Here’s the release from Colorado State University (Jessica Bennett):
Learning more about the complexities and inner-workings of western water law is the purpose behind the 2016 Interdisciplinary Water Resources Seminar series. The series will discuss topics including the history and evolution of western water law; state compacts and federal water law; hybrid water law systems; water quality law; groundwater law; and environmental law. The seminar series will provide attendees the opportunity for in-depth discussion about water-related court cases and interaction with prominent water resource professionals.
Each seminar is held Monday at 4 p.m. in the Behavioral Sciences Building, Room 103. All faculty, students, off-campus water professionals, and members of the Fort Collins community who are interested in water and western water law are invited to attend.
For individuals unable to attend, the seminars will be recorded and uploaded online. The full semester schedule is accessible here. Or there’s more information regarding all of the Interdisciplinary Water Resources Seminars.
Larry MacDonnell, Nov. 7
Lawrence J. MacDonnell is an attorney and consultant. He retired in 2013 as a professor of law at the University of Wyoming College of Law, where he taught water law, public land law, and natural resources law.
MacDonnell will be speaking at the Nov. 7 seminar titled “Other Systems for Allocating and Administering Water in Western States.” MacDonnell will discuss several approaches for the allocation and administration of water and water rights including the riparian doctrine for surface water, non-appropriation doctrines that are applied to use of ground water, the use of permit systems for allocation of rights, and the public trust doctrine.
MacDonnell is also a senior fellow at the Getches-Wilkinson Center and an adjunct professor of law at the University of Colorado School of Law. He was the first director of the Natural Resources Law Center at the University of Colorado School of Law, a position he held from 1983 to 1994. MacDonnell worked as an attorney and consultant in Boulder until 2009.