Indiana University Bloomington

Primary Navigation

About Us

 

Teacher Horizontal Photo

Managing Biological Integrity, Diversity, and Environmental Health in the National Wildlife Refuges

An Indiana University Maurer School of Law and School of Public and Environmental Affairs Workshop Workshop Papers

  • Czech, Brian A Chronological Frame of Reference for Ecological Integrity and Natural Conditions. [PDF] (Figures 1 - 3)
  • Fischman, Robert, Indiana Univ. Sch. of Law—Bloomington "The Legal Meanings of Biological Integrity, Diversity, and Environmental Health" [PDF]
  • Karr, James R. Beyond Definitions: Measuring What Matters and Counting What Counts to Sustain Biological Integrity, Diversity, and Health. [PDF]
  • Prof. Robert Keiter, Univ. of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law "Ecological Concepts and Legal Standards: An Analysis and Assessment" [PDF]
  • Matson, Noah. Harmonizing the Biological Integrity Mandate of the Refuge Improvement Act with Existing Fish and Wildlife Service Policies and Practices. [PDF]
  • Noss, Reed F. Some Suggestions for Keeping National Wildlife Refuges Healthy and Whole. [PDF]
  • Paveglio, Fred & Mensik, Greg, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service "Implications of the Biological Integrity, Diversity, and Environmental Health Policy on Management of the National Wildlife Refuge System: Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Case Study" [PDF]
  • Schroeder, Richard L., Holler, Jeanne, and Taylor, John P. Managing National Wildlife Refuges for Historic or Non-Historic Conditions: Determining the Role of the Refuge in the Ecosystem. [PDF]

Conference Schedule

Thursday, April 1, 2004
9:00 - 9:15

Welcome
9:15 - 10:45

Panel One: How Should the Service Implement its Integrity, Diversity, and Health Mandate?

  • Moderator: Dan Ashe, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Dr. Brian Czech, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
    "A Chronological Frame of Reference for Ecological Integrity and Natural Conditions" [PDF] (Figures 1 - 3)
  • Prof. Robert Fischman, Indiana Univ. Sch. of Law-Bloomington
    "The Legal Meanings of Biological Integrity, Diversity, and Environmental Health" [PDF]
  • Noah Matson, Defenders of Wildlife
    "Harmonizing the Biological Integrity Mandate of the Refuge Improvement Act with Existing Fish and Wildlife Service Policies and Practices" [PDF]
  • Prof. Mike Scott, Univ. of Idaho
    "Ecological Composition and Context of the National Wildlife Refuge System"
10:45 - 11:00

Break
11:00 - 12:30

Panel Two: What are the standards for ecological protection, and how does the FWS meet them?

  • Moderator: Bob Adamcik, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Prof. James Karr, Univ. of Washington
    "Beyond Definitions: Measuring What Matters and Counting What Counts to Sustain Biological Integrity, Diversity, and Health" [PDF]
  • Prof. Robert Keiter, Univ. of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law
    "Ecological Concepts and Legal Standards: An Analysis and Assessment" [PDF]
  • Rick Schroeder, U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division
    "Managing National Wildlife Refuges for Historic or Non-Historic Habitats: Determining the Role of the Refuge in the Ecosystem" [PDF]
12:30 - 2:00
Faculty Lounge

Lunch
2:00 - 3:30

Panel Three: Is the integrity, diversity, health provision a workable mandate?

  • Moderator: Prof. Vicky Meretsky
  • Prof. Eric Freyfogle, Univ. of Illinois College of Law
    "Land and the Misuse of Science"
  • Prof. Reed Noss, Univ. of Central Florida:
    "Some Suggestions for Keeping National Wildlife Refuges Healthy and Whole" [PDF]
  • Fred Paveglio & Greg Mensik, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
    "Implications of the Biological Integrity, Diversity, and Environmental Health Policy on Management of the National Wildlife Refuge System: Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Case Study" [PDF]
3:30 - 3:45

Break
3:45- 5:00

Open Discussion (Moderator: Prof. Vicky Meretsky)

  • What ecological mandate should Congress employ next time it revises a public land organic act?
  • Where should the FWS go from here in its implementation of its mandate to maintain biological integrity, diversity, and environmental health?
8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Field Trip

Field trip to Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge led by Prof. Vicky Meretsky and Mike Oliver, Refuge Biologist.

We will depart at 8:30 a.m. at the University Plaza Hotel (1710 Kinser Pike, 339-2033), where participants are staying. Participants flying out Saturday afternoon will go directly from the refuge to the airport. We will plan departures from the refuge to match flight schedules. The field trip will be over by around noon.