Reed D. Benson

Publications

• Public Ownership, Public Rights: Recreational Stream Access Decisions in the Mountain West
  23 WYO. L. REV 73 (2023) · Wyoming Law Review · 2023
• A Contentious Mission: Water Supply and Corps of Engineers Reservoirs
  32 DUKE ENVTL. L. & POL'Y F. 247 (2022) · Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum · 2022

• Can a State’s Water Rights Be Dammed? Environmental Flows And Federal Dams In The Supreme Court
  8 MICH. J. ENVTL. & ADMIN. L. 371 (2019) · Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law · 2019
• Case Note: Gwaltney of Smithfield, Ltd. v. Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc., ___ U.S. ___, 108 S. Ct. 376 (1987). Clean Water Act Citizen Suits After Gwaltney: Applying Mootness Principles in Private Enforcement Actions
  4 FLA. ST. U. J. LAND USE & ENVTL. L. (2018) · Florida State University Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law · 2018
• A Grateful Tribute to Dan Tarlock
  93 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 979 (2018) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 2018
• Keeping Power in Charge: Federal Hydropower and the Downstream Environment
  39 PUB. LAND & RESOURCES L. REV. (2018) · Public Land & Resources Law Review · 2018
• Protecting River Flows for Fun and Profit: Colorado's Unique Water Rights for Whitewater Parks
  42 ECOLOGY L. Q. 753 (2016) · Ecology Law Quarterly · 2016
• Avoiding Jeopardy, Without the Questions: Recovery Implementation Programs for Endangered Species in Western River Basins
  2 MICH. J. ENVTL. & ADMIN. L. 473 (2013) · Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law · 2013
• Alive but Irrelevant: The Prior Appropriation Doctrine in Today's Western Water Law
  83 U. COLO. L. REV. 675 (2012) · University of Colorado Law Review · 2012
• Federal Water Law and the Double Whammy: How the Bureau of Reclamation can help the West Adapt to Drought and Climate Change
  39 ECOLOGY L. Q. 1047 (2012) · Ecology Law Quarterly · 2012
• A Bright Idea from the Black Canyon: Federal Judicial Review of Reserved Water Right Settlements
  13 WATER L. REV. 229 (2010) · Water Law Review · 2010

• Introduction
  48 NAT. RESOURCES J. vii (2008) · Natural Resources Journal · 2008
• Deflating the Deference Myth: National Interests vs. State Authority under Federal Laws Affecting Water Use
  2006 UTAH L. REV. (2006) · Utah Law Review · 2006
• Few Ironies of Western Water Law, A
  6 WYO. L. REV 331 (2006) · Wyoming Law Review · 2006
• So Much Conflict, Yet So Much in Common: Considering the Similarities between Western Water Law and the Endangered Species Act
  44 NAT. RESOURCES J. 29 (2004) · Natural Resources Journal · 2004