Natural Resources Law and Policy

James Salzman, University of California-L.A. School of Law

Mark Squillace, University of Colorado School of Law

Sam Kalen, Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis

Michael Pappas, University of Colorado School of Law

James Rasband, Brigham Young

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Chapter 1

• Rights of Nature
• Critical views of the Land Ethic

Chapter 2

• Expanded attention to tribal history and the basics of Federal Indian Law
• Highlight the voices of Indigenous scholars in examining the history and evolution of natural resources management

Chapter 3

• Loper Bright (And the Future of Deference to Agency Decisions)
• Kisor V. Wiltsie (Deference to an Agency’s Interpretation of its Own Rules)
• West Virginia V. EPA (and The Major Questions Doctrine)
• Updates on NEPA

Chapter 4

• New Regulations Issued in the last few years
• Maine Lobstermen

Chapter 5

• Loper Bright case
• Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdictions treaty
• Marine Mammal Protection Act

Chapter 6

• Updated Presidential designations of national monuments and litigation
• Updated Izembek Road Case Study
• Solicitor Opinion on Exchanges of Refuge Lands (2023), and proposed new regulations for refuges, added recent question about water rights in refuges
• Added information about increased emphasis for BLM lands and preservation and the identification of ACECs

Chapter 7

• Detailed case study of the Colorado River that includes the latest developments at federal, state, and tribal levels regarding this critical water resource
• Latest Supreme Court of interstates water compacts

Chapter 8

• Updates Of Data on Public Land Range Conditions
• Problem Exercise Re: Cliven Bundy Ranch in Nevada

Chapter 9

• Rosemont case (Center for Biological Diversity v. USFWS) involving the use of mining claims for waste; Earthworks case, involving multiple mill sites

Chapter 10

• Updated coal leasing developments
• Updated oil and gas leasing developments, including new regulations and programs, such as from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), as well as oil and gas activity in the ANWR
• Updated developments for increasing renewable energy on public lands, including new regulations

Chapter 11

• Updates on National Forest data

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