Journal of Energy, Natural Resources & Environmental Law Volume 16 No. 2 1996

Table of Contents: A Pragmatic Approach to Decision Making in the Next Era of Oil and Gas Jurisprudence; Changing Instream Flow in Colorado? Just Follow the Statute; Seattle Audubon Society v. Lyons: Agencies Forest Plan Given the Green Light to Manage Spotted Owl Habitat in Old Growth Forests; Northwest Environmental Advocates v. Portland Citizens May now have Standing Under the Clean Water Act, But Will it Stand?; United States v. New Mexico: The Reinforcement of a State's Right to Impose Conditions on Federal Hazardous Waste Facilities; NEPA and ANILCA Requirements Concerning Supplemental Environmental Impact Statements and the Consideration of Alternatives; The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995; Sierra Club v. Marita: The Seventh Circuit Defers to the Forest Service Regarding Conservation Biology; Pacific Rivers Council v. Thomas: The Idaho District Court Halts Forest Service Activities Pending ESA Interagency Consultations; O'Neill v. United States: Endangered Species Act and Central Valley Project Improvement Act Can Invoke Contract Clause that Limits Liability due to Water Shortages; Backdoor Tactics to Forest Management: The Emergency Salvage Timber Rider of H.R. 1994; Ninth Circuit Upholds the Merits of the Total Maximum Daily Load Established by the EPA for the Columbia River; Almost Strict Liability: Wind River Petroleum and the Utah Hazardous Subtance Mitigation Act; National Forest Management: A New Approach Based on Biodiversity; Utah's School Trust Lands: Constitutionalized Single-Purpose Land Management; Idaho Watersheds Project v. State Board of Land Commissioners: The Fight for Sustainable Resource Management in Idaho; Settled Expectations and the Takings Clause: Property and Law are Born and Must Die Together; Environmental Litigation: Coverage Under the Comprehensive General Liability Insurance Policy; Will United States v. Lopez "Substantially Affect" Federal Constitutional Authority to Regulate Isolated Wetlands?