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Red Lodge Clearinghouse Newsletter[DATE]
Edition #3: Problem-Solving Tools Series
Administrative AppealsThe
third edition in our series on Problem-Solving Tools focuses on
administrative appeals-- how the process works, the costs and benefits
of filing an appeal, and how procedures are applied in different
agencies. Will Irwin, recently retired from two dozen years as
an Administrative Judge on the Interior Board of Land Appeals and Jeffrey Parsons,
an attorney with the Western Mining Action Project contributed to this article.
To read this edition, click here.
Each edition of the series highlights a different way to participate in decision-making. Earlier editions included the Notice and Comment Process and Meeting Face to Face: Public Meetings, Hearings, Open Houses and more. Future editions of the series will cover alternative dispute resolution, litigation, and collaboration.
Upcoming EventsWomen's Conference on Sustainability
May 2-3, 2008, Jackson Hole, WY
Join Wyoming's First Lady Nancy Freudenthal and Melinda Kramer of the
Women's Earth Alliance for a first-of-its kind gathering featuring
women creating environmental sustainability through their work in arts,
science, conservation, faith, business, communications and politics.
Forging a Partnership Between Recreation and Wildlife Planners
May 13-15, 2008, Missoula, MT
Co-sponsored by the National Association of Recreation Resource Planners
and the Organization of Wildlife Planners, Forging a Partnership Between
Recreation and Wildlife Planners will provide a forum for planners in
both fields to learn from each other, generate new ideas for collaborative
approaches to planning, and foster camaraderie among recreation and wildlife
professionals.
Natural Resources Law Center's Annual Conference
June 4-6, 2008, Boulder, CO
This theme of this year's conference is "Shifting Baselines and New Meridians:
Water, Resources, Landscapes, and the Transformation of the American
West". The conference will explore how population growth, climate
change, and pressures on our land, water and energy resources are
transforming the West and how these changes may foreshadow fundamental
changes to our legal and political institutions.
In the NewsRestoration bill part of 'collaborative approach,' officials say
ERIC BONTRAGER, Land Letter
A Senate proposal to establish a new forest landscape restoration
program has received the blessing of the Bush administration, which
claims the proposal would enhance the government's existing efforts to
protect forest health.
Big ideas, slim hope for water
ERIC BREAN, Review-Journal
A new report lists 12 alternatives to Colorado River water. The ideas
range from tearing out thirsty groves of salt cedar to towing icebergs
down from the Arctic, from seeding clouds over the Rockies to filtering
salt from seawater. When
it comes to squeezing every drop from the shrinking sponge of the
Colorado River, few options, it seems, are too complicated or expensive.
Bush admin waives environmental laws for border fence
ALLISON WINTER, E&E News
The Bush administration announced sweeping plans to waive more
than two dozen laws and regulations so it can finish building hundreds
of miles of walls along the U.S.-Mexico border by year's end.
High ozone levels detected in drilling hotspots
ERYN GABLE, Land Letter
Some of the nation's most productive natural gas fields also appear to
be contributing to high ozone levels, leading to calls for greater
regulation of the energy industry.
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