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Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness
Events
Sigurd Olson Lecture Series: A Political History of Two Landscape
Vermilion Community College Theater
Ely, MN
April 21
– 7 p.m.
The 2010 Sigurd Olson Lecture Series will feature long-time
wilderness advocate and attorney Brian O’Neill discussing
Yellowstone National Park and The Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Wilderness and the history and evolution of wilderness law.
The creation of Yellowstone as a park and the reservation from
settlement of lands and water that now form the Boundary Waters
began the American experiment in the preservation of wild places and
wild animals. Both landscapes have been surrounded by controversy
since their inception. Today Yellowstone and the BWCA face further
challenges, some of which will alter their very natures. Many of
these challenges will also affect generally the continued vitality
of our national park and wilderness systems.
Brian O'Neill has been involved in the Boundary Waters and
Yellowstone fights for more than 30 years. He has litigated over 50
cases on behalf of the environmental community ranging from the
reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone, to the constitutionality
of the Boundary Waters Wilderness Act. He has handled cases dealing
with wolves, bears, eagles, and fish. In 1994, Brian was the chief
trial lawyer for fisherman and natives in the civil trial resulting
from the Exxon Valdez disaster. He has argued in the U.S. Supreme
Court.
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