Colorado River

Colorado River Research Group Members Offer Post-2026 Alternative

April 16, 2024

Colorado River Research Group (CRRG) members Jack Schmidt, Eric Kuhn and John Fleck submitted an “alternative” to the post-2026 EIS process entitled: “Managing the Powell/Grand Canyon/Mead ecosystem after 2026.” In a nutshell, the alternative suggests that the Secretary of Interior be empowered to employ an adaptive management approach allowing releases...

Panelists

Hanging in the Balance: Competing Needs for Water in the West

April 12, 2024

Aspen Journalism held an exciting panel in Basalt the evening of Tuesday April 9th. The event, “Hanging in the Balance: Competing Needs for Water in the West” hosted Kate Ryan, Executive Director of the Colorado Water Trust, Hattie Johnson, Restoration Director of American Whitewater’s Stweardship Program, Mark Harris, Senior Water...

CBA Env Law Section

Colorado’s Climate Future: Legal Pathways to Decarbonization

April 9, 2024

Co-hosted by the Colorado Bar Association, Getches-Wilkinson Center and Colorado Law Environmental Law Society. Thursday, April 18 CLE Panel: 5 – 6:30 PM Social Hour: 6:30 - 7:30 PM In-Person Only: University of Colorado, Wolf Law Building (2450 Kittredge Loop Dr) Deep decarbonization across the globe is necessary to avoid...

Carlos Hernandez

ELS and GWC Welcomed The Nature Conservancy's Colorado State Director Carlos Fernandez to Colorado Law

April 8, 2024

The Getches-Wilkinson Center and Environmental Law Society were excited to welcome The Nature Conservancy's Colorado State Director Carlos Fernandez to the law school on April 8th. Carlos is one of Colorado's foremost conservation leaders. The event featured a wide-ranging conversation on many of the environmental and natural resources issues facing...

Adam Fisher, Sally Jewell and Mariah Bowman

Sally Jewell Visits Colorado Law

April 8, 2024

Wyss Scholars Adam Fisher and Mariah Bowman with Sally Jewell Last week the Getches-Wilkinson Center was honored to host former Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell for a lunchtime conversation with students at Wolf Law. The event was supported by the Wyss Foundation Wyss Scholars Program and provided an intimate...

Montana Youth Group

GWC and Getches-Green Clinic Partner With Outdoor Athletes to Support Montana Youth

April 3, 2024

Photo by Robin Loznak; Courtesy of Our Children’s Trust The Getches-Wilkinson Center and the Getches-Green Clinic recently partnered with Conrad Anker, famed mountaineer, and eight other professional outdoor athletes to submit an amicus curia e brief in the Montana youth climate change case. The brief was submitted to the Montana...

Sally Jewell

Sally Jewell, Former U.S. Secretary of the Interior, visited with Colorado Law 鶹Ժ

April 2, 2024

Growing the Next Generation of Conservation Leaders: A Student Conversation with Secretary Jewell The Getches-Wilkinson Center and Wyss Scholars Program invited CU Law students to join Sally Jewell, former Secretary of the Interior during the Obama administration, for an interactive conversation on the future of conservation. In addition to her...

Student Research Assistant Positions Open for Summer 2024

March 27, 2024

The Getches-Wilkinson Center (GWC) is seeking a Colorado Law student interested in natural resources, energy, and environmental law to serve as the GWC Research Assistant. The Research Assistant will work closely with GWC staff, including the Executive Director, the GWC Senior Water Fellow, and the Water Law Fellows, who will...

Oliver Skelly

Oliver Skelly (Colorado Law '25) Named Inaugural 2024 Conscience Bay Company Western Water Policy Fellow

March 21, 2024

University of Colorado Law School student Oliver Skelly ('25) is this year’s inaugural Conscience Bay Company Western Water Policy Fellow. The Conscience Bay Company Western Water Policy Fellowship, initiated in 2023 by leaders of the Conscience Bay Company , is awarded each year to a Colorado Law student on the...

Tori Matson

Victoria Matson (Colorado Law '26) Named 2024 David Harrison Innovations in Water and Energy Law & Policy Fellow

March 21, 2024

University of Colorado Law School student Victoria (Tori) Matson ('26) is this year’s David Harrison Innovations in Water and Energy Law & Policy Fellow. The Fellowship, initiated in 2010 by partners of the law firm of Moses, Wittemyer, Harrison and Woodruff, P.C. in honor David L. Harrison (Law ‘71), is...

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