The Future of Public Lands – People, Place, and Power

The Getches-Wilkinson Center, American Indian Law Program and Colorado Environmental Law Journal are pleased to present the 2024 Martz Symposium on Public Lands.

Public lands across the United States provide us with clean water, energy and food production, world-class recreational opportunities, wildlife habitat, and many other important values. Indigenous peoples have deep ties to the land informed by their traditional ecological knowledge. And public lands drive economic opportunities and job creation for rural communities. For all these reasons, the American public broadly supports the protection and sustainable use of public lands, yet they are facing unprecedented threats from resource degradation, climate change, the demands of multiple uses, and challenges in agency funding levels.

The 2024 Martz Symposium will take a deep dive into these rapid changes that are unfolding in real time and how they impact our relationship to the land. The Conference will consider the latest developments and proposed reforms to the laws and policies that govern our management of public lands, including a look at those laws that are standing in the way of progress and others that have helped to pave the way for innovation. And the Conference will convene a diverse and inclusive set of stakeholders, policymakers, academics, and advocates to share ideas on how best we can steward and care for America’s public lands for current and future generations.

Fri, October 4 - Saturday, October 5, 2024
8am - 4:30pm

Wolf Law Building, Wittemyer Courtroom
Breakfast, Snack and Lunch provided daily
Attendee reception provided on Fri, Oct 4

Colorado CLE credits pending

REGISTRATION IS OPEN!

Early Bird Rates until Sun, September 15th.
Registration Closes Tues, October 1st.

Conference Agenda: (subject to change)

Friday, October 4, 2024

8:00 am – 8:45 am      Breakfast and Networking
8:45 am – 9:00 am      Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:00 am – 10:30 am    BLM’s 2024 Public Lands Rule – Conservation and the Multiple Use Framework
10:30 am – 10:45 am  Break
10:45 am – 12:15 pm  The Future of Oil and Gas on America’s Public Lands
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm    Lunch
1:15 pm – 2:45 pm      Renewable Energy Development and the Protection of Cultural and Natural Resources
2:45 pm – 3:00 pm      Break
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm      Debating the Future of the Antiquities Act
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm      Reception

Saturday, October 5, 2024

8:30 am – 9:00 am      Breakfast and Networking
9:00 am – 10:30 am    Evolutions in Tribal Co-Stewardship
10:30 am – 10:45 am  Break
10:45 am – 12:15 pm  Mining Reform and the Development of Critical Minerals
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm    Lunch
1:15 pm – 2:45 pm      Forests, Wildfire, and the Protection of Old-Growth in the Era of Climate Change
2:45 pm – 3:00 pm      Break
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm      Permitting Reform on Public Lands – The Delicate Balance Between Energy, Equity, and the Environment
4:30 pm                         Adjourn

Conference Partnerships

We’re now accepting conference partners at all levels. For more info please email annie.carlozzi@colorado.edu.
Learn more about our partnerships here.

Thank you to our Conference Partners!