Category: Printed
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Old Farms, New Crop: Agriculture’s Historical Influence in Colorado Water Law and its Leadership into a Water Scarce Future
Introduction Colorado is a headwater state. Of the 158 rivers flowing through it, all but two originate in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. Major rivers, including the Colorado, the Rio Grande, the […]
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Healthy Rivers are Critical for Colorado’s Water Resources Resilience: How Colorado Water Law Needs to Evolve to Protect Our Natural Stream Systems
Abstract Over the past 200 years, the large majority of Colorado’s rivers have been altered to make way for development, agriculture, or transportation, or to deliver water to users more […]
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Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid and Customary Use: Protecting the Public’s Right to Recreate on Dry Sand Beaches
Abstract This Article analyzes the Supreme Court’s new per se physical taking rule in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid as a potential threat to the public’s right to use dry […]
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Federalism in Flux: Addressing State Oversight of National Security Facilities
Abstract This Article explores the legal tension posed by state-issued injunctions under federal environmental laws on national security facilities. It argues that the Constitution’s assignment of military control to the […]
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The Rise of the Nondelegation Doctrine and the Decline of Our Oceans
Introduction The great oceans of our planet evoke a variety of emotions in visitors, from fear of what lurks beneath the unknown depths, to awe and wonder about the expansive […]
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Climate Change and Voter Outreach: The IRS’s Prohibition on Political Campaign Activity and Climate Nonprofits
Introduction Nonprofit organizations in the United States play an instrumental role in societal progress, serving individuals and families, speaking with and educating policymakers, and providing community services. 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations […]
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Incorporating a Framework for Compostable Materials into Extended Producer Responsibility: Plastic Packaging Models in the Legal Fight Against the Plastic Problem
Introduction The photo of an endless line of hikers stretching into the horizon on Mt. Everest has been talked about around the world.[2] However, human impacts have reached the summit […]
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Last Call: The Limitations of New Mexico’s Existing Water Management Framework in the Face of Reduced Colorado River Water Deliveries
Abstract This Article examines the resilience of New Mexico’s internal water management programs considering the interstate Colorado River obligations within the Law of the River. New Mexico’s annual apportionment of […]
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April 2022 UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: Comments
Cewagĭ Pi ṣa:muñ ‘ab dahă. ‘ab dahă kc ‘ab beihim g gewkdag ‘ab beihim ‘amjeḍ g s-ke:g hewel. ‘I:da gewkdag mo na:nko ma:s. ‘I:da gewkdag mo d ‘ep ge’e tatañ. […]
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International Language Diplomacy: The United Nations International Decade of Indigenous Languages
NOTE: what follows is a lightly-edited transcript of the keynote address held as part of the 54th Algonquian Conference, University of Colorado Boulder, October 21, 2022. Terveh teilä, hyvät rahvas! […]