Bruce Babbitt will be the keynote speaker at the 26th Annual Public Lands and Resources Law Review Conference. “Public Lands, Private Gains” will be held at the University of Montana-Missoula on March 13-15. For more information, visit www.umt.edu/ publicland/26conf.htm. To register, call 406/243-6568.



Head to Sacramento for the Water Education Foundation’s 20th Annual Executive Briefing on March 12-13. Hot topics for discussion include CALFED, the recent Colorado River decisions, farmland fallowing and desalination as the solution to California’s water woes. Visit www.watereducation.org or call 916/444-6240.



The Rocky Mountain Land Series will continue through March at Denver’s Tattered Cover Bookstores. The series, held in association with the Rocky Mountain Land Library, will include talks by Stewart Udall and George Wuerthner. Call 303/322-1965, ext. 7446, for a complete list of speakers and dates.

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February 17, 2003

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