WDEP

WDEP Shared Governance Committee Final Report

Oct. 23, 2024

In 2024, the Getches-Wilkinson Center and the Boulder Faculty Assembly Climate Science and Education Committee (CSEC) co-chaired a shared governance committee regarding campus energy and climate policy. The Committee was nominated by the University’s Chief Operating Officer to review and, if appropriate, recommend alternatives to the University’s plans to upgrade...

Bears Ears by Chris Winter

Application Open: Advanced Natural Resources Field Seminar Spring 2025

Oct. 22, 2024

ADVANCED NATURAL RESOURCES SEMINAR: THE COLORADO PLATEAU Professors Chris Winter & Mark Squillace Spring Semester, 2025 Applications are now open for this seminar. Download application instructions here. Deadline To Apply: Mon, Nov 4th by 5pm This three-credit seminar is designed as the capstone course of our natural resources curriculum. The...

Opening the Tap

Opening the Tap: Accessing EPA’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Water Assistance Programs

Oct. 16, 2024

This resource— Opening the Tap —outlines Environmental Protection Agency programs established or funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) that provide financial or technical assistance for the many barriers drinking water or basic sanitation. For some communities, this barrier comes in form of non-existent water infrastructure. In others, existing infrastructure...

Andrew Teegarden

American Water Resources Association / Universities Council on Water Resources / National Institutes for Water Resources Conference Updates

Oct. 11, 2024

Water Law Fellow Andrew Teegarden, traveled to St. Louis to attend the annual Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR) water conference. This year was extra special because it was the 60th anniversary of UCOWR! The conference discussed water issues from the prospectives of academia on a variety of exciting topics...

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Opening the Tap

Oct. 1, 2024

Opening the Tap: Accessing EPA's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Water Assistance Programs has been published on the GWC blog ! This resource outlines Environmental Protection Agency programs established or funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) that provide financial or technical assistance for the many barriers drinking water or basic sanitation.

Confluence of the Colorado and Little Colorado Rivers within Grand Canyon– PC: Rachel Ellis

It’s Time to Amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to include Tribal River Protections

Sept. 16, 2024

A co-published blog by American Rivers and the Getches-Wilkinson Center at Colorado Law. The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 has been the preeminent tool to protect free-flowing rivers in the United States since it was passed more than 50 years ago. Under the Act, rivers with “outstandingly remarkable...

Andrew Teegarden

Updates from the 2024 Colorado Water Congress Summer Conference

Aug. 29, 2024

Last week, Getches-Wilkinson Center Water Law Fellow Andrew Teegarden, attended the 2024 Colorado Water Congress Summer Conference in Colorado Springs. As is typical, the conference started with various workshops which covered a range of topics but the most directly related to our work at the Getches-Wilkinson Center was the session...

Public Lands by Len Necefer

Fri, Oct 4 & Sat, Oct 5: Martz Symposium on Public Lands

Aug. 27, 2024

The Getches-Wilkinson Center, American Indian Law Program and Colorado Environmental Law Journal are pleased to present the 2024 Martz Symposium on Public Lands. The Future of Public Lands – People, Place, and Power Public lands across the United States provide us with clean water, energy and food production, world-class recreational...

Bob Anderson

Thurs, Sept 26: Ruth Wright Distinguished Lecture in Natural Resources

Aug. 26, 2024

The Getches-Wilkinson Center and American Indian Law Program are pleased to present the 2024 Ruth Wright Distinguished Lecture. Public Lands, Water, and Tribal Sovereignty in an Era of Energy Transition Policies regarding federal public lands and waters must adjust to the reality of climate change and the inevitable trend toward...

A2A Poster

Thurs, Oct 10: From Anxiety to Climate Action

Aug. 24, 2024

ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THE CLIMATE CRISIS? WE CAN HELP YOU FIND COMMUNITY AND A WAY TO CHANNEL YOUR ANXIETY INTO CLIMATE ACTION “There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.” – Margaret J. Wheatley “Never believe that a few caring people can’t...

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