ROBERT B KEITER portrait
  • Wallace Stegner Professor of Law, College Of Law
  • Director, Wallace Stegner Center of Land, Resources, and the Environment, College Of Law
  • Distinguished Professor, College Of Law
  • Distinguished Professor, College Of Law - Dean

Publications

  • John Wesley Powell and the National Park Idea: Preserving Colorado River Basin Public Lands, in Vision and Place: John Welsey Powell and Reimagination of the Colorado River Basin (Jason Robison et al., eds.) (Univ. of California Press, 2020) (forthcoming). Accepted, 01/2020.
  • National Parks: Preserving America’s Natural and Cultural Heritage, in The Environmental Politics and Policy of Western Public Lands (Brent Steel et al., eds.) (Oregon State Univ. Press, 2020) (forthcoming). Accepted, 01/2020.
  • The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Revisited: Law, Science, and the Pursuit of Ecosystem Management in an Iconic Landscape, 91 Univ. of Colo. L. Rev. 1 (2020). Published, 01/2020.
  • Rethinking Federal Public Land and Resources Law in the American West: Time for Another Comprehensive Review?, 49 Envtl. L. __ (2019) (with Matt McKinney) (forthcoming). Accepted, 01/2019.
  • Landscape Conservation, Wildlife Management, and the Federal Public Lands, __ Idaho L. Rev. ___ (2020) (forthcoming). Accepted, 01/2020.
  • Toward a National Conservation Network Act: Transforming Landscape Conservation on the Public Lands into Law, 42 Harv. Envtl. L. Rev. 61 (2018). Published, 04/2018.
    http://harvardelr.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/K...
  • Conserving Wild Bison in the 21st Century, in Reimagining a Place for the Wild (L. Miller & L. Excell, eds.) (Univ. of Utah Press, 2018). Published, 01/2018.
    http://uofupress.lib.utah.edu/reimagining-a-place-...
  • The Wyoming State Constitution (2d ed., Oxford Univ. Press, 2017). Published, 01/2017.
    http://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-wyoming...
  • A Legal Analysis of the Transfer of Public Lands Movement; The Transfer of Public Lands Movement: Taking the “Public” Out of Public Lands; When Winning Means Losing: Why a State Takeover of Public Lands May Leave States Without the Minerals They Covet, WALLACE STEGNER CENTER WHITE PAPERS (2014/2015) (with John Ruple). Published, 01/2016.
    http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id...
  • Foreword: National Parks at the Centennial, 56 NAT. RES. J. ii. Published, 01/2016.
    http://lawschool.unm.edu/nrj/volumes/56/1/NRJ_56_1...
  • Book Review, Peaks, Politics and Passion: Grand Teton National Park Comes of Age, Western Historical Quarterly 46. Published, 08/2015.
  • To Conserve Unimpaired: The Evolution of the National Park Idea (Island Press). Published, 04/2013.
    http://books.google.com/books/about/To_Conserve_Un...
  • Book Review, Making Rocky Mountain National Park: The Environmental History of an American Treasure, 19(3) Environmental History 587. Published, 01/2014.
    https://academic.oup.com/envhis/article/19/3/587/2...
  • Wildlife Conservation, Climate Change, and Ecosystem Management, in The Laws of Nature: Reflections on the Evolution of Ecosystem Management and the Law and Policy (Kalyani Robbins, ed.) (Akron Univ. Press, 2013). Published, 01/2013.
    http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-laws-of-nature...
  • The National Park Idea in the 21st Century, 28(3) Ranger Magazine 7 (Summer 2012). Published, 06/2012.
    http://npshistory.com/newsletters/ranger/ranger-v2...
  • Wildfire Policy, Climate Change, and the Law, 1 Texas Wes. J. Real Prop. 50 (2012). Published, 01/2012.
    https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_i...
  • Centennial Essay - Revisiting the Organic Act: Can it Meet the Next Century’s Conservation Challenges?, Is It Time?, 28 George Wright Forum 240 (2011). Published, 01/2011.
  • Lessons from Nine Mile Canyon: Achieving Consensus over Energy Development on the Public Lands, 57 Rocky Mtn. Min. L. Inst. 3-1 (2011) (with K. Lindstrom). Published, 01/2011.
    http://www.law.utah.edu/wp-content/uploads/nine-mi...
  • Climate Change and Wildfire Policy, in Climate Change: A Reader (W.H. Rodgers, Jr. et al. eds., Carolina Acad. Press, 2011). Published, 01/2011.
  • The National Park System: Visions for Tomorrow, 50 Nat. Resources J. 71 (2010). Published, 01/2010.
    http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id...
  • Saving Special Places on the Public Domain, in The Evolution of Natural Resources Law and Policy (L. MacDonnell & S. Bates eds., A.B.A. 2010). Published, 01/2010.
  • A Glen Echo Passage, in Law Touched Our Hearts: A Generation Remembers Brown V. Board of Education (M. Robinson & R. Bonnie eds., Vand. Univ. Press 2009). Published, 01/2009.
  • Department of the Interior and Bureau of Land Management, in Encyclopedia for Environmental Ethics and Philosophy (J. B. Callicott & R. Frodeman eds. Macmillan 2008). Published, 01/2008.
  • Glacier National Park and Its Neighbors Revisited: A Twenty-Year Assessment of Regional Resource Management, 24 George Wright F. 23 (2007). Published, 01/2007.
  • Breaking Faith with Nature: The Bush Administration and Public Land Policy, 27 J. Land Resources & Envtl. L. 195 (2007). Published, 01/2007.
    http://epubs.utah.edu/index.php/jlrel/article/down...
  • The Law of Fire: Reshaping Public Land Policy in an Era of Ecology and Litigation, 36 Envtl. L. 301 (2006). Published, 01/2006.
    http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id...
  • The Realities of Regional Resource Management: Glacier National Park and Its Neighbors Revisited, co-authored with Joe Sax, 33 Ecology L.Q. 233 (2006). Published, 01/2006.
    http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id...
  • Public Lands and Law Reform: Putting Theory, Policy, and Practice in Perspective, 2005 Utah L. Rev. 1127. Published, 01/2005.
    http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id...
  • The Greater Yellowstone Idea, in People and Place: The Human Experience in Greater Yellowstone (P. Schullery & S. Stevenson eds., Yellowstone Nat'l Park Ctr. for Res. 2004). Published, 01/2004.
  • Ecological Concepts, Legal Standards, and Public Land Law: An Analysis and Assessment, 44 Nat. Resources J. 943 (2004). Published, 01/2004.
    http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id...
  • Of Gold and Grizzlies: A Tale of Two Laws, 24 J. Land Resources & Envtl. L. 233 (2004). Published, 01/2004.
  • Keeping Faith with Nature: Ecosystems, Democracy, and America's Public Lands (Yale Univ. Press 2003). Published, 01/2003.
    http://www.amazon.com/Keeping-Faith-Nature-Ecosyst...
  • Ecological Restoration and the Public Lands: Toward a More Natural Order, 33 Envtl. L. Rep. 10443 (2003). Published, 01/2003.
  • Biodiversity Conservation and the Intermixed Ownership Problem: From Nature Reserves to Collaborative Processes, 38 Idaho L. Rev. 301 (2002) (symposium). Published, 01/2002.
  • The Monument, the Plan, and Beyond, 21 J. Land Resources & Envtl. Law 521 (2001) (symposium). Published, 01/2001.
  • Completing Canyonlands, Nat'l. Parks Mag. 27 (Mar./Apr. 2000). Published, 04/2000.
  • Change Comes to the Public Lands: New Forces, Directions, and Policies, 46 Rocky Mtn. Min. L. Inst. 3-1 (2000). Published, 01/2000.
  • Legal Perspectives on Ecosystem Management: Legitimizing a New Federal Land Management Policy, co-authored with L. Milkman & T. Boling, in Ecological Stewardship: A Common Reference for Ecosystem Management (W.T. Sexton et al. eds., Elsevier Sci. Ltd. 1999). Published, 01/1999.
  • Law, Policy, and Forest Fragmentation in the Southern Rocky Mountains, in Forest Fragmentation in the Southern Rocky Mountains (R. Knight et al. eds., Colo. Associated Univ. Press 1999). Published, 01/1999.
  • Reclaiming the Native Home of Hope: Community, Ecology, and the West (Robert B. Keiter, ed., Univ. of Utah Press 1998). Published, 01/1998.
    http://www.amazon.com/Reclaiming-Native-Home-Rober...
  • Visions of the Grand Staircase-Escalante: Examining Utah's Newest National Monument (R. Keiter, S. George & J. Walker eds., Wallace Stegner Ctr., Utah Museum of Nat. Hist. 1998). Published, 01/1998.
    http://www.amazon.com/Visions-Staircase-Escalante-...
  • Ecosystems and the Law: Toward an Integrated Approach, 8 (2) Ecological Applications 332 (1998) (symposium). Published, 01/1998.
  • Ecological Policy and the Courts: Of Rights, Processes, and the Judicial Role, 4(1) Hum. Ecology Rev. 2 (1997) (symposium). Published, 01/1997.
  • Greater Yellowstone's Bison: The Unraveling of an Early American Wildlife Conservation Achievement, 61(1) J. Wildlife Mgmt. 1 (1997). Published, 01/1997.
  • Preserving Nature in the National Parks: Law, Policy, and Science in a Dynamic Environment, 74 Denv. U. L. Rev. 649 (1997) (symposium). Published, 01/1997.
  • Toward Legitimizing Ecosystem Management on the Public Domain, 6(3) Ecological Applications 727 (1996). Published, 01/1996.
  • Law and Large Carnivore Conservation in the Rocky Mountains of the United States and Canada, co-authored with H. Locke, Conservation Biology 1003 (1996) (symposium). Published, 01/1996.
  • Protecting Nepal's National Parks: Law and Conservation in the Developing World, 22 Ecology L. Q. 591 (1995). Published, 01/1995.
  • Beyond the Boundary Line: Constructing a Law of Ecosystem Management, 65 U. Colo. L. Rev. 293 (1994), reprinted in 26 Land Use & Env't. L. Rev. 33 (1995). Published, 01/1994.
  • The Wyoming State Constitution: A Reference Guide, co-authored with T. Newcomb (Greenwood Press 1993). Published, 01/1993.
    http://www.amazon.com/Wyoming-Constitution-Oxford-...
  • The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: Redefining America's Wilderness Heritage, (R. Keiter & M. Boyce eds., Yale Univ. Press 1991). Published, 01/1991.
    http://www.amazon.com/The-Greater-Yellowstone-Ecos...

Research Keywords

  • public lands policy
  • National Parks

Presentations

  • University of Colorado College of Law, Getches-Wilkinson Center, Public Lands Symposium, Boulder, CO. Presentation, Presented, 02/2020.
  • Montana State University, Ecology Center, “The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Revisited: Law, Science, and the Pursuit of Ecosystem Management in an Iconic Landscape,” Bozeman, MT. Presentation, Presented, 02/2020.
  • University of Utah Emeritus Faculty Club, “The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Revisited: Law, Science, and the Pursuit of Ecosystem Management in an Iconic Landscape,” Salt Lake City, UT. Presentation, Presented, 01/2020.
  • University of Idaho College of Law, Tribute to Professor Dale Goble, “Landscape Conservation, Wildlife Management, and the Public Lands,” Boise, ID. Presentation, Presented, 11/2019.
  • Northern Arizona University, 15th Biennial Conference of Science & Management on the Colorado Plateau & Southwest Region, “John Wesley Powell and Reimagining the Colorado River Basin: The Role of Public Lands,” Flagstaff, AZ. Presentation, Presented, 09/2019.
  • Montana State University, Ivan Doig Center, Wallace Stegner’s Legacy Symposium, The ‘Marks of Human Passage’: Lessons from the Dinosaur and Bears Ears National Monument Controversies,” Bozeman, MT. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/2019.
  • Wallace Stegner Center Symposium, “A Conversation with the Secretary: Interview with Sally Jewell,” Salt Lake City, UT. Presentation, Presented, 03/2019.
  • The Antiquities Act and Presidential Authority, American College of Environmental Lawyers, Jackson, WY. Presentation, Presented, 10/2018.
  • The Future of Utah’s Newest National Monuments, Moderator, Federal Bar Association Annual Tri-State Conference, Deer Valley, UT. Presentation, Presented, 09/2018.
  • The National Park Idea: Past, Present and Future, International Symposium on National Parks, Kunming, China. Presentation, Presented, 08/2018.
  • Examining the Wyoming State Constitution, Law Day, Cody Bar Association, Cody, WY. Presentation, Presented, 05/2018.
  • Wildfire Land and Policy on Federal Public Lands, Univ. of Utah S.J Quinney College of Law CLE Program, Salt Lake City, UT . Presentation, Presented, 12/2017.
  • Seminar on the Wyoming State Constitution, Wyoming Supreme Court, Cheyenne, WY . Presentation, Presented, 10/2017.
  • The Wyoming Constitution: An Evolving Document and Evolutionary Jurisprudence, University of Wyoming College of Law, Laramie, WY . Presentation, Presented, 10/2017.
  • The Wyoming Constitution: An Evolving Document and Evolutionary Jurisprudence, Wyoming Inns of Court, Cheyenne, WY . Presentation, Presented, 10/2017.
  • Wildfire Land and Policy on Federal Public Lands, Univ. of Oregon Law School, Eugene, OR . Presentation, Presented, 09/2017.
  • National Parks Forum, Society of Professional Journalists Region 9 Conference, Salt Lake City, (broadcast on Utah Public Radio) . Presentation, Presented, 03/2017.
  • The Transfer of Public Lands Movement: Assessing the Legal Claims and Policy Implications, Univ. of Utah OSHER class, Salt Lake City, UT. Presentation, Presented, 02/2017.
  • Evolution of Federal Public Land and Resource Law in the 21st Century, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Special Inst., Santa Fe, NM . Presentation, Presented, 01/2017.
  • National Parks at the Centennial, New Mexico State Univ. National Parks Symposium, Las Cruces, NM (forthcoming). Presentation, Presented, 11/2016.
  • The National Park Idea and the Future of the National Park System, Utah State Univ., Swaner Nature Preserve, Park City, UT . Presentation, Presented, 11/2016.
  • New Developments in Wyoming Constitutional Law, Wyoming State Bar Convention, Laramie, WY (forthcoming). Presentation, Accepted, 09/2016.
  • Sagebrush Rebellion III?: The Transfer of Public Lands Movement, Denver Univ. Rocky Mtn. Land Use Inst. Annual Conf., Denver, CO. Presentation, Presented, 03/2016.
  • Charles Wilkinson and the American West: A Man for His Times, Univ. of Colorado Natural Resources Law Center Winter Conf., Boulder, CO. Presentation, Presented, 03/2016.
  • Federal Public Lands: The Heart of the Rocky Mountain West, Denver Univ. Rocky Mtn. Land Use Inst. Annual Conf., Denver, CO. Presentation, Presented, 03/2016.
  • The Utah Transfer of Public Lands Act: Legal and Policy Concerns, Utah State Bar Convention, Sun Valley, ID. Presentation, Presented, 07/2015.
  • To Conserve Unimpaired: Evolution of the National Park Idea, Indiana Univ. School of Law Bloomington, IN. Presentation, Presented, 04/2015.
  • Toward a National Conservation Network, Denver Univ. Law School Natural Resources Seminar, Denver, CO. Presentation, Presented, 01/2015.
  • The Wilderness Act at Fifty, Federal Bar Ass’n Annual Tri-State Conference, Jackson, WY. Panel, Presented, 10/2014.
  • Debate over Transfer of Federal Public Lands, Southern Utah Univ. Leavitt Center, Cedar City, UT. Presentation, Presented, 09/2014.
  • New Challenges in Wilderness Designation: Toward a National Conservation Strategy, Wallace Stegner Center Wilderness Conference, Salt Lake City, UT. Presentation, Presented, 09/2014.
  • Conserving Wild Bison in the Twenty-first Century, Univ. of Utah Taft-Nicholson Center, Reimagining Wildlife Symposium, Centennial Valley, MT. Presentation, Presented, 08/2014.
  • Public Land Law: An Introduction, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Fdn., Santa Fe, NM. Presentation, Presented, 05/2014.
  • Growing the National Park System: Landscape Conservation Strategies, Wallace Stegner Center Annual Symposium, Salt Lake City, UT. Presentation, Presented, 03/2014.
  • National Parks Workshop, Notre Dame University Law School, South Bend, IN. Other, Presented, 11/2013.
  • Federalism, State Sovereignty, and the Public Lands, And Justice for All CLE Program, Salt Lake City, UT. Presentation, Presented, 06/2013.
  • The National Park Idea and the Future of the National Park System, George Wright Society Biennial Conference, Denver, CO. Presentation, Presented, 03/2013.
  • Wildlfire Policy, Climate Change, and the Law, Texas Wesleyan Law School Symposium, Ft. Worth, TX. Presentation, Presented, 03/2012.
  • National Parks and Landscape Conservation, National Parks Summit, Washington, DC. Presentation, Presented, 01/2012.
  • Graduation Speech, National Park Services Training Center, National Park Idea in the 21st Century, Grand Canyon National Park. Presentation, Presented, 08/2011.
  • Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Fdn. Annual Institute, Lessons from Nine Mile Canyon: Achieving Consensus over Energy Development on the Public Lands, Santa Fe, NM (with K. Lindstrom). Panel, Presented, 07/2011.
  • Wallace Stegner Center Annual Symposium, Wildlife Management Challenges in a Fragmented Landscape, Univ. of Utah College of Law, Salt Lake City, UT. Presentation, Presented, 03/2011.
  • What Is a National Park?, Natural Resource Law Teachers' Biannual Institute, Chico Hot Springs, MT. Presentation, Presented, 05/2009.
  • The Role of the National Parks in Combating Climate Change, Invited Testimony, U.S. House of Representatives Comm. on Natural Resources, Subcomm. on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, Field Hearing, Twenty Nine Palms, CA. Presentation, Presented, 04/2009.
  • Regional Resource Management on Public Lands, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, National Policy Dialogue on Landscape Conservation, Cambridge, MA. Presentation, Presented, 04/2009.
  • Glacier National Park and Its Neighbors: Exploring Regional Resource Management, Gonzaga University School of Law Environmental Law Caucus, Spokane, WA. Presentation, Presented, 02/2009.
  • National Park Protection Strategies, National Parks Second Century Commission, Yellowstone National Park, WY. Presentation, Presented, 01/2009.
  • Energy, Public Lands, and the Environment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Energy Summit, Midvale, UT. Presentation, Presented, 10/2008.
  • Regionalism, Ecosystem Management, and the Public Lands, University of Montana College of Law Public Land Law Conference, Missoula, MT. Presentation, Presented, 10/2008.
  • The Elusive Quest for Sustainability on the Public Lands, Public Lands Foundation, Park City, UT. Presentation, Presented, 09/2008.
  • Ecosystems, Law, and Policy: Seeking a Greater Synthesis, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI. Presentation, Presented, 08/2008.
  • Glacier National Park and Its Neighbors: Lessons for Western Lands Issues, Idaho State Bar Environment and Natural Resources Section, Boise, ID. Presentation, Presented, 01/2008.
  • Law and Science of Forestry Management, Eighth and Tenth Circuits Judges' Conference, Vail, CO. Presentation, Presented, 07/2007.
  • Glacier National Park and Its Neighbors: A Twenty Year Assessment of Regional Resource Management, International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Park City, UT. Presentation, Presented, 07/2007.
  • University of Colorado Natural Resources Law Center 25th Anniversary Conference, Preserving 7 Special Places, Boulder, CO. Presentation, Presented, 06/2007.
  • Regionalism and the Public Lands, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and Univ. of Montana Public Policy Research Institute, Whitefish, MT. Presentation, Presented, 05/2007.
  • Gold, Grizzlies, and the Evolution of Natural Resource Policy, Utah Dept. of Natural Resources and Dave Foster Foundation, Salt Lake City, UT. Presentation, Presented, 05/2007.
  • Glacier National Park and Its Neighbors: A Twenty Year Assessment of Regional Resource Management, George Wright Society Conference, St. Paul, MN. Presentation, Presented, 04/2007.
  • Public Land Policy in the New Millenium, U.S. Forest Service Intermountain Region Annual Meeting, Ogden, UT. Presentation, Presented, 02/2007.
  • Glacier National Park and Its Neighbors: A Twenty-Year Study of Regional Resource Management, Clason Lecture, Western New England College School of Law, Springfield, MA. Presentation, Presented, 10/2006.
  • Oil Shale Redux: A Viable U.S. Energy Option?, Western New England College School of Law Faculty Workshop, Springfield, MA. Presentation, Presented, 10/2006.
  • Striking the Balance: Multiple Use Quandaries on Public Lands, U.S. Geological Survey Energy and Raptor Conservation Workshop, Salt Lake City. Presentation, Presented, 04/2006.
  • Management of the National Parks and the Parks of the Southwest, U.S. House of Representatives Comm. on Government Reform, Subcomm. on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources Field Hearing, Flagstaff AZ. Presentation, Presented, 04/2006.
  • Roadless Area Conflict: History, Politics, and Law, Idaho State Bar Environment and Natural Resources Section CLE Program, Boise, ID. Presentation, Presented, 01/2006.
  • Recent Developments in Constitutional Law, And Justice for All CLE Program, Salt Lake City, UT. Presentation, Presented, 01/2006.

Geographical Regions of Interest

  • Nepal