is involved. However, due to increasing population […]