Past Events
- Innovations in Managing Western Water: New Approaches for Balancing Environmental, Social, and Economic OutcomesInnovations in Managing Western Water: New Approaches for Balancing Environmental, Social, and Economic Outcomes June 11th and 12th, 2015
- Expanding the Watershed: Certainty and Sustainability in 21st Century Water Resources Management with Mike Connor, Deputy Secretary, United States Department of the InteriorThe Distinguished Lecture Series was designed as a cooperative venture
- The law is frequently called upon to resolve regulatory conflicts that arise when a majority mildly prefers policy X, and minority strongly prefers policy not X. Two emerging bodies of case law present this problem, both associated with the growing
- Seeds of Change: Responding to Global Change in a Bottom-up WorldMany believe that global institutions and frameworks are failing to generate necessary progress on issues such as climate change, water scarcity, biodiversity, food security, and
- The Oil-Water Nexus: Where Development Meets the EnvironmentThis year, the lecture was delivered by James Burke, President of NGL Energy Partners. NGL Energy Partners is a leading gatherer, transporter, and marketer of crude oil and NGLs (Natural
- The Wilderness Act at 50On September 3, 2014, the National Wilderness Preservation System—established and protected by the Wilderness Act of 1964—celebrates its 50th anniversary. We are gathering on September 4th and 5th to celebrate
- Water and Air Quality Issues in Oil and Gas Development: The Evolving Framework of Regulation and ManagementPresented by the Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment, in conjunction with the Air-Water-Gas
- Are Colorado Public Lands Becoming a Sacrifice Zone for Oil and Gas?Bruce Babbitt is a lifelong environmentalist and outdoorsman. Babbitt served as Arizona Governor from 1976-1987, successfully securing several wilderness designations. As Secretary
- Natural Resource Industries and the Sustainability ChallengeFor more than two decades, sustainability has gained currency as a broad organizing principle for efforts to develop and use energy, natural resources, and the environment in ways that