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  • Public Lands by Len Necefer
    In 2024, the Bureau of Land Management issue a new set of regulations that would guide its oversight of 245 million acres of federal public lands. Known as the 鈥淧ublic Lands Rule,鈥 the regulations implement the 鈥渕ultiple use and sustained yield鈥
  • Broken Trust Report Image by Russell Albert Daniels
    Tribal Nations and communities will experience a 70% reduction in funding - losing $551 million dollars - for access to clean, reliable, and accessible drinking water under the Trump administration鈥檚 proposed FY 2026 budget. The President鈥檚 budget
  • GWC Fellowship and Scholarship Image
    Join us for lunch, learn about GWC Scholarship and Fellowship Opportunities!Monday, November 1012-12:45pmRoom 206Current Getches-Wilkinson Center Scholars and Fellows will share information on the various funding opportunities available through GWC
  • Public Lands by Chris Winter
    The Getches-Wilkinson Center will be convening the 2025 Martz Symposium on Public Lands: "Public Lands in Public Hands 鈥 Reflections on 50 Years of Retention Policy" on Thurs, Oct 23rd and Fri, Oct 24th at the Wolf Law Building in Boulder, CO.Public
  • John Leshy
    The Getches-Wilkinson Center is pleased to present the 2025 Ruth Wright Distinguished Lecture in Natural Resources with John Leshy on Wed, Oct 22nd at the Wolf Law Building in Boulder, CO.听On Shaky Ground: America鈥檚 Public Lands Face an
  • Water Law Fellow Announcement
    Program OverviewThe Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment (GWC) at the University of Colorado Law School invites applications for the next GWC Water Law Fellow 鈥 an early-career attorney eager to make a
  • Daniel Anderson
    Until the passage of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,听and听Liability听Act (CERCLA) in 1980, miners across the American West extracted gold, silver, and other valuable 鈥渉ardrock鈥 minerals鈥攁nd
  • Meryl Compton
    University of Colorado Law student Meryl Compton (鈥27) was awarded the Charles N. Woodruff Fellowship. The Charles N. Woodruff fellowship was established in memory of Charles Woodruff, a highly successful water resources lawyer, to promote
  • Lake Powell Aerial courtesy of LightHawk and the CU Water Desk
    The Colorado River system is inching closer and closer to the 鈥渢ripwire鈥 in the 1922 Compact.听 This is the requirement听that a specified听volume of water pass Lee Ferry, the dividing point between the Upper and Lower Basins, every ten
  • Fall 2025 RAs
    We are excited to welcome 5 Research Assistants to the GWC team this fall!听Corinne GriffinCorinne grew up in Orlando, Florida, and found her passion for the environment after she assisted her community in flora rebuilding after hurricanes hit
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