Conservation Trust Project

Fellows focus on public trust theory and private property tools such as conservation easements and trust acquisitions to achieve landscape conservation and protect natural resources.

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CTP Fellows 2025-2026

  Drew Anderson - 1L

Drew Anderson

Drew grew up in Minnesota, where he fell in love with the outdoors while exploring some of the state's 10,000 lakes. Before beginning college, Drew backpacked, climbed, and backcountry skied across Wyoming and Utah for three months at the National Outdoor Leadership School. He later led wilderness canoe trips in the Adirondack Mountains while enrolled at Hamilton College, where he graduated with a B.A. in Government. 

Before enrolling at Oregon Law, Drew worked as a Legal Assistant at the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, where he supported a team of lawyers using the law and science to protect Minnesota's environment. He previously worked as a paralegal at a big law firm in Minneapolis, interned with former U.S. Representative Dean Phillips, and was Assistant Director for the Adirondack Adventure Program and the DC Program at Hamilton College. 

Drew loves to bike, run, and ski, and he is excited to explore and protect Oregon's over 34 million acres of public lands. 

    Daniel Billick - 3L

  • Danny Billick, 2L

    Danny was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he developed a love for nature while exploring the shores of Lake Michigan. After high school, he took a gap year and spent three months working with the National Outdoor Leadership School and backpacking through the Himalayas in northern India. He then enrolled at Western Washington University, where he double majored in Spanish and Environmental Studies & Economics. Danny had always been passionate about environmental issues, and his coursework enabled him to pursue his interest in the intersections between social, economic, and political aspects of ecological issues. Before attending Oregon law, he worked on a successful state legislative campaign and for two environmental nonprofits

    During his 1L summer, Danny interned for the U.S. District Judge Adrienne Nelson in Portland, Oregon. In his 2L summer, he interned with Cascadia Wildlands, where he will continue as an extern as a 3L. Now in his second year of fellowship with the ENR Center, Danny also works as a tutor in the Legal Research and Writing Program and serves as an Executive Editor on the Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation. When he is not on campus, Danny spends time with his partner of ten years, their two cats Thao and Truman, and their dog Zelda. 

    Chloe Carothers-Liske, 2L 

  • Chloe Carothers-Liske

    Chloe was raised by her parents, grandparents, sister, and various dogs in Oakland, California. She completed her undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies-Sociology at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. Her undergraduate thesis focused on the ways in which understandings of environmentalism and environmental values differ between rural and urban communities in Washington State. After graduating from college, Chloe spent a year living in Madrid, Spain, and working as a middle school ESL teacher. She then moved to Seattle, Washington, where she worked as a legal assistant at an immigration law firm doing removal defense and humanitarian work. Now in her second year at Oregon Law, Chloe is excited to be part of the ENR Center's Conservation Trust Project. After graduation, she hopes to pursue a long and fulfilling career in which she uses the law to increase access to social and environmental justice.