Category: Printed
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Where the NHPA and NEPA Meet: Failures of the Nexus of EIS and Section 106 Analyses
Introduction Picture Alaska’s largest caribou herd, wild salmon, eleven major rivers, and Alaskan Native communities’ spiritual, cultural, and historic lands.[2] Now picture a 211 mile-long road cutting through that ecologically […]
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The Subdelegation Doctrine as a Legal Tool for Establishing Tribal Comanagement of Public Lands: Through the Lens of Bears Ears National Monument
Introduction The Bears Ears National Monument (“Bears Ears”) in southern Utah is at the center of a live conflict in the conservation, public lands, and natural resource spaces. President […]
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COVID-19 Infects the Fishing Industry: The Rise of Illegal Fishing and the Waiver of Fishery Observer Requirements
INTRODUCTION In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic upended the world as we knew it. COVID-19 impacted almost every aspect of society and the planet—even ocean ecosystems. As global economies sunk into […]
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Impact Fees, Bonding Reform, and Oil and Gas Development
Local and state governments use impact fees to pay for the costs of development. Impact fees improve economic efficiency by internalizing external costs such as the loss of open […]
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Managing an Administrative Emergency: Establishing FEMA as an Independent Agency
Introduction On November 10, 2018, as Californian families mourned the loss of their loved ones and homes to forest fires, President Trump tweeted a threat to withhold federal payments that […]
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Why Colorado Should Evaluate Clean Water Act Section 404 Program Assumption
I. INTRODUCTION “The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.” – Charles Kettering[2] For over four decades, Colorado, like virtually every other state, […]
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Beyond our Borders: Barriers and Solutions to Applying Environmental Regulations to U.S. Corporations that Outsource Production
Introduction The world is becoming increasingly interconnected, and our understanding of climate change and pollution now expands beyond the borders of individual countries. Even when the United States monitors […]
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Black and Yellow Letter Law: Managing Rusty Patched Bumble Bee Conservation Under the Endangered Species Act
Introduction The rapid decline of various bee species—dubbed “the plight of the bumblebees”—has triggered widespread policy discussions about pollinator protections in the United States (“U.S.”). These discussions […]
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Colorado’s SB 19-181 and the COGCC Rules are First of Their Kinds, yet Still Not Enough
Introduction It was April 2017 when a gas explosion destroyed a home in Firestone, Colorado and killed two people—brothers-in-law Mark Martinez and Joey Irwin.[2] The explosion was caused by […]
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Green Infrastructure: Strengthening Federal Policy for Flood Mitigation, Ecosystems, and Community Well-Being
Introduction At 5:00 p.m. on August 23, 2005, the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida issued an advisory about a tropical storm forming over the Bahamas.[2] To those who […]