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...

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...

Legal Team and ASA ED

Getches-Green Natural Resources, Energy, and Environmental Law Clinic Advocates to Protect Old-Growth Forests and Promote Public Transparency

July 30, 2024

In a victory for old-growth forests and public transparency, on May 24, 2024, a federal district court found that BLM violated the law when it approved its “Integrated Vegetation Management for Resilient Lands” program in southwest Oregon. Colorado Law’s Getches-Green Natural Resources, Energy, and Environmental Law Clinic represents Applegate Siskiyou...

Bears Ears

A Legal Analysis of the Public Lands Rule

April 19, 2024

On April 18, 2024, the Bureau of Land Management issued a final rule that will guide future management of 245 million acres of public land, nearly 1/0 th of the country’s land base. In the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, Congress charged BLM with managing public lands...

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...

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...

Adam Fisher

Wyss Scholar Adam Fisher publishes article in Environmental Law Reporter

Feb. 9, 2024

Adam Fisher is Colorado Law's current Wyss Foundation Wyss Scholar. His recent article "Pay to Play? The Past, Present, and Future of Recreation Fees on Federal Public Lands" is live in this month's issue of the Environmental Law Reporter. The article explores the thorny issue of public land recreation fees,...

Bears Ears National Monument

GWC and the Getches-Green Clinic Defend the Antiquities Act

Jan. 24, 2024

The Getches-Wilkinson Center and the Getches-Green Clinic recently teamed up with 29 law professors from around the country to submit an important amicus curiae brief in a case that could undermine the integrity of the Antiquities Act. In 2021, President Biden issued two proclamations restoring Bears Ears and Grand-Staircase Escalante...

Scholarship and Fellowship Outreach

GWC Scholarship and Fellowship Programs Lunch and Learn

Oct. 27, 2023

Over 40 CU Law students joined The Getches-Wilkinson Center on Thursday, October 26th for a delicious lunch and to hear from current GWC Scholar and Fellows. Information on the various scholarships and fellowships and instructions on how to apply for a Summer 2024 or Academic Year 24/25 Scholarship or Fellowship...

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