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April 29-30, 2004
102 Fishery Sciences
(auditorium)
William Rodgers, Jr.Professor, University of Washington Law SchoolFirst in Time, First in Right? Indian Tribes and the Fisheries |
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I will present a sketch of the Pacific Northwest treaty Indian fisheries from the mid-1980s to the present time. I will describe the property theory behind these treaties and explain why they have been proclaimed as the strongest environmental law in the world. The presentation will be focused on the work of the Celilo Fish Committee that managed the mid-Columbia Indian fishery from 1934 to 1957. This was a successful example of sustainable management (as measured by Elinor Ostrums criteria) though it was eventually overthrown by external events. The rights represented by these treaties are still defended vigorously by groups such as the Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission and the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission.
William Rodgers Jr. is the Stimson–Bullitt Professor of Environmental Law at the University of Washington Law School. He specializes in natural resource law and is recognized as one of the "founders" of environmental law. He now teaches environmental law, law and biology, and oceans and coastal law. His recent research interests include the subjects of law, biology, human behavior, and especially environmental law in Indian country.
Professor Rodgers was selected by the law faculty as the University's recipient of the Bloedel Professorship of Law from 1987 to 1992. In 1999, through an endowed professorship gift to the School of Law by the Bullitt family, recognizing the merit and achievements of one of the University's most distinguished scholars and teachers, Professor Rodgers was selected the first Stimson Bullitt Professor of Environmental Law at the University of Washington.
He published the Handbook of Environmental Law, in 1977, with a second edition in 1994; a case book, Energy and Natural Resources Law, in 1983; a four-volume treatise on environmental law in 1986, 1988 and 1992; and scores of essays on environmental law. Professor Rodgers is currently serving on The National Academies' Defining Best Available Sciences for Fisheries Management committee. He completed a six-year term as a member of the Board of Environmental Studies and Toxicology, National Academy of Science, and chaired an Academy Committee on Land Acquisition, whose report was published in 1993. He received his BA from Harvard and JD (1965) from Columbia University.
http://www.law.washington.edu/Faculty/Rodgers/
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