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Obie Johnson ('26) and Andrea Shipton ('26), current Wyss Scholars, will moderate a discussion with Steve Bloch regarding his experience in land conservation law and Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA). Bloch's visit to Colorado Law is thanks

GWC is now accepting applications for the Conscience Bay Company Western Water Policy Fellowship.Program OverviewThe Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment (GWC) at the University of Colorado Law School is proud

Assigned Water programs in the Colorado River system, like Intentionally Created Surplus and Mexican Water Reserve, have created valuable flexibility in the Lower Basin.�� These programs mitigate the disincentive for conservation or saving water

Image by Lex Padilla The Colorado River Water Users Association annual conference met in Las Vegas last week. Each year, over a thousand government officials, members of the press, municipal water district

On November 19th, a rapt crowd gathered both in Denver and online for a six-hour public hearing and deliberation by the��Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) board members. CWCB was meeting to consider a proposed deal to acquire and protect

In a collection of essays and research summaries, eleven members of the Colorado River Research Group (with eight guest contributors) touch on issues as diverse as plummeting reservoir storage, climate change trends, risk management, agricultural

GWC is now accepting applications for the Wyss Scholars Program for U.S. Lands Conservation and the Harrison Fellowship in International Water Law.Wyss Scholars Program for U.S. Lands ConservationThe Wyss Scholars Program seeks to identify and

The Colorado River:Searching for Solutions in the Face of UncertaintyThe Colorado River is facing unprecedented change and uncertainty. Average annual flows continue to decline, and negotiations to craft post-2026 guidelines to manage the river have

Featured Articles:The Debate Over Public Lands in Public HandsRuth Wright Distinguished Lecture with John LeshyMartz Symposium on Public LandsGetches-Green Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law ClinicCould Good Samaritans Fix America's

In 2024, the Bureau of Land Management issue a new set of regulations that would guide its oversight of 245 million acres of federal public lands. Known as the “Public Lands Rule,” the regulations implement the “multiple use and sustained yield”