Public Lands Management at the Crossroads: Balancing Interests in the 21st Century.On a damp spring weekend--March 26-28, 2004--Lewis & Clark Law School hosted the 2004 Annual Conference of the National Association of Environmental Law Societies (NAELS) at its campus in Portland, Oregon. The topic of the 2004 Annual Conference was "Public Lands Management at the Crossroads: Balancing Interests in the 21st Century," and it is the subject matter of Environmental Law's latest Symposium Issue. The event brought together leading experts from academia, industry, and the federal government, as well as ranchers, conservationists, and attorneys. The Law School and NAELS were honored to host former Forest Service Chief Dr. Michael Dombeck One of the most renowned and respected contemporary conservationists, Mike Dombeck dedicated a quarter of a century to managing federal lands and natural resources in the long-term public interest. (1) to present the keynote address keynote address n. An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech. Noun 1. , which set the stage for a weekend of lively and insightful debate. Attendees of the 2004 Annual Conference were treated to the presentation of five major papers, as well as several engaging panel discussions and informal talks by presenters such as Mark Rey, Undersecretary for Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Agriculture, and Andy Kerr This article is about the Scottish politician. For the football and basketball coach, see Andrew Kerr (coach). Andy Kerr (born 17 March 1962, East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire) is a Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament for East Kilbride constituency, a seat , long-time Oregon conservation activist and political consultant. This issue of Environmental Law features four of these papers. The Articles featured in this Symposium Issue are particularly important in light of the 2004 presidential election. During its first term, the Bush Administration made clear its intent to fundamentally restructure the American public lands management system. In contrast to the Clinton Administration's eight-year effort to move the management of our federal public lands toward preservation, the Bush Administration has taken a more utilitarian approach to development on the public lands. The Articles that follow focus on this policy shift and present cogent COGENT - COmpiler and GENeralized Translator legal analyses of the new paradigms New Paradigm In the investing world, a totally new way of doing things that has a huge effect on business. Notes: The word "paradigm" is defined as a pattern or model, and it has been used in science to refer to a theoretical framework. in wild land protection, recreation management, grazing grazing, n See irregular feeding. grazing 1. actions of herbivorous animals eating growing pasture or cereal crop. 2. area of pasture or cereal crop to be used as standing feed. See also pasture. , and timber production. The authors, Sandra Zellmer, (2) Jan Laitos (3) and Rachael Reiss, Joseph M. Feller, (4) and Robert Glicksman, (5) each present thorough historical perspectives on public lands policy and concise comparative analyses of the Clinton and Bush Administrations' differing approaches to managing federal resources. The editors of Environmental Law are proud to present four Articles from this year's NAELS Annual Conference, for they should provide our readers with an outstanding resource. In a nation deeply divided by this latest election cycle, management of the public lands has the potential to be as much a wedge as other critical policy choices facing the electorate. That said, public land management also presents important opportunities for public participation in policy making. As the Articles demonstrate, the public lands management system has faced similar divisions in the past. After reading these Articles, one comes away with the impression that the federal courts will continue to be the major forum in which the sufficiency of critical policy choices will be assessed. Because of the importance of the courts to public lands management, the direction President Bush takes in his appointment of Federal judges will have a lasting impact on our federal lands. The editors of Environmental Law extend their gratitude to Professors Zellmer, Laitos, Feller, and Glicksman for their participation in the NAELS Conference, as well as their cooperation in providing the journal with writing of outstanding quality and insight. We also thank everyone who worked on the NAELS Conference Planning Committee planning committee n (in local government) → comité m de planificación and made this Conference a reality. Finally, we cannot forget the participants in the panel discussions who traveled from near and far to make this year's Conference a resounding re·sound v. re·sound·ed, re·sound·ing, re·sounds v.intr. 1. To be filled with sound; reverberate: The schoolyard resounded with the laughter of children. 2. success. (1) Pioneer Professor of Global Environmental Management, System Fellow of Global Conservation, University of Wisconsin. (2) Associate Professor of Law, University of Nebraska College of Law. (3) John A. Carver, Jr. Professor of Law, University of Denver Background and rankings The University was founded in 1864 as Colorado Seminary by John Evans, the former Territorial Governor of Colorado, who had been appointed by US President Abraham Lincoln. College of Law. (4) Professor of Law, Arizona State University Arizona State University, at Tempe; coeducational; opened 1886 as a normal school, became 1925 Tempe State Teachers College, renamed 1945 Arizona State College at Tempe. Its present name was adopted in 1958. College of Law. (5) Robert W. Wagstaff Professor of Law, University of Kansas The University of Kansas (often referred to as KU or just Kansas) is an institution of higher learning in Lawrence, Kansas. The main campus resides atop Mount Oread. Law School. |
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