The Endangered Species Act at Thirty: Lessons and Prospects Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Management University of California, Santa Barbara

Schedule

November 12-14, 2003

Wednesday, November 12

2:00 p.m. Registration Opens

6:00 p.m. Reception and Dinner

7:30 p.m. Introduction of Keynote Speaker by UCSB Chancellor Henry T. Yang

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Governor Dirk Kempthorne, Chair, National Governors Association

Thursday, November 13

7:30 a.m. Breakfast

7:30 a.m.-12 Registration, continued

8:30 a.m. Welcome -- Dean of the Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Management,

Dennis Aigner and Dean of the College of Natural Resources at the University of

Idaho, Steven Daley-Laursen

Introduction to the Symposium

Frank Davis, Professor of Environmental Science & Management, Bren School

9:00 a.m. What Have We Learned?

Snapshot of the ESA at 30: Dale Goble, Margaret Wilson Schimke Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Idaho

Overview of Findings: Holly Doremus, Professor of Law, UC Davis

10:00 a.m. Break

10:30 a.m. Comments

· Troy Bredenkamp, Director, Congressional Relations, American Farm Bureau Federation

· Virginia Albrecht, Environmental Attorney and Board Member, National Center for Housing & the Environment

· Kieran Suckling, President, Center for Biodiversity

· Mark Shaffer, Senior Vice President for Programs, Defenders of Wildlife

11:15 a.m. General Discussion -- Michael Scott, Professor and Fish & Wildlife Cooperative Research Unit Leader, University of Idaho, moderator

12:15 p.m. Lunch

1:15 p.m. Reflections on the Lessons -- Bruce Babbitt, Of Counsel, Latham & Watkins

2:00 p.m. What Are We Trying To Protect?

Overview by Peter Kareiva, Senior Scientist, The Nature Conservancy, and Shahid Naeem, Professor of Ecology, Columbia University.

3:00 p.m. Break

3:30 p.m. Comments:

· Maeven Behan, Assistant to the County Administrator, Pima County, Arizona

· John Kostyack, National Wildlife Federation, Senior Counsel & Manager, Wildlife Conservation Program

· Michael Mittelholzer, Director, Air, Waste & Wildlife Regulatory Affairs, National Association of Home Builders

· Dennis Murphy, Professor of Biology, University of Nevada-Reno

4:30 p.m. General Discussion -- Frank Davis, moderator

6:30 p.m. Reception and Dinner

8:00 p.m. KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Evaluating the Act’s Strengths and Weaknesses

Craig Manson, Assistant Secretary for Fish Wildlife and Parks, US Department of Interior

Friday, November 14

8:00 a.m. Breakfast

9:00 a.m. Maintaining Biodiversity on the Working Landscape

Overview by Buzz Thompson, Robert E. Paradise Professor of Natural Resources Law and

Vice Dean, Stanford University Law School

10:00 a.m. Break

10:30 a.m. Comments

· Jeff Eisenberg, Director, Environ. Issues, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association

· Jim Kraft, Senior Vice President, Plum Creek Timber Company, General Counsel and Secretary

· Hillary Swain, Director, Archbold Biological Station

· Tim Duane, Professor of City and Regional Planning, UC Berkeley

11:30 a.m. Discussion -- Geoffrey Heal, Paul Garrett Professor of Public Policy and Business Responsibility, Columbia University, moderator

12:15 p.m. Lunch

1:15 p.m. The Impact of Changing Climate -- Stephen H. Schneider, Professor of Biological Sciences and Senior Fellow for International Studies, Stanford University and Terry Root, Professor of Environmental Science & Policy, Stanford University

2:15 p.m. Wrap-Up

· William J. Snape III, Vice President for Law & Litigation, Defenders of Wildlife

· Steve Quarles, Partner, Crowell & Moring, LLP

· Stuart Pimm, Professor, Nicholas School of Environment & Earth Sciences

· James Caswell, Administrator, Idaho Office of Species Conservation

· Michael Bean, Director, Wildlife Program, Environmental Defense