Water resources management has added ecosystem restoration to its traditional supply augmentation and pollution prevention programs. Within the United States, restoration projects are underway in regions as diverse as the Great Lakes, the Columbia Basin and California’s Sacramento and San Joaquin Delta. Around the world, similar efforts are underway.
Lawyers play critical roles in the impetus, the design, and the implementation of these efforts and the judicial, legislative, administrative and collaborative processes which shape them.
But what happens when an ecosystem in need of restoration crosses an international boundary? What peculiar challenges do transboundary freshwater ecosystem restoration programs face? What is the role of lawyers in shaping these programs?
The conference will explore these issues. Day one will generally explore ecosystem restoration law and process issues, using both domestic and transboundary examples. Day two will look specifically at California's largest transnational ecosystem restoration challenge: the Lower Colorado River. In particular, it will explore the interrelationship between the rehabilitation of the Salton Sea and the (potential for) restoration of the Colorado River delta.
MCLE Credits
This program has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by The State Bar of California in the amount of 6.5 hours for Day 1 and 6.5 hours for Day 2. The McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific certifies that this activity conforms to the standards for approved educational activities prescribed by the rules and regulations of The State Bar of California governing minimum continuing legal education.
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| Friday, February 20th | ||
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| 9:00 AM |
Ecosystem Restoration: An Ecologist’s Field Notes on Law, Policy and Ecology Gregory Anderson, University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
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| 9:00 AM |
Special Challenges of Transboundary Coordination in Restoring Aquatic Ecosystems Lee Breckenridge, Northeastern University Law McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
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| 9:00 AM |
Mary Watzin, University of Vermont Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Center McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
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| 9:00 AM |
Transboundary Ecosystem Governance: Taking Stock Bradley Karkkainen, University of Minnesota Law McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
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| 12:00 PM |
Ecosystem Restoration – Challenges and Opportunities Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
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| 1:30 PM |
Cross Cultural Issues in Settlement & Representation of Clients: The Rio Jemez, a Video Case Study Marilyn O'Leary McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
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| 1:30 PM |
Ecosystem Restoration in the Columbia River Basin: A Canadian Perspective Arlene Kwasniak, University of Calgary Law McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
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| 1:30 PM |
Lessons from the Columbia River Basin: Follow the Blueprint, But Avoid the Barriers Dan Rohlf, Lewis & Clark Law McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
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| 1:30 PM |
Rethinking the Columbia River Treaty John Shurts, NW Power Planning Council McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
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| 1:30 PM |
The Shrinking Dead Sea and Efforts to Restore It Stephen McCaffrey, University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
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| Saturday, February 21st | ||
| 9:00 AM |
Gregory Weber, University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
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| 9:00 AM |
Dean David Getches, University of Colorado Law McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
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| 9:00 AM |
Salton Sea Restoration: Can There Be Salvation for the Sea? Kim Delfino, Defenders of Wildlife McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
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The Binational Colorado River Delta Advisory Committee Carlos Pena, USIBWC McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
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The Delta’s Perennial Drought: Instream Flows for an Over-allocated River Michael Cohen, Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
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| 9:00 AM |
The Lower Colorado River MSCP: What It Mean for the River Jeffrey Kightlinger, Met Water District of Southern California McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
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| 9:00 AM |
Transboundary Ecosystem Restoration: A Comparison of the Colorado River Delta and the Danube Delta Dan Tarlock, Chicago-Kent Law McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
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| 12:00 PM |
Alberto Szekely, Mexico McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
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| 1:30 PM |
Applying CALVIN Water Resources Economic Optimization Model to the Lower Colorado River Josue Medellin-Azuara, University of California Davis McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
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| 1:30 PM |
Colorado River Delta – A Mexican Legislator’s Perspective Jamie Palafox, Baja California Legislature McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
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| 1:30 PM |
Jennifer Pitt, Environmental Defense McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
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| 1:30 PM |
Environmental and Other Implications of Operating the Yuma Desalting Plant Kara Gillon, Defenders of Wildlife McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
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| 1:30 PM |
The Impact of U.S. Diversions from the Colorado on Mexican Species Diana Ponce Nava, CITES McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
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