Author Description
Sarah Bates is a Senior Associate with the Center for Natural Resources and Environmental Policy at the University of Montana. She holds a J.D. from the University of Colorado School of Law (1988) and a B.S. in Wildlife Biology and Political Science from Colorado State University (1984). Ms. Bates has written extensively on natural resources policy and law, beginning with a book about western water policy co-authored with Marc Reisner in 1990. While serving as the Associate Director at the University of Colorado’s Natural Resources Law Center, she published three books, several law review articles, and numerous research reports and papers. She is a frequent speaker on western resource policy, with an emphasis on water law. Ms. Bates served on the advisory board of the William Ruckelshaus Institute of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Wyoming from 2001-09, and currently serves on the board of directors of the Clark Fork Coalition. Ms. Bates is a member of the state bars of California and Montana, and is a fellow in the Rockefeller Foundation’s Next Generation Leadership Program, and is on the project team for the Carpe Diem Project on Water and Climate Change.
