Implementation of the Endangered Species Act

Winter Quarter, 2000

Faculty: Jovana J. Brown, Lab II 3250 Phone: #6651 (msg only)

The purpose of this group contract is to made an assessment and evaluation of current activities in regard to the Endangered Species Act. In 1999 the National Marine Fisheries Service listed several species of salmon as endanger of extinction under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). In response to the listing federal, state, tribal, and local governments, industry, and non-governmental organizations are taking steps to protect and restore salmon in order to comply with the ESA. We will attempt to monitor these efforts and the resulting changes being made. We will pay particular attention to the importance of treaty rights of American Indians in the Pacific Northwest and the tribes as co-managers of salmon.

EXPECTATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS: Students are expected to attend all class meetings, seminars, and other class presentations and to take part in seminars and discussions. Written work is to be handed in on the dates specified. Written work and research reports will represent upper-division, college level work.

1) Seminar papers: There will be six short essays on the assigned seminar readings due on the dates specified in the syllabus and schedule. These will be two pages in length, double spaced, and will represent upper-division writing and analytical abilities. The topic(s) to be covered in these papers will be assigned. 2) Research article: Students will find and read a scholarly article or internet document on the ESA and its implementation. A one-page report on this article will be handed in each week, for weeks two through eight with complete bibliographical information and a one-paragraph summary and critique of the article or document. 3) Research projects: A major part of the work of the quarter will be done in carrying out an assessment and evaluation of an ESA implementation strategy. Each student will prepare and orally present a report on the project they have chosen. In addition a five page written report and analysis of the implementation strategy will be turned in. Emphasis will be on the oral report to the class.
 

Meeting room: Lab II 2211

Weekly Schedule:

Mondays: 10:00-12:00 Lecture or related activity

1:00-3:00 Lecture or workshop

Tuesdays: 9:00-11:00 Lecture or related activity

12:00-2:00 Seminar

2:00-2:30 Discussion of research projects on assessment & evaluation of ESA implementation

Be sure to check syllabus for special locations/activities

The remainder of the week is for attending off-campus events such as meetings, legislative hearings, etc., and carrying out your own research.

Jovana's office hour: Tuesday 2:30-3:30 or by appt.

Schedule and Syllabus

Week I, Jan 3-8 Introduction to Environmental Legislation

Book: Buck, Understanding Environmental Administration & Law

Monday: Introduction to learning activities

Discussion of research topics

Tuesday: 9:00 a.m. meet at Library Reference Desk

10:30 a.m. Lecture: Making Public Policy & the Legislature

1:00 p.m. Seminar

Saturday, Jan 8: Washington Environmental Council, Legislative Workday at the REI Store in Seattle. 9:30-3:00: bring a lunch.

REI Store: 222 Yale Ave. N, Seattle.
 

Week II, Jan 10-14 Wildlife Law and the ESA

Book: Bean & Rowland, The Evolution of National Wildlife Law, 3rd ed. Read: beginning to p. 58 and pp. 109 through 281

Monday: Implementing Environmental Legislation

Discussion of research topics

Tuesday: 9:00 a.m. meet at CAL Lab, Lab I, 1223

11:00: Lecture: Cheri Lucas-Jennings

Seminar: Bean & Rowland

Select a specific ESA implementation to research and evaluate

DUE: Short essay on Bean & Rowland (pages read) and

Research article/document report
 

Week III, Jan 17-21 Salmon

Book: Lichatowich, Salmon Without Rivers

Monday: Campus Holiday - Martin Luther King, Jr Day

Attend legislative hearing (s) t.b.a.

Tuesday: 9:00 a.m. meet at CAL Lab, Lab I, 1223

Lecture: PNW Indian Tribes and Salmon

Seminar: Lichatowich

Brief discussion of research report/evaluations

DUE: Short essay on Lichatowich and

Research article/document report
 

Week IV, Jan 24-28 Western Water Law

Book: Reisner & Bates, Overtapped Oasis

Monday: Lecture(s) - Western Water Law and John Day video

Agriculture. John Perkins

Tuesday: Water quality: Jude Van Buren

Seminar: Reisner & Bates

Brief discussion of research reports/evaluations

DUE: Short essay on Reisner & Bates

Research article/document report
 

Week V, Jan 31-Feb 4 Watershed Planning

Book: Doppelt, et al, Entering the Watershed, through p. 230.

Monday: Lecture: Watershed Planning in Washington State

Workshop: Short presentations on research/evaluation projects

Tuesday: Department of Ecology: Water quality, quantity, and

watershed planning

Seminar: Doppelt, et al.

DUE: Short essay on Doppelt (pages read) and

Research article/document report
 

Week VI, Feb. 7-11 Public Lands

Book: Bean & Rowland, Evolution of National Wildlife Law, pp. 283-403, pp. 449-467

Monday: Lecture: The Evolution of Public Lands: National Forest Policy & the ESA

Tuesday: The Department of Natural Resources and the Forest Practice Board

Seminar: Bean & Rowland

DUE: Short essay on Bean & Rowland (pages read) and

Research article/document report

Wednesday, Feb. 9, 9:00 a.m. Forest Practices Board Meeting, Natural Resources Building, Room 172. (Need to arrive at 8:45 to get a chair)
 

Week VII, Feb. 14-18 Habitat Conservation Plans

Book: Noss, et al, The Science of Conservation Planning

Monday: Lecture: HCP's

Tuesday: t.b.a.

Seminar: Noss, et. al.

DUE: Short essay on Noss and

Weekly research article/document: Examine and read introduction to a recent Habitat Conservation Plan. Provide one paragraph evaluation of it.
 

Week VIII, Feb. 21-25 The Impact of the ESA

Books: Shogren, Private Property and the ESA, pp. 25-144 and National Marine Fisheries Service's Implementation of the ESA, Field Hearings, Sept, 1998. Pages t.b.a.

Monday: Campus Holiday - President's Day

Attend off-campus event t.b.a.

Tuesday:

Lecture: Lobbying

Seminar Shogren and NMFS Field Hearings
 

Week IX, Feb 28-March 3 Final Preparation Week

Week is planned around final preparation of research/evaluation reports. Rehearsal times will be scheduled
 

Week X, Monday March 6-10 Presentation Week

Presentation of research/evaluation

Hand in short paper on project

Evaluation conferences: Thursday and Friday