Douglas S. Kenney

Water resources policy, law and management; reform of natural resources institutions; impacts of population growth and climate change on western US natural resources; collaborative problem-solving

Research Associate - Law ; Core faculty - Environmental Studies Program ; Affiliate - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute

Ph.D. 1993

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Doug Kenney is a Senior Research Associate at the Natural Resources Law Center, located within CU’s School of Law. In that capacity, he designs and implements a comprehensive research agenda examining a variety of public policy issues associated with natural resources, with a particular emphasis on western US water issues. He has written extensively on several water-related issues, including river basin and watershed-level planning, law and policy reform, the design of institutional arrangements, and alternative strategies for solving complex resource issues. Among his recent publications are editor of In Search of Sustainable Water Management: International Lessons for the American West and Beyond (2005, Edward Elgar Publishing). He is also affiliated (as Deputy Director) of the CU/NOAA Western Water Assessment, exploring the link between climate change/variability and western US water management. Dr. Kenney has served as a consultant to a variety of local, state, multi-state, and federal agencies, including several Interior Department agencies, EPA, the US Forest Service, and special commissions (e.g., the Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission); the states of Georgia, Alabama and Florida; and national governments and NGOs in Asia, Africa and Latin America. He has a B.A. in biology from the University of Colorado, a M.S. in Natural Resources Policy and Administration from the University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. in Renewable Natural Resource Studies from the University of Arizona.

May 23 2005

Future Of The Colorado River Is Focus Of CU Law School Summer Conference