Environmental, Natural Resource and Energy Law
With a Master’s in Legal Studies from Lewis & Clark Law School, I focus on on issues related to water, wildlife, energy, and environmental justice.
My Publications
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Gray Wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains: An Arduous Process for Protection
Wild animals play an essential role in sculpting ecosystems- with top predators often having an amplified influence, despite their low population numbers. Wolves are a keystone species who play a major role within boreal ecosystems across the United States…
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Fish Grow Forests: Potential Impacts of the Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska and Forest Health throughout the West
What does a proposed pit mine in southwestern Alaska have to do with forest health throughout the continental west? The answer can be found in the swishing tails of Salmon species, making their magnificent migration from the Pacific coast of Alaska through the waterways of the west their historic inland spawning grounds.
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Water Rights and Tribal Law: Arizona et al v. Navajo Nation et al
The Navajo Nation stretches 27,000 miles throughout the states of New Mexico, Arizona and Utah. According to the tribe, of the 170,000 residents, only one in three has access to clean, reliable drinking water.[1] A decades-long drought, exacerbated by climate change, has parched the American Southwest, creating the driest conditions in centuries…
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Emission Trading Scheme Redesigned
Emission Trading Schemes, often known as cap and trade, is a complex system with many faucets. This video is my re-imagining of an ETS design from Emissions Trading in Practice: A Handbook on Design and Implementation published by the World Bank Group
