Natural Resources Law Survey

Catalog description

This course provides a quick overview of natural resources law governing resource use on federal and private lands. There will be intensive reading in the first four days. Students will learn and discuss the laws and administrative agencies of the “big 3 resource commodities” -- mining, timber, and water. The course will also touch on laws and agencies governing grazing, rangeland, and endangered species. Students should emerge from this lecture and discussion course with a basic working knowledge of resource use law and enforcement across the United States. This course will be evaluated by a take-home open-book short answer and essay exam.