Wallace Stegner Center Symposium: America's Public Lands
Schedule
Thu, 19 Mar, 2026 at 08:00 am to Fri, 20 Mar, 2026 at 05:00 pm
UTC-06:00Location
383 S University St, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, Utah 84112 | Salt Lake City, UT
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Scholars, advocates, and constituents will focus on the future of public lands March 19-20, 2026, at the Wallace Stegner Center Symposium, hosted by the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law’s Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources and the Environment. Thank you to principal supporters R. Harold Burton Foundation and the Cultural Vision Fund. Sponsors include the Nature Conservancy, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and the National Parks Conservation Association.
This year’s symposium, now in its 31st year, will discuss the way we use and protect public lands, a vital issue locally and regionally. Ryan Gellert (JD '05), CEO of Patagonia, will deliver the keynote address. Symposium speakers also include Utah Law faculty members and the following scholars and leaders:
Natalie Landreth of Nashoba Consulting
Mark Haggerty, Center for American Progress
John Leshy, UC Law San Francisco
Melissa Barbanell, World Resources Institute
Kristi Disney Bruckner, Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA)
Steve Feldgus, Department of the Interior
Kristen Brengel, National Parks Conservation Association
Kirti Datla, Earthjustice
Justin Pidot, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
Nada Wolff Culver, Nashoba Consulting
Chip L. Jenkins, National Park Service
Megan Lawson, Headwaters Economics
Bill Anderegg, University of Utah School of Biological Sciences and Wilkes Center for Climate Science and Policy
Garrett Rose, Natural Resources Defense Council
Jonathan Wood, Property and Environment Research Center
Blake Hudson, Cumberland School of Law, Samford University
Sally Jewell, U.S. Department of the Interior
Kevin L. Baker, rPlus Hydro, LLC
Eric Biber, UC Berkeley Law
Emy Lesofski, Utah Office of Energy Development
Pilar Thomas, Quarles & Brady LLP
Ethan Blevins, Pacific Legal Foundation
Steve Bloch (JD '97), Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Jamie Harvey, San Juan County Commissioner
Redge Johnson, Utah Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office
Learn more and register now: https://www.law.utah.edu/wallace-stegner-center-symposium/
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