1996 Legal Issues Concerning Animals of the Pacific Northwest

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