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Feb. 25-27: FireSafe Montana's third Montana Communities & Wildfire Conference "Wildfire Preparedness: It’s Your Responsibility” Fairmont Hot Springs, Mont.

March 3-4: "Climate Change, Bioenergy and Sustaining the Forests of Idaho and Montana," Boise, Idaho.

March 5: Deadline to submit papers for the May 25-26: Energy Resources and Produced Water Conference: Water Quality, Management, Treatment and Use, University of Wyoming, Laramie.


April 5-6: "The 'Next' Economy: A Statewide Public Discussion on Jobs and Innovation in Montana", The Burton K. Wheeler Center at Montana State University, Bozeman, Mont.

2010 - Past columns

Feb. 5:: The Natural Resource Law Center at the University of Colorado-Boulder hosts a symposium on "The Promise and Peril of Oil Shale Development." Read a preview.


2009

Dec. 17: For the Forest's symposium on forest health, Aspen, Colo.

Dec.16-17:
Western Governors' Association's Winter Meeting, San Diego, CA

Dec. 1-2: Small HydroPower Conference, Washington, D.C.

Oct. 25-27: Western States Energy and Environment Symposium, Jackson, Wyo.

The National Parks Conservation Association and the Big Sky Institute at Montana State University hosts a series of lectures at the Bozeman Public Library on Montana's Changing Climate and You

Oct. 12-13: NewWest.net's 4th annual Real Estate and Development in the Northern Rockies

Sept. 30-Oct. 2: The University of Montana School of Law's Redefining Wilderness: Landscape, Law & Policy

Alternative Energy Resources Organization's Montana Energy Tours:

Sept. 10-11: Public Lands Foundation's annual meeting, Billings, Mont. Read a preview.

July 19-22: The Teton Conservation District and BioCycle magazine host "Organic Waste Diversion in the Rockies," Jackson, Wyo. Read a preview.

July 1-Aug. 22: Greater Yellowstone Coalition's 2009 summer outdoor adventures and projects:

June 3-5: Natural Resource Law Center's 30th annual summer conference: Western Water Law, Policy and Management: Ripples, Currents, and New Channels for Inquiry, Boulder, Colo. Read a preview.

May 13-14: Montana and Canada: Reaching Across the 49th Parallel, Great Falls, Mont. Read a preview.

April 5-7: Colorado College's 2009 State of the Rockies Conference, Colorado Springs, Colo. Read a preview.

Feb. 10-March 24: Wilderness Expeditions: Journeys in Conservation sponsored by The Wilderness Institute at the University of Montana-Missoula

Feb. 26-27: Elevate 2009: Climate Change and the New Frontiers of Urban Development, Colorado, The University of Colorado Leeds School of Business and the University of Colorado Law School. Read a preview.

Feb. 18-20: Ditch & Reservoir Company Alliance (DARCA) – Ag to Urban Transfers of Water: Can Ditch Companies Come Out Ahead? Pueblo, Colo. Read a preview.

Jan. 25-27: Harvesting Clean Energy IX, Billings, Mont. Read a preview.

Jan. 21-22: Driving the Development of Large-Scale Solar Energy Projects, Las Vegas, Nev.

Jan 16: "Our Idaho Lands – Pathways for Restoration and Conservation," Boise, Idaho. Read a preview.


2008 - Past

Dec. 11: Colorado conference explores regional water transfers in the 'active market', Colorado School of Law, Boulder. Read a preview.

Nov. 20.: New Mexico Forestry and Climate Change Workshop, Albuquerque, N.M.

Nov. 14-15: Northern Plains Resource Council annual meeting, Billings, Mont.

Oct. 24-25: Winter Wildlands Alliance's "Advocacy in a Climate of Change", Golden, Colo. Read a preview.

Oct. 8-10: The inaugural WaterSmart Innovations Conference and Exposition, Las Vegas, Nev. Read a preview.

Oct. 8-9: Idaho Wildland Fire Conference, Boise, Idaho. Read a preview.

Sept. 22-24: The 32nd Annual Public Land Law Conference, "A Federal Lands Agenda for the 21st Century," Missoula, Mont. Read a preview.

Sept. 18: High Country News and Boise State University host a panel discussion on "Politics on Planet Idaho: The atmosphere may be turning green," BSU Student Union, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Read a preview.

Sept. 15-17: Headwaters Summit: Re-visioning how we use water in a changing climate, Missoula, Mont. Read a preview.

Sept. 15: enerG Magazine's Sept./Oct. edition is published. Read a preview of the leading North American publication on alternative energy.

Sept. 8-11: The U.S. Geological Survey's Third Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds, Estes Park, Colo. Read a preview.

June 29-July 1: Western Governors' Association Annual Meeting: Wildlife corridors, climate change, energy and managing water on agenda, Teton Village Jackson Hole, Wyo.

June 7: National Trails Day. The American Hiking Society helped organize more than 1,000 events across the nation to celebrate National Trails Day.

June 4-6: Natural Resources Law Center's Shifting Baselines & New Meridians — Water, Resources, Landscapes and the Transformation of the American West," at the University of Colorado at Boulder Law School.

May 21-24: Sportsmen for Responsible Energy Development hosts the Responsible Energy Development Symposium, Jackson Hole, Wyo.

May 15: High Country News hosts a panel discussion: "CRASH! What happens when an energy boom collides with an amenity boom?" at Mesa State College in Grand Junction, Colo.

April 25: NewWest.net's "Designing the New West" conference scheduled in April in Bozeman, Mont. Read a preview.

Feb. 25-27: The FireSafe Montana Conference: "Montana Communities and Wildfire," Bozeman. Read a preview.

Feb. 11-15: Informational meetings in five Montana cities about the American Lung Association of the Northern Rockies' Reach the Summit fundraiser.

2007 - Past

Dec. 11-13, 2007: The second annual Idaho Environmental Summit offers 70 breakout sessions on a wide range of topics.

Oct. 23-24, 2007: Western Governors Association's Deploying Near Zero Technologies for Coal: A Path Forward, Denver, Colo.  

Oct. 11-12, 2007: Western Governors Association'sWorkshop on Transportation Fuels for the Future, Denver, Colo.

Sept. 27-28, 2007:Western Governors Association's Increasing Renewable Energy in the Western Grid, Fort Collins, Colo.

Sept. 27-29, 2007:“On Sacred Ground: Faith and the Environment," Lander, Wyo. Read a preview.

Sept. 24-26, 2007: Rocky Mountain Energy Leadership: Strategies for a New Energy Future,” 31st annual public land law conference, University of Montana School of Law, Missoula, Mont. Read a preview.

Sept. 11-14, 2007: Yellowstone Greening Conference: Explores planning for sustainable use of resources in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Big Sky Resort, Big Sky, Mont. Read a preview.

Sept. 11-14, 2007: Yellowstone Greening Conference: Explores planning for sustainable use of resources in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Big Sky Resort, Big Sky, Mont. Read a preview.

July 19-20, 2007: Walden University's 3rd Annual Conference: "Sustainability and Social Change: Uncommon Vision for the Common Good".  

July 13-15, 2007: July 13-15, 2007: Sopris Foundation's "New Practices for Growing Communities of the Intermountain West," Missoula, Mont. Read a preview.

June 17-21, 2007: 13th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Park City, Utah.

June 7-10, 2007. Greater Yellowstone Coalition’s 24th Annual Meeting Coming Together: Communities, Conservation, and Change in Wyoming

June 6-8, 2007. Future of Natural Resources Law and Policy Conference, Boulder, Colo.

May 22-24, 2007: The 32nd annual Colorado Water Workshop: Equalization, Equity and Environment: Opportunities in the Colorado River Watershed, Western State University, Gunnison, Colo.

April 10-13, 2007: Strengthening the Circle, Bozeman, Montana

April 3-5, 2007: People and Land in a New Century: A Blueprint for Conservation That Works, Colorado State University.

March 7-9, 2007: 16th Annual Rocky Mountain Land Use Conference.

Feb.26-28, 2007: 2007 Harvesting Energy Summit: Rural Prosperity through Renewable Energy, Utah State Fairpark, Salt Lake City.

Feb. 1-2, 2007: Regional Collaboration: Learning to Think and Act Like a Region, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Univeristy of Calgary

Jan. 19, 2007, 15th Annual Family Foresters Workshop, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

Jan. 18-20, 2007, Quivira Coalition's 6th Annual Conference Fresh Eyes on the Land: Innovation and the Next Generation.

 


2006

Dec.5-7, 2006
2006 Watershed Symposium
: Charting our Course in a Changing West

Nov. 28-29, 2006,
Challenges Facing the U.S. Forest Service: A Critical Review, (PDF) Missoula, Mont. Read the preview by Jim Posewitz.

October 10, 2006
Beamed-in Bioneers: The 17th Bioneers conference will be broadcast to several western towns and includes local presenters; By Marita Prandoni, Communications Associate, Bioneers/CHI

Sept. 21, 2006
Divining Colorado's Water:
Colorado’s Future 2006 Conference: Taking the Plunge: Research as a Tool for Water Stakeholders, Oct. 6, Copper Mountain Resort, By Bridget Julian, Colorado Institute of Public Policy

Sept. 15, 2006
Presidential Issue:
2006 Symposium: A Discussion of the Western Presidential Primary Election, Sept. 29, Salt Lake City, Utah,
By Jennifer Robinson, Center for Public Policy and Administration

Sept. 7, 2006
Developing the Rockies:
Real Estate and Development in the Northern Rockies. Oct. 5-6, 2006, Missoula, Mont.
By Jonathan Weber, NewWest.net

Sept. 7, 2006
Idaho Land-use Summit:
Conference will explore ways to preserve Idaho's rural lifestyle, wildlife resources despite booming development
Sept. 14-15, 2006, Nampa, Idaho By Gregg Servheen, Chairman, Idaho Land-Use Summit Steering Committee

Aug. 30, 2006
Ecosystem Restoration:
Efforts to repair years of mining damage in Montana's Clark Fork River Basin can provide a template for similar projects in other states.

By Sarah Van de Wetering, Public Policy Research Institute, University of Montana in conjunction with the 30th annual Public Land Law Program at the University of Montana School of Law, September 25-27, 2006.


 

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