ENV 962a () / 2025-2026

Public Lands and Tribal Natural Resources

Credits: 3 Fall 2025: W, 9:00-11:50, Sage 24

For those interested in applying for ENV 962, Public Lands and Tribal Natural Resources, please submit an application by 11:59 pm, August 25 through the following form: https://forms.gle/fuo2KCcc7xSvxewu7

 

The course will utilize the Bears Ears as a case study and discuss Tribal resources related topics, including private philanthropy and conservation, forestry, water, multi-stakeholder activism, congressional relations, political considerations, and outdoor retailers. We will also investigate the relations between tribes, states, and private actors in this sector.

 

The course also offers a unique clinical component where students will be placed with a partner organization and participate in real-world projects related to Indigenous resource management.

 

Please contact the professor, Pat Gonzales Rogers (pat.rogers@yale.edu) or the teaching fellow, Isaac Carroo (isaac.carroo@yale.edu) with any questions.

This is a graduate-level course. This course has no prerequisites. Admission to the course requires an application. It is designed for students at the Yale School of the Environment, the Law School, the School of Management, and the Divinity School. The course is open to Yale College undergraduates and graduate students from elsewhere in Yale with the approval of the instructor. This course will build upon a foundation of understanding of Tribal resource management and federal Indian law, the trust duty and tribal sovereignty and focus on the depth of Tribal co- management strategies and partnership building. The course will utilize the Bears Ears as a case study and discuss Tribal resources related topics including private philanthropy and conservation, forestry, water, multi-stakeholder activism, congressional relations, political considerations and outdoor retailers. We will also investigate the relations between tribes, states, and private actors in this sector.