Western Instream Flows: Fifty Years of Progress and Setbacks.Lewis & Clark Law School continues its celebration of the bicentennial bi·cen·ten·ni·al adj. 1. Happening once every 200 years. 2. Lasting for 200 years. 3. Relating to a 200th anniversary. n. A 200th anniversary or its celebration. Also called bicentenary. of the Corps of Discovery's extraordinary journey, focusing this year on "Restoring the Rivers of Lewis & Clark." On April 20-21, 2006, at the Oregon Convention Center The Oregon Convention Center is a convention center in Portland, Oregon. It is located on the east side of the Willamette River in the Lloyd District neighborhood. The Oregon Convention Center is best known for the twin spire towers which provide light into the building's interior. in Portland, Oregon, the Oregon Law Institute and Lewis & Clark Law School hosted a symposium entitled "Western Instream Flows: 50 Years of Progress and Setbacks." This multi-faceted symposium brought together nationally renowned legal scholars as well as water resource managers, biologists, water policy advocates, tribal resource managers, and an audience of practicing attorneys and visiting professors. This edition of Environmental Law is rooted in that symposium and explores western water law as it applies to conservation efforts and the public interest in flowing rivers. The rivers of the West have changed dramatically since the Lewis and Clark expedition Lewis and Clark expedition, 1803–6, U.S. expedition that explored the territory of the Louisiana Purchase and the country beyond as far as the Pacific Ocean. made its way to the Oregon coast The Oregon Coast is a geographical term that is used to describe the coast of Oregon along the Pacific Ocean. Stretching 362 miles from Astoria to the California border, the Oregon Coast is unique in that the whole coastline is public land. . As ever-growing populations in the and West continually increase demand for water, our rivers have been dammed, diverted, and drained to meet the needs of cities, agriculture, ranching, and industry. Water alone, however, is not the only resource in rivers and streams. These waterbodies, the lifelines of the West, are of fundamental importance to natural ecosystems, as well as human cultural and recreational activities. For fifty years, western water policy has struggled to find a place for ecosystem, cultural, and recreational instream uses within the doctrines of prior appropriation and beneficial use. This symposium, and its subsequent articles, examine the development of instream flow rights and obstacles to their implementation, the interplay of federal and tribal instream flow protection with state water law, and innovative approaches for the future of instream rights. Each author discusses the issue of instream rights from his or her area of specialty. Charles Wilkinson (1) provides a moving discussion of the importance of instream flows and the advocates who work to protect our rivers. Janet Neuman (2) traces the history of Oregon's instream flow protection legislation, and evaluates the failures, successes, and implications of Oregon's statutes both within and outside Oregon's borders. Michael Blumm, (3) David Becker, (4) and Joshua Smith Joshua Smith may refer to:
As demands on water resources increase with population growth, and climate change impacts the ecology of the rivers, the place for instream flows in water law is by no means certain. We hope these articles will give readers an understanding of instream flows, as well as inspire discussion on the impact and future of these flows in the restoration of the rivers of the West. Our rivers will never be what they were when the Corps of Discovery followed the mighty Columbia to the Pacific, but the vitality of this incredible western resource depends in large part on this element of water law. Environmental Law would like to thank all of our authors and the symposium planning committee--John Devoe, Janet Neuman, Anne Squier, Lin Harmon, Janice Weis, and Charles Wilkinson--for all of their hard work. Courtney Watts Symposium Editor (1) Distinguished University Professor and Moses Lasky Professor of Law, University of Colorado University of Colorado may refer to:
(2) Professor of Law and Associate Dean of Faculty, Lewis and Clark Law School. (3) Professor of Law, Lewis and Clark Law School. (4) Staff Attorney, Western Resource Advocates, Salt Lake City, Utah For ships of the United States Navy of the same name, see . Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake, or its initials, S.L.C. . (5) Judicial Clerk to United States District Court United States District Court In the U.S., any of the 94 trial courts of general jurisdiction in the federal judicial system. Each state, as well as the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, has at least one federal district court. Judge James A. Redden
(6) Senior Attorney and California Director, Trout Unlimited. (7) Assistant Professor and Director, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program, University of Oregon School of Law The University of Oregon School of Law, housed in the Knight Law Center, is Oregon's state funded law school. The school was founded in 1884.[1] The school is located on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Oregon, on the corner of 15th and Agate streets, (8) Winston S. Howard Distinguished Professor, University of Wyoming College of Law The University of Wyoming College of Law is the law school of the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming. Established in 1920, the school offers the J.D. degree in law, as well as a joint J.D. / M.P.A. . (9) Founder, River Matters, Bellingham, Washington. |
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