LAW PRACTICE
I am the Senior Staff Attorney
for Friends
of the Columbia Gorge. My
principal area of practice is the Columbia River Gorge
National Scenic Area Act and related rules. Other areas
include Oregon and Washington land use and zoning, NEPA,
SEPA, administrative law, energy siting, forest
practices, wildlife, endangered species, and nonprofit
corporations.
EMPLOYMENT
HISTORY
FRIENDS
OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE,
Portland, Oregon
Senior Staff Attorney, Apr. 2016–Present
Staff Attorney, Jan. 2001–Mar. 2016
Interim Legal Assistant, Nov. 2000–Dec.
2000
OREGON REAL ESTATE AND LAND USE
DIGEST, OSB Real
Estate & Land Use
Section, Portland, Oregon
Assistant Editor, Nov. 2002–Nov. 2005
OUTLOOK, OSB
Environmental & Natural Resources
Section Newsletter, Portland,
Oregon
Case Notes Editor, Oct. 2003–May
2005
PACIFIC
ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY
CENTER, Portland,
Oregon
Law Clerk, May 1999–Aug. 1999
LEWIS
& CLARK LAW
SCHOOL, Portland,
Oregon
Alternative
Transportation
Coordinator, June
1998–Apr. 1999
DANIELS
& ROTHMAN, P.C.,
Athens, Georgia
Legal Secretary, May 1997–July
1997
FLAGPOLE
MAGAZINE, Athens,
Georgia
Freelance Writer, Feb. 1997–July
1997
GEORGIA
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
INSTITUTE, Athens,
Georgia
Intern, Sep. 1996–Mar. 1997
EDUCATION
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL,
Portland, Oregon
J.D.
and Certificate
in Environmental and Natural Resources Law, May 2000
Class Standing: Top Third
Law Review: Environmental
Law, Form and Style Editor
(1999–2000)
and Ninth Circuit Review Member (1998–1999).
Activities: Student
Bar Association, President
(1999–2000),
Secretary (1998–1999);
Letter
of the Law, Co-Editor-in-Chief
(1999),
Proofreader and Webmaster (1998–1999);
Coalition
Advocating Transportation
Sensibility, Co-Founder
(1997–2000).
Awards: Law
Review Excellence Award
(2000), Natural
Resources Law Institute Environmental Leadership
Award (2000), Cornelius
Honor Society Award (2000),
Pro
Bono Honors Award (2000), Law
Review Super Source Checker Award (1999), Natural
Resources Scholarship (1997–2000).
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, Athens,
Georgia
B.S.A. magna cum laude, Environmental
Economics and Management, and
Certificate
in Environmental
Ethics, Mar. 1997.
Class Standing: 19 of 394, College
of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences
PUBLICATIONS
Protecting
Gorge Farmland, FRIENDS OF
THE COLUMBIA GORGE 2022-23 ANNUAL REPORT, at 5
(uncredited).
Friends
Stops Illegal Mining in the
Gorge, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE 2022-23 ANNUAL REPORT, at 4 (uncredited).
Washington
Supreme Court Tells Mining Violators to Pound
Sand, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE BLOG, Sept. 28, 2023
Protecting
Agricultural Lands for Agricultural
Uses, PASSAGES, Summer
2023, at 15.
Friends
Achieves Major Legal Victories Against Serial Mining
Violators, PASSAGES,
Summer 2023, at 3.
Friends
Succeeds in Protecting Gorge Farmland Through
Litigation, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE BLOG, May 2, 2023
Judge
Denies Gravel Mine's Motion to Stay Enforcement of Scenic
Area Rules, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE BLOG, Jan. 15, 2020
Skamania
County Makes Progress on
Zoning, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Winter 2019, at 6.
Friends
Settlement Will Protect Historic Resources and Corbett
Community, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Fall 2019, at 6.
Update
on the Zimmerly Quarry: August
2019, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE BLOG, Aug. 22, 2019
Illegal
Quarry Threatens Gorge
Resources, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Winter 2018, at 4.
Friends
Protects Prime Gorge Farmland from Development
Scheme, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Spring 2018, at 6.
Michael Lang, Nathan Baker, &
Steve McCoy (uncredited), Big
Victories, Big Conservation Gains for the
Gorge, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE 2016-17 ANNUAL REPORT, at 4.
Review
of Proposed Vancouver Oil Terminal
Continues, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Summer 2017, at 9.
BNSF
Agrees to Clean Up, Mitigate Coal Pollution in the
Gorge, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Spring 2017, at 8.
Nathan J. Baker & James A. Fraser,
Tall
Firs, Zip-Lines, and Reserved Interest Deeds: An
Assessment of the Effectiveness of Federal Conservation
Easements in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic
Area, 46 ENVTL. L. 759
(2016).
Friends
Battles Dirty Coal Trains in
Court, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Winter 2016, at 6.
Michael Lang, Nathan Baker,
& Steve McCoy (uncredited), Conservation
Advocacy and Legal
Accomplishments, FRIENDS
OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE 2015-16 ANNUAL REPORT, at
4.
Friends
Defends Conservation Easement in Federal
Court, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Fall 2016, at 8.
Friends
Stops Power Plant Proposed on Gorge
Boundary, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Summer 2016, at 4.
Friends
Legal Victory Will Help Protect Rural Gorge
Landscapes, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Spring 2016, at 6.
Know
Your Gorge: The Columbia Gorge
Park, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Winter 2015, at 12.
Friends
Challenges Whistling Ridge Project in Federal
Court, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Winter 2015, at 6.
Michael Lang & Nathan Baker
(uncredited), Conservation
Advocacy and Legal
Accomplishments, FRIENDS
OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE 2014-15 ANNUAL REPORT, at
4.
Friends
Victorious in Washington Supreme
Court, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Fall 2015, at 4.
Michael C. Blumm & Nathan J.
Baker, The
Struggle Over the Columbia River Gorge: Establishing and
Governing the Country's Largest National Scenic
Area, 4 WASH. J. ENVTL. L.
& POL'Y 287 (2015).
Know
Your Gorge: 100 Years of Protected Gorge
Waterfalls, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Spring 2015, at 12.
Review
of Proposed Vancouver Oil Terminal
Begins, FRIENDS OF
THE COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Spring 2015, at
6.
Washington
Supreme Court Will Hear Skamania Zoning
Case, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Winter 2014, at 7.
Michael Lang & Nathan Baker
(uncredited), Conservation
Advocacy and Legal
Accomplishments, FRIENDS
OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE 2013-14 ANNUAL REPORT, at
4.
City Misinterpreted Floodplain
Provisions of Its Own Comprehensive Plan, REAL ESTATE
& LAND USE DIG., Aug/Sept. 2014, at 4.
Appellate
Court Allows Skamania Zoning Case to
Proceed, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Summer 2014, at 7.
Coal
Train Litigation Buoyed by Federal Court
Rulings, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Summer 2014, at 6.
Summary
of Native Fish Soc'y v. Nat'l Marine Fisheries
Serv., ___ F. Supp. 2d. ___
(D. Or. 2014), CASE NOTES, Apr. 2014, at 6.
Whistling
Ridge Debate Continues,
FRIENDS OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Winter 2013, at
6.
Michael Lang & Nathan Baker
(uncredited), Conservation
Advocacy and Legal
Accomplishments, FRIENDS
OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE 2012-13 ANNUAL REPORT, at
3.
Another
Voice: Whistling Ridge Plan is Unneeded
Nonstarter, HOOD RIVER
NEWS, Sept. 10, 2013, at A4.
Continuing
the Push for Cleaner Air,
FRIENDS OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Summer 2013, at
7.
Summary
of Cascadia Wildlands v. Kitzhaber, No.
3:12-cv-00961-AA, __ F. Supp. 2d __, 2012 WL 5914259;
slip op., 2012 WL 5914255 (D. Or. Nov. 19, 2012), CASE
NOTES, Apr. 2013, at 6.
Skamania
County Zoning Update,
FRIENDS OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Spring 2013, at
9.
Willamette River Greenway Plans May
Regulate Panoply of Development Activities, Says Supreme
Court, OR. REAL ESTATE & LAND USE DIG., Dec.
2012, at 6.
Know
Your Gorge: Innovations on the Columbia River
Highway, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Fall/Winter 2012, at
12.
Failure
to Protect Resource Lands
Challenged, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Fall/Winter 2012, at
8.
Michael Lang & Nathan Baker
(uncredited), Conservation
Advocacy and Legal
Accomplishments, FRIENDS
OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE 2011-12 ANNUAL REPORT, at
3.
Nathan Baker & Rick Till,
Friends
Continues to Protect White Salmon
River, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Summer 2012, at 4.
When Conveying Real Property,
Choose Your Words Carefully, OR. REAL ESTATE &
LAND USE DIG., June 2012, at 2.
Friends
Challenges Whistling Ridge
Approval, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Spring 2012, at 8.
Summary
of Nat'l
Wildlife Found. v. Nat'l Marine Fisheries Serv., 839
F. Supp. 2d 1117 (D. Or.
2011), CASE NOTES, Feb.
2012, at 4.
Rick Till & Nathan Baker,
White
Salmon River Runs
Free!, FRIENDS OF
THE COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Fall 2011, at
4.
Controversial
Wind Project Heads to Washington Governor's
Desk, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Fall 2011, at 8.
Michael Lang & Nathan Baker
(uncredited), Conservation
Advocacy and Legal
Accomplishments, FRIENDS
OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE 2010-11 ANNUAL REPORT, at
3.
Friends
Challenges Revisions to Gorge Management
Plan, FRIENDS OF
THE COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Summer 2011, at
9.
Court of Appeals Determines What is
"Necessary" for Economic Opportunities Analyses, OR.
REAL ESTATE & LAND USE DIG., Aug. 2011, at
6.
Nathan Baker & Michael Lang,
Wind
Energy Projects Threaten Gorge
Resources, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Spring 2011, at 8.
Summary
of Wilderness
Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Serv.,
629 F.3d 1024 (9th Cir. 2010),
CASE NOTES, Apr. 2011, at 3.
Friends
Blocks Hawaii Garbage
Shipments, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Fall 2010, at 9.
State
of Washington Approves Condit Dam
Removal, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Fall 2010, at 9.
Summary
of Northern
Cal. River Watch v. Wilcox, 620 F.3d 1075 (9th Cir.
2010), CASE NOTES, Oct. 2010,
at 4.
Nathan J. Baker et al., Federal and
State Constitutional Limitations, in LAND
USE §§ 2.33-2.45
(Oregon CLE 2010).
Summary
of Nat'l
Parks & Conservation Ass'n v. Bureau of Land
Mgmt., 586 F.3d 735 (9th Cir.
2009), CASE NOTES, Mar. 2010,
at 10.
Friends
Successfully Challenges Unlawful Cluster
Development, FRIENDS OF
THE COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Winter 2010, at
9.
Friends
Advocates for Condit Dam
Removal, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Fall 2009, at 8.
Measure 49 Supersedes Appealed
Measure 37 Judgments, OR. REAL ESTATE & LAND USE
DIG., Sep. 2009, at 1.
Michael Lang & Nathan Baker
(uncredited), 2008-09
Conservation and Legal
Accomplishments, FRIENDS
OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE 2008-09 ANNUAL REPORT, at
3.
Courts Differ Over Measure 49's
Impact on Measure 37 Waivers, OR. REAL ESTATE &
LAND USE DIG., July 2009, at 6.
Conservation
Groups Prevail in Skamania County Zoning
Appeal, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Spring 2009, at 9.
Gorge
Management Plan Provisions Held
Unlawful, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Winter 2009, at 9.
Gorge
Commission's Destination Resort Rules
Appealed, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Fall 2008, at 9.
Michael Lang & Nathan Baker
(uncredited), 2007-08
Conservation and Legal
Accomplishments, FRIENDS
OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE 2007-08 ANNUAL REPORT, at
3.
Friends
Exposes Tribes' Influence Over Casino
Process, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Summer 2008, at 8.
Gorge
Cases Reach State Supreme
Court, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Summer 2008, at 9.
Court of Appeals Revisits Spotted
Owl Takings Case, OR. REAL ESTATE & LAND USE
DIG., June 2008, at 2.
Friends
Wins Legal Victories Against Forest
Service, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Winter 2008, at 8.
Friends
Takes Legal Action to Clean Up Gorge
Air, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Winter 2008, at 9.
Kelley Beamer & Nathan Baker,
Rustic
Campground or Urban-Scale
Resort?, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Fall
2007, at 4.
Friends
Calls for Better Wind Turbine
Siting, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Fall
2007, at 8.
Know
Your Gorge: Beacon Rock Day-Use
Area, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Summer 2007, at 12.
Measure
37 Update, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Summer 2007, at 9.
Michael Lang & Nathan Baker,
Conservation
and Legal Program
Highlights, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE 2006-07 ANNUAL REPORT, at AR2.
Friends
Prevails in Measure 37
Appeal, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Spring 2007, at 8.
Spotted
Owl Rules Did Not Effect a Taking, Says Oregon Court of
Appeals, OR. REAL ESTATE
& LAND USE DIG., Apr. 2007, at 1.
Oregon
Supreme Court Overturns Utsey's "Practical
Effects" Requirement,
OR. REAL ESTATE & LAND USE DIG., Feb. 2007, at
4.
Summary of Envtl.
Prot. Info. Ctr. v. United States Forest
Serv., 432 F.3d 945 (9th
Cir. 2005), OUTLOOK, Spring 2006, at 21.
Court Addresses Impacts of Proposed
Highway Bypass on Residential and Agricultural Land,
OR. REAL ESTATE & LAND USE DIG., April 2006, at
4.
Native
American Cultural Resources Protected by Friends Legal
Victory, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Winter 2006, at 5.
National Scenic
Area Safe from Measure 37,
FRIENDS OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Summer 2005, at
4.
Conservation
Groups Win Major Changes to Klickitat Energy Overlay
Zone, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Spring 2005, at 4.
Recreate
at Urban Parks at Your Own
Risk, OR. REAL ESTATE
& LAND USE DIG., May 2005, at 8.
Summary of In
re Palmers & Sons Constr.,
Inc., OAH No.
113025 (EQC May 28, 2004), OUTLOOK, Spring 2005,
at 16.
Court
of Appeals Clarifies Process for Satisfying Utsey
Standing Requirements,
OR. REAL ESTATE & LAND USE DIG., Feb. 2005, at
5.
Nathan Baker & Katy Daily,
Conservation
and Legal Program Highlights,
FRIENDS OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE 2004 ANNUAL REPORT, at
AR2.
Revised
Management Plan Challenged in Federal
Court, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Fall 2004, at 4.
Friends
Resolves "Ancient" Subdivision
Appeals, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Summer 2004, at 4.
Summary of Bayview
Hunters Point Cmty. Advocates v. Metro. Transp.
Comm'n, 366 F.3d
692 (9th Cir. 2004), OUTLOOK, Summer 2004, at
14.
Coast
Range Conifers Update,
OR. REAL ESTATE & LAND USE DIG., June 2004, at
7.
New
Gas Pipeline Fuels Debate Over Rules for Siting Energy
Facilities on Farmland,
OR. REAL ESTATE & LAND USE DIG., Apr. 2004, at
7.
Gorge
Commission Slides on Protecting
Resources, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Winter 2004, at 4.
Michael Lang & Nathan Baker,
Conservation
and Legal Program Highlights,
FRIENDS OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE 2003 ANNUAL REPORT, at
2.
U.S. Supreme Court Denies Cert. in
Oregon Spotted Owl Takings Case, OR. REAL ESTATE
& LAND USE DIG., Feb. 2004, at 10.
Nathan Baker & Joanie
Thomson, Plan
Review Coming to a Close,
FRIENDS OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Fall 2003, at
4.
Logging on Private Land Requires
Strict Adherence to Notification Rules, Says Court of
Appeals, OR. REAL ESTATE & LAND USE DIG., Oct.
2003, at 7.
Logging Company Not Entitled to
Futility Exception in Spotted Owl Takings Case, OR.
REAL ESTATE & LAND USE DIG., Aug. 2003, at
14.
Nathan Baker & Michael Lang,
Friends
Protects Resources Through
Agreements, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Spring 2003, at 4.
U.S. Supreme Court Denies Cert. in
Two Oregon Takings Cases, OR. REAL ESTATE & LAND
USE DIG., Apr. 2003, at 5.
Friends
Challenges Unlawful
Clearcut, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Winter 2003, at 4.
Michael Lang & Nathan Baker,
Conservation
and Legal Program Highlights,
FRIENDS OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE 2002 ANNUAL REPORT, at AR
2.
Cert. Petition Pending in Oregon
Takings Case, OR. REAL ESTATE & LAND USE DIG.,
Dec. 2002, at 5.
Sandy
River Delta Invaded by Cattle
Grazing, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Fall 2002, at 4.
FERC Staff
Endorses Removal of Condit
Dam, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Summer 2002, at 4.
Friends
Succeeds in Cluster Development
Cases, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Summer 2002, at 4.
U.S.
Supreme Court Denies
Review, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Spring 2002,
at 4.
Condit
Dam Removal Plans Move
Forward, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Spring 2002, at 4.
Round
One on Proposed Gorge Mine
Ends, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Winter 2002, at 4.
Friends
Helps Fund Appeal to U.S. Supreme
Court, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Winter 2002, at 4.
Michael Lang & Nathan Baker,
Conservation and Legal Program Highlights, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE 2001 ANNUAL REPORT, at AR 2.
Summary of Friends
of the Columbia Gorge v. Skamania County, CRGC
No. COA-S-99-01 (2001), OR.
REAL ESTATE & LAND USE DIG., Feb. 2002, at
9.
Landowner
Withdraws Shoreline Plans,
FRIENDS OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Fall 2001, at
5.
Cluster
Development Guidelines Need
Revision, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Fall 2001, at 4.
Kidney
Lake Update, FRIENDS OF
THE COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Summer 2001, at
5.
Nathan Baker & Michael Lang,
Bea
Decision Reversed, FRIENDS
OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Summer 2001, at
1.
More Logging Along the Pacific
Crest Trail, FRIENDS OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE
NEWSLETTER, Spring 2001, at 4.
Nelson House Update, FRIENDS OF
THE COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Winter 2001, at
5
Bea House Update, FRIENDS OF
THE COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Winter 2001, at
4.
Cluster Development Update,
FRIENDS OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE NEWSLETTER, Winter 2001, at
4.
Michael Lang & Nathan Baker,
Conservation and Legal Program Highlights, FRIENDS OF THE
COLUMBIA GORGE 2000 ANNUAL REPORT, at AR 2.
Water,
Water, Everywhere, and at Last a Drop for Salmon?
NRDC v. Houston Heralds New Prospects Under
Section 7 of the Endangered Species
Act, 29 ENVTL. L. 607
(1999).
Summary
of Southwest
Center for Biological Diversity v. United States Bureau
of Reclamation, 143 F.3d
515 (9th Cir. 1998), 1998 Ninth Circuit Environmental
Review, 29 ENVTL. L. 565 (1999).
Summary
of Natural
Resources Defense Council v.
Houston, 146 F.3d 1118
(9th Cir. 1998), cert. denied, 119 S Ct. 1754
(1999), 1998 Ninth Circuit Environmental Review,
29 ENVTL. L. 561 (1999).
Summary
of Foss
v. National Marine Fisheries
Service, 161 F.3d 584 (9th
Cir. 1998), 1998 Ninth Circuit Environmental
Review, 29 ENVTL. L. 560 (1999).
Summary
of Miller
v. United States, 163 F.3d
591 (9th Cir. 1998), 1998 Ninth Circuit Environmental
Review, 29 ENVTL. L. 558 (1999).
Summary
of Foundation
for Horses & Other Animals v.
Babbitt, 154 F.3d 1103
(9th Cir. 1998), 1998 Ninth Circuit Environmental
Review, 29 ENVTL. L. 549 (1999).
Summary
of Waste
Action Project v. Dawn Mining
Corp., 137 F.3d 1426 (9th
Cir. 1998), 1998 Ninth Circuit Environmental
Review, 29 ENVTL. L. 548 (1999).
THE GREENBOOK: ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
FORM & STYLE MANUAL (1999–2000).
At
What Cost Cinnamon Rolls? College Prevails in Dispute
Over Parking Fees, LETTER
OF THE LAW, Apr. 1999, at 6.
Transportation
News, LETTER OF THE LAW,
Feb. 1999, at 8.
Editor's
Notes, LETTER OF THE
LAW, Feb.
1999, at 2.
Students do
Support Lot Fight,
OREGONIAN, Dec. 22, 1998, at D3.
Law
Students Challenge City's Parking Lot
Decision, LETTER OF THE
LAW, Nov. 1998, at 8
Adopt
a Transportation
Alternative, LETTER OF THE
LAW, Sep. 1998, at 8.
The
Atomic Music Hall: From Garage Work to Garage
Rock, FLAGPOLE, July 16,
1997, at 6.
Use
It/Lose It: Demonstrators Oppose Cutting Federal
Forests, FLAGPOLE, June 4,
1997, at 4.
Neighborhoods
Get Involved in Planning,
FLAGPOLE, Apr. 23, 1997, at 4.
Downtown
East Contamination Bugs
Planning, FLAGPOLE, Apr.
23, 1997, at 4.
Manager
of Portland's Green Space to Tell Athens How to Do
It, FLAGPOLE, Apr. 23,
1997, at 4.
GreenFest
Shows Global Thought & Local
Action, FLAGPOLE, Apr. 16,
1997, at 4.
Training
Center Not Coming to Dobbs
Drive, FLAGPOLE, Mar. 19,
1997, at 5.
Gateway
to the Greenway, FLAGPOLE,
Mar. 19, 1997, at 4.
Weeks
Weak After Week's Walk,
FLAGPOLE, Mar. 12, 1997, at 6.
Old
Jail Becomes Bastion of Neighborhood
Values, FLAGPOLE, Mar. 12,
1997, at 3.
It
Ain't Easy Being Green,
FLAGPOLE, Feb. 26, 1997, at 4.
Long
Live Lumpkin!, FLAGPOLE,
Feb. 26, 1997, at 4.
SPEAKING
ENGAGEMENTS
Speaker, "Friends' Legal Battles
in Clark County and Beyond," Gorge on Tap,
Friends
of the Columbia Gorge (Feb. 7,
2024).
Speaker, "A Celebration of
Protecting the Gorge," Friends of the Columbia Gorge
(July 16, 2023).
Speaker, "Update on Illegal Zimmerly
Mine," Gorge on Tap, Friends
of the Columbia Gorge (Feb.
15, 2023).
Panelist, "A Virtual Evening With
Friends - Preserving Land, Protecting People,"
Friends
of the Columbia Gorge (Oct.
12, 2021).
Guest Speaker, Law of the Columbia
River Seminar, Lewis & Clark Law School (Mar. 12,
2019).
Hike Leader, "Whistling Ridge,"
Friends
of the Columbia Gorge Hike
(May 27, 2018).
Hike Leader, "Whistling Ridge &
Wine Tasting," Friends
of the Columbia Gorge Hike
(May 27, 2017).
Guest Speaker, Law of the Columbia
River Seminar, Lewis & Clark Law School (Feb.
22, 2017).
Hike Shepherd, "Multnomah-Wahkeena
Loop," Friends
of the Columbia Gorge Hike
(Oct. 29, 2016).
Speaker, "Vancouver
Stands Up to Oil: The Truth About Jobs and Dangerous Oil
Trains," Columbia
Riverkeeper (June 15,
2016).
Hike Leader, "Whistling Ridge
& Wine Tasting," Friends
of the Columbia Gorge Hike
(June 12, 2016).
Speaker, "Millenium
DEIS Comment Workshop,"
Friends
of the Columbia Gorge and
Oregon
Physicians for Social
Responsibility (May 16,
2016).
Hike Leader, "Whistling Ridge
& Wine Tasting," Friends
of the Columbia Gorge Hike
(June 21, 2015).
Hike Leader, "Whistling Ridge Hike
& Wine Tasting," Friends
of the Columbia Gorge Hike
(June 20, 2014).
Hike Leader, "White Salmon River,"
Friends
of the Columbia Gorge Hike
(Sept. 13, 2013).
Hike Leader, "Whistling Ridge,"
Friends
of the Columbia Gorge Hike
(Sept. 29, 2012).
Speaker, "Hike Leader Training,"
Friends
of the Columbia Gorge (Aug.
25, 2012).
Hike Leader, "Whistling Ridge,"
Friends
of the Columbia Gorge Hike
(June 17, 2012).
Hike Leader, "White Salmon
River/Condit Dam," Friends
of the Columbia Gorge Hike
(May 22, 2011).
Hike Leader, "White Salmon
River/Condit Dam," Friends
of the Columbia Gorge Hike
(May 22, 2010).
Hike Leader, "White Salmon
River/Condit Dam," Friends
of the Columbia Gorge Hike
(May 30, 2009).
Speaker, "Legal Issues in the Columbia
River Gorge," University
of Oregon School of Law LL.M.
Program (Apr. 10,
2009).
Speaker "Eliminating
Invasive Species,"
Animal
Law Speaker Series,
Student
Animal Legal Defense Fund and
Northwest
Environmental Defense Center,
Lewis & Clark Law School (Mar. 10,
2009).
Presenter, "Wind Energy Facilities and
the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area,"
Seminar
on The Rush to Renewable Energy, Executive
Leadership Institute, Portland
State University (Feb. 25, 2009).
Panelist, 2008 Pro
Bono Panel, Lewis
& Clark Law School (Sep. 23, 2008).
Hike Leader, "White Salmon
River/Condit Dam," Friends
of the Columbia Gorge Hike
(May 31, 2008).
Guest Speaker, Land
Use Seminar, Lewis
& Clark Law School (Sep. 20, 2007).
Panelist, 2007 Pro
Bono Panel, Lewis
& Clark Law School (Sep. 13, 2007).
Panelist, "Life After Law School,"
Northwest
Environmental Defense Center
Annual Retreat (Oct. 7, 2006).
Guest Panelist, Advanced
Legal Research Class, Lewis
& Clark Law School (June 14, 2006).
Speaker, "Working with Land Use
Advocacy Groups," Oregon
Planning Institute Annual
Conference (Sep. 14,
2004).
Hike Leader, "Logging Issues on the
Pacific Crest Trail," Friends
of the Columbia Gorge Hike
(May 30, 2004).
Speaker, "Water and Wetlands Issues in
the Columbia River Gorge," Northwest
Environmental Defense Center,
Water & Wetlands Group Meeting (Feb. 10,
2004).
Debate Participant, "Nathan J. Baker
v. Professor Michael C. Blumm: Can Progressives
Afford to (not) Vote for Nader?," Lewis
& Clark Law School
(Oct. 26, 2000).
ADMISSIONS
Oregon State Bar,
#001980
(2000)
Washington State Bar Association, #35195
(2004)
U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon (2005)
U.S. District Court for the Western District of
Washington (2014)
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of
Washington (2016)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2017)
PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIPS
Lewis
& Clark Law School Environmental Alumni
Association, Oregon 120-Day
Club, OSB
Environmental & Natural Resources
Section, OSB
Real Estate & Land Use
Section, WSBA Environmental
and Land Use Law Section
VOLUNTEER
ACTIVITIES
Adopt-A-Highway
Program, Coalition
Advocating Transportation
Sensibility, Friends
of Trees, Lewis
& Clark Law School Class of 2000 Alumni Reunion
Committee, Lewis
& Clark Law School Environmental Alumni
Association, Lewis
& Clark Law School First-Year Partnership
Program, Mt.
Tabor Neighborhood
Association, National
Animal Advocacy Moot Court
Competition, Oregon
Real Estate and Land Use
Digest, OSB Environmental
& Natural Resources Section Outlook
Newsletter, Pacific
Crest Trail Association,
Public
Interest Law Project Stipend
Board, Sierra
Club Columbia Group