Environmental, Natural Resources, & Energy Law
The Wilderness Act at 50
Date: April 11, 2014 Location: McCarty Classroom Complex - Classroom 2
- Mt Hood Wilderness Tom Iraci, Forest Service Photographer
McCarty Classroom Complex - Classroom 2
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED - Students can watch on simulcast in Room 1. A podcast of the event will be available online after the symposium concludes.
Join legal scholars, federal employees and students at Lewis & Clark Law School for a one day symposium on the impact and meaning of the Wilderness Act on its fiftieth anniversary. Contact elaw@lclark.edu for information. Registration required: See related content link below.
$50 (includes continental breakfast, lunch and reception)
FREE for Lewis & Clark students (includes reception-$20 for breakfast and lunch)
$25 for non- Lewis & Clark students (includes breakfast, lunch and reception)
Sorry- no refunds once you register.
Schedule of events
8:00 a.m. Registration Check-In & Continental Breakfast
8:25 a.m. - 8:30 a.m Welcome and Introduction - Associate Dean, Janice Weis
8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Panel No. 1 - Janice Weis, moderator
Federal Land Management Agency Panel: “Wilderness Stewardship: The Challenges and Realities.”
Nancy Roeper - National Wilderness Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Garry Oye - Chief of Wilderness Stewardship Division, National Park Service
Lisa Machnik - Wilderness/Wild and Scenic Rivers Program Manager,U.S. Forest Service
Christopher Barns - Wilderness Specialist, BLM National Landscape Conservation System;
BLM Representative, Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center
Sarah Gerould - Chief of Staff, Ecosystems Mission Area, U.S. Geological Survey
9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Panel No. 2 – Prof. Melissa Powers, moderator
NEPA and Wilderness - Prof. Michael C. Blumm, Lewis & Clark Law
Wilderness on Multiple Use Lands - Prof. Robert Glicksman, George Washington Law
Wilderness on Dominant Use Lands - Prof. Sandi Zellmer, U. of Nebraska Law
11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Break
11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Panel No. 3 – Prof. Mike Blumm, moderator
Wilderness Water - Prof. Bret Birdsong, UNLV Law; Deputy Solicitor, US Dept of Interior
Wilderness Grazing - Prof. Mark Squillace, U. of Colorado Law
Tribute to Joe Feller - Mark Squillace & Peter Appel
12:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch - Student Lounge
Tribute to Justice Douglas - John Concillo, Producer and Writer: “Liberty & Wilderness” William O. Douglas Film Project
2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Panel No. 4 - Prof. Erin Ryan, Lewis & Clark Law, moderator
Wilderness Exceptions - Prof. John Nagle, U. of Notre Dame Law
Wilderness and Climate Change - Prof. Eric Biber & Elisabeth Long (3L), UC Berkeley Law
Wilderness and Cultural Change - Prof. Eric Freyfogle, U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Panel No. 5 - Prof. Tom Buchele, Lewis & Clark Law, moderator
Future of Legal Wilderness - Prof. John Leshy, UC Hastings Law
Future of Wilderness Management - Prof. Peter Appel, U. of Georgia
Wilderness Litigation – Peter Frost, Western Environmental Law Center
5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Reception- Student Lounge
Event Cost
$50 (includes continental breakfast, lunch and reception)FREE for Lewis & Clark students (includes reception-$20 for breakfast and lunch)
$25 for non- Lewis & Clark students (includes breakfast, lunch and reception)