John D. Leshy

Books

• Our Common Ground: A History of America's Public Lands (Yale Univ. Press 2022).
• Federal Public Land and Resources Law (Foundation Press, 3rd ed. 1992 - 8th ed. 2021) (with George C. Coggins, Charles F. Wilkinson, & Robert L. Fischman). AMAZON
• Legal Control of Water Resources: Cases and Materials (West Academic 3rd ed. 2000 - 6th ed. 2018) (with Barton H. Thompson, Robert H. Abrams & Sandra B. Zellmer).
• The Arizona State Constitution (Oxford University Press 2d ed. 2013) from Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the US.
• The Mining Law: A Study in Perpetual Motion (Resources for the Future 1987).

Journal Articles

• America’s Public Lands: A Look Back, A Look Ahead, 67 Rocky Mtn. Min. L. Inst. (2021). URL
• Building Better Conservation Easements for America the Beautiful, Harv. Envtl. L. Rev. Online (2021) (with K. King Burnett & Nancy A. McLaughlin) (September 15, 2021). SSRN URL
• Public Land Policy After the Trump Administration: Is This a Turning Point?, 31 Colo. Nat. Resources Energy & Envtl. L. Rev. 471 (2020). SSRN
• Interior’s Authority to Curb Fossil Fuel Leasing, 49 Envtl. L. Rep. News & Analysis 10631 (July 2019). URL
• The Interaction of U.S. Public Lands, Water, and State Sovereignty in the West: A Reassessment and Celebration, 41 Pub. Land & Resources L. Rev. 1 (2019) (Frank and Elvira Jestrab Water Lecture, University of Montana Law School, September 26, 2018). FULLTEXT
• Are U.S. Public Lands Unconstitutional?, 69 Hastings L.J. 499 (2018). FULLTEXT SSRN
• Legal Wilderness: Its Past and Some Speculations on its Future, 44 Envtl. L. 549 (2014). FULLTEXT
• Reflections on Social Change and Law Reform, 84 U. Colo. L. Rev. 217 (2013). FULLTEXT SSRN
• Federal Lands in the Twenty-First Century, 50 Nat. Resources J. 111 (2010). FULLTEXT SSRN
• Notes on a Progressive National Water Policy, 3 Harv. L. & Pol'y Rev. 133 (2009). FULLTEXT SSRN URL
• In Praise of Joe Sax, 14 Hastings W.–Nw. J. Envtl. L. & Pol'y 13 (2008). FULLTEXT
• Interstate Groundwater Resources: The Federal Role, 14 Hastings W.–Nw. J. Envtl. L. & Pol'y 1475 (2008). FULLTEXT SSRN
• Where's the Beef? Facilitating Voluntary Retirements of Federal Lands from Livestock Grazing, 17 N.Y.U. Envtl. L.J. 368 (2008) (with Molly S. McUsic). FULLTEXT SSRN
• A Conversation About Takings and Water Rights, 83 Tex. L. Rev. 1985 (2005). FULLTEXT SSRN
• Contemporary Politics of Wilderness Preservation, 25 J. Land Resources & Envtl. L. 1 (2005). FULLTEXT SSRN
• A Property Clause for the Twenty-First Century, 75 U. Colo. L. Rev. 1101 (2004). FULLTEXT SSRN
• Natural Resources Policy in the Bush (II) Administration: An Outsider's Somewhat Jaundiced Assessment, 14 Duke Envtl. L. & Pol'y F. 347 (2004). FULLTEXT SSRN
• The Federal Role in Managing the Nation's Groundwater, 11 Hastings W.–Nw. J. Envtl. L. & Pol'y 1 (2004) (reprinted in 14 Hastings W.-N.W. J. Envtl. L. & Pol'y 1323 (2008)). FULLTEXT SSRN
• Mining Law Reform Redux, Once More, 42 Nat. Resources J. 461 (2002). FULLTEXT SSRN
• Shaping the Modern West: The Role of the Executive Branch, 72 U. Colo. L. Rev. 287 (2001). FULLTEXT SSRN
• The Babbitt Legacy at the Department of the Interior: A Preliminary View, 31 Envtl. L. 199 (2001). FULLTEXT SSRN
• Water Rights for New Federal Land Conservation Programs: A Turn-of-the-Century Evaluation, 4 U. Denv. Water L. Rev. 271 (2001). FULLTEXT SSRN
• Public Lands at the Millennium, 46 Rocky Mtn. Min. L. Inst. 1 (2000).
• Challenges to Environmental Law, 25 Envtl. L. 967 (1995). FULLTEXT SSRN
• Natural Resources Policy in the Clinton Administration: A Mid-Course Evaluation from Inside, 25 Envtl. L. 679 (1995). FULLTEXT
• Whither the Public Lands, 41 Rocky Mtn. Min. L. Inst. 3-1 (1995) (with Jerome C. Muys).
• The Prior Appropriation Doctrine of Water Law in the West: An Emperor with Few Clothes, 29 J. West 5 (1990).
• The State of Constitutional Law in the States of the United States: Are There Any Lessons for Australia?, 20 U. W. Austl. L. Rev. 373 (1990). FULLTEXT SSRN
• Arizona Law Where Ground and Surface Water Meet, 20 Ariz. St. L.J. 657 (1988) (with James Belanger). FULLTEXT SSRN
• Reforming the Mining Law: Problems And Prospects, 9 Pub. Land L. Rev. 1 (1988). FULLTEXT SSRN
• The Making of the Arizona Constitution, 20 Ariz. St. L.J. 1 (1988). FULLTEXT SSRN
• Water and Wilderness/Law and Politics, 23 Land & Water L. Rev. 389 (1988). FULLTEXT SSRN
• Granite Rock and the States' Influence Over Federal Land Use, 18 Envtl. L. 99 (1987). FULLTEXT SSRN
• Indigenous Peoples, Land Claims and Control of Mineral Development: Australian and U.S. Legal Systems Compared, 8 U. New S. Wales L.J. 271 (1985). FULLTEXT SSRN
• Irrigation Districts in a Changing West—An Overview, 1982 Ariz. St. L.J. 345 (1982). FULLTEXT SSRN
• Wilderness and its Discontents—Wilderness Review Comes to the Public Lands, 1981 Ariz. St. L.J. 361 (1981). FULLTEXT SSRN
• Unraveling the Sagebrush Rebellion: Law, Politics and Federal Lands, 14 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 317 (1980). FULLTEXT SSRN
• Management of Federal Coal Reserves, 24 Rocky Mtn. Min. L. Inst. 139 (1978) (with Leo M. Krulitz).
• Interlocutory Injunctive Relief in Environmental Cases: A Primer for the Practitioner, 6 Ecology L.Q. 639 (1977). FULLTEXT SSRN
• The Federal Judiciary and National Forest Management, 75 J. Forestry 195 (Apr. 1977).
• Non-NEPA Legal Aspects of Federal Coal Leasing and Development Policy: An Environmental Attorney's Analysis, 9 Nat. Resources Law. 495 (1976). FULLTEXT
• A Black Mark: Failure of the Federal Coal Leasing Policy, 17 Env't 6 (Dec. 1975) (with Terry R. Lash).
• Computers and Federal Regulation, 21 Admin. L. Rev. 287 (1969) (with Calvin Davison & Stephen L. Babcock). FULLTEXT

Chapters In Books

• Litigation Versus Settlement in Non-Indian Federal Reserved Rights, in The Future of Indian and Federal Reserved Water Rights: The Winters Centennial 270 (Barbara Cosens & Judith V. Royster eds. 2012). CATALOG
• The Future of Winters, in The Future of Indian and Federal Reserved Water Rights: The Winters Centennial 307 (Barbara Cosens & Judith V. Royster eds. 2012). CATALOG
• Preface to the First Edition, in Endangered Species Act: Law, Policy, and Perspectives xv (Donald C. Baur & Wm. Robert Irvin eds., American Bar Ass'n 2010). CATALOG
• The Future of Mineral Development on Federal Lands, in The Evolution of Natural Resources Law and Policy 346 (Lawrence J. MacDonnell & Sarah F. Bates eds., American Bar Ass'n 2010). CATALOG
• Department of the Interior: Natural Resources Serving Society, in Change for America: A Progressive Blueprint for the 44th President 388 (Mark Green and Michele Jolin eds., 2009). CATALOG
• FDR's Expansion of Our National Patrimony: A Model for Leadership, in FDR and the Environment 177 (Henry Henderson & David Woolner eds., Palgrave Macmillan 2005).
• Putting the Antiquities Act in Perspective, in Visions of the Grand Staircase–Escalante: Examining Utah's Newest National Monument 83 (Robert B. Keiter, Sarah B. George, & Joro Walker eds., Utah Museum of Natural Hist. 1998).
• The Arizona Constitution, in Arizona Legal Research Guide 1 (Kathy Shimpock–Vieweg & Marianne Sidorski Alcorn eds., W.S. Hein 1992). CATALOG
• Natural Resources Policy, in Natural Resources and the Environment: The Reagan Approach 13 (Paul R. Portney ed., Urban Inst. Press 1984). CATALOG
• Sharing Federal Multiple–Use Lands — Historic Lessons and Speculations for the Future, in Rethinking the Federal Lands 235 (Sterling Brubaker ed., Resources for the Future 1984). CATALOG
• Special Water Districts—The Historical Background, in Special Water Districts: Challenge for the Future 11 (James N. Corbridge ed., Natural Res. Law Ctr., Univ. of Colo. Sch. of Law 1983).

Book Reviews

• Book Review, 23 Ariz. St. L.J. 1163 (1991) (reviewing John S. Goff ed., The Records of the Arizona Constitutional Convention of 1910 (1991)). HEIN WL
• Book Review, Wash. Monthly (Nov. 1986) (reviewing Mark Reisner, Cadillac Desert: The American West and its Disappearing Water (1986)).
• Book Review, 27 Jurimetrics J. 77 (1986) (reviewing Howard Ball, Justice Downwind (1986)). HEIN
• Book Review, Amicus J. (Summer 1985) (reviewing Frank Welsh, How To Create a Water Crisis (1985)).
• Book Review, New Times Phoenix (Feb. 1982) (reviewing Philip L. Fradkin, A River No More: The Colorado River and the West (1981)).

Newspaper & Magazine Articles

• Opinion: Utah Wants to Disable the Law That Led to the Creation of Four of Its Magnificent National Parks, N.Y. Times, Mar. 5, 2023. URL
• Still Made for You and Me?, Am. Scholar, Sep. 14, 2020, at 34. URL
• A Paradigm Shift in the Politics of Public Lands, The Hill, Feb. 28, 2019. URL
• Outdated Mining Law Lets Industry Use and Abuse Public Lands for Free, The Hill, May 6, 2019. URL
• Secretary Bernhardt Says He Doesn’t Have a Duty to Fight Climate Change. He’s Wrong, Vibrant Environment Blog, Environmental Law Institute, Jun. 19, 2019. URL
• The Endangered Antiquities Act, N.Y. Times, Mar. 31, 2017 (with Mark Squillace). URL
• The Trump Judiciary Threatens Federal Public Lands, The Hill, Nov. 28, 2017 (with John D. Echeverria). URL
• Unsatisfied Mining Industry Wants More from the Taxpayer, Morning Consult, Mar. 23, 2017 (with Roger Flynn). URL
• Lands Transfer to States? It Would Take Another Dred Scott Decision, Salt Lake Tribune, Jan. 30, 2016. URL
• Our Turn: 2 Bills Undermine Arizona’s Water Supply, Az. Republic, Feb. 23, 2016 (with Robert Glennon)). URL
• Mining Law Reform Reaches a Critical Phase, Colo. Plateau Advoc., Summer, 1991.
• Solving Water Rights Conflicts, J. Am. Water Works Ass'n, Mar., 1991, at 36 (with Les Lampe, Gary R. Clark, Glen H. Fiedler & Duane Georgeson).
• Implications of Arizona Public Service v. Long for Water Management in Arizona, Effluent: Yours, Mine, Ours, Oct., 1989.
• Mining's Diminished Future, High Country News, Oct. 24, 1988, at 28 (reprinted in Reopening the Western Frontier 242 (Ed Marston ed., Island Press 1989)). URL
• Strategies to Protect Streamflows in Arizona's Dwindling Riparian Area, Ariz. Waterline, Fall, 1986 (reprinted in Ariz. St. U.L.F. (Fall 1986)).
• The Law and the Hydrological Staircase, Ariz. Waterline, Spring, 1986.
• Implications of Federal Water Project Cost–Sharing for Arizona, Ariz. Waterline, Summer, 1985.
• Working in the System, Envtl. Action, 1977.

Other Publications

• Debunking Creation Myths About America's Public Lands, University of Utah (2018) (published version of Wallace Stegner Lecture, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, March 14, 2018). CATALOG