Mary Wood: Publications

Philip H. Knight Professor of Law
Faculty Director, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program

Books, Law Reviews, And Other Scholarship

"Cambio Climatico Y Justicia: Exijamos Su Responsabilidad A Los Gobiernos," 78 Athanor 27 (edited and translated by Francesc Prims and John Mellgren), www.athanor.es (November-December 2009).

Proposed Draft Executive Order on Climate Change (September 2009).

"Introduction to Nature's Trust: A Paradigm for Natural Resource Stewardship," Natural Resources Law Journal (introductory chapter to book forthcoming by Cambridge University Press, Spring 2010) (Fall 2009).

Nature's Trust: Environmental Law for a New Ecological Age (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming Spring 2010). To read an abstract of this forthcoming book, click here.

"Advancing the Sovereign Trust of Government to Safeguard the Environment for Present and Future Generations (Part I): Ecological Realism and the Need for a Paradigm Shift," 39:1 Environmental Law 43 (March 2009).

"Advancing the Sovereign Trust of Government to Safeguard the Environment for Present and Future Generations (Part II): Instilling a Fiduciary Obligation in Governance," 39:1 Environmental Law 91 (March 2009).

To read an abstract describing both parts of the above work, click here.

"The Dawn of Planetary Patriotism: A Citizens' Call to Climate Defense," co-authored with Heather A. Brinton (forthcoming 2009).
To read an abstract of this forthcoming book, click here.

"Atmospheric Trust Litigation," in Climate Change Reader (W.H. Rodgers, Jr. and M. Robinson-Dorn, eds.) Carolina Academic Press (forthcoming 2009).

"Regulating Discharges Into Groundwater: The Crucial Link in Pollution Control Under the Clean Water Act," republished in Agricultural Law Bibliography (Drew L. Kershen, ed.) (April 2009) (originally published in Harvard Environmental Law Review, 1988) 39:1 Environmental Law 43 (March 2009).

Comments on Nature's Trust Approach submitted to Office of Management and Budget, Federal Regulatory Review, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Request for Comments, 74 Fed. Reg. 8819 (February 26, 2009).

"Nature's Trust: A Legal, Political and Moral Frame for Global Warming," reprinted in Social Problems (Anna Leon-Guerrero and Kristine Zentgraf, eds.) (January 2009, Sage Publications, Inc.) (originally published by Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review, May 2007).

Atmospheric Trust Litigation, chapter in Adjudicating Climate Change: Sub-National, National, And Supra-National Approaches (William C.G. Burns & Hari M. Osofsky, eds.) (2009, Cambridge University Press). To read an abstract of this article, click here. For Word document of chapter, click here.

"American Indian Law and Forestry," Encyclopedia of U.S. Indian Policy and Law, Paul Finkleman, ed., CQ Press (forthcoming 2009).

Treatise on Public Trust Law (work in progress with Professor Michael Blumm, 2008).

"Advancing the Sovereign Trust of Government to Safeguard the Environment for Present and Future Generations," Climate Legacy Initiative Project, (white paper) (May 2008).
To read an executive summary of this article, click here.

"Law and Climate Change: Government's Atmospheric Trust Responsibility," 10 Environmental Law Reporter (September 2008).

"A Framework of China-U.S. Partnership to Address Global Warming," 3 China Environmental and Resource Law Review, Ocean University (Renmin Press, Spring 2008). To read an abstract of this article, click here.

"Nature's Trust: Reclaiming an Environmental Discourse," 2 Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of Oil-gas Basins, Geology Institute of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Azerbaijan, Russia (Spring 2008).

"Government's Atmospheric Trust Responsibility," Ecotone, Environmental Studies Program, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR (Spring 2008).

"Government's Atmospheric Trust Responsibility," California Environmental Law Reporter (February 2008).

"Tribes as Trustees Again (Part I): The Emerging Tribal Role in the Conservation Trust Movement," Harvard Environmental Law Journal (with Zach Welker) (Spring 2008); republished in The Sovereignty Symposium 2008 conference proceedings, http://www.oscn.net/sovereignty/default.aspx. To read an abstract of this article, click here.

"Tribes as Trustees Again (Part II): Evaluating Four Models of Tribal Participation in the Conservation Trust Movement," Stanford Environmental Law Journal (with Matthew O'Brien) (Spring 2008); republished in The Sovereignty Symposium 2008 conference proceedings, http://www.oscn.net/sovereignty/default.aspx. To read an abstract of this article, click here.

"Nature's Trust as a Paradigm for Scientific Input in Policy Decisions," Abstract, Annual Conference of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California (December 2007) (with Alison Burchell, Ed Whitelaw, Bob Doppelt), available at http://www.agu.org/cgi-bin/SFgate/SFgate.
Nature's Trust Poster

"Government's Atmospheric Trust Responsibility," Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation, Issue 22:2 (December 2007).

The Presidential Climate Action Project, Chapter 9, "Natural Resources Stewardship" (contributing author) http://www.climateactionproject.com (September 2007); "Nature's Trust: A Paradigm for Natural Resources Stewardship" (white paper) (December 2007).

"Nature's Trust: Reclaiming an Environmental Discourse," Chapter in POLLUTION: POLICIES AND PERSPECTIVES (Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India University Press (ICFAI Press), Hyderbad, India, Fall 2007) (originally published by the Virginia Environmental Law Journal, 2007).

"Nature's Trust: A Legal, Political and Moral Frame for Global Warming," 34:3 Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review (May 2007).

"Nature's Trust: Reclaiming an Environmental Discourse," 25:2 Virginia L. J. (May 2007).

"EPA's Protection of Tribal Harvests: Braiding the Agency's Mission," 34:1 Ecology Law Quarterly (April 2007).

TEACHER'S MANUAL, NATURAL RESOURCES LAW (with Jan Laitos, Sandi Zellmer and Dan Cole) (West Publishing, January 2007).

"Salmon for Sale: Tribes, Treaties, and Fishing Rights," Oregon's Future 34 (Winter 2006).

NATURAL RESOURCES LAW (with Jan Laitos, Sandi Zellmer and Dan Cole) (West Publishing, 2006).

"Restoring the Abundant Trust: Tribal Litigation in Pacific Northwest Salmon Recovery," 36 Environmental Law Reporter, 10163 (2006).

"Indian Forest Laws," Chapter in HANDBOOK OF FEDERAL INDIAN LAW (Lexis/Nexis Publishing 2005).

For a complete list of Professor Wood's publications, please see her curriculum vitae.

Other Publications

"Obama must act now on climate issue," Opinion Editorial with Tim Ream, The Register Guard (January 27, 2009), http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/5875322-35/story.csp.

"Barack Obama stands at threshold of catastrophic climate change," Opinion Editorial with Tim Ream, straight.com (January 19, 2009), http://www.straight.com/article-194912/barack-obama-stands-threshold-catastrophic-climate-change; also posted at http://earthequitynews.blogspot.com/2009/01/obama-at-threshold-catastrophic-climate.html (January 21, 2009); also posted at http://blog.163.com/adr_ouc/blog/static/105679286200902184843199/ (January 21, 2009).

"C.E.S. Wood Documentary Premiere--Remarks," Address, Premiere of the PBS documentary, "C.E.S. Wood" (February 7, 2008), Oregon Historical Society, available at: http://ohs.org/education/focus/ces-wood-film-premiere.cfm.

"Government's Atmospheric Trust Responsibility," Feature of the Week, Presidential Climate Action Project, www.climateactionproject.com (re-publication of a keynote address given at the 2007 J.E.L.L. Climate Change Conference) (December 4, 2007).

"Team Up to Tackle Climate Change," Oregon Daily Emerald (November 2, 2007), available here.

"Regaining Nature's Trust," ¡ÁViva! Mercy Magazine, Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Silver Spring, MD, http://www.sistersofmercy.org/ (September/October Edition, 2007).

"Nature's Mandate, Our Obligation," 33: 3 Down to Earth 9 (Montana Environmental Information Center, September 2007), available at: http://www.meic.org/files/energy/global-warming/NaturesTrust.pdf.

"Nature's Mandate, Our Obligation," Climate Crisis Coalition Newsfeed, (re-publication of a speech given at the 2007 Southwest Renewable Energy Conference) (August 2007).

"Rachel's News # 907: "Discretion or Obligation," available at http://www.rachel.org/bulletin/index.cfm?St=4, Montague, Peter and Tim Montague, eds., (May 2007).

"Government and Climate Crisis: Discretion or Obligation?" Eugene Weekly online (May 4, 2007), available at: http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2007/05/10/news1.html.

"Oregon State Legislature's Responsibility to Address Global Warming," Legislative Briefing Packet for Oregon Senate Judiciary Committee, University of Oregon School of Law, Eugene, OR (February 16, 2007).

"Now is Time to Stem Global Warming," Opinion Editorial, Vancouver Columbian (Feb. 9, 2007).

"Demand Global Warming Legislation," Opinion Editorial, Idaho Statesman (Jan. 21, 2007).

"A UN Warning Americans Should Not Ignore," Opinion Editorial, Long Valley Advocate (Feb. 7, 2007).

"Bureaucrats Violate Trust By Ignoring Preservation," Opinion Editorial, The Register-Guard (Jan. 12, 2007).

"Trust in Property Rights to Stem Global Warming," Opinion Editorial, The Star News (Dec. 21, 2006).

For a complete list of Professor Wood's publications, please see her curriculum vitae.

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