Strengthening the Great Blue Wall: The West Coast Response to Offshore Drilling

October 8, 2018
9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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This conference is a collaboration across Washington, Oregon and California to bring together tribal, state and local voices and hear their responses to proposed oil and gas drilling off the West Coast. The conference will include the perspectives of institutions of the Executive and Legislative branches of government, the legal community, grassroots advocates, Native Americans, fishermen and others to foster dialogue and increase our understanding of the role of law, and an empowered civil society, in response to these renewed threats. We hope to provide participants with the opportunity to explore alternative strategies and recommendations, and to examine options for effective legal actions.

6.75 hours of MCLE credit approved by the State Bar of California. UCI School of Law is a State Bar-approved MCLE provider.

Introductory Remarks by:

Dean L. Song Richardson, UCI School of Law

Chris Lobo, Juaneño Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen Nation

Featured Speakers

Sandy Aylesworth, NRDC

Dale Beasley, Coalition of Coastal Fisheries

Chad Bowechop, Makah Tribe

Mariel Combs, Oceana

Crystal Dingler, City of Ocean Shores, WA

Hilary Franz, Washington State Department of Natural Resources

Marce Graudiņš, Azul