Temple Stoellinger

Temple Stoellinger is a senior fellow at PERC as well as an associate professor and Wyoming Excellence Chair at the University of Wyoming with a dual appointment in the Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources and the College of Law, where she co-directs the Gina Guy Center for Land and Water Law. Professor Stoellinger coordinates the Haub School’s JD/MA program in Environment and Natural Resources and teaches wildlife law, environmental and natural resources law and policy, public land law, and a course on the National Environmental Policy Act. Her scholarship integrates thinking from the fields of law, economics, policy, and more to explore relevant and timely approaches for decision-making around wildlife, land, energy, and other valued natural resources. 

Before joining the University of Wyoming, Professor Stoellinger served as a natural resource advisor to Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal, worked as legal counsel for Shell International B.V., and served as natural resource counsel for the Wyoming County Commissioners Association.

Professor Stoellinger’s research group works on a diverse range of environmental and natural resource law and policy issues, including wildlife conservation, endangered species protection, energy development, and public lands management, with a particular focus on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and the American West.

Professor Stoellinger currently serves as an elected Trustee to the Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy (FNREL), is a member of the ABA SEER NR&E Editorial Board, and is a co-chair of the ABA SEER Biodiversity Committee. She is also an Adjunct Faculty member with the School of Energy Resources.