Patricia Winmill was the program chair and Lisa Kirschner the environmental section chair for the 58th Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, a preeminent provider of mineral and environmental law scholarship. The Institute included 27 scholarly presentations and papers addressing various mining, oil and gas, environmental, international, water, public lands and landmen issues. Over 900 lawyers and other mineral professionals attended this three-day event.

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