Dates & Location
1996
Lewis & CLark Law School
Portland, Oregon
Highlights & Reflections
Legal Issues Concerning Animals of the Pacific Northwest addressed legal strategies for protecting animals and wildlife amid environmental conflict and land-use pressures.
The conference focused on animal rights theory, including legal personhood for nonhuman animals, and examined wildlife conservation issues involving logging, fishing, and habitat protection. Sessions highlighted the role of the Endangered Species Act, conservation strategies for salmon and native fish, and legal debates surrounding wildlife management and federal land use.
Animal Rights: A Practical strategy for Acheiving Personhood for Nonhumans
Gary L. Francione
Wildlife Impacts of the Warner creek Salvage Sale
Marianne Dugan, Western Environmental Law Center
Constitutionality of Closure Orders
Stu Sugarman, Witness Against Lawless Logging
Refuge Areas for Native Fish — A Conservation Strategy for the Next Decade?
Guido Rahr, Director of Salmonid Conservation Policy, Oregon Trout
Conservation Strategies for Anadromous Fish
Bill M. Blake, Native Fish Society
Salmon: Habitat and Hydosystem
Glen Spain, Pacific Coast Federation of fishermen’s Associations
Protecting Salmon of Federal Lands in the Pacific Northwest, U.S.A. The Endangered Species Act at Work
Mary Scurlock, Policy Analyst, Pacific Rivers Council
Endangered Species Act: Why the Fishing Industry Needs the Endangered Species Act
Glen Spain, Pacific Coast Federation of fishermen’s Associations
Why the IWC Should Not Grant the Makah Indians an Aboriginal Quota
Toni Frohoff, Humane Society of the United States