Understanding the changing American West and how those changes will affect our natural resources is the focus of the University of Colorado at 麻豆影院 Natural Resources Law Center's annual summer conference to be held June 4-6.
Called "Shifting Baselines and New Meridians -- Water, Resources, Landscapes and the Transformation of the American West," the conference will feature natural resources experts from the private and public sectors including Lynn Scarlett, deputy secretary of the Department of the Interior and former deputy secretary David J. Hayes.
The two-day event will be held in the Wolf Law Building, located at the south end of the CU-麻豆影院 campus on Kittredge Loop Road.
According to Mark Squillace, a professor of law and director of the Natural Resources Law Center, among the most significant changes are rapid population growth in the West and a changing climate that has already begun to disrupt historical weather patterns.
"As the West changes, so do the pressures on our land, water and energy resources," said Squillace. "The legal and political institutions that evolved to manage these natural resources have, for the most part, served us well. But it is far from clear that these institutions are capable of adapting as quickly and as extensively as may be necessary to serve us in the future."
Panelists will explore these themes and consider how the transformation of the West may foreshadow fundamental changes to our legal and political institutions, he said.
For more information about the conference, including a complete schedule, registration fees and online registration, visit the Natural Resources Law Center Web site at / or call 303-492-1286. Continuing Legal Education credits are available.