conservation, preservation, Restoration

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Global CPR:
conservation,
preservation, Restoration
Thursday, March 7 through Sunday, March 10, 2002
The Public Interest Environmental Law
Conference is the premier annual gathering for environmentalists in the world.
Now in its 20th year, the Conference
unites activists, attorneys, students, scientists and concerned citizens to share
their expertise,experience and insights.
With more than 125 panels, keynoteaddresses, workshops,films, and celebrations,. the Conference has become
world-renowned for its energy, innovation and inspiration for all who participate.
Global CPR: Conservation,
Preservation, Restoration
"What I'm working the hardest on now,
if I can say hardest at my age, is trying
to establish a global CPR service: C
for conservation, P for preservation,
and R for restoration. Youcan sum it
up in a ten-second sound bite: Conserve the golden eggs carefully.
Preserve the goose or there will be no
more golden eggs. And if you've
already damaged the goose, get going
on restoration."--David Brower
Registration
Registration for the Conference will be
on the front steps of the Universityof Oregon Law School at the corner of Agate
and 15thStreet. Registrationwill be from
2:00 p.m. onThursday,March 7 through
11:00 a.m. on Sunday, March 10. To
download registration forms, visit our
website at www.pielc.uoregon.edu
Conference Sponsors
land Air Water (l.A.W.) is the world's oldest environmental law student society. LAW.'s sixty-plus members from the University of Oregon School of Law organize the conference on a wholly volunteer
basis. LAW. members also conduct legal researchfor environmental
law cases and publish both the Western Environmental Law Update
and the Directory of Public Interest Environmental Lawyers.
Friends of land Air Water (F.L.A.w.)
is a 501(c)(3) non-profitorganization started by LAW. members in 1993. The board of directors
includes graduates and students of the Universityof Oregon School of
Law as well as interested citizens and attorneys from the community.
Its primary interest is the annual Public Interest Environmental Law
Conference.
Keynote Address & Meals
All keynote addresseswill be at the University of Oregon EMU Ballroom, and
meals will be at Gerlinger Hall, with the
exception of Friday dinner, which will be
held in the Ballroom. If attending meals,
please pre-purchase tickets through
Registration. Meal tickets are not required to attend the keynotes.
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KeynoterBiograyhies
John Bonifaz is founder and Executive Director of the National Voting
Rights Institute, which works to challenge the country's current campaign
finance system. He is the former Staff Attorney for the Center for Responsive Politics and co-author of The Wealth Primary: Campaign Fundraising
and the Constitution. Along with his father, Cristobal, he is litigating a case
against Texaco for its widespread destruction of the Amazon rainforest and
its indigenous peoples.
John Echohawk,
a Pawnee, is the Executive Director of the Native
American Rights Fund and a founding member of the American Indian Law
Students Association. Echohawk is recognized by the National Law Journal
as one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America since 1988. He serves
on several Boards of Directors, including the American Indian Resources
Institute, the Association on American Indian Affairs, and the Natural
Resources Defense Council.
Gloria Flora worked with the U.S. Forest Service in the Intermountain West
for over 22 years. Well-known for her leadership in ecosystem management
and public involvement, she made a landmark decision to prohibit oil and
gas leasing from the Rocky Mountain Front in Montana. She later resigned
to call national attention to persistent anti-government activities in Nevada,
including harassment of public land managers and wanton ecological
destruction.
Dave Foreman is among the country's most outspoken and tireless
advocates for wilderness conservation. In the early 1980s, he co-founded
Earth First! and was editor of the Earth First! Journal until 1988. He is
currently publisher of Wild Earth, Chairman of The Wildlands Project, and a
member of the Board of Directors of the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance.
He is author of several books including, most recently, The Lobo Outback
Funeral Home.
Michael Frome is a distinguished conservation writer, journalist, and has
been a featured columnist for several nationally prominent publications. He
authors 16 books, including Battle for the Wilderness, Regreening the
National Parks, Chronicling the West, and his latest, Green Ink: An
Introduction to Environmental Journalism. In 1994, Outdoor Writers
Association elected him to its Circle of Chiefs for distinguished conservation
writing.
Lois Gibbs discovered in 1978 that her neighborhood was built on top of a
20,000-ton toxic chemical dump. She organized the Love Canal
Homeowners Association and, under opposition from government officials
and chemical companies, successfully struggled for mor~ than 2 years for
relocation. Lois sUbsequently founded the Center for Health, Environment,
and Justice, and currently serves as its Executive Director. She won the
Goldman Environmental Prize in 1990.
Sarah James is a Neets'aii Gwich'in Indian from Arctic Village, Alaska. In
1988, the elders and spiritual leaders of the entire nation chose her to
become the spokesperson for preserving the caribou, the land they travel,
and the Gwich'in culture. She is a board member of the International Indian
Treaty Council and a member of the Indigenous People Subcommittee
the EPA's National Environmental Justice Advisory Council.
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Linda Krop is the Chief Counsel of the Environmental Defense Center, a
non-profit public interest law firm in Santa Barbara, California. Linda
specializes in cases involving coastal, marine, and oil development issues.
In 1998, she successfully convinced the Coastal Commission to reject p'
to develop 4 resorts along the San Simeon coastline, and recently won a ,I
federal case awarding the State the right to review federal offshore oil and
gas leases.
Rodolfo Montiel Flores is a campesino (subsistence farmer) from the
Guerrero, Mexico. He is founder of Campesinos Ecologistas de la Sierra de
Petatlan y Coyuca de Catalan and recipient of the Goldman Environmental
Prize. In 1999, after blocking logging trucks, Montiel and fellow campesino
Teodoro Cabrera Garcia were arrested, tortured, and imprisoned on false
charges for over 2 years. Montiel and Cabrera were finally freed in
November 2001.
Ralph Nader continues to give ordinary people the tools they need to
defend themselves against corporate negligence and government indifference. He is a consumer advocate, Green Party presidential candidate, and
honored by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential Americans of
the 20th Century. Nader is the author of several books, helped secure
passage of several consumer and environmental laws, and formed
numerous citizen groups.
Alexander Nikitin, upon retiring from the Russian Navy, began working at
the Bellona Foundation, a Norwegian environmental NGO. In 1995,
following the publication of a Bellona report on the risks of radioactive
pollution from the Russian Northern Fleet, Nikitin was arrested and charged
with high treason, espionage and disclosure of state secrets. After 5 years
of trial, Nikitin was acquitted of all charges in September 2000. He now
works as a Bellona Foundation representative in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Jaime Pinkham is Manager of the Nez Perce Tribe's Department of
Fisheries Resources in Lapwai, Idaho, where he is responsible for
overseeing production, research, harvest, habitat, and conservation
enforcement. He previously served as Manager for the Tribe's Departmer
of Natural Resources. He currently serves on various boards, including th'h-l
Governing Council of The Wilderness Society and the Tribal Lands Advisory
Council for the Trust for Public Lands.
Bennett Raley is the Bush administration's Assistant Secretary for Water
and Science in the Department of Interior. He is responsible for setting
departmental policy and providing oversight to the Bureau of Reclamation
and Geological Survey. He formerly practiced law at Hobbs, Trout, & Raley
in Colorado. He also served as chief counsel to the United States Judiciary
Subcommittee on the Constitution, Federalism, and Property Rights.
Eugene Rutagarama
helped revive Rwanda's national parks after the
country was overrun by Hutu extremists in the early 1990s. Risking his life,
he repeatedly traveled to hostile territories to deliver funds and supplies to
park rangers to ensure protection of mountain gorilla habitat. Today, he
works for the International Gorilla Conservation Program and was winner of
the 2001 Goldman Environmental Prize.
FRIDAY NIGHT CELEBRATION!
syecialEvents
MUSIC: ROBERT HOYT W/ DARRYLCHERNEY
Thursday 9:00 p.m. at Sam Bond's Garage
DYNAMIC FACILITATION
Crisis in the Choir:An InnovativeDialogue
Friday 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. (EMU - Ben Linder)
RECEPTION FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
Friday 5:00 p.m. (Longhouse - behind the law school)
Sponsored
by members of the Native American Law Students Association.
Friday 9:00 p.m. Agate Hall (18th and Agate St.)
The Garden Weasels and Freak Mountain Ramblers
NATURE WALKS
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Spencer Butte Quest, Friday 2:30 5:30 p.m.
A 3+ hour round trip to the top of Spencer Butte, a natural highlight of the
City of Eugene. Sturdy shoes suggested, dress warm if it's cold.
Guided by Roy Keene, Public Interest Forestry.
Please meet in front of the law school.
Campus Tree Tour, Saturday 10:30 a.m. -12:00 p.m.
A walking tour of the University of Oregon's campus and its trees and
groves.
Guided by Roy Keene, Public Interest Forestry.
Please meet in front of the law school.
ALUMNI RECEPTION
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Saturday 5:30 7:00 p.m. (LAW - Lewis Lounge)
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Thursday,
March7
REGISTRATION
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Front Steps UO law School
Doug Heiken, Oregon Natural Resources Council
Kelly Townsend, OR Forest Research & Education Group
Joseph Vaile, Klamath Siskyou Wildlands Center
Derrick Anton, OR Forest Research & Education Group
Starting and Running Your Own Public Interest Environmen-
WORKSHOPS
4:00 6:00 p.m.
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tal law Practice: Private and Non-Profit Models (EMU- Oak)
Grass Roots Campaigning (EMU- Fir)
This workshop will teach participants how to wage and win original and
effective environmental campaigns.
Charlie Ogle, Sierra Club
Jim Britell, Grassroots Activist
Rhet Lawrence,OSPIRG
The ESA and Ecosystem Protection (EMU - Walnut)
This workshop will provide a primer to activists and lawyers interested in
using the ESA more effectively to protect and restore imperiled species.
Marty Bergoffen, Southern Appalachian Biodiversity Project
Nicole Rosmarino, Forest Guardians
PANELS
4:00
/ PRESENTATIONS
-5:15 p.m.
Alsea ValleyAlliancev. Evans: WildTimesfor Hatchery
Salmon (EMU- Rogue)
This panel will discuss the government's classification of the reproductive
activities of wild and hatchery salmon, a property owner campaign to de-list
salmon, and impacts of the resulting case in the current political climate.
Kaitlin Lovell, Trout Unlimited
Glen Spain, Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman's Assoc.
John Platt, Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission
'-rlonsorporate
Death Penalty Act for Deadly Dishonest
(EMU - Umpqua)
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Ocean Ecosystem Overfishing: IndustrializedFishingand the
Destruction of Marine Biodiversity (EMU- Alsea)
Industrialized fishing has severely depleted marine fish species and
devastated ocean ecosystems. Panelists will discuss the history of these
practices, their impacts on the ecosystem, and what's being done to stop it.
Whit Sheard, Cons. Prgm Mgr, Ocean Conservancy
Ken Stump, Alaska Oceans Network/Greenpeace
Colby Dolan, Cons. Prgm Counsel, Ocean Conservancy
Old Growth Timber Scam: Forest Service Use of the Replace-
ment Volume to log Old Growth in the NW (Columbia - 150)
Many of the most controversial old growth timber sales are "replacement
volume" for canceled second growth sales in the Siuslaw National Forest,
from the massive ancient cedars in the Winberry timber sale to the Pacific
Fisher habitat in the Rogue River's Peak timber sale. Come learn what
local forest activists are doing to protect ancient forests from the scam.
James Johnston,
Cascadia Wildlands
Project
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Sexton,
Jay Lininger,
American
Kalmiopsis
Project
The Oregon Wilderness Coalition will give an update on Oregon Wild, the
citizens' wilderness proposal to add 4.8 million acres of Oregon's public
roadless forests to our state's National Wilderness Preservation System.
Joseph
Ash, Oregon
Vaile,
KEYNOTES
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7:00 9:30 p.m. Welcomeand OpeningAddress
(EMU - Ballroom)
Prayer: Corbin Harney
Dave Foreman
Sarah James
Friday,March8
REGISTRATION
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Front Steps UO law School
WORKSHOPS
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9:00 11:00 a.m.
Issues with Nuclear Power (EMU- Maple)
An overview of nuclear issues: Takingaction to protect Russia, the US, and
Native American lands.
Alexander Nikitin, Bellona Foundation
Bobby Vren Banks, National Field Director, WAND
Corbin Harney, Spiritual Leader of the Western Shoshone
Media and Information
Systems
(LAW 175)
The Politics of Information: using media, the internet, & other information
systems to win the public, politicians and decision makers.
Joe Millon, Netcorps
Shane Jimerfield, Center for Biological Diversity
Protecting Public landlWater: Oil & Gas Litigation (EMU - Oak)
Thispanel will entail: Understanding and Participating in Oil and Gas
Decisions Affecting Public Land and a Primer on Oil and Gas Litigation
Travis Stills, Oil and Gas Accountability Project
Jack Tuholske, Attorney, Missoula, MT
Mike Reisner, Northern Plains Resource Council
Tom Darin, Wyoming Outdooring Council
PANELS
/ PRESENTATIONS
9:00 -10:15 a.m.
Lands Alliance
Wildlands
Francis Etherington, Forest Monitor, Umpqua Watersheds
Oregon Wild in 2002 (EMU - Metolius)
Susan
Thispanel willexamine both the private law firm model and nonprofit
organizations. How to make and raise enough money to get started, what
else you need, etc. Bring Your Questions.
Noah Hall, Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy
Melissa Scanlan, Midwest Environmental Advocates
Matt Kenna, Kenna & Hickox
Dave Bahr, Bahr & Stotter
Corpora-
Strategies to remove the corporate shield for those corporations that have
betrayed America and committed crimes against nature and humanity.
Lloyd Marbet, Finance Reform, Money is Not Democracy
Tim Hermach, President, Native Forest Council
Grizzly Reintroduction & Recovery in the NW (EMU - Walnut)
Panelists will discuss recovery plans and delisting proposals under the
Bush Administration and will explore what to do to bring back The Griz.
Dr. Charles Jonkel, Great Bear Foundation
Greg Price, Alliance for the Wild Rockies
Louisa Willcox, Grizzly Recovery Office, Sierra Club
George
Sam Mace, Trout Unlimited
Nat Parker, OSPIRG
Red Tree Voles: The Original Tree Sitters (EMU - Maple)
They're cute, they're furry, and Spotted Owls find them quite tasty.
However,most environmental activists know very little about the federal
survey and manage provisions that apply to them, or their ecological roll in
the forest.
Natural
Klamath-Siskiyou
Resources
Wildland
Council
Center
Challenging Patriarchy in the Environmental Movement: A
Discussion (EMU- Umpqua)
This facilitated discussion will address the spectra of patriarchy in our
movement on both a personal and systemic level. It is a chance for
activists to confront a controversial issue, share stories and support, and
brainstorm methods of actively challenging patriarchy on all fronts.
Brenna
Bell, Staff Attorney,
Kim Marks,
Organizer
Klamath-Siskiyou
Extraordinaire,
Forest
Wildlands
Ethics
Center
Friday,March8 continued
Cultural Heritage, Historic Preservation, and the Environment:
Current Developments Under NHPA (LAW 243)
Panelists will focus on preserving sacred sites and utilizing cooperative and
jurisdictional agreements to supplement the National Historic Preservation
Act and state burial sites protection laws.
Carol Brown, Atty, Brown & LaCounte
Laura Weeks
Michael Nixon, Atty, Cultural and Natural Heritage Preservation
Dams Out of the National Parks (EMU - Metolius)
National parks must be free of artificial intrusions and encumbrances such
as dams. Come hear how an alert and motivated public can save and
restore the national parks as the sanctuaries they were meant to be.
Greg Adair, Friends of Yosemite Valley
Michael Frome, Professor Emeritus, Western Washington Univ
David Orr, Living Rivers
Lisa Ramirez, Friends of the Earth
Environmental Justice: Using Resources in Your Community
to Fight for Environmental Justice (LAW 184)
This panel will discuss how your community can come together and fight
environmental injustice. It will cover initial stages of group development,
planning, and how to get the information your community needs.
Bob Collin, Professor, University of Oregon
Jeri Sudvall, Environmental Justice Action Group
Torri Estrada, Latino Issues Forum/Env. Justice Coalition
Environmental Regulation in Paradise: Fishponds, Endangered Species, and Solid Waste Issues in Hawaii Nei (LAW 142)
The panelists will discuss: the legal debate surrounding property interests in
and the restoration of Hawaiian fish ponds; watershed management using
the Ahupua'a concept; and environmental justice issues surrounding waste
disposal on the island of O'ahu.
Ian Hlwati, 3rd yr, Williamson S. Richardson School of Law
John Davis, 3rd yr, Williamson S. Richardson School of Law
Trisha Watson, 2nd yr,Wiliiamson S. Richardson School of Law
Places for Wolves: Politics & Recovery Collide (EMU - Fir)
Thispanel will discuss the US Fish and Wildlife Service's gray wolf
reclassification and delisting proposal. With a focus on the western and
southwestern United States, panelists will explore factors which threaten
successful long-term recovery.
Brett Brownscombe, Hells Canyon Preservation Council
Aaron Miles, Nez Perce Tribe
Nancy Weiss, Defenders of Wildlife
Michael Robinson, Center for Biological Diversity
Impacts of Mining on Salmon (EMU - Walnut)
This panel will discuss the impacts of mining on salmon and what attorneys
and activists are doing to help the endangered species survive.
Roger Flynn, Western Mining Action Project
Liz Mitchell, Western Environmental Law Center
Gary McFarlane, Friends of the Clearwater
Lori Cooper, Siskiyou Regional Education Project
Organized Religion and the Environmental Movement: The
Two Shall Meet (EMU - Ben Linder)
This panel will explore how current environmental issues are tied to the
panelist's tradition of faith; stereotypes surrounding organized religion and
the environment; and innovative ways that local faith communities are
participating in the environmental movement.
John Pitney, Pastor - First United Methodist Church
Rabbi Yitzahk, Temple Beth Israel
Fred Kruger, Religious Campaign for Forest Conservation
Jenny Holmes, Ecumenical Ministries of OR
Past, Present, and Future of Oregon's Rainforest: The State
lands of NW Oregon (LAW 110)
The current threat to the native ecosystem of the Tillamookand Clastsop
State Forests. An analysis of timber sale plans and the problems of
structure based management.
Donald Fotenot, Tillamook State Forest Comm., Sierra Club
Phil Ruder, Assoc. Professor of Economics, Pacific University
Bob Van Dyke, Assoc. Prof. of Politics/Gov't, Pacific University
Student Activism: Creating Environmentally Friendly Campuses (EMU - Rogue)
Panelists will explore ways that colleges can work with local to global
organizations to increase environmental awareness.
Robert Katz, Student Leader, CSU Chico
Julian Dautremont-Smith, Lewis & Clark College
Emilia Patrick, CA State Student Ass'n, Humboldt State Univ
Sarah Wald, Cascadia Forest Alliance
Thinking Big: Using an Ecosystem Approach to Protect
Endangered Species (LAW 241)
This panel will analyze diverse, large-scale efforts to protect and restore
threatened and endangeredspecies and will discuss using the ESA in
broad ecological settings, including protecting salmon, spotted owls, shore
birds, snail, kangaroo rats, and bull trout.
Judi Brawer, Atty, Land and Water Fund of the Rockies
Patti Goldman, Senior Atty, Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund
Babak Naficy, Staff Atty, Environmental Defense Center
Stephanie Parent, Staff Atty, Pacific Env. Advocacy Center
Using local & State laws to Protect Fed lands (EMU - Alsea)
This panel will discuss the different ways activists and advocates can use
local laws to protect the federal lands surrounding their communities. It will
discuss current local laws in the West and how they are used.
Jeff Parsons, Western Mining Action Project
Travis Stills, Citizens Oil and Gas Support Center
Peg Reagan, Conservation Leaders Network
PANELS
10:30
/ PRESENTATIONS
- 11 :45
a.m.
BinationalRivers: U.S. Impacts on Mexican Rivers (LAW282)
This panel will discuss environmental and social justice organizations that
are forcing changes to U.S: water policy towards Mexico. Binational efforts
are currently underway to restore water flows to the Colorado River delta,
Rio Grande, and San Pedro River.
Lisa Force
John Weisheit, Living Rivers
Lara Martinez, ProEsteros
Robin Silver, Center for Biological Diversity
Biopiracy and Bioprospecting: Genetic Engineering in the 21st
Century (EMU - Rogue)
This panel will discuss issues surrounding genetic engineering, including
effects on the environment, threats to Indigenous peoples, & patent law.
Lisa Ramirez, Friends of the Earth
Keith Aoki, Professor, University of Oregon School of Law
Becky Specker, Campaign Director, Center for Food Safety
Simon Harris, West Coast Field Org, Organic Consumers Assn
Building Alliances With labor: Opportunities and Challenges
(EMU - Metolius)
Labor and environmentalactivists united at the WTO ministerial in Seattle,
when 'Turtles and Teamsters"became a rallying cry. A discussion about
what's happening on the ground and future prospects.
Karen Pickett, Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters, Earth First!
Wes Brain, SEIU Local 503, ASJE
Kim Marks, Forest Ethics, ASJE
Bryony Schwan, Women's Voices for the Environment, ASJE
CA Desert Conservation Litigation: Delivering Relief for 24+
Species on 11.5 Million BlM Acres (EMU -AI sea)
Find out how these groups successfully forced BLM to ban ORVs from
550,000 acres, closed almost 4,500 roads, removed cattle from 500,000
acres, and stopped mining on 3.4 million acres of critical habitat.
Daniel Patterson, Center for Biological Diversity
Jay Tutchton, Earthjustice
Brendan Cummings, Center for Biological Diversity
Karen Schambach, Public Employees for Env. Responsibility
Emerging Trends in Corporate Globalization: Planetary Life
Support at Risk (EMU - Walnut)
Speakers will report back from the WTO ministerial in Doha, Qatar. discus~
the attempt by the WTO to declare itself the arbiter of global environmental
questions, and explain implications of proposed new trade rules.
Victor Menotti, Attorney, International Forum on Globalization
Dave Batker, Eco!' Economist, Asia Pacific Env. Exchange
Elizabeth Barclay, Atty, Alliance for Sustainable Jobs & the Env
Friday,March8 continued
Global Climate Change: Science, Outreach, Action (LAW 241)
Deforestation and fossil fuel use are contributors to global warming. Even if
've ended the burning of fossil fuels, we still have too rnuch carbon in the
\Jtmosphere.
Part of the solution is to remove it by storing it in forests.
Dan Ihara, Center for Ecological Economic Devel, Humboldt
Josh Willis, Scripps Institute, University of CA at San Diego
Steve Grimes, Scripps Institute, University of CA at San Diego
Got Asthma? More Strategies for Preventing Animal Factory
Pollution (LAW 243)
An Update on CAFO Clean WaterAct enforcement and a discussion of
Clean Air Act and solid waste strategies.
Brent Newell, Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment
Charlie Tebbutt, Western Environmental Law Center
Impact of International Trade & Finance on Forests (EMU - Fir)
This panel will focus on the detrimental effects that international trade and
financial institutions and agreements have on forests and biodiversity.
Cynthia Josayma, Pacific Rim Prgm Officer, Pacific Environ.
Chris Dillard, Conservation Assoc., NW Ecosystem Alliance
Bill Denison, Professor Emeritus, Oregon State University
Miguel Fredes, Southern Environmental Law Center (Chile)
King Coal and Environmental Injustice in Appalachia (EMUBen Linder)
Thispanel will discuss legal strategies used by Appalachian citizens in
response to "mountaintopremoval" and other devastating modern coal
mining technologies which threaten communitiesand the environment.
Pat McGinley, Prof., West Virginia University School of Law
Joe Childers, Attorney
Suzanne Weisse, Attorney, McGinley and Weisse
Litigating to Take Out the Damn Dams (LAW141)
Panel will explore legal theories and court tactics used in litigation on dams.
Pete Frost, Atty, Western Environmental Law Center
Gila Neta, International Rivers Network
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Kristen Boyles, Atty, Earthjustice
Species Based Advocacy in the Bush Era (LAW 242)
This panel will discuss the current state and future of species-based
advocacy, including the key happenings in ESA litigation and policy, the
D.C. legislative scene, and National Forest Service species management.
Kieran Suckling, Exec. Director, Center for Biological Diversity
Brock Evans, Exec. Director, Endangered Species Coalition
Patti Goldman, Staff Attorney, Earthjustice
Jacob Smith, Exec. Director, Center for Native Ecosystems
Taking Back the Community: The Effect of Property Rights
Litigationon EnvironmentalRegulation(EMU- Umpqua)
This panel will explore recent Supreme Court decisions that further erode
community protections, and how to defend such challenges in the future.
Jordan Kahn, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
Brad Bobertz, Endangered Laws Program, Env. Law Institute
KEYNOTES
12:00
- 1:40 p.m.
(EMU -
Ballroom)
Ralph Nader
Bennett Raley
SPECIAL EVENTS
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Spencer Butte Quest, Friday 2:30 5:30p.m.
A 3+ hour round trip to the top of Spencer Butte, a natural highlight of the
City of Eugene. Sturdy shoes suggested, dress warm if it's cold.
Guided by Roy Keene, Public Interest Forestry.
Please meet in front of the law school.
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ANELS
/ PRESENTATIONS
2:00 -3:15 p.m.
Behind Closed Doors or in the News: The Role of Whistle
Blowers & the Environment (LAW 141)
Will discuss how information
revealed by whistle blowers protects the
environment and your own safety. Learn how to use whistle blowers more
effectively while protecting their identity and explore legal protections.
Charlotte Fox, Government Accountability Project
Janine Blaylock, Western Land Exchange Project
James Keefer, Whistleblower, former Forest Service Employee
Tom Carpenter, Government Accountability Project
Blue-Green Alliance:
Building a New Model for Forest Restoration (LAW 243)
TheAlliance for Sustainable Jobs and the Environment is embarking on
major projects bringing together people from labor organizations and
environmental advocates to create a new model for restoration work that
would include family-wagejobs, retraining, and other elements.
Chris Van Daalen, Alliance for Sustainable Jobs and the Env
Charles Spenser, Institute for a Sustainable Environment
Marnie Criley, Wildlands Center for Preventing Roads
Jim Jontz, Former U.S. Congressman/Alliance for Sust. Jobs
Bush/Cheney Drill Everywhere Energy Policy: An Update from
the Frontlines (LAW 241)
The presenters will give a general update of the serious impacts being
wrought by the ongoing administrative implementation of the Bush/Cheney
Energy Policy and those that are Peing debated by Congress.
Steve Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Tom Darin, Wyoming Outdooring Council
Jenna App, Staff Attorney, Trustees for Alaska
Travis Stills, Oil and Gas Accountability Project
Daylighting Science in Courts (LAW142)
In the aftermathof Daubert,scientificevidence is often kept out of courts
and away from juries and the public. This panel describes the problems,
and projects to restore science in courts.
Carolyn Raffensperger, Science & Env. Health Network
Carl Cranor, Philosophy Dept, University of CA Riverside
Gerson Smoger, Smoger and Associates, P.C.
De-Classifying Wilderness? The Looming Trainwreck (EMU Metolius)
Panelists will discuss whether designated wilderness areas should be
managed to a standard less than what is consistent with true Wilderness
character or removed from the wildernessprotection system.
Scott Silver, Wild Wilderness
George Nickas, Wilderness Watch
Tom Suk, High Sierra Hikers Association
Ending the Federal Timber Sale Program: Building Momentum
(LAW184)
The Campaign to End the Federal Timber Sale Program is gaining steam at
both the grassroots level and on Capitol Hill. This panel will review the
campaign's status and course.
Jeff Debonis, Training Resources for the Env. Community
Fred Kruger, Religious Campaign for Forest Conservation
Jeanette Russel, National Forest Protection Alliance
Bernie Zaleha, Sierra Club
Environmental Cases: Back to the Future (EMU - Rogue)
How common law claims-including public and private nuisance, negligence, and strict liability continue to play an important role in protecting
natural places and vindicating citizen's rights.
Dave Mann, Partner at Bricklin & Gendler LLP
Karl Anuta, Sokol & Anuta
Patrick McGinley, Visiting Professor, UO School of Law
David Paul, Paul & Sugerman
Hemp Apocalypse Now! (LAW 110)
The panelists will discuss the current fJhCircuit litigation of HIA et al. v.
DEA. Also discussed will be industrial hemp legislation and lobbying, hemp
and environmental business initiatives, and the Lakota hemp ordinance.
Floyd Prozanski, Former Oregon State Legislator
David Frankel, Votehemp, Inc.
Caroline Moran, Living Tree Paper
Tom Ballanco, Attorney, Oglala Sioux Tribe
Kicking Paper Corporations Out of Your Forests (LAW 175)
Will discuss corporate campaigning to force Boise Cascade & Staples to
stop selling endangered forests, highlighting student campaigning strategy.
Kelly Sheenan, National Forest Protection Alliance
Liz Butler, Forest Ethics
Martin Stephan, Rainforest Action Network
Pat Rasmusen, American Lands Alliance
Friday,March8 continued
Restoring the lynx in the West (EMU- Umpqua)
Update on the recent listing under the ESA, state of the science on lynx
biology and habitat needs, effects of human action on lynx survival, legal
and other efforts to ensure recovery.
Lea Mitchell, Public Employees for Env. Responsibility
Mark Skatrrud, Northwest Ecosystem Alliance
Shawn Regnerus, Predator Conservation Alliance
Ron Constable, Oregon Natural Resource Council
SPECIAL EVENT
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2:00 5:00 p.m.
Crisis in the Choir: An Innovative Dialogue to Create Choices
for a Stronger Environmental Movement (EMU- BenLinder)
A three hour, in-depth, dynamically facilitated dialogue about the challenges
inherent in the environmental movement itself. The event is limited to
sixteen randomly selected participants, but open to public observation.
Dynamic Facilitation is an approach designed to move beyond surface
positions and encourage clear communication about interests and issues of
concem to participants. Such communication has the potential for creative
breakthrough thinking about .impossible to solve. problems.
Elliot Shuford,
University
John Moriarty,
Mediator
of Oregon
Alumni
& Eugene
Activist
WORKSHOPS
3:00 5:00p.m.
Establishing Environmental Protections Through Treaty Rights
(LAW242)
With Salmon on the very brink of extinction, this workshop will analyze the
nature of treaty rights in light of US v. Washington. Panelists will discuss
the potential for the .culverts. case cu"ently in the 9th Circuit to finally save
the Northwest's signature species.
Mary Wood, Professor of Indian Law, UO School of Law
Howard Arnett, Atty for Warm Springs & Columbia River Tribes
Mason Morisset, Atty, Morisset, Schlosser, Jozwiak, & McGaw
Grant Writing: Raising Funds From Foundations (EMU - Oak)
This workshop will advise participants how best to work with and manage
relationships with foundations.
Jim Owens, Brainard Foundation
Irene Vlach, Lazaar Foundation
Regna Merritt, Oregon Natural Resources Council
Rage Against the Machine: Using Law, Policy & Grassroots
Advocacy to Rein in ORV Abuse on BlM Lands (EMU - Maple)
An interactive workshop designed to give public land advocates tools on
how to integrate law or policy with their place-based campaigns to ensure
that their voices resonate with the federal govemment.
Erik Schlenker-Goodrich,
The Wilderness
Society
PANELS
3:30
Brengel,
Natural
Trails & Waters
Coalition
/ PRESENTATIONS
-4:45 p.m.
Appropriations Riders (LAW243)
Industries have used hostile members of Congress to attempt to enact
appropriation bill .riders. to dictate the results in lawsuits, change good
laws, and undermine the political process. This panel will discuss the
creation, effects, and constitutionality
Mike Axline,
Ted Zukoski,
Roger
Western
of riders.
Environmental
Land and Water
Flynn, Western
This panel will address petitions and lawsuits to get critical habitat designated, substantive challenges, consultations, and on-the-ground effects.
Brendan
Cummings,
Center
for Biological
Diversity
Marty Bergoffen, Southern Appalachian Biodiversity Project ~
Larry Sanders, River Law
Arlene Montgomery, Friends of the Wild Swan
Drilland FiII...or...Wildfor your Child: The Fate of the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge (EMU - Rogue)
Slideshow/discussion about the problems with the cu"ent congressional
and Bush Administration efforts to drill and the conservation community's
effort to have the coastal plain designation as Wilderness.
Dan Ritzman, Outreach Director, Alaska Coalition
Peter Van Tuyn, Litigation Director, Trustees for Alaska
Sarah James, Gwich'in Steering Committee
Ecological Impacts of Livestock Grazing (LAW 110)
Livestock production has the greatest physical footprint of any other land
use upon the Western Landscape. Due to its nearly ubiquitous presence,
livestock production has numerous impacts to wildlife, plant communities,
soils, aquatic ecosystems, watersheds and natural processes.
George Wuerthner, Co-Editor, Welfare Ranching: The
Subsidized Destruction of the American West
Dr. John Carter, Western Watersheds Project
Katie Fite, Committee for Idaho's High Desert
Dr. Martin Taylor, Center for Biological Diversity
lost At Sea: Mismanagement of Ocean Resources (LAW141)
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Kristen
Simeon Herskovits, WELC
"Critical Habitat" under the ESA: Getting it Designated and
Making it Work (EMU - Walnut)
Mining
Law Center
Fund of the Rockies
Action
Project
CECA: Selected Topics (LAW142)
A discussion of selected topics related to the California Environmental
Quality Act, including an overview of baseline and recent case law,
mitigation measures under CEQA and endangered species.
Babik Naficy, Senior Staff Atty, Environmental Defense Center
Kassie Siegel, Center for Biological Diversity
Brent Newell, Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment
This panel addresses the mismanagement of our living ocean resources by
the National Marine Fisheries Service. Topics covered include the failure of
the regional fishery management council system, agency reprisals against
environmentally conscious employees, and conflicts between the
Magnuson-Stevens Act and other environmental laws.
Jack Sterne, Trustees for Alaska
Dan Meyer,
Janice
Public
Searles,
Employees
Earthjustice
for Env. Responsibility
Legal Defense
Fund
Media and the Environmental Movement (LAW184)
Helpingattomeys and grassrootsorganizationswithmedia outreach.
Trevor Fitzgibbon, Dogwood Alliance
Susan Palmer, Register Guard
The Fishy Politics of Endangered Fish Recovery (LAW175)
Expensive and elaborate band-aid strategies for recovering endangered
native fish in westem rivers are not working. Water and power interests
want recovery measured in number of hatchery-raised fish, but biologists
wam this will lead to disaster.
Ann Brower, UC Berkeley, CA
David Orr, Living Rivers
Deanna Spooner, Pacific Rivers Council
The State of the Wilderness (EMU - Fir)
What is Wilderness?Is ita recreationresource,a nature museum or a place
where people can connect with the truly natural world? The speakers will
argue the case for wild Wildemess.
Michael Frome, Professor Emeritus, Western Washington U.
Scott Silver, Wild Wilderness
George Nickas, Wilderness Watch
Michael McCloskey, Former Executive Director of Sierra Club
Using the CWA to Clean Up Dirty Water and Save Species
(EMU - Umpqua)
Thispanel will discuss the effects of this first wave of TMDL litigation, and
look to development and implementation of TMDLs, state and federal
loopholes, and the Bush administration's TMDL regulation rollbacks.
Nina Bell, Northwest Environmental Advocates
J.udi Brawer, Land and Water Fund of the Rockies
Jack Tuholske, Attorney
Yucca Mountain and Nuclear Storage (EMU- Alsea)
Thispanelwilladdressthechoiceof YuccaMountainas thenation's
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permanent nuclear waste storage facility from Native American spiritual and
land use perspectives. Panelists will also discuss the scientific suitability of
the site in addition to ongoing relevant political processes.
Peter Brigell,
Corbin
Center
Harney,
for Energy
Spiritual
Leader
Research
of the Western
Shoshone
INDIGENOUS RECEPTION
5:00 6:00p.m. (Inthe Longhousebehindthe lawschool)
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All Indigenous persons are welcome!
5:00
An examination of whether the goals of the environmental movement
should be conversion or confrontation, and whether the motivation behind
our strategies should be compassion or hatred.
John Zerzan, Anarchist/Author
Spruce Houser, Non-Violent Activist
Dr. Michael Nagler, University of California - Berkeley
Peg Morton, Quaker Scholar
-6:30 p.m. (EMU - Ballroom)
KEYNOTES
-
-
6:30 9:00 p.m. (EMU Ballroom)
John Bonifaz
John Echohawk
LoisGibbs
The Effect of FWS' Candidate Species Program on Listing
Species Under the ESA (LAW241)
This panel will examine the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's designation of
imperiled species as "candidate species." The agency is increasingly using
candidate designations to avoid the listing requirements under the ESA.
Heather Brinton, WELC
Matt Kenna, Kenna & Hickox
Dan Rohlf, Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center
John Buse, Environment~1 Defense Center
CELEBRATION
9:00 p.m. (AgateHall:AgateSt. and 18thAve East.)
The Garden Weasels
Freak Mountain Ramblers
Toxics in the Courts: Citizens Litigating To Protect Their
Communities (LAW175)
saturday,March9
REGISTRATION
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Front Steps UO Law School
WORKSHOPS
9:00 11:00 a.m.
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Ethics in Environmental Litigation (EMU - Walnut)
Workshop will discuss ethical issues and practice in environmental litigation.
Michael Nixon, Attorney and Consultant
Karl Anuta, Attorney
Bill Carpenter, Attorney
~ntegrating
Litigation in a Broader Political Strategy (EMU - Fir)
The workshop/work-session will discuss the importance of using all the
tools available to activists-lobbying, communications, and organizing, as
well as litigation-in order to win at the political game, and thus achieve
lasting gains for the environment.
Heather Weinter, Oceana
Nicole Kordan, Save Our Wild Salmon
Jack Sterne, Trustees for Alaska
Andy Stahl, Ass'n of Forest Service Employees for Env. Ethics
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (LAW184)
9:00
Dscussion regarding protest and litigation over the federal Recreational Fee
Demonstration Program. Activists and litigants will discuss the current
framework, and will work to seek a permanent eradication of the program
seeking to privatize our public lands.
Lauren Regan, Attorney
Scott Silver, Executive Director,
Wild Wilderness
& Hickcox,
P.C.
Guided by Roy Keene, Public Interest Forestry.
Meet in front of the law school.
a.m.
PANELS
10:30
Charlie Tebbit, Western Environmental Law Center
Steve Fleischle, Santa Monica Baykeeper
Burning Issues: Fire Suppression,
Salvage Logging, The
National Fire Plan (LAW 282)
Thispanel will present arguments and critiques of federal suppression and
salvage policies and practices, and critique the National Fire Plan.
Tim Ingalsbee, Western Fire Ecology Center, Ph.D.
Matthew Koehler, Native Forest Network
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Lisa Dix, Hells Canyon Preservation Council
Todd Schulke, Center for Biological Diversity
Environment and Development Issues in South Asia (LAW 141)
Representatives of Indian Universities, domestic & international NGOs and
policy centers discuss the environmental situation in India and South Asia
Dept of Environmental
Kenna
Nature Walk: Campus Tree Tour 10:30 a.m. -12:00 p.m.
A walking tour of the University of Oregon's campus and its trees.
30 years of CWA (LAW 110)
A discussion of the progress made under the Clean WaterAct and the
struggles that remain in cleaning up our nation's waters.
K. Lenin Babu,
Attorney,
SPECIAL EVENTS
/ PRESENTATIONS
-10:15
Panelists will discuss why citizens must so often litigate the public health
threat of toxic exposures. They will identify 3 fundamental principles: Toxic
Right-to-Know,Alternatives, and the Precautionary Principle, that together
offer a proactive approach for eliminating toxic products and processes.
Bob Amundson, Vice-President, Ph.D., Oregon Toxics Alliance
J.R. Wilkinson, Board Member, Oregon Toxics Alliance
David Monk, Executive Director, Oregon Toxics Alliance
Trading Away the Public Trust (EMU - Rogue)
Panel will cover threats posed by federal land exchanges and "disposals" of
westernpublic lands. Panelists will discuss the legal underpinnings of
these projects, the increasing trend toward fast-track land giveaways in
Congress and on-the-ground experiences with public land deals.
Christopher Krupp, Western Land Exchange Project
Janine Blaeloch, Western Land Exchange Project
Daniel Patterson, Center for Biological Diversity
Sandy Lonsdale, Sierra Club Juniper Group
Working Session on Fee Demo (EMU - Walnut)
Matt Kenna,
This workshop will focus on the use of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to
protect the water of the West.
Pete Frost, Western Environmental Law Center
Julia Olson, Attorney
PANELS
Is Non-Violence Still a Viable Strategy to Achieve the Goals of
the EnvironmentalMovement?(EMU- BenLinder)
MEALS
-.v
Veera Kaul Singh, Director, WWF-India, New Delhi
R.N. Mishra, Center for Adv in Env Law, Bhubaneswar
Sciences,
Bangalore
U.
/ PRESENTATIONS
-11 :45 a.m.
Commercialization of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon
National Park (Willamette - 100)
A growing movement seeks to limit the
number of commercial raft trips
through Grand Canyon and designate the canyon as wilderness. Commercial river guides and others are calling for environmentally sound management of Grand Canyon and a rethinking of the ethics of the rafting industry.
Skip Edwards, Western Slope No-Fee Coalition
Tom Martin, Grand Canyon Private Boaters Ass'n
Scott Silver, Wild Wilderness
John Weisheit, Colorado Plateau River Guides
Congressional Update (LAW241)
What IS going on up there on the Hill? How has 9-11 affected environmental issues in the public policy arena?
Jim Jontz, National Pres., Americans for Democratic Action
Greg Dotson, Env. Counsel to Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA)
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Crisis in the Klamath Basin: Environmental and Tribal Perspectives (LAW 175)
This panel willreview the underlying causes and events leading up to the
irrigation reductions in the Klamath Basin during the Spring and Summer of
2001. Panelists willdiscuss the impacts of irrigation on the Basin's
ecosystem, tribal rights, and downstream commercial fishing.
Jan Hasselman, National Wildlife Federation
Carl "Bud" Ullman, Water Adjudication Project, Klamath Tribes
Glenn Spain, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Ass'ns
Troy Fletcher, Executive Director, Yurok Tribe
Ecosystem-Based Carbon Sequestration: Part of the Solution
to GlobalWarming(LAW142)
Deforestation and fossil fuel burning are major contributors to global
warming. Even if we ended the burning of fossil fuels, we still have too
much carbon in the air. What is the solution?
Dan Ihara, Center for Ecological Economic Devel, Humboldt
Andy Kerr, The Larch Company, L.L.C.
Darcy Davis, Headwaters
Getting the Shaft: Hard Rock Mining in the West (EMU- Alsea)
Thispanelwilldiscuss the environmentalimpacts and legal ramifications of
current issues regarding open pit copper and gold mining in the West,as
well as instream mining in Southern Oregon.
Tom Meyers, Great Basin Mine Watch, Reno, Nevada
Roger Flynn, Mining Action Project, Boulder, Colorado
Lori Cooper, Siskyou Project, Cave Junction, Oregon
Grassroots Law in Urban and Rural Contexts (LAW 110)
Often the environmental movement does not adequately address environmental issues that effect our urban and rural communities. Come find out
how the environmentaljustice movement differs from and fits into the
mainstream environmental movement.
Bob Collin, Assoc. Professor of Environmental Studies, UofO
Jeri Sundvall, Environmental Justice Action Group
Pat McGinley, Visiting Professor, UO School of Law
Green Politics: The Role of Progressive Politics in Environmental Protection (EMU - Ben Linder)
Panelists will speak about Green Party activities on the local, state and
national level. Discussion will focus on the Party's unique position in
American politics and how it can lead the way in environmental protection.
Lloyd Marbet, State Coordinating Comm., Pacific Green Party
Deborah Howes, Bureau of Planning, Portland, OR
Lisa Melyan, Tualitin Valley Water District
Managing Growth in OR Smart or Not Smart? (EMU - Walnut)
How well has the Oregon Land Use Program managed growth in recent
years, particularly in light of the national Smart Growth movement?
Greg Chew, Parsons Brinkerhoff Inc.
Eban Souter, Souter and Associates
Robert Parker, Research Associate/Instructor, UO
David Kelly, Eugene City Councilor
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Ocean Wilderness/Marine Protected Areas-At Sea With Aldo
Leopold (EMU- Rogue)
While wilderness designations and area closures are used to protect landbased habitat, ecosystems, and apex predators, less than 0.01% of oceans
are similarly protected. Science confirms that marine protected areas are
more viable than current tools that have crashed fisheries and ecosystems
for centuries. Efforts are underway to institute this new ocean ethic.
Marty Waters,
The Ocean
Avalyn Taylor,
Kevin Ranker,
Portland
Surfrider
Martin
Robards,
Conservancy
Audubon Society
Foundation
The Ocean
Conservancy
Reclaiming the Bureau of Reclamation (EMU- Umpqua)
2002 marks the centennial of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation program.
Citizens are calling for agency reform to clean up the mess left behind after
a century of building dams and water diversion across the West's rivers.
Rachael Osborn, Attorney
David Orr, Living Rivers
George Wuerthner, Author
Anders Beck, Energy Policy Analyst
Take Them to Court! Suing Multinational Corporations for
Environmental
Harms Committed Abroad (LAW 282)
This panel will examine an emerging movement to hold US multinational
corporations accountable in American courts for environmental harms
committed abroad.
John Bonifaz, Co-Counsel, Aguinda v. Texaco
Richard Herz, Litigation Director, EarthRights International
Wildlands Protection Under Mark Rey (LAW 242)
The Bush Administration
is attempting to overturn several public lands
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policies and laws through decisions by Assistant Secretary Mark Rey.a
former timber
lobbyist.
It is important to assess what we are up against and
propose ways to counter threats.
Randi Spivak, American Lands Alliance
Andy Stahl, Forest Service Employees for Env Ethics
Brock Evans, Endangered Species Coalition
MEALS
11:45a.m. -12:40 p.m. (Gerlinger)
KEYNOTES
-
2:15 p.m. (EMU - Ballroom)
Linda Krop
Alexander Nikitin
1 :00
WORKSHOPS
3:00
-5:00 p.m.
Civil Disobedience and the War on Activism (LAW184)
A creative and honest
discussion
about current issues
in civil disobedience,
from local direct action to mass mobilizations, and repercussions of the "war
on terrorism. "
Lauren Regan, Activist/Attorney
Darryl Cherney, Earth First! Redwood Action Team
Ben Rosenfield, Activist/Attorney
Kim Marks, Forest Ethics
Spindle, Cascadia Forest Defenders
Randy Shadowalker, Cascadia Media Collective
Freedom of Information Act and Public Records (EMU - Fir)
This Workshop will discuss how citizens can use the Freedom of Information Act to access government information.
Dave Bahr, Bahr & Stotter
Dan Stotter, Bahr & Stotter
PANELS
2:30
/ PRESENTATIONS
- 3:45
p.m.
3/5ths of a Species?: Declining Ecosystems, Distinct Population Segments, & Race to Enfranchise KillerWhales (LAW241)
Killer whales are being extirpated from several coastal areas. This panel
will discuss the decline of several killer whalepopulations, the government's
muted response, and the ensuing fight to save the whales.
Brent Plater, Center for Biological Diversity
Kieran Suckling, Center for Biological Diversity
Valerie Brown, Trustees for Alaska
Dune Lankard, Eyak Preservation Council
Coal Bed MethanelTight Gas Madness (LAW243)
Panel Presentation/Slide Show: A slide presentation shows the impacts
and threats that are converting tens of millions of acres in the West from
open, rural and wild areas into industrialized gas fields.
Tom Darin, Wyoming Outdooring Council
Travis Stills, Oil and Gas Accountability Project
Jack Tuholske, Attorney
Mike Reisner, Northern Plains Resource Council
Environmental Litigation in India (LAW 110)
Judges and attorneys fromIndiadiscuss issues/problems in theirregion.
Justice P.K. Mishra, Justice, Madras High Court
G.P. Aravindan, Public Interest Advocate, Chennai
H.C. Ravindranath, Environmental Support Group, Bangalore
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Kailash Chandra Swain, Civil Judge, Balangir, Orissa
Ambuja Mohan Das, Civil Judge, Rayagada, Orissa
Trade and Ecological Activism in Mexico (LAW 175)
The Puebla Panama is a planned development corridor around the PanAmerican highway that will involve the creation of maquiladoras, harvesting
of natural resources, and commercial development. Thispanel will explore
opposition to this plan, and discuss views of the indigenous communities.
Lynn Stephen, Professor of Anthropology, UO
Daniel Goldrich, Professor of Political Science, UO
Gaspar Rivera Salgado, Professor of Sociology, USC
Alejandro Querel, Border Representative, Sierra Club
Protection of Human Rights & Environment: Link Between
Human Rights Abuse & Environmental
Degradation (LAW 141)
Panelists will discuss the link between human rights abuses and environmental degradation and identify ways to improve environmentalprotection
by insuring that human rights are protected. Panelists will specifically
address current situations in Burma and Afghanistan.
Edith Mirante, Burma human rights activist and author
Ryan Vancil, Special Projects Fellow, EarthRights International
Sagebrush Sea: The Most Neglected Ecosystem in the
American West (LAW 142)
Domestic livestock grazing, mining, geothermal, gas and oil development,
urbanization and suburbanization, off-road vehicles and other destructive
activities are threatening the Sagebrush Sea, an arid ecosystem of 150
million acres covering parts of nine western states.
Mark Salvo, American Lands
Pam Marcum, Committee for Idaho's High Desert
Andy Kerr, National Public Grazing Lands Campaign
Your Non-Profit's 501 (c)(3) Status
SLAPPed Silly-Protecting
(EMU - Walnut)
Right-wing organizations are increasingly mounting attacks on nonprofit
9nvironmental organizations by attacking their tax status and funders.
\.v,fhree panelists with experience in fighting back (and winning!) tell you what
to look for, how to protect your nonprofit status, and beat back that SLAPP.
Jim Wheaton, First Amendment Project
Liz Towne, Alliance for Justice
Jennifer Krill, Rainforest Action Network
The Clean Air Act: A 1-2-3 Control Strategy for Power Plant,
Sprawl and Automobile Pollution (EMU - Umpqua)
Thispanel will discuss the basics of using the CM to address air pollution
from stationary sources, such as power plants, as well as for mobile
sources. Thepanel will cover the permitting, planning, and enforcement.
Robert Ukeiley, Staff Attorney, Georgia Center for Law
John Barts, Private Public Interest Attorney
Wes Wolf, Director of Deep South Office, SELC
The Future of Revised Forest Planning (LAW 282)
Panelists will provide an update on the revision of the NFMA planning
regulations, the Forest Service's effort to gut NFMA's 15year Forest Plan
expiration clause, the Bush Administration's dangerous decisions on recent
Forest Plan appeals, and Citizen Management Alternatives.
Mary O'Brien, Science and Environmental Health Network
Ted Zukoski, Land and Water Fund of the Rockies
Marnie Criley, Wildlands CPR
Mike Anderson, The Wilderness Society
The Great Schism: Widening gap between mainstream conser(LAW 242)
vation groups & grassroots environmentalists
The Sierra Club, Wilderness Society, NRDC, and others continue to cut
deals with DC Administrations that thwart permanent solutions for environmental protection. National groups continue to assault grassroots activists
working for real change by marginalizing them as "radicals."
Scott Silver, Wild Wilderness
Jeffrey SI. Clair, Counter Punch-The
Nation
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Tim Hermach, Native Forest Council
Denise Boggs, Utah Environmental Congress
Using ALL our tools for forest protection (EMU - Rogue)
How legal, scientific, and economic expertise can interact to fight logging on
public and private lands: emphasis on the Southeast, our nation's
biodiversity hotspot at risk.
Tracy Davids, Southern Appalachian Biodiversity Project
Kelly Sheehan, Dogwood Alliance
Karyn Moskowitz, Economic Analyst
Ray Vaughn, Wildlaw
Water Marketing (EMU - Oak)
This panel will discuss the public nature of water and the role water
marketing is or should be playing in western water law.
Karen Russell, WaterWatch of Oregon
Andrew Perkie, Oregon Water Trust
Gail Achterman, Deschutes Resources Conservancy
Clay Landry, PERC
PANELS
4:00
/ PRESENTATIONS
-5:15 p.m.
A Rising Tide: The Case for a National Ocean Policy
(EMU
-
Ben Linder)
Increased non-extractive uses and understandings of the adverse impacts
of human activities has encouraged a new approach to ocean management.
Peter Van Tuyn, Litigation Director, Trustees of Alaska
Janice Searles, Staff Attorney, Earthjustice
Brad Sewell, Staff Attorney, Natural Resource Defense Council
African Environmental Law (LAW 110)
This panel will look at environmental issues from the perspective of a lawyer
from Nigeria, a member of a public interest environmental law association in
Zimbabwe, and a Goldman Prize winner working in Kenya.
Eugene Rutagarama, International Gorilla Conservation Prgm
Margaret Fubara, Visiting Professor, UO School of Law
Mutuso Dhliwayo, Zi!Tlbabwe Env. Law Association
Cumulative Take and the ESA (LAW 141)
This ESApanel will discuss Cumulative Take,Programmatic Consultations,
and Habitat Conservation Plans.
Susan Jane Brown, Gifford Pinchot Task Force
Daniel Hall, American Lands
James Johnston, Cascadia Wildlands Project
Developments in Supreme Court and 9th Circuit Environmental Laws (LAW 175)
Panelists will discuss recent developments with environmental statutes and
attorneys fees.
William Carpenter, Attorney at Law
Matt Kenna, Kenna & Hiccox
Liam Sherlock, Hutchinson, Cox, Coons, & DuPriest
Julia Olson, Attorney, Wild Earth Advocates
Ecofeminism:
Theory, Practice and Action (LAW241)
This panel will present philosophical, literary, and activist approaches and
perspectives on the conceptual and material links between gender, race,
class-based, and environmental oppressions.
Edrie Sobstyl, Visiting Professor, University of Texas
Chaone Mallory, Discursive Activist, Ph.D. Candidate, UO
Free To Be: Keeping Our Wild and Scenic Places Wild and
Scenic (LAW 242)
This panel will discuss the policy of wild and scenic designated places and
how the new administration is trying to change these laws to lessen the
strength of the designation.
Matt Bishop, Western Environmental Law Center
Brent Plater, Center for Biological Diversity
Scott Cameron, Forest Guardians
Kristen McDonald, American Rivers
Global Diversity & Corp. Threat of G.E. Trees (EMU - Walnut)
This presentation explores the ecological impacts genetically engineered
trees pose to global biodiversity and discusses the threat of genetically
trees in tree plantations replacing native forests. We will also cover the role
of international corporate pressure opposing genetically engineered trees.
Brad Hash, Global Alliance Against G.E. Trees
Mark Des Merets, Northwest Resistance Against G.E.
Martin Stephan, Rainforest Action Network
Hooved Locusts and Bovine Bulldozers: Ending Livestock
Grazing on Public Lands (EMU - Rogue)
Livestock grazing and constitutes a dire threat to the western landscape
and its biodiversity. In our strategies to overcome this institution, we must
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use a multi-pronged approach to hold the industry accountable for violations
of the ESA, CWA, National Forest Management Act, and other laws.
Dr. John Carter, UT Office Director, Western Watersheds Proj.
Andy Kerr, Director, National Public Lands Grazing Campaign
Mac Lacy, Staff Attorney, Oregon Natural Desert Association
Kirsten Stade, Conservation Biologist, Forest Guardians
How Much Water Is Enough? Protecting T & E Species by
Restoring Flows (EMU - Umpqua)
Western water is over-appropriatedleaving little, or none, for aquatic
species. Recent efforts to keep water in streams for fish and other species
has caused significant outcry, but has also resulted in increased flows.
Come hear about cases, battles and successes in the war for water.
Jan Hasselman, National Wildlife Federation
Judi Brawer, Land and Water Fund of the Rockies
Dan Rohlf, Assoc Prof, NW School of Law at Lewis & Clark
New Enforcement Tools to Protect Water Quality (LAW 282)
Environmentalists are developing new tools to protect water quality.
Familiar tools like citizen suits for CWApermit violations and permit
challenges are being supplemented with enforcement of "anti-degradation"
policies under the CWA, forcing TMDLlimits, and using new doctrines like
Unfair Business Practices acts and common law torts.
Jim Wheaton, Environmental Law Foundation
Leo O'Brien, WaterKeepers Northern California
Steve Mashuda, Earthjustice
Larry Sanders, South Yuba River Citizens League RiverLaw
Off-Road Vehicle Litigation: An Update (LAW 142)
The number of legal actions by conservation groups and by recreation
interests about motorized use of public lands has grown dramatically and no
end is in sight. Panelists will provide an update on major litigation developments in the past year regarding motorized recreation activism.
Jack Tuholske, Private Practice Attorney
Steve Bloch, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Doug Honnold, Managing Attorney, Earthjustice
Brendan Daniel Patterson, Center for Biological Diversity
Sustainable Living at the Personal level (EMU - Oak)
This panel will offer excellent reasons to believe that what you choose to do
on a personal level matters. Numerous practical principles and suggestions
for ways to live more lightly on the planet will be offered.
Dale Lugenbahl, Philosophy Instructor, LCC
Sandy Aldridge, Sociology Instructor, LCC
Jane Steckbeck, Asst. Dir. Career Services, UO School of Law
Turning local Politicians into Allies (LAW 243)
Did you know that, until recently, counties were the strongest force for
lobbying for logging forest federal lands? Did you know that counties push
for drilling in ANWR? Learn why environmental advocates need to pay
attention to their local elected officials and how to influence their decisions.
Peg Reagan, Conservation Leaders Network
Peter Sorenson, Lane County Commissioner
Judie Hammerstead, Mayor and Former Clackamus County
Commissioner, Lake Oswego
ALUMNI RECEPTION
5:30
-7:00 p.m. (EMU - Maple)
All UofO alumni are welcome to attend!
MEALS
5:30
- 6:45
p.m. (Gerlinger Lounge)
KEYNOTES
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7:30
9:00 p.m. (EMU - Ballroom)
Gloria Flora
Michael Frome
Jaime Pinkham
sunday,March 10
REGISTRATION
8:30
- 11:00 a.m. Front Steps
UO law School
WORKSHOPS
9:00 11:00 a.m.
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Coastal Zone Management Act (Gerlinger - 302)
Learn about the CZMA, a federal law that provides protection of coastal
resources through establishment and implementation of state coastal
management programs. Discuss current litigation, issues, and strategies to
increase use of this valuable environmental protection tool.
Linda Krop, Chief
Counsel,
labor 101 for Environmental
Environmental
Defense
Center,
CA
Activists
(Lawrence
- 115)
Making the Seattle WTO coalition live in every environmental struggle. This
workshop will provide the practical tools and knowledge to build the
alliances with unions in the work-that you do to protect the planet.
Alan Moore, OR Federation
of Nurses & Health Professionals
Paul Bigman,
PANELS
WA Jobs With Justice
/ PRESENTATIONS
9:00 -10:15 a.m.
AttorneyFees AfterBuckhannon (LAW282)
In Buckhannon, the Supreme Court struck down the use of the "catalyst"
test to determine eligibility for attorneys' fees under "prevailing party" fee
shifting statutes. This panel will also discuss how the case has influenced
plaintiffs' ability to collect fees under the ESA, CWA, FOIA, and EAJA.
Babak
Naficy,
Senior
Staff Atty, Environmental
Defense
Geoff Hickcox, Attorney, Kenna & Hickcox
David Bahr, Partner, Bahr & Stotter Law Offices,
James Wheaton, President, Environmental
Center
P.C.
Law Foundation
Ecologically Sound Forest Restoration: Principles, Practitioners, and Politics (LAW184)
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Thispanel will explore the recently drafted Citizen's Call for Ecological
Forest Restoration: a national policy statement on forest restoration as well
as workforce implications, ecological needs, and politics.
Ann Martin, American Lands Alliance
Todd Schulke, Center for Biological Diversity
Jake Kreilick, National Forest Protection Alliance
Charles Spenser, Ecosystem Workforce Program, UO
Got Cotton? (LAW 241)
If you drink milk or eat processed foods you probably do. Grown for both
food and fiber in more than 80 countries, cotton is the 'fabric of our lives,'
and the most chemically dependent crop on the planet.
Katherine Polan, Sustainable Cotton Project
Lynda Grose, Sustainable Cotton Project
Simon Harris, Organic Consumer's Association
Rebecca Spector, Center for Food Safety
Light Trespass and Sky Glow: An Environmental Concern for
the 21st Century (LAW175)
Panelists will discuss the growing movement to defend the dark sky from
obtrusive lighting. Discussion topics will address the importance of dark sky,
light design, obtrusive light identification, dark sky defender organizations
and how you can work to draft smart lighting ordinances.
Bill Hughes, Illuminating Engineering Society of North America
Rich Kang, Astronomer
Whitey Luic
James Benya, Benya Lighting Design
Protect the Earth: Protect our Soils! (Lawrence - 177)
This panel will present information regarding basic soil components and ttL-..,
environmental implications of soil damage caused by human activites, suc"""
as logging and livestock grazing, and wildland fires. Panelists will also
discuss litigation approaches for protection soil resources.
Liz Mitchell, Western Environmental
Law Center
George
Badura,
Jon Rhodes,
Consultant
Center
for Soil Management
for Biological
Diversity
Services
sunday,March 10 continued
Refuge Compatibility: Is it Working to Prevent Damaging Uses
of National Wildlife Refuge (LAW 243)
°anelists will explore the compatibility requirement from different perspec,,-"ives and have followed the evolution of the compatibility requirement
through recent statutory and regulatory amendments in 1997and 2001.
Rebecca Bernard, Trustees for Alaska
Richard Fink, Professor of Law, CA Western School of Law,
Noah Matson, Defenders of Wildlife
The Legalized Perversities in the International Wood and Oil
l
.
Markets (LAW 142)
The international wood market legally perverts economic and environmental
values to serve a global addiction cultivated by U.S. corporations. This
panel will describe these "legalizedperversities" and raise the question of
how they can be rectified.
Aaron Sanger, Wood Campaign, Forest Ethics
Miguel Fredes, Southern Environmental Law Center (Chile)
Candice Batycki, BC Interior, Forest Ethics
The Timber Industry's Green Marketing Campaign-New
Clothes on the Same Old Emperor (EMU- Fir)
Forest management certification and "green"labeling is fast becoming a
critical issue, both domestically and internationally. Will the industry
program gain consumers' confidence affecting forest management, or will
alternate, environmentally-oriented certification systems prevail?
Danna Smith, Dogwood Alliance
Randi Spivak, American Lands
Jen Krill, Rainforest Action Network
Michael Rossotto, Washington Environmental Council
Toxic Right to Know Acts: Methods to Find Out What Products
You Use and What's Going on in Your Community (Will - 100)
This panel will discuss what methods you as a citizen or community group
can use to find out the chemical ingredients in products and also the
emissions and chemicals used in facilities in your community.
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Caroline Cox, Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides
Steve Johnson, Eugene Toxic Right to Know Board Member
PANELS
1 0:30
/ PRESENTATIONS
- 11 :45 a.m.
Addressing Lax Enforcement of State Environmental Laws
(LAW 242)
Examining Oregon and Washington's enforcement of their environmental
laws, impediments to enforcement and ways to encourage states to enforce
their environmental laws.
Sarah Doll, Oregon Environmental Council
Michael Rossotto, Washington Environmental Council
Lea Mitchell, Public Employees for Env Responsibility
Building a Winning Movement
(LAW 243)
Learn the tricks that every professional sports team knows, that most
people in the corporate world know, that the military trains by, primarily
knowing what you stand for, standing for it, always in regardless with 110%
commitment with no compromise and never ever giving up.
Scott Silver, Executive Director, Wild Wilderness
Lloyd Marbet, Finance Reform, Money is Not Democracy
Karyn Strickler
Michael Frome, Professor Emeritus, Western Washington Univ
Cell Tower Proliferation:
The Ecological Impacts and Legal
Framework for Challenge (LAW 184)
The panel will examine the environmental impacts of cell tower proliferation
and present legal avenues for challenging new towers as well as efforts to
compel the FCC to address environmental impacts of its licensing program.
Bryan
Michael
Bird, Forest
Nixon,
Conservation
Council
Timothy Ingalsbee,
Mark Fink, Western
Christine Ambrose,
Corporate Personhood
(EMU - Rogue)
Western Fire Ecology Center
Environmental Law Center
Environmental Protection Center
VERSUS Campaign
Finance Reform
A discussion of the 1886 U.S. Supreme Court decision granting to
corporations (artificial entities) the same rights and privileges as real human
beings and the impact of this decision on the historical accumulation of
power by corporations in the U.S.
Dan Meek, Attorney
Lloyd Marbet,
Jim Weaver,
Finance
former
Reform,
Money
is Not Democracy
U.S. Congressman
Environmental Justice: A Tribal Perspective (EMU- Fir)
Panel willinclude a broad discussion on achieving environmentaljustice for
tribes, including alternative legal options for achieving such justice.
Tom Miller, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
Robert Bostick, Press Secretary for the Coeur d'Alene Tribe
Rob Roy Smith, Attorney for Nez Perce Tribe
Environmental Protection in the Constitution (Lawrence - 177)
This panel analyzes the language and history of the Constitution and how it
impacts the conservation of natural areas.
John Davidson, Sr. Fellow of the Constitutional Law Found.
Charlie Ogle, Const Law Foundation and Sierra Club VP
Bernie Zaleha, Wildlands Interstate Legal Defense
Bradley Brobertz, Senior Atty for Environmental Law Institute
Forest Bananas: CPR for America's Favorite Fruit (LAW 142)
The presentation will highlight the Talmanca Region of SE Costa Rica
where tropical rain forests are the natural vegetation. The presentation will
focus on the effect that banana production has on this environment and
possible solutions to harmful cultivation practices.
Jeffrey Lockwood, Rainforest Relief, West Coast Chapter Dir.
Jeremy Buck, Rainforest Relief, Volunteer
Jurisdictional
Challenges to Citizen Suits (LAW 110)
Melissa Powers, Western Environmental Law Center
Robert Smith, Smith & Lowney, PLLC
John Barth, Private Public Interest Attorney
New Net Loss: Changes in Wetlands Regulation and Litigation
(LAW 282)
Panel will discuss developments at the federal and state level likely to
accelerate wetlands losses. Corps policies on wetlands mitigation are
being tailored to developers' interests, and will only continue as economic
slow down is used as a pretext for gutting of wetlands protections.
Lynn Mattei, Oregon Wetlands Chair, Sierra Club
Dan Meyer, Public Employees for Environ. Responsibility
Nancy Stoner, Clean Water Project, NRDC
Reinventing Transportation (LAW 175)
This panel will discuss transportation challenges and make the case for a
paradigm shift-from ease of access to places we want to go, from quantity
to quality, from a transportation monoculture to a diversified transportation
system. The panel will also discuss how we get there.
Chris Hagerbaumer, Oregon Environmental Council
Jacob Brostoff, 1000 Friends of Oregon
Rob Zako, Friends of Eugene
Jeri Sundvall, Environmental Justice Action Group
Suburban Sustainability Projects (Will- 100)
Innovative and resourceful examples of remaking the suburban landscape.
Focus will be on food production, on-site resources, low cost conversion,
and restoration.
Jan Spencer, Owner of suburban property under construction
Heather Coburn, Food Not Lawns
Jenya Lemeshow
MEALS
11 :45 a.m. -12:40
p.m. (Gerlinger Lounge)
Attorney
"-eollateral Damage: The Economic and Ecological Costs of
Firefighting (LAW141)
Wild land fire suppression costs hundreds of millions of tax dollars, and
affects millions of acres of public land each year. This panel will describe
the economic costs and environmental impacts of firefighting, and offer
legal and political strategies to rein in the federal firefighting bureaucracy.
KEYNOTERS
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1 :00 2:20 p.m. Closing
Rodolfo Montiel Flores
Eugene Rutagarama
Address
(EMU - Ballroom)
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RESPECT & PROTOCOL
For Speaking and Interacting with Indigenous People
Provided by members of the Native American Student Union
There will be a large number of Indigenous people from communities around the world at this conference. For some this will be the first time they will interact
with people from "First Nations." This section has been created to make this interaction as smooth and rewarding as possible. Non-native people have a poor
record for developing relations with First Nation Communites. There may be many specific reasons for this, but one of the most common and easiest to
overcome is a lack of understanding. If you want to work with Indigenous People, you should make an honest effort to observe and understand their protocol.
As we learn to respect others' ways, it helps teach us to respect our own ways more. Native protocol is not difficult or complicated, it requires only common,,-- ~
sense and respect. Knowing that it exists is the way to begin the process. However, there are not just "Indian" people in this world; there are many Indigenous -Nations. Each has a different language, different environment and a different culture. As such they all have different protocol, but there are commonalities
which exist in all.
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The following is a list of basic protocol.
Do NOT touch an Indigenous person's clothing, possessions or hair without their permission.
In order to speak to an Indigenous person, whether elder or not, approach
them & wait. They will acknowledge you as long as they know you are
waiting. Respect is gained by not just rushing up and ''thrusting yourself
upon them."
Prayer is very important, and there are many ways people pray. If someone seems to be deeply focused, it would be best to wait for them to give
you their attention.
Many Indigenous people do not do the "firm business handshake." Try a
gentle but firm handshake.
Speak softly, clearly and slowly. English is not everyone's first language.
. Avoid stereotypes.
. Some Indigenous people feel it is impolite to stare someone in the eyes. If
they do not look at you when you or they are speaking, take it as a sign
that perhaps you should do the same.
Indigenous people have titles and national identities. Ask the proper way
to address them and their people.
Do not eat, talk or walk around when a First Nations person is talking. If
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you must, try to do it between speakers or as discreetly as possible.
Most indigenous names are considered sacred and are not to be joked
about or made fun of.
Show respect for the beliefs and traditions of those to and about whom
you are speaking.
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Be truthful at all times and avoid figures of speech. Indigenous people take
what you say literally.
Many Indigenous people open a talk with a prayer or song. It is a sign of
respect to stand at these times and not take pictures.
Among Indigenous people, women generally keep a distance from men
and sacred objects during ''their moon" each month, when their feminine
energy is at its most intense. If you want to speak to a male elder, ask a
woman in the party first and do not shake his hand.
Do not allow alcohol or mind-altering substances, or yourself if under the
influence, around sacred objects or elders.
Do not take photographs without permission.
Avoid whistling at night. Many Indigenous people from North America and
other areas believe this draws spirits, including bad ones.
. Never walk between two people who are speaking or interrupt them, unless the building is on fire-then
do it respectfully.
In general, try to show respect at all times in front of Indigenous people,
especially elders. Act as you would in front of your own leaders, spiritual
people and role models.
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This is not a complete list, just guidelines, for Indigenous people are all different. As Indigenous people, they have already had to learn to work through
these differences. Do not let this list intimidate you. Take this opportunity to
talk to them respectfully, find similarities & learn from the differences.
DISCLAIMER
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solely to the individual speakers. Please respect the various viewpoints encountered at the event. Statements made at the Conference do not
necessarily represent the position of the University of Oregon, Land Air Water or Friends of Land Air Water. The members of Land Air Water request that
all conference participants respect both the facilities and the volunteers that make the Conference possible.
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