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Reprinted by permission from The Environmental Forum®, March/April 2009

ELI Report

Seminar

On January 13, ELI

hosted a seminar entitled

Revisions to Endangered

Species Consultation Rules

and the Future of the En-

dangered Species Act. e

panel discussed how revi-

sions to the ESA Section 7

program will af‌fect species

recovery, agency consulta-

tions, and the regulated

community. ey discussed

the likely future direction

of the ESA, including the

impact of pending species

listing decisions on en-

ergy development, climate

change and the act, wolf

delisting, and reauthoriza-

tion prospects. Panelists

included Michael J. Bean,

Director of the Wildlife

Program and Senior Attor-

ney at the Environmental

Defense Fund; Michael

Bogert, Counselor to Secre-

tary of the Interior; Duane

Desiderio, Staf‌f Vice Presi-

dent for Legal Af‌fairs at

the National Association of

Home Builders; and Bob

Irvin, Senior Vice President

for Conservation Programs

at Defenders of Wildlife.

e discussion was moder-

ated by Lawrence R. Lie-

besman, Partner at Holland

& Knight.

Staf‌f

Dan Schramm and Jor-

dan Diamond have joined

ELI’s staf‌f as Law Fellows.

Dan is a 2008 graduate

of Vermont Law School.

He received his B.A. in

2004 from St. Olaf Col-

lege in Northf‌ield, Min-

nesota, with a degree in

philosophy and concentra-

tions in environmental

studies and theology.

During his second year at

Vermont Law, he worked

in the Environmental and

Natural Resources Law

Clinic on a successful

RCRA citizen suit over

groundwater contamina-

tion from a mining facility.

Prior to ELI, Jordan

completed internships

with the California

Coastal Commission,

Environmental Defense

Fund, WilmerHale, and

Earthjustice. Jordan holds

a J.D. from the University

of California at Berkeley

Law School, where she

completed a certif‌icate in

environmental law, and a

B.A. in earth and environ-

mental sciences from Wes-

leyan University, where

she was awarded the Sease

Prize for outstanding work

in her discipline.

Sabrina Yige Zhang,

an attorney from China,

has joined ELI as a visiting

scholar to expand ELI’s

work in China. Sabrina

is a recent graduate of

the University of Oregon

School of Law, where

she studied environmen-

tal policy and natural

resource law. While at

Oregon, she worked with

Environmental Law Al-

liance Worldwide China

Program. Prior to that,

she earned a law degree

in China and worked

for the Center for Legal

Assistance to Pollution

Victims and King Horse

Law Firm. Her area of

focus was public inter-

est lawsuits, investigating

Chinese water and energy

issues, and helping to set

up an international net-

work.

Publication

e January issue of ELR

News & Analysis is a special

edition devoted to providing

information and advice to

the Obama administration

and the 111th Congress.

Authors representing

industry, nonprof‌its, and

academia present a cohe-

sive set of perspectives on

policy areas where action is

needed. A bipartisan collec-

tion of contributors provide

comments that represent a

cross section of views from

across the environmental

and political spectrum on

the nation’s most pressing

environmental issues.

e f‌irst issue of 2009

also features a redesigned

cover and text with artwork

graciously supplied by

Bruce Barnbaum.

Panelists discuss revisions to Endangered Species Act rules at an

ELI seminar in January.

Jordan Diamond Sabrina Yige ZhangDan Schramm