Directed by Roger Meiners and Andrew Morriss
A co-sponsored program of Searle Freedom Trust, the Earhart Foundation and the Roe Foundation
Lone Mountain Ranch, Big Sky, Montana
December 5-8, 2013
Thursday, December 5
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Arrival and Check-In
6:00 p.m. Reception, Saloon
7:00 p.m. Dinner, Dining room
Friday, December 6
7:00 – 8:15 a.m. Breakfast, Dining Room
8:30 – 10:00 a.m. Session I
Edwards Aquifer Authority v. Day and Bragg—Predictions on Their Effects for Regulatory Takings Claims for Groundwater Used in Oil & Gas Operations
Christopher S. Kulander
Climate Balkinization: Dormant Commerce and the Limits of State Energy Policy
Jonathan H. Adler
10:00 –10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 – Noon Session II
Conservation Easements and Exploitation of New Energies
Gerald Korngold
Involuntary Cotenants: Eminant Domain and Energy & Communications Infrastructure Growth
Andrew P. Morriss, Roy R. Brandys, and Michael M. Barron
Noon – 3:30 p.m. Lunch, Dining room and Recreation Break
4:00 – 5:30 p.m. Session III
Making Cost-Benefit Meaningless
Roger Meiners and Rafal Czajkowski
Many a Slip ‘Twixt Lip and Cup: Rent Extraction and the Pace of Environmental Regulation
Fred S. McChesney
6:00 p.m. Reception, B-K
7:00 p.m. Dinner, B-K
Saturday, December 7
7:00 – 8:15 a.m. Breakfast, Dining Room
8:30 – 10:00 a.m. Session IV
Accounting for the Economic Impacts of Shale Gas Drilling and Producing Activity: The Opportunity Cost of State
Michael J. Orlando
Clean Energy Policy: Prudent Precaution or Risky Environmentalism?
Dr. Dino Falaschetti
10:00 – 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 – Noon Session V
The Energy Wealth of Indian Nations
Terry L. Anderson and Shawn Regan
Noon – 3:30 p.m. Lunch, Dining Room and Recreation Break
4:00 – 5:30 p.m. Session VI
Open discussion to include topics covered, future topics, and publication plans
6:00 p.m. Reception, Saloon
7:00 p.m. Dinner, Dining Room
Sunday, December 8 Departure
7:00 – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast, Dining Room
