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Environment & Natural Resources Law Section

The Environment & Natural Resources Law Section of the Idaho State Bar promotes the education, training and networking of attorneys practicing in the environmental law area. The section meets at 12:00 p.m. noon (MT) on the fourth Wednesday of the month, September through May (location TBD). The section also sponsors the Annual Environmental Law Seminar in late January.

Other Upcoming Section Sponsored Events

The Environment & Natural Resources Law Section meets at 12:00 p.m. noon (MT) on the fourth Wednesday of the month - September through May at the offices of Givens Pursley LLP, 601 W. Bannock Street, Boise. No meetings are held during the summer months of June, July or August. Dates for upcoming meetings are listed below.

Next Meeting: Agenda TBD | Materials TBD

To participate in the next scheduled meeting, you may RSVP at least 24-hours in advance, via email to Dayna Ferrero - please specify if you will be attending in-person or via telephone conference. A meeting agenda and/or any additional materials (if available) will be provided to all participants via email prior to the meeting and posted online for reference. NOTE: Section meeting dates may be subject to change and/or cancellation.

PAST MEETINGS

May 27, 2015
September 23, 2015
October 28, 2015 - MATERIALS (including agenda)
November 25, 2015 (Rescheduled for November 18, 2015) - AGENDA / MATERIALS
December 23, 2015 - Canceled due to Christmas Holiday
January 27, 2016 - AGENDA / MATERIALS
February 24, 2016 - AGENDA / MATERIALS
March 23, 2016 - AGENDA / MATERIALS
April 27, 2016 - Moved to Tuesday, April 26, 2016 to accommodate our speaker - AGENDA
May 25, 2016 - AGENDA / MATERIALS
September 28, 2016 - AGENDA / MATERIALS
October 26, 2016 - AGENDA / MATERIALS
November 23, 2016 - Moved to December 1, 2016 at Givens Pursley, LLP, 601 W. Bannock Street in Boise - MATERIALS
December 28, 2016 - Canceled
January 25, 2017 - AGENDA / MATERIALS
February 22, 2017 - AGENDA / MATERIALS
March 22, 2017 - AGENDA
April 26, 2017 - AGENDA
May 24, 2017 - AGENDA
September 27, 2017 - AGENDA
October 25, 2017 - AGENDA | MATERIALS
December 6, 2017 - AGENDA
January 24, 2018 - AGENDA
February 28, 2018 - AGENDA | MATERIALS
April 8, 2018 - AGENDA (Joint Meeting with Real Property Section)
April 25, 2018 - AGENDA | MATERIALS
May 23, 2018 - AGENDA
September 26, 2018 - AGENDA | MATERIALS
November 28, 2018 - MATERIALS
January 23, 2019 - AGENDA | MATERIALS

February 27, 2019 - AGENDA | MATERIALS

March 27, 2019 - AGENDA | MATERIALS

If you are interested in joining the Environment & Natural Resources Law Section, complete the Section Registration Form and return with payment to Dayna Ferrero at the Idaho State Bar, PO Box 895, Boise, Idaho 83701. Membership dues are as follows:

2019 Standard Membership Dues: $35
Attorneys Admitted to ISB Less Than 5 Years: $15
Law Students: $10

To view the section's by-laws, select: Environment & Natural Resources Law Section By-Laws

February 27, 2019

January 23, 2019
November 28, 2018
September 26, 2018
"May 23, 2018
April 25, 2018
February 28, 2018
January 24, 2018
December 6, 2017
October 25, 2017
September 27, 2017
May 24, 2017
April 26, 2017
March 22, 2017
February 22, 2017
January 25, 2017
December 1, 2016
October 26, 2016
September 28, 2016
May 25, 2016
April 26, 2016
March 23, 2016
February 24, 2016
January 27, 2016
November 18, 2015
October 28, 2015
September 23, 2015
February 25, 2015
January 28, 2015

May 27, 2015
Rep. Illana Rubel - 2015 Legislative Session in Review: Environment and Natural Resources

March 26, 2014
Prof. Jerry Long - Teton Creek Restoration

November 14, 2013
Mark Cecchini Beaver, JD, MS - The Columbia River Treaty Past, Present, and Future

March 27, 2013
David J. Beardall - Unintentional Overprotection of GM Plant Intellectual Property

February 27, 2013
Greg Friend - Wind Energy 101 (with some Solar Flair)

November 28, 2012
Don Smurthwaite - Through the Haze: Twelve Basic Questions and Answers about Wildfire

October 24, 2012
Sheryl Musgrove - Sustainability & the Law

September 26, 2012
Nicholas Peak - Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs): CWA Authorities and Revisions to National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) CAFO Rule

June 27, 2012
Kelsey J. Nunez - Greening Your CC&Rs

May 23, 2012
Elizabeth M. Donick - Recent Urban Agriculture Revisions to the Boise City Code & Local Food Musings

October 26, 2011
Eric Christensen - BPA’s Environmental Redispatch – The Wind Hits The Fan

May 27, 2009
Senator Kate Kelly - 2009 Legislative Session Wrap-up

March 18, 2009
Stimulating Idaho’s Infrastructure: The 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s Effect on Idaho’s State Revolving Funds

January 14, 2009
Garrick Baxter - The Coeur d'Alene Spokane River Basin Adjudication

September 17, 2008
Robert Wilkosz - State of Idaho’s Carbon Footprint Inventory -What Path is Idaho On

May 28, 2008
Senator Kate Kelly - 2008 Legislative Session Wrap-up

Winter 2010
Fall 2009
Summer-Fall 2009
Spring-Summer 2009
Spring 2009
Winter-Spring 2009
Winter 2008 - 2009
Fall 2008

Council Members

Bryan Hurlbutt
Advocates for the West, Inc.
PO Box 1612
Boise, ID 83701
Phone: (208) 342-7024
bhurlbutt@advocateswest.org

Stephanie M. Regenold
Perkins Coie, LLP
PO Box 737
Boise, ID 83701-0737
Phone: (208) 343-3434
Fax: (208) 343-3232
sregenold@perkinscoie.com

Kristina N. Fugate
Office of the Attorney General
PO Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0010
Phone: (208) 334-4549
kristina.fugate@ag.idaho.gov

Dylan B. Lawrence
Varin Wardwell
PO Box 1676
Boise, ID 83701
Phone: (208) 907-1529
Fax: (866) 717-1758
dylanlawrence@varinwardwell.com

Gregory M. Adams
Richardson Adams, PLLC
PO Box 7218
Boise, ID 83707
Phone: (208) 938-2236
Fax: (208) 938-7904
greg@richardsonadams.com

Talasi B. Brooks
Western Watersheds Project
PO Box 2863
Boise, ID 83701
Phone: (406) 540-2165
tbrooks@westernwatersheds.org

Preston N. Carter
Givens Pursley LLP
PO Box 2720
Boise, ID  83701
Phone: (208) 388-1200
Fax: (208) 388-1300
prestoncarter@givenspursley.com

Murray D. Feldman
Holland & Hart, LLP
PO Box 2527
Boise, ID 83701
Phone: (208) 383-3921
Fax: (208) 343-8869
mfeldman@hollandhart.com

Marie Callaway Kellner
Idaho Conservation League
PO Box 844
Boise, ID  83701
Phone: (208) 345-6933
Fax: (208) 344-0344
mkellner@idahoconservation.org

Lacy Rammell-O'Brien
Idaho Industrial Commission
PO Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720
Phone: (208) 334-6053
lacey.rammell-obrien@iic.idaho.gov

Disclaimer

The Environment & Natural Resources Law Section of the Idaho State Bar presents information on this web site as a service to our members and others who provide legal services to or are interested in the fields of environmental and natural resources law. Our goal is to provide information, education and networking in this complex and wide ranging area of the law.

While we strive to be accurate and timely, and therefore hope to be a valuable resource to users of this site, nothing contained herein should be construed as legal advice and we make no warranty or guarantee concerning the accuracy or reliability of the content at this site or the other sites to which we link.