NATURAL RESOURCES LAW: A PLACE-BASED BOOK OF PROBLEMS AND CASES (Aspen Publishers 5th ed. 2022) (with Christine A. Klein, Bret C. Birdsong, Alexandra B. Klass & Eric Biber).
The Negotiable Implementation of Environmental Law, 75 Stan. L. Rev. 137 (2023).
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Community Energy Exit, 73 Duke L.J. 251 (2023) (with Sharon Jacobs).
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The Realities of Takings Litigation, 47 BYU L. Rev. 2 (2022).
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Groundwater Recharge for a Regional Water Bank: Kern Water Bank, Kern County, California, 5 Case Stud. Env’t 1 (2021) (with Michael Kiparsky et al.).
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Private Facilitators of Public Regulation: A Study of the Environmental Consulting Industry, 15 Reg. & Governance 226 (2021).
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Law, Land Use, and Groundwater Recharge, 73 Stan. L. Rev. 1163 (2021).
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Coequal Federalism and Federal-State Agencies, 55 Ga. L. Rev. 287 (2020) (with Hannah Jacobs Wiseman).
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Consultants, the Environment, and the Law, 61 Ariz. L. Rev. 823 (2019).
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California Groundwater Management, Science-policy Interfaces, and the Legacies of Artificial Legal Distinctions, 14 ENVTL. RES. LETTERS 1 (2019) (with Alida Cantor, Nell Green Nylen, Thomas Harter & Michael Kiparsky).
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Federal Laboratories of Democracy, 52 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 1119 (2018) (with Hannah Jacobs Wiseman).
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Cooperative Subfederalism, 9 U.C. Irvine L. Rev. 177 (2018).
The Trump Administration’s Proposed ESA Regulations, 48 Envtl. L. Rep. News & Analysis 10953 (2018) (with Caitlin McCarthy, Ya-Wei (Jake) Li, Holly Pearen, Steve Quarles & Jonathan Wood).
The Conservative Turn Against Compensatory Mitigation, 48 Envtl. L. 265 (2018).
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Little Streams and Legal Transformations, 2017 Utah L. Rev. 1 (2017).
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Water and Taxes, 50 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 1559 (2017).
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Auctions, Taxes, and Air, 65 UCLA L. Rev. Disc. 64 (2017).
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Regional Federal Administration, 63 UCLA L. Rev. 58 (2016).
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After the TMDLs, 17 Vt. J. Envtl. L. 845 (2016).
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Trading Dams, 48 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 1043 (2015) (with Colin Apse).
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Interdisciplinary Research and Environmental Law, 41 Ecology L.Q. 887 (2015) (with Caroline Noblet).
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Taking Groundwater, 91 Wash. U. L. Rev. 253 (2014).
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Overallocation, Conflict, and Water Transfers, 9 ENVTL. RES. LETTERS (2014) .
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Environmental Groups File Residual Designation Authority Petitions for EPA Regions 1, 3, and 9, Oct. 2013 SandBar 4 (2013) .
Mapping, Modeling, and the Fragmentation of Environmental Law, 2013 Utah L. Rev. 219 (2013) .
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The Mono Lake Case, The Public Trust Doctrine, and the Administrative State, 45 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 1099 (2012) .
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Sea-Level Rise and the Endangered Species Act, 73 La. L. Rev. 119 (2012) .
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Critical Habitat and the Challenge of Regulating Small Harms, 64 Fla. L. Rev. 141 (2012) .
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Urbanization, Water Quality, and the Regulated Landscape, 82 U. Colo. L. Rev. 431 (2011) .
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Collaboration, Clean Water Act Residual Designation Authority, and Collective Permitting: A Case Study of Long Creek, 1 WATERSHED SCI. BULLETIN 25 (2010) .
Probabilities, Planning Failures, and Environmental Law, 84 Tul. L. Rev. 265 (2009) .
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Legal constraints, environmental variability, and the limits of innovative environmental governance, 12 ENVTL. SCI. & POL’y 684 (2009) .
Law, Environmental Dynamism, Reliability: The Rise and Fall of CALFED, 37 Envtl. L. 1145 (2008) .
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Climate Change and Environmental Assessment Law, 33 Colum. J. Envtl. L. 57 (2008) .
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Technocracy and Democracy: Conflicts Between Models and Participation in Environmental Law and Planning, 56 Hastings L.J. 901 (2005) (with James Fine).
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Prescriptive Laws, Uncertain Science, and Political Stories: Forest Planning in the Sierra Nevada, 29 Ecology L.Q. 747 (2003) .
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The Disappointing History of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act, 11 N.Y.U. Envtl. L.J. 711 (2003) .
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Chapters in Books
Constitutional Law: The Realities of Takings Litigation, in The Judges’ Book vol. 7 31 (UC Law 2023).
Environmental Law: Law, Land Use, and Groundwater Recharge, in The Judges’ Book vol. 6; Art. 7 (UC Law 2022).
The Law of Environmental Planning, in ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION MAKING, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (Lee Paddock & Robert Glicksman eds., Edward Elgar 2016).
The Endangered Species Act, in GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE AND UNITED STATES LAW (2d ed., American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy and Resources 2014).
Book Reviews
Water War: Explaining the Klamath Controversy, 22 Conservation Biology 1664 (2008) (reviewing HOLLY DOREMUS & A. DAN TARLOCK, WATER WAR IN THE KLAMATH BASIN: MACHO LAW, COMBAT BIOLOGY, AND DIRTY POLITICS (2008)).
Student Note/Comment
Note, Gibbs v. Babbitt, 28 Ecology L.Q. 377 (2011).
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Miscellaneous
Managing Water Scarcity: A Framework for Fair and Effective Water Right Curtailment in California, U.C. Berkeley Center for Law, Energy & the Environment (Apr. 2023) (with Nell Green Nylen et al.).
Climate, Energy, Justice: The Policy Path to a Just Transition for an Energy-Hungry America, Univ. of Houston Law Center 2021-W-1 ( 2021) (with Victor Byers Flatt, et al.).
Climate, Energy, Justice: The Policy Path to a Just Transition for an Energy-Hungry America, Center for Progressive Reform (Oct 2020) (with Victor Byers Flatt, et al.).
Navigating Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, Wheeler Water Institute: Center for Law, Energy & the Environment (Mar 2018) (with Alida Cantor, Thomas Harter, Michael Kiparsky & Nell Green Nylen).
California’s Stream Flow Monitoring System is Essential for Water Decision Making, Wheeler Water Institute: Center for Law, Energy & the Environment Issue Brief (Apr 2018) (with Kathleen Miller, Nell Green Nylen, Holly Doremus, Andrew Fisher, Graham Fogg, Samuel Sandoval Solis, Joshua Viers & Michael Kiparsky).
Addressing Institutional Vulnerabilities in California’s Drought Water Allocation, Part 1: Water Rights Administration and Oversight During Major Statewide Droughts, 1976-2016, Wheeler Water Institute: Center for Law, Energy & the Environment Report (Aug 2018) (with Nell Green Nylen, Michael Kiparsky, Holly Doremus & Michael Hanemann).
Addressing Institutional Vulnerabilities in California’s Drought Water Allocation, Part 2: Improving Water Rights Administration and Oversight for Future Droughts, Wheeler Water Institute: Center for Law, Energy & the Environment Report (Aug 2018) (with Nell Green Nylen, Michael Kiparsky, Holly Doremus & Michael Hanemann).
When Is Groundwater Recharge a Beneficial Use of Surface Water in California?, Wheeler Water Institute: Center for Law, Energy & the Environment Issue Brief (Aug 2018) (with Kathleen Miller, Nell Green Nylen, Holly Doremus & Andrew Fisher).
Designing Effective Groundwater Sustainability Agencies: Criteria for Evaluation of Local Governance Options, Wheeler Water Institute: Center for Law, Energy & the Environment (Mar 2016) (with Michael Kiparsky, Nell Green Nylen, Juliet Christian-Smith, Barbara Cosens, Holly Doremus, Andrew Fisher & Anita Milman).