[Pollinator] The Law of Ecosystem Restoration - Public Land Law Conference

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 FORWARDED MESSAGE
Mark Your Calendars!!
 
30th annual Public Land Law Conference
September 25-27, 2006 
Missoula, MT
 
The Law of Ecosystem Restoration:  
National Policy Implications of the Clark Fork River Basin Natural Resource 
Damage Program
Keynote Speaker: Lynn Scarlett, Deputy Secretary of the Interior
 
The Public Land & Resources Law Review proudly presents the 30th annual 
Public Land Law Conference, held in beautiful Missoula, Montana.  The conference 
will focus on the history, successes, and continuing challenges of implementing 
this national program in Montana’s Clark Fork River Basin.
 
Background
 
In 1983, the State of Montana filed a natural resource damage (NRD) lawsuit 
against ARCO to recover damages for mining-caused injuries to the Clark Fork 
River Basin’s water, soils, vegetation, fish and wildlife, and for the public’s 
lost use and enjoyment of these resources.  As part of a 1999 settlement, the 
state received $215 million, including about $130 million earmarked to 
restore or replace the injured resources.   While the state’s NRD litigation is not 
fully resolved, major steps are already underway to restore or improve the 
injured natural resources and the recreation opportunities that accompany them.  
For example, the NRD program will help fund full restoration at the confluence 
of the Blackfoot and Clark Fork rivers, where a multi-party consent decree 
signed in 2005 (pursuant to a separate Superfund enforcement action) will result 
in the historic removal of the Milltown Dam and the tons of toxic sediments 
contained in its reservoir.
 
Focus
 
Many issues raised in the ongoing Clark Fork River Basin restoration reflect 
national concerns about natural resource damage assessment and implementation. 
 This conference will provide insights into current NRD law and policy 
developments nationwide, with a look ahead at possible resolutions in the Clark Fork 
River Basin and beyond.  Starting with keynote speaker Lynn Scarlett, special 
attention will be paid to issues before the federal advisory committee 
examining U.S. Department of the Interior NRD programs.
 
Who Should Attend
 
This conference offers Continuing Legal Education credits for attorneys.  The 
program will also be of interest for federal, state, tribal, and local policy 
officials and resource managers; scholars; and representatives of industry, 
environmental, and community development groups involved in ecosystem 
restoration.  There will be ample opportunity to participate in facilitated discussions 
with panel members and to speak with them outside of their presentations.  
Some of the speakers will publish their presentations as articles in the Public 
Land & Resources Law Review.
 
Conference Schedule
Lynn Scarlett, Deputy Secretary of the Interior, will deliver the Keynote 
Address on the evening of Monday, September 27, 2006.  Tuesday will include 
interactive morning talks and panel discussions on national NRD issues; an on-site 
lunch provided; an afternoon session on Clark Fork River Basin issues; 
followed by a catered evening reception on the Clark Fork River, for all conference 
participants.  Wednesday morning sessions will focus on lessons learned in the 
Clark Fork River Basin and in other states’ NRD programs, and will explore 
implications for national policies and practice; the program will conclude at 
noon.  Plans are also underway for an optional tour of the Milltown Dam 
restoration site in conjunction with the conference.
 
If you would like further information about the conference, please visit the 
Public Land & Resource Law Review webpage at 
http://www.umt.edu/publicland/Conference.htm or contact us at plrlr at umontana.edu.
 
 
Sponsored by the Public Land & Resources Law Review, the Public Policy 
Research Institute, and the University of Montana School of Law, with additional 
support from the Clark Fork Coalition, the Montana Natural Resources, Energy and 
Environmental Law Bar, and the Montana Water Trust
 
 
Please share this message with individuals or organizations who might be 
interested in the program.
Thank You!
 

Laurie Davies Adams
Executive Director
Coevolution Institute
423 Washington St. 5th
San Francisco, CA 94111
415 362 1137
www.coevolution.org
www.nappc.org

Our future flies on the wings of pollinators.
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