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Platte River Restoration: Political Reality and Scientific
Uncertainty -- Working at the Margins
March 30, 2006
By Daniel Luecke
Environmental Scientist and Water Resources Expert
Rising Tides, Melting Glaciers, and a
Changing Plant: Are Humans Divorcing Mother Nature?
February 21, 2005
By Daniel Glick
Author and Journalist
Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution
February 9, 2005
by L. Hunter Lovins
President, Natural
Capitalism, Inc.
Challenges of
Globalized Agriculture
A World View of Hunger, Agriculture and the Environment: How Can Students
Prepare?
October 9, 2003
by Whitney MacMillan
Chairman Emeritus, Cargill, Incorporated
Save Our Land, Save Our Towns
September 5, 2002
by Thomas Hylton
President,
Save our Land, Save
Our Towns
Oil and Water: In which well does the future lie?
May 8, 2002, Cody, Wyoming
by Theodore Roosevelt IV
Managing Director, Lehman Brothers and Member, IENR Board.
Healthy Landscapes, Vibrant Economies and Livable Communities:
Envisioning a West that Works
March 14, 2002
by Luther Propst
Executive Director of the
Sonoran Institute
Modern Collaborative Efforts in Western Water Management: Have We Moved Beyond the Water Wars?
April 9, 2001
by Douglas Kenney
Senior Research Associate,
Natural Resources Law Center, University of Colorado.
Science for Nature and Community: Adaptive Management and the Search for Resilience
October 23, 2000
by Steve Light
Director, Environment and Agricultural Program at the
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Consensus Tools Make the Difference
February 9, 2000
by Larry Spears
Executive Director, The North Dakota Consensus Council and Member, IENR Board.
Exploring Collaborative Approaches to Environmental and Natural Resource Disputes
August 6, 1998, Moran, Wyoming
by John Ehrmann
Senior Partner, The Meridian Institute and Associate, IENR Board.
Is the West Finally Growing Up?
July 21, 1998, Jackson, Wyoming
by Daniel Kemmis
Director, O'Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West, The University of Montana and Member, IENR Board.
Facts, Fables and Our Environment
April 28, 1998
by Dwight C. Minton
Chairman of the Board, Church & Dwight Co., Inc. and Member, IENR Board.
Community Building: New Expectations from an Old Art
November 4, 1997
by William J. Johnson
Private Consultant in Land and Community Planning, and Member, IENR Board Executive Committee.
From Conflict to Collaboration: Restoring Trust in Government
May 1, 1997
by William D. Ruckelshaus
Principal, Madrona Investment Group L.L.C. and Chairman, IENR Board.
Biodiversity and Landscape Planning: A Case Study in Southern California
April 4, 1997
by Carl F. Steinitz
Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor of Landscape Architecture and Planning, Harvard University.
Common Sense Approaches to Endangered Species Management
February 25, 1997
by Jack Turnell
President and General Manager, Pitchfork Ranch Co. and Member, IENR Board Executive Committee.
New Heroes of the American West: Conservation and Community in the Twenty-First Century
December 3, 1996
by G. Jon Roush
Senior Fellow, The Conservation Fund, and Member, IENR Board Executive Committee.
The Hidden America: Tribal Sovereignty and Public Policy
October 15, 1996
by Ted Strong
Executive Director of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, and Member, IENR Board.
Wolves, Grizzly Bears and the Endangered Species Act
September 7, 1995
by Hank Fischer
Northern Rockies Representative, Defenders of Wildlife, and Member, IENR Board.
Funding for the Distinguished Speaker Series has been made possible by the Louis Dreyfus Group, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.
Helga Otto Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources
Wyoming Open Spaces Initiative
University of Wyoming
Dept. 3971
1000 E. University Ave.
Laramie, WY 82071-2000
(307) 766-5080
e-mail: ienr@uwyo.edu