Challenges to Florida’s Fragile Coast – Gainesville, FL

The University of Florida Levin College of Law presents Going Coastal: 21st Century Challenges To Our Fragile Coast Feb. 11, 2011.

TheTenth Annual Richard E. Nelson Symposium, on Friday, February 11, 2011, will bring together an outstanding line-up of national experts: Peter Byrne (Georgetown), Sarah Chasis (Natural Resources Defense Council), Cynthia Drew (University of Miami), Florida Solicitor General Scott Makar, William Rodgers (University of Washington), Buzz Thompson (Stanford), and Michael Allan Wolf (University of Florida).Presentations will focus on sea rise mitigation, oil spill litigation, drilling moratoria, the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Stop the Beach Renourishment, ocean acidification, and judicial takings.

This event is co-sponsored by the Florida Bar Environmental and Land Use Law Section and by the Florida Bar City, County, and Local Government Section.
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