Reform is crucial if we are to achieve the Endangered Species Act's ambitious goals and conserve the world’s endangered plants and animals.

At this event, leading environmental policy experts, academics, and legal scholars will discuss their proposals for new and innovative reforms that challenge conventional conservation strategies and seek to enhance economic efficiency and environmental conservation simultaneously.

Since 1831, when Chief Justice Marshall described the relationship between Indian tribes and the federal government as "nations within a nation," as "domestic dependent nations," and as "that of a ward to his guardian," Indian tribes have struggled to define and assert their sovereignty. Their struggle has been blown by...