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1991PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CONFERENCE

Global Environmental Responsibility - Sharing Practices and Philosophies

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Thursday, March 7 through Sunday, March 10, 1991University of Oregon School of Law

Eugene, OregonSponsored by:

Land, Air, Water (LAW)Student Bar Association

Western Environmental Law Clinic

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ABOUT THE CONFERENCEThe.Public Interest Law Conference is the premiere gathering for environ-mentalists in the United States. Now in its ninth year, the Conference willunite students, attorneys, activists and scientists to share their experiencesand eX(Jertise. With fifty panels and numerous speakers and activities. The'Gonference has become an extravaganza of energy, innovation and

I'spiration for all who participate in the evolving environmental con-'--'!ciousness. The theme ofthis year's conference is: Global Environmental

Responsibility-Sharing. Practices and 'Philosophies.

Keynote Speakers:David Brower, Founder and Chairman, Earth Island Institute. Mr. Browerhas been the inspiration behind the environmental protection movement inthe U:S. He is former Executive Director of the Sierra Club and founder ofFriends of the Earth.

Barbara Roberts, Governor of OregonPenny Newman, Director, Western Region Citizens Clearinghouse forHazardous Waste. Ms. Newman is a champion of major citizen battlesagainst corporate toxic waste polluters, including the remediation of theStringfellow Acid Pits.John EchoHawk, Attorney, Executive Director & Co-Founder, NativeAmerican Rights Fund, Boulder, Colorado. Mr. EchoHawk is a member ofthe Pawnee Tribe of Oklahoma. Mr. Echohawk serves on the Board ofDirectors of the National Resources Defense Council.Terry Tempest Williams, Author, NatLiralist-in-Residence, Utah Museumof Natural History: Ms. Williams serves on the Governing Council of TheWilderness Society, and on the Great Basin Nature Conservancy Board ofTrustees.

Shaddrack Gutto, Attorney and Professor at the Institute for the Sociologyof Law. Mr. Gutto is a native of Kenya and now lives in exile in Swedenbecause of his' teachings on human rights and the environment.Bernadette Vallely, Co-Founder, Director, Women's Environmental Net-work (WEN), London, England. WEN is a non-profit organization workingto empower women who care about the environment. WEN activitiesinclude: Campaign for Unbleached Paper, Campaign for Minimum Pack-aging and Green Home.Representative Robert Mrazek (D-NY), US House of Represent~tives,Third District of New York. Rep. Mrazek authored the Tongass Reform Actwhich became law in November, 1990. He is a ranking member of theHouse Appropriations Committee.

\. .some Other SpecIal G,uests:Frank Grad, Professor, Author: Treatise on Environmental LawMurray Rankin, Professor of Law at the University of Victoria, BritishColumbia.

Joanne Rand, Singer/Songwriter from'Northern California.Nicola Pain, Principal Solicitor, Environmental Defenders, Sydney, Aus-tralia.

Sergio Torres, Environmental Lawyer, Nicaragua.Donna Craig, Professor of Law, Macquarie, Australia.Ibrahim Gassama, Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania, FormerPresident, Trans-Africa.Valentin Katasanov, EnvironmentaLEconomist, Soviet Union.'Oleg-Krassov,'Environmental Attorney, Soviet Union.Stanislaw Wajda, Professor at the Institute for Environmental Protection,Warsaw, Poland.Byron Reai, Environmental Attorney, Quito, Ecuador.Marcela Enriquez, Environmental Attorney, Quito, Ecuador.Basil Ambers, B,and Councillor, Kwakiutl Band, Vancouver Island, B.C.Rafael Asenjo, Environment Minister, Chile.Norma Kassi, Legislator, Yukon Territory, Canada.Lalanath de Silva, Chair: Environmental Foundation, Sri Lanka.Hakan Hyden, Director ofthe Institute of Sociology of Law, Lund.University,Sweden. Coordinator Integrated Human Rights ProgramJorge Guttierrez, Environmental Attorney, Lima, Peru.Ximena Navarro, Anthropologist/Ecologist, Valdivia, Chile.Maria Keita, Environmental Activist/Educator, Mali, Africa.Elena Kirillova, Attorney, Expert on Soviet Law. Environmental DefendersOffice, Sydney, Australia.BetoBorge, Rain Forest activist & networker, Brazil.

REGISTRATION

To register for the Conference, please complete the enclosed registration. .Jorm and return to Land, Air, Water (L.A.W.). Registration for attorneys

j?~tmarked by February 21 is $50; late and ,door registration is $60.'-'3ecause of increasing difficulty in obtaining foundation support, this year,

for the first time, we must ask a $0-$10 sliding scale contribution from allciiizens and students. Make checks payable to: Land, Air, Water.

Meal Registration will be accepted until February 21, and meal reserva-tions will be on a first come, first served basis until we reach our capacity of450 persons. for lunch and dinner.Free Child Care will be available through the University of Oregon day careby preregistration only. .CLE Credit for Attorneys is available for attorneys from Oregon andWashington. 23 1/2 hours Oregon CLE credit is available. Credit towardscontinuing legal education may also be available for other states.Coffee and Beverage CupsThe conference will sell coffee mugs and beer cups for conference partici-pants by preregistration. No disposable coffee cups or drinking cups will beprovided at the conference, so please either order a mug and beer cup withthe conference logo on it, or bring your own. Limited quantities of thesepriceless items will be available at the conference.

TRANSPORTATION

Discount airfare is available on United Airlines. Call 1-800-521-4041 andask for the meeting desk. Our number is 443RP.

HOUSING

Free accommodations are available on a first-come, first-served basis.Guests may stay with UO law stu.dents, faculty and community members onfloors, couches and extra beds by filling out and returning the housingregistration form to LAW. by February 21 1991.Clergy and Laity Concerned (CALCfoffers an excellent housing alternative.CALC members are local community activists concerned with peace issues.They offer single and double bed and breakfast accommodations at thehomes of their Eugene members. The cost is $25 and $35 respectively andall proceeds go to peace work. For Reservations call Carol Van Houten:(503) 484-0062, or (503) 686-9721. See the housing form for informationab9ut other reasonably priced accommodations.

CONFERENCE SPONSORS

LAND, AIR, WATER.(L.A.W.) -L.A.W. is the nation's oldest and most active environmental law studentsociety. L.A.W.'s 100+ members organize the Public Interest Law Confer-ence on a purely volunteer basis. LAW. members also conduct legalresearch on environmental law cases, and publish both the WesternEnvironmental Law Update and the Directory of Environmental Lawyers.

WESTERN ,ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CLINICThe Clinic is the keystone of the law school's environmental law program.Law students are supervised by staff attorneys who provide free advocacyto clients in environmental litigation and administrative proceedings.Michael Axline, Professor and Co-Director. Professor Axline was counselin the Portland Audobon Society v.Lujan (Spotted Owl) , and co-author ofPlaintiff's Guide to Toxic Torts. His new book: Guide to Citizens Suits is thefirst ever treatment of the citizen suit as a distinct field of law.'

John Bonine, Professor and Co-Director. Professor Bonine litigatesparticularly in pollution law and freedom of information suits. ProfessorBonine's textbook (with McGarity), The Law of Environmental Protection, isthe law student's 'bible for environmental law.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Contact persons for the Conference are as follows:For General Questions and registration information; Anne-Marie Ulrich orKarl Tameler. For information about your panel; your panel moderator orPaul Loney or Jay Dreyer. For information about the entertainment; DianeConradi. For information about housing; Debbie Brown or Laura Hitchcock.For information about CLE credits; Anne Watanabe. For information aboutthe Directory of Public Interest Environmental Lawyers; Jackie Corday. Forinformation about transportation; Tom Sullivan, Darren Welsh or Pat Lavin.Please address all inquiries to: Land, Air, Water, University of OregonSchool of Law, Eugene, Oregon 97403. Phone: (503) 346-3828.For Information regarding the University of Oregon School of Law Envi-ronment and Natural Resources Law curriculum, please write to: Admis-sions Office, University of Oregon School of Law, Eugene, Oregon 97403.

DISCLAIMER

The statements and opinions expressed at the Conference belong solely tothe individual speakers. No statement made at the conference representsthe position of the Law School, the University of Oregon, or even necessarilythe speaker!

WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS AT THE CONFERENCE

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BREAK

PANELS. Land Use: The Oregon Experiment. Clean Water Act:Both Sides of the.River. Rights and Claims: Native Canadians Speak Out. NEPA in the Nineties

6:00-7:30 Din'ner Break

7:30 FILM: Tong Tana: A Journey to the Heart of Borneo- The~ ~ ~o'¥"oPthe'-'deferestation 'af the~enan Native~ibal-

Lands (1990 Release)

DANCEPERFORMANCE"The Danceof All Beings" A RitualPerformance for the Endangered Species. EMU Ball-room, University of Oregon Campus

12:00-4:00

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Registration

Welcoming AddressDavid Brower, Founder, Chairman Earth Island InstituteBarbara Roberts, Governor of Oregon

PANELS. Non-point Sour~es: Everywhere and Unseen. Pesticides and Farming: What is the Future?. Oil Spill Liability Act: Double Hulls or Doublespeak?. Forests for the Future: Perspectives on Management. Environmental Impacts of War

FRIDA V, MARCH 8

8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. RegistrationPANELSANDPANELISTS

8:30-8:45

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Announcements

ADDRESSPenny Newman, Western Regional Director, Citizens

Cle~ringhouse for Hazardous Wastes

PANELS. Weapons Plants, National Defense and the

Environmental Pricetag. Consumer Choices for the Environment. Offshore Oil Drilling: Treasure and Trouble. Biological Corridors: A Path to Survival. Science of Dioxin: a Workshop for Attorneys

LUNCH BREAK

PANELS. Canadian Environmental Law Perspectives. Environmental Ballot Initiatives: Trick or Treat?

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. HanfordLitigationBreak

PANELS. Environment in AU!. Arctic National Wile. Superfund:A Bailol. Innovations in End~. Unions and the Em

Break

PANELS. Networking Enviror. Salmon Summit: TI. Lobbying for the Er. Biotechnology:Wh. International Lendi.

Pizza and Keg Party

SLIDE PRESENTAnLou Gold -Slides & ~

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PANELS. African Environmer. Protecting Instrearr

Doctrine. Marine Mammal Pr. Citizen Suits: TailOl. Electromagnetic Rc

Break

PANELS. Environmental Phill. Ancient Forests: n. Native Habitat Rigt. Cyanide Heap Leal. Central and South,

LUNCH Erb Memoria

John Bonine4 ~i~terductions't.C7

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N~\onmental Movementts

tralialife Refuge: Preserve or Oilfield?t for Whom?ngered Species Protectionironment: Common Ground

mental Attorneyse Next Endangered Species?ilironmentt's In Store?g and the Environment

)Ntories of the Oregon Wilderness

~NC;' ,~ vocal artistdedicatedto the ."

derness, both within and without

MARCH 9

:ORESTAlton-Baker Park, Eugene

tal LawFlows with Public Trust

Itectionng a Case for the Publicjiation in a Wired World

sophy~Debate Rages Ons'1Gold Miningmerican Environmental Law

Union BallroomI Nac"!' ,Resou~cesLaw Clinic, Intro-

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John EchoHawk, Founder Native American Rights Fund,Boulder, Colorado

Robert Mrazek, Representativefrom 3d District of NewYork;author of Tongass Reform Act

PANELS. Native Water Rights. Soviet Environmental Law. Population Growth: Environmental Perspectives. Tongass Reform Act. Clean Air Act: Reauthorization and Implementation

Break

. PANELS. Rumblings in the Jungle: Fighting Rain Forest Ruin. Environmental Racism. Free Trade and the Environmental Cost. Toxic Torts: Private Remedies For Pollution. Environmentalism at the Edge: Civil Resistance. Energy Alternatives: Toward Non-PoliuJingPower

No Host Bar, Erb Memorial Union

DINNER, Erb Memorial Union B~lIroomMichael Axline, Western Natural ResourcesClinic, Introduc-

tionsTerry Tempest Williams, Author/ naturalistShadd rack Gutto, Exiled Kenyan Professor of

Environmental Law, Residing in Sweden

9:30-1:00 a.m. ENTERTAINMENT

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Continental Breakfast, Law School Lounge

PANELS. Starting Your Own Public Interest Law Practice. Public Lands Grazing: This Land is Our Land. EasternEuropeanEnvironmentalLaw -

. The Swedish Example: Merging Sociology and Environ-mental Law

Break

PANELS. InternationalApplications of Environmental Law. Attorney Fee Workshop: Entitlement, Pleading and Proof. People Power v. Toxics. Dioxin Litigation: Pulp and Poison

12:30-2:00 CLOSING SESSION Visions of a Better TomorrowBernadette Vallely, Co-Founder & Director, Women's

Environmental Network, London, EnglandStanislaw Wajda, Polish International Environmental Law Expert

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PANELS AND PANELISTS

THURSDAY, MARCH 7NON-POINT SOURCES: EVERYWHEREAND UNSEEN

Diane Cameron, Environmental Engineer, Natural Resources De-fense Council (NRDC) Water and Coastal program. Ms. Cameron's workfocuses on documenting urban runoff and fish contamination, and advo-cating aggressive pollution prevention.

Helen Pressley, Staff scientist, Water Quality Management Program,Washington Department of Ecology. Ms. Pressley is writing the "StormwaterManagement Manual for the Puget Sound."

Elbert Moore, Chief of the Non-Point Source Section, EPA Region 10.M.S. Soil Science, University of Idaho.

Ann Beier, Attorney, Analyst, Non-Point Source Control Branch, EPA.Emphasis in coastal non-point source pollution, Coastal Zone Manage-ment Act Reauthorization.

PESTICIDES AND FARMING: WHAT IS THE FUTURE?George finch, Coordinator of Centro Campesino, a 2,500 member

farmworker association. Mr. Finch has 18 years of experience workingwith farmworkers and their problems related to the spraying of pesticides.

Millie Trevino, California Rural Legal Assistance, Coachella office.Ms. Trevino is a community worker who does outreach with farmworkerson pesticides problems related to labor.

Helene Murray, Project Coordinator, Oregon State University Collegeof Agriculture, USDA Low Input Sustainable Agriculture Program. Pro-gram is intended to develop strategies to balance pesticides and alterna-tives.

Deeohn Ferris (invited), Attorney, National Wildlife Federation (NWF),Environmental Quality Division. Ms. Ferris was previously in charge ofpesticide enforcement for the EPA.

OIL SPILL LIABILITY ACT: DOUBLE HULLS ORDOUBLESPEAK ?

- Douglas K. Mertz, Assistant Attorney General, State of Alaska. Mr.Murtz has represented Alaska for fifteen years in environmental matters.He was part of the initial legal response team for the Exxon-Valdez oil spilltragedy. .

Dave Gallik, Attorney, State Directorfor U.S. Senator Brock Adams (D-WA). Sen. Adams introduced the Double-Hulled Tanker Bill last spring.

FORESTS FOR THE FUTURE: PERSPECTIVES ONMANAGEMENT

Ned Fritz, Attorney and Coordinator, Forest Reform Networking. Mr.Fritz litigated the Red Cockaded Woodpecker case. Author: Clearcutting,A Crime Against Nature.

Julie McDonald, Attorney, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund (SCLDF),San Francisco. Ms. McDonald specializes in forest practices, includingroadless areas, mining, silviculture, wilderness and FERC licensing.

Jim Rogers, Professional Consulting Forester, based in Port Orford,Oregon. Mr. Rogers played a key role in the designation of Elk River asa State and Federal Wild and Scenic River

Chuck Levin, Attorney and Private Consultant. Formerly staff attorneywith Headwaters. Expert in BLM forest issues in southern Oregon, andBLM and FS forest planning. Uof a Law '85.

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF WARJosh Karliner, Co-Author The Gulf War:An Environmental Perspec-

tive.Rest of Panel to be annonced later

LAND USE: THE OREGON EXPERIMENTRey Ramsey, Attorney, Director, Oregon Housing Agency. Former

Business Development Officer for Regulatory Affairs, Oregon EconomicDevelopment Department.

AI Johnson, Attorney, Johnson & Kloos, Eugene. Expertise: Oregonland use law and environmental law. Former President, Oregon Environ-mental Council.

Pam Wiley, Deputy Director for the Division. of State Lands, Oregon.Ms. Wiley was the Chair of Natural Resources'and the Environment forGovernor Roberts' transition team.

CLEAN WATER ACT: BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVERMark Massara, Attorney, Surfrider Foundation, CA. Surfrideris en-

gaged in the biggest Clean Water Act citizen suit ever undertaken,concerning a pulp mill in Humboldt County.

Don Scroggin, Attorney, Pettit & Martin, Washington, D.C. Clientsinclude industrial defendants. Former Harvard Chemistry Professor andmember of Council on Environmental Quality.

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Calvin Sandborn, Attorney, West Coast Environmental Law A( rtion, Vancouver, B.C. Represented citizens opposed to pro~dferrochromium smelter, Vancouver Island.

Joan E. Vance,Attorney with the British Columbia Public InterestAdvocacy Center inVancouver. Ms.Vance'sbook TreePlanning:A GuideTo Public Involvement in Forest Stewardship is hot off the press.

ENVIRONMENTAL BALLOT INITIATIVES: TRICK ORTREAT?

Joel Ario, Executive Director, Oregon State Public Interest Group andcampaign chair, Consumers for Recycling-Yes on 6, the Oregon Recy-cling Act of 1990.

Linda Williams, Attorney, Portland, OR. Ms. Williams developed theballot initiative that shut down a pulp mill in Coos Bay, which was pollutingthe environment.

R. Clayton Mansfield, Attorney, Sedgwick, De~ert, Moran & Arnold,San Francisco. Bay ATea Sierra Club Steering Committee member.Involved in Sierra Club's Bay Area efforts to pass "Big Green," California'scomprehensive environmental initiative of 1990.

David Bricklin, Attorney, Bricklin & Gendler, Seattle. Co-Chair, Citi-zens for Balanced Growth. Drafter, Initiative 547, Washington state'sgrowth-control initiative of 1990.

WOMEN IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAWAndrea Hultman, Attorney, Miller & Rolfe, Sacramento, CA. Co-author:

Litigating Toxic Torts: Is the Only Admissible Expert Opinion the Judges?Calif. Trial Lawyer's Assoc. March 1990.

Molly Holt, Attorney, formerly with SCLDF-Denver. Co-Counsel,Robertson 1(.Methow Valley. Specializes in NEPA litigation. U of a LawSchool '84.

Corrie J. Yackulic, Attorney, Schroeter, Goldmark & Bender, Seattle.Previously Staff Attorney for SCLDF-Seattle where she litigated forprotection of the Spotted Owl and Ancient Forests.

Julie McDonald, See Forestry Management Panel.

ENVIRONMENTAL ARTISTSTerry Tempest Williams, Nature Writer and Naturalist-in-Resi~,

Utah Museum of Natural History; Adjunct Professor, College of Educationand Women's Studies, University of Utah. Ms. Williams is the author offivebooks and many articles.

Joann,e Rand, Singer/song-writer from the North coast of California.Ms. Rand's songs embrace the spirit of wildness, giving voice to the primalforce in all living things.

Lone Wolf Circles, Deep ecologist, published author, performancepoet, musician, and grass roots activist. His essays and interviews appearregularly in national and bioregional publications.

HANFORD LITIGATIONDuane Miller, 'Attorney, Miller & Rolfe, Sacramento, California. Mr.

Miller is the leading toxic torts attorney in California with substantialvictories against pesticide manufacturers. Co-author: Litigating Toxic Torts.

George Trejo, Attorney, Contreras-Trejo, Yakima, Washington. Mr.Trejo filed one of the first tort suits on behalf of native fishermen harmedby Hanford Nuclear Reservation's pollution of the Columbia River.

Roy Haber, Attorney, Eugene, OR. Previously Deputy U.S. AttorneyGeneral for Civil Rights, Counsel for the Native American Rights Fund andCounsel for the Southern Poverty Law Center. He is now sueing Hanfordon behalf of radiation victims.

ENVIRONMENT IN AUSTRALIANicola Pain, Principal Solicitor, Environmental Defender's Office,

Sydney, Australia. Ms. Pain's work has involved opposing hazardouswaste pollution, especially dioxins.

Donna Craig, Professor of Law, Macquarie University. Expert onaboriginal rights in Australia.

James Johnson, Attorney, Environmental Defender'sOffice, Sydney,Australia.

ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE: PRESERVEOR OILFIELD?

Norma Kassi, Assemblyperson and Deputy Speaker, Yukon Tlf ~jalLegislature, Canada. Ms. Kassi is a spokesperson for the Gwic~dmember of the Wolf clan. Studying impacts of oil extraction in ANWR onthe Canadian arctic.

Randall Wiener, Executive Director, Trustees for Alaska, a publicinterest law firm representing regional and national environmental groupson Alaskan environmental issues.

Glendon Brunk or Larry Landry, both are on the Board of Directorsof the Northern Alaska Environmental Center in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Jlob Warren, Natural Resource Specialist for Congressman Peter -- .

specializes. in toxics, pollution prevention and clean water.Debra Wassenar, Attorney, Southern Environmental Law Center,

Charlottesville, Virginia. Ms. Wassener has been using CWAanti-degradation regulations to fight water pollution.

RIGHTS AND CLAIMS: NATIVE CANADIANS SPEAKOUT

Jenny Jack, Tribal Member, Tligit Nation. Ms. Jack spent two monthsbehind the lines at Oka in Quebec this summer. Currently a law studentat the University of British Columbia.

Basil Ambers, Band Councillor, Kwakiutl Band. Formertop executiveof the Kwakiutl tribal council. Currently handles all political issues for hisband and remains a political activist on their behalf.

NEPA IN THE NINETIESFrank Grad, Professor of Eiwironmental Law, Columbia University

School of Law. Professor Grad is one of the pioneers of environmentallaw. His five volume Treatiseon Environmental Lawis the sourcebook forenvironmental law.

Fern Shepherd, Attorney, SCLDF-Denver. Ms. Shepard specializesin oil and gas litigation using NEPA.

FRIDAY, MARCH 8WEAPONS PLANTS, NATIONAL DEFENSE AND THEENVIRONMENTAL PRICE TAG

Brian Costner, Director, Energy Research Foundation, Columbia,South Carolina. Mr. Morgan works with environmental issues at theSavannah River Plant and the Barnwell facility.

Kenneth Morgan, Spokesperson, Department of Energy's RichlandOperations Office (Hanford). Mr. Morgan has worked for the DefenseNuclear Agency, and the Department of the Interior.

Grant Reynolds, Assistant General Counsel, U.S. Air Force.Mr. Reynolds has worked on environmental remediation at bases and

is an expert on Department of Defense environmental policy.Melinda Kassen (invited), Attorney, Environmental Defense Fund

(EDF), Boulder. Ms. Kassen has been involved in litigation against theRocky Flats Arsenal in Colorado.

CONSUMER CHOICES FOR THE ENVIRONMENTBernadette Vallely, Director and Co-Founder, Women's Environmen-

tal Network, London, England. Ms. Vallely has campaigned for unbleachedpaper and minimum packaging in Britain. Author: The Sanitary ProtectionScandal and A Tissue of Lies. . . .

Steve Lett, Director, Research' and Development, Ecoserve, a cata-logue and newsletter that promotes environmentally sound products.Co-author: Non-toxic, Natural, and Earthwise. .

Pat Carson, Vice President, Lublow Industries, Canada. Mr. Carsonmarkets environmentally sound products.

Dennis Morgan, M.A., Environmental Studies, University of Oregon.Mr. Morgan has written about using green consumerism as a method toremove organochlorines from pulp products.

OFFSHOREOIL DRILLING: TREASUREAND TROUBLECarol Alexander, Greenpeace Ocean Ecology Campaigner for the

Pacific Northwest. Ms. Alexander focuses on offshore oil and gas leasesales on the outercontinental shelf and energy policy.

Chris Colwell, Research Associate, NRDC's energy program. Mr.Colwell wrote the introduction forthe handbook 50 Simple Things You CanDo To Save The Earth.

BIOLOGICAL CORRIDORS: A PATH TO SURVIVALNathaniel Lawrence, Attorney, NRDC-San Francisco. Mr. Lawerence

specializes in Forestry issues, and was lead counsel in the MarbleMountain case which established the government's obligation to take intoaccount the importance of biological corridors.

Julie Norman, Staff, Headwaters, Ashland, OR. Ms. Norman's workis aimed at reforming forestry practices of the Forest Service and BLM.

Mike Bader, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Alliance for the WildRockies. Mr. Bader is involved in conservation issues and has written

many articles for resource journals and magazines through the West.

SCIENCE OF DIOXIN: A WORKSHOP FOR ATTORNEYSDr. Arnold Schechter, Professor of Preventive Medicine,

SUNY-Binghamton.He has studied dioxin for more than a decade. Dr.Schechter is the leading authorityinthe worldon the effects of dioxin onthe human body. Hisworkincludes studiesonthe effectsofAgent Orangeto people in Vietnam.

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW PERSPECTIVESMurray Rankin, Professor of Law, Universityof Victoria, Canada.

Commissioncounselforthe proposedferrochromiumsmelteronVancouverIsland.

uet-azlo (u-ur) since 1987. Previously Executive Director for the North-ern Alaska Environmental Center Fairbanks.

SUPERFUND: A BAILOUT FOR WHOM?Tom Webster, Research Associate, Center for the Biology of Natural

Systems, Queens College, New York. Mr. Webster critiques risk assess-ments for environmental groups.

Quincy Sugarman, M.S., Environmental Studies, U ofO. Ms. Sugarmanis the pollution prevention advocate for Oregon State Public Interest

Group. She has been compiling Toxics Release Inventory ( !orOregon since 1987. '-'

Ed Kowalski, Attorney, Section Chief, Hazardous Waste Branch, EPARegion X. Previously Assistant Counsel for Solid Waste EmergencyResponse Branch for EPA Region V.

INNOVATIONS IN ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTEC-TION

Grove Burnett, Private Environmental Attorney, Glorieta, New Mexico.Mr. Burnett is litigating to force reintroduction of the Mexican Wolf to itsformerrange.

Cindy Koehler, Attorney, Heller & Ehrman, San Francisco. Founder,Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation, U of 0 Law School. Ms.Koehler is suing driftnetters for dolphin kills.

Marc Liverman, Attorney and Conservation Director, Portland AudobonSociety. Ph.D; in Wildlife Ecology. Recently drafted Endangered Ecosys-tems Act .to supplement the ESA.

UNIONS AND THE ENVIRONMENT: COMMON GROUNDKate Brauer, Member, Environmental Committee, United Fishermen

and Allied Workers Union, British Columbia,Director, Suzuki Fnd., dedicated to protection of fish habitat.Norm McClellan, Regional Vice President, Canadian Paper Workers

Union (B.C.). The CPWU represents 70,000 workers. He is V.P., B.C.Federation of Labor & Chair Environmental Committee.

Dennis Gilbert, Professor of Physics, U of 0, Co-Chair,Eugene-Springfield Solidarity Network. On the Coordinating Committeeof the Labor/Environmental Solidarity Network of the Pacific Northwest.Past union organizer for the Teamsters.

NETWORKING ENVIRONMENTAL LAWYERSLuke Cole, Environmental poverty lawyer, California Rural Legal As-

sistance Foundation. Mr. Cole represents low-income workers andcommunities fighting environmental hazards.

Paul Merrell, Attorney, Tidewater, Oregon. Co-author: No Margin ofSafety, a report on dioxins from pulp mills. U of 0 Law School 'If

~tlS8n Dagget & Deth Deane, TI,i.dYMI Law-students, Yatl ~y.have developed a proposal to network environmental and indi~usrights activists in tropical rain forest countries.

SALMON SUMMIT: THE NEXT ENDANGERED SPECIES?Pamela Barrow, Director, Environmental Affairs, Pacific Northwest

Utilities Conference Committee, an organization representing northwestutilities on environmental issues.

Richard Braun, Private Environmental Attorney, UO Law School '83.Mr. Braun represents Oregon Trout, the lead group petitioning for listingsalmon as endangered.

Anthony Netboy, Professor Emeritus in English, Portland St. Univ. Mr.Netboy has written extensively about salmon and steelhead. He is aleading authority on salmon fisheries.

Rob Lothrup, Attorney with the Columbia River Inter-tribal Fish Com-mission. Mr. Lothrup is a participant in the Salmon summit. Manager,Public Policy Departm"ent of CRITFC.

LOBBYING FOR THE ENVIRONMENTBill Holman, Lobbyist, Sierra Club-North Carolina and American Plan-

ning Association - N.C. Mr. Holman consistently ranks among N.C.'s toplobbyists.

Fran Hunt, Forestry Resource Specialist, National Wildlife Federation.Ms. Hunt lobbies on National Forest issues, emphasizing Pacific North-west ancient forests. Former Professional Staff Member, Senate Agricul-tural Committee.

Andy Kerr, Director of Conservation, Oregon Natural ResourcesCouncil. Mr. Kerr lobbies state and national officials on issues regardingOregon's public lands.

BIOTECHNOLOGY: WHAT'S IN STORE?Diane Tracy, Owner & Co-President, Antech, Corbett, OR, which tests

farm soils for pesticides. She advises farmers on biological alternativesto pesticides.

David Emery, President, Bioremediation, Inc., Lake Oswego, r-- Mr.

Emery works with microbe technology used to clean up oil spills eviCwaste sites.

IN. . JNA TIONAL LENDING AND THE ENVIRONMENT~na Navarro, Professor of Anthropology/Ecologist, Universidad

Austral, Valdivia, Chile. Prof. Navarro has written aboutthe socio-culturalimpacts of Inter-American Development Bank-funded dam projects onthe Bio-Bio River in Chile.

Chad Dobson, Secretary, Bank Information Center, a clearinghousefor information on Multilateral Development Bank projects. For the lastfew years, Mr. Dobson has coordinated the NGO forum held at the WorldBank/IMF Annual Meeting.

Nicholas Van Prag, World Bank Environmental Department.

SATURDAY, MARCH 9AFRICAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

Shadd rack Gutto, See Keynote Speakers.Ibrahim Gassama, Attorney, History Professor, University of Penn-

sylvania. PreviouslyLegislativeDirector,Trans Africa, where he lobbiedCongress on African issues. Joining U of 0 Faculty, 1991.

Maria Keita, Activist,Educator, Mali, Africa. Founding member,Association d'Entreaide et du Developement (AED), a women's volun-tary organization. Environmental Education Coordinator for AED andSolidarite-Canada-Sahel. Her emphasis is educating illiterate, ruralwomen on environmental issues.

PROTECTING INSTREAM FLOWS-PUBLIC TRUSTDOCTRINE

Harrison Dunning, Professor Environmental Law, UC-Davis. Previ-ous member California Water Commission and Governor's Staff Di-rector; Commission to Review California's Water Rights Law.

Stephen Sanders, Assistant Attorney General, OR. Mr. Sanders isGeneral Counsel for the State Water Resources Division, and the IndianLaw Coordinator for the State Department of Justice.

Kppqn Russell (invited),Attorney,WaterWatch,Portlaod,OR.r "ottel"ftfMtetl)';Attorney SeLDFcDenver, Worked dn state"ana '-

fed~ater rights cases including wilderness water rights protection &protection in-stream flows.

MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTIONBo Brickelmeyer, Senior Counsel, Ocean Ecology Campaign,

Greenpeace USA; Managing director, Aquatic Resources ConservationGroup, pub. int. scientific research firm, Seattle.

Dave Hanson, Fisheries Coordinator, Pacific States Marine FisheriesCommission. Mr. Hanson is a leading expert on the effects of driftnettingon marine fish, mammals and birds.

Cindy Koehler, See Endangered Species Panel, above.

CITIZEN SUITS:TAILORING A CASE FORTHE PUBLICGrove Burnett, See Endangered Species Panel, above.Pete Sorenson, Private Environmental Attorney, Eugene, OR. Mr.

Sorenson's firm represents individuals and small grass roots environ-mental groups. U of 0 Law School '82

Corrie Yackulic, See Women in Environmental Law, above.

ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATIONINA WIREDWORLDBob Steward, Engineer, Eugene Water & Electric Board; M.S., Sys-

tems Management, Univ. of Southern California.Mark Warnquist, Electrical Engineer, Crowell & Moring, Denver,

Colorado.Nancy Perrin, Professor, Portland State University. Currently con-

ducting study of BPA transmission lines and magnetic field levels.

ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHYBernadette Vallely, See Keynote Speakers.Christopher Manes, Author: Earth First! and Green Rage: Radical

Environmentalism and the Unmaking of Civilization. Activist in AncientForests, Deep Ecology and Bio-Centrism.

Harriet Kofalk, Peace and Nature Poet, Associate Editor, "Talking,Leaves," a monthly bioregional journal in Eugene. Author of severalbool<~ ;l1cluding her forthcoming Earth Prayers (Harper & Row).

A~NT FORESTS, THE DEBATE RAGES ONFran Hunt, See Lobby Panel, above.Vie Sher, Attorney, SCLDF-Seattle. Mr. Sher has been involved in

federal lawsuits involving public land management, specifically SpottedOwl and Ancient Forest protection.

Randall O'Toole, Forest Economist, Cascade Holistic EconomicConsultants since 1975. Expert on computer forest planning. Author:Reforming the Forest Service; Publisher: Forest Watch.NATIVE HABITAT RIGHTS

CLEAN AIR ACT: REAUTHORIZATION AND IMPLE-MENTATION

Robert Yuhnke, Attorney, Environmental Defense Fund, Boulder, CO.Mr. Yuhnke was a principal environmentallobbyistforthe revised Clean AirAct.

Tina Hobson, Board Member, Renew America (RA), Washington, D.C.Former Department of Energy 'Director of Consumer Affairs, EnergyEducation Programs & Appliance Efficiency. RA has established environ-mental success indices on renewable energy and energy efficiency pro-grams around the country.

.AllenWaltner, Attorney, Gorman & Waltner, Oakland, CA. Mr.Waltneris principal attorney in a district court suit compelling EPA action on LosAngeles' air quality plan.

RUMBLINGS INTHE JUNGLE: FIGHTINGRAINFORESTRUIN

Byron Real, Attorney, President, Defense of Life (CORDA VI), Quito,

Ecuador. CORDAVI represents indigenous groups sueing to protectnative rain forest homeland from oil development.

Marcela Enriquez, Attorney, CORDAVI, Quito, Ecuador.Beto Borges, See Central and South America Panel, above.Josh Karliner, See Central and South America Panel, above.

ENVIRONMENTAL RACISMVictor Lewis, Policy Board Member of the Urban Habitat Program,

Earth Island Institute, Berkeley, CA. Mr. Lewis is on the Editorial Commit-tee of the Race, Poverty and the Environment Newsletter.

Luke Cole, Environmental Poverty Lawyer, California Rural Legal As-sistance Foundation. Mr. Cole repres'ents low-income communities andworkers fighting environmental hazards. Author: California Communitiesat Risk; The Impact of Environmental Hazards on Poor People; Founder:Race, Poverty & the Environment newsletter.

Carl Anthony, Board Member, Earth Island Institute; Co-Founder,Earth Island's L[rban Habitat Program. Mr. Anthony is an architect anddevelopilfent constiltant:"- ~ """" - -

TOXIC TORTS: PRIVATE REMEDIES FOR POLLUTIONGary L. Shockey, Attorney, Spence, Moriarty & Schuster, Jackson,

Wyoming. Mr. Shockey has worked on many toxics exposure cases,including the Rawhide case.

Duane Miller, See Hanford Litigation Panel, above.Mary Alexander (invited), Attorney, Cartwright. Schloboden, San Fran-

cisco. Ms. Alexander is an experienced toxic torts attorney and author ofnumerous pieces on the subject.

ENVIRONMENTALISM AT THE EDGE: CIVIL RESIS-TANCE

Diana Lee Hirshi, Defendant, civil resistance trial at Hercules. Herculesmamifactures Trident-II missile motors. The successful verdict was based

on a defense of international human rights violations.Grace Bukowski, Activist, Citizen Alert of Nevada. Citizen Alert works

on radioactive waste dumping problems, water rights, and military andNative American issues.

Josh Karliner, See Rainforest Panel, above.David Atkin, private public interest attorney and adjunct professor, U

of 0 School of Law. Mr. Atkin has represented activists arrested for civildisobedience. U of 0 Law School,'8?

ENERGY ALTERNATIVES: TOWARD NON-POLLUTINGPOWER

Tina 'Hobson, See Clean Air Act Panel, above.Dan Seligman, Attorney, Principle Energy Consultant, Columbia Re-

search Corp., Olympia, Washington. Mr. Seligman is a writer and contrib-uting editor of the Electricity Journal.

Phil Carver, Manager, Forecasting and Analysis Division, OregonDepartment of Energy.

FREE TRADE AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL COSTAndrea Durbin, International issues analyst, Friends of the Earth,

Northwest office, Seattle. Currently focusing on the impacts of theMexico-U.S. free trade agreement.

Craig Merrilees, Special Projects Director, National Toxics Campaign,San Francisco. Mr Merrilees has been studying the environmentalimplications of the U.S.lMexico Free Trade Agreement

Valentin Katasanov, See Soviet Environmental Law Panel.Michael M'Gonigle, Professor, Natural Resource Management. Simon

Fraser University, British Columbia. Chair of Greenpeace Canada.

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Adrian LeCornu, Haida native and resident of Hydaburg, AK. Hydaburgis a village within the Tongass National Forest. Mr. LeCornu is a CityCouncil member and former City Administrator.

Earl Charlton, Attorney, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mr. Charlton hasrepresented natives for forty years, and is currently representing theChippewa in two treaty rights cases.

Doug Nash, ,Chief Counsel for the Nez Perce Tribal Executive Com-mittee; presently involved in the controversial U.S. v. Oregon (9th Cir.)cas/

C~E HEAP LEACH GOLD MININGGary Brown, Co-founder and Chair, Concerned Citizens for Respon-

sible Mining (CCRM). CCRM is a citizen activist group opposingenvironmentally destructive mining practices and serves as the state-wide clearinghouse for information on cyanide heap gold mining.

Todd Silverstein, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Willamette Uni-versity. Research consultant with Department of Energy-Hanford onradiation effects on biological members.

Ralph Bradley, Attorney, Bradley & Gordon, Eugene, Oregon. Cur-rently co-counsel in the only heap leach litigation in the United States. Uof 0 Law,'79 .

Jean Cameron, Policy Director, Oregon Environmental Council, (OEC),Portland, OR. Ms. Cameron is working to regulate cyanide heap leach

~ mining'inOregon.CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICAN ENVIRONMEN-TAL ISSUES

Sergio Torres, Attorney and former Judge, Nicaragua. Mr. Torreswas the former head of the legal department of Nicaragua's Institute ofNatural Resources and the Environment.

Carlos Rodriguez, Environmental Attorney, Costa Rica. Mr. Rodriguezworks with NEOTROPICA on rain forest issues, including debt for nature,national parks, and endangered species.

Josh Karliner, Co-Founder, Environmental Project on Central America(EPOCA). Mr. Karliner is a Consultant for the Third World Network inMalaysia, and author of several publications.

Rafael Asenjo, Minister of the Environment, Chile.Ximena Navarro, SeeJnternational Lending Panel, above.Beto Borges, Amazon Campaign Coordinator, Rainforest Action

Network, San Francisco. Borges, a Brazilian, serves as liaison betweenrain forest groups, including the Amazon Rubbertappers, and U.S.environmental groups.

NA7""~e WATER RIGHTS,~ ~J:»k .5~A Kaynote Speakws.. D~Nash, SeeNativeHabitatRightsPanel,above.

Stephen Sanders, See Protecting Instream Flows, above.

SOVIET ENVIRONMENTAL LAWValentin Katasanov, Economist, Soviet Union. Mr. Katasanov is

involved in the creation of innovative Soviet environmental laws. He alsodevelops regulations on foreign companies doing natural resourcebusiness in the Soviet Union.

Oleg I.Krassov, Attorney and Senior Legal Researcher, Soviet Union.Author: ''The Legal Regime of State Forest Lands" and ''The Forest UseRight in the USSR."

Armin Rosencranz, Attorney, President of the Pacific Energy andResources Center. Mr. Rosencranz has been analyzing issues of foreigntimber companies exploiting Siberian forests.

Elena Kirillova, Attorney, McKenna & Co., London. Formerly with theEnvironmental Defenders Office, Sydney, Australia. She is an expert onSoviet Environmental law and is developing a new environmental infor-mation center in Hungary.

POPULATION GROWTHVirginiaAbernathy, ProfessorofPsychiatry&Anthropology,Vanderbilt

University School of Medicine. Author: "Population Pressure and Cul-tural Adjustment." Editor: "Population and Environment" journal.

Phillip Kreitner,Teacher of EnvironmentalScience. PreviouslyRalphNader's Assistant for Cooperatives and Demographer for the WorldBank.

David Durham, Attorney, Board Chair, Population-Environment Bal-ance, an organization devoted to protecting environmentalcarrying-capacity through population stabilization.

TONGASS REFORM ACTRepresentative Robert Mrazek, Democrat, Third Congressional

District, New York. Author: 1988Tongass Reform Act. The Act becamelaw ip.l\lrwember1990. Rep.Mrazek serveson the HouseAppropriationsCG'l >eand Foreign Operations andTransportation sub-committees.

A~ Le Cornu, See Native Habitat Rights panel, above.

STARTING YOUR OWN PUBLIC INTEREST LAW PRAC-TICE

Bob Shostak, Private Environmental Attorney, Sowash, Carson &Shostak. Specializes in coal mining regulations and landfill issues.

Marc McGiness, Activist and Attorney. Founder, Environmental De-fense Center, Santa Barbara, CA. Mr.McGiness is an educator at Univer-sity of California at Santa Barbara.

Frances (Kelly) Green, President and Founder, Land and Water Fundof the Rockies. Ms. Green served on several posts in the Carter adminis-tration and was counsel for the National Wildlife Federation.

Grove Burnett, See Endangered Species Panel, above.Stewart Elgie, Founder, Sierra Legal Defense Fund, Edmonton, Alberta

(Canada's first public interest environmental law firm). Mr. Elgie previouslyworked with SCLDF in Juneau, AK.

PUBLIC LANDS GRAZING: THIS LAND IS OUR LANDDenzel Ferguson, Ph.D. in Zoology and Botany. Mr. Ferguson is an

activist in eastern Oregon concerned mainly with cows on public land.Co-Author: Sacred Cows at the Public Trough.

Johanna Wald, Attorney, NRDC-San Francisco. Ms. Wald initiated thefirst federal litigation challenging grazing on BLM lands for non-compliancewith NEPA.

Susan Tixier, Associate Executive Director, Southern Utah WildernessAlliance. Founder New Mexico Environmental Law Center. Ms. Tixier

lobbies state and federal officials on grazing issues.Roy Elicker, Counsel, NWF-Portland, OR.-Pacific Northwest Natural

Resources Center. The Center's major focus is on Public lands manage-ment on U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management lands.

EASTERN EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: THECURTAIN OPENS

Krystyna Wolniakowski, Coordinator, Surface Water Program, De-partment of Environmental Quality, Oregon. Spent last summer in Polanddeveloping water protection programs.

Stanislaw Wajda, Attorney, Poland. Mr. Wajda specializes intransbolindary waste migration treaties with neighboring countries.

Elena Kirillova, See Soviet Envir<;>nmental Panel, above.

THE SWEDISH EXAMPLE:MERGINGSOCIOLOGYANDENVIRONMENTAL LAW

Hakan Hyden, J.D., Phd., Director of the Institute of the Sociology ofLaw, Lund University, Sweden. Mr. Hyden is a member of the ResearchCommittee for Social Sciences within the Swedish Environmental Protec-tion Agency.

ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS OF INTERNA-TIONAL LAW

Rick Lowerre, Attorney, Project Director, Texas Center for PolicyStudies, Bi-National Project on the Environment (in conjunction withBioconservacion of Mexico).

Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, Legal Officer, World Conservation Union(IUCN), Bonn, Germany Office.

Sergio Torres, See Central and South America Panel, above.Elena Kirilova, See Soviet Environmental Law Panel, above.

ATTORNEY FEES WORKSHOP: ENTITLEMENT,PLEADINGANDPROOF

Peter Sorenson, See Starting Your Own...Panel, above.Kathryn Dickson, Attorney, Oakland, CA. Practice is divided between

civil rights/employment discrimination and environmental litigation.Ralph Wilborn, Attorney, Eugene, OR. Practice emphasizes social

security. Expert on Equal Access to Justice Act. U of 0 Law, '80.

PEOPLE POWER V. TOXIC POLLUTIONPenny Newman, Regional Director, Citizens Clearinghouse for Haz-

ardous Wastes. Ms. Newman revolutionized citizens activism to remedytoxic pollution with her work on the Stringfellow acid pits in California.

Brian Hunt, Toxics Organizer, Greenpeace. Atlanta, Georgia office.Sanford Lewis, private environmental public interest attorney, Massa-

chusetts. Mr. Lewis works to reform toxics laws to give communitymembers greater influence in waste handling decisions.

DIOXIN LITIGATION: PULP AND POISONVic Sher, Ancient Forest Panel, above.John Deakle, Attorney, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Mr. Deakle won the

first U.S. suit for punitive damages against a pulp mill for dioxin contami-nation of surface waters.

Shelley Stewart, Greenpeace, Seattle.Lark Hayes, Attorney, Southern Environmental Law Center, Chapel

Hill, N.C. Ms. Hayes has been involved in litigation to force N.C. pulp millsto eliminate dioxin from effluent.

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