Temple Stoellinger
Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources
Associate Dean, Wyoming Excellence Chair
Education
JD University of Wyoming, with Honors (2010)
BS University of Wyoming, with Honors (2004)
Background and Expertise
Temple Stoellinger is 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. Professor Stoellinger coordinates the Haub School鈥檚 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 蜜芽TV, 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 a Senior Fellow with the Property Environmental Research Center, and an Adjunct Faculty member with the School of Energy Resources.
Teaching
- ENR 5890(06)/Law 6915(11) Wildlife Law
- ENR 5890(01) Public Land Law
- ENR 5890(02) The National Environmental Policy Act
Selected Publications
Temple Stoellinger & Madeline Kass, Conserving At-Risk-Species and Birds in the US and the EU: A Comparative Analysis, ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY: LAW, POLICY & PRACTICE (2024).
Temple Stoellinger, Conserving Wildlife and Biodiversity in the United States and European Union, 37(4) A.B.A. Natural Resource & Environment 9 (Spring 2023)
Temple Stoellinger, Valuing Conservation of State Trust Lands, 54(4) A.B.A. Trends 10 (March/April 2023)
Shawn Regan, Temple Stoellinger, and Jonathan Wood, , 1-2023 Utah L. Review 197 (2023)
Heidi J. Albers, Katherine D. Lee, Alejandra Martinez-Salinas, Melanie Murphy, Arthur Middleton, Stephen Newbold,and Temple Stoellinger, How Ecological Characteristics of Seasonal Migratory Species Influence Conservation Threats and Policy Needs, 17(1) Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, (2023)
Temple Stoellinger, 鈥淔ederal Public Land Agency NEPA Authorities: The Current State of Affairs,鈥� Public Land Law, Regulation, and Management 2-1 (Fdn. For Nat. Res. & Energy L. 2022)
Arthur Middleton, Temple Stoellinger, Drew Bennett, Laura Giglotti, Sam Maher, Travis Brammer, Hilary Byerly, and Bryan Leonard, , 22(2) Wyo. L. Rev. 237 (2022).
Tara Righetti, Temple Stoellinger, and Rob Godby, , Environmental Law Review, 51 (2), (Fall 2021).
Bryan Leonard, Shawn Regan, Christopher Costello, Suzi Kerr, Dominic P. Parker, Andrew J. Plantinga, James Salzman, V. Kerry Smith, and Temple Stoellinger, , 373(6558) Science 958 (2021).
Tara Righetti, Robert Keiter, Jason Robison, Temple Stoellinger, and Sam Kalen, , 21(1) Wyo. L. Rev. 290 ( 2021).
Temple Stoellinger, H. Jo Albers, Arthur Middleton and Jason Shogren, , 31(2) Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum, 81-161 (2020).
Arthur Middleton, Temple Stoellinger, Harshad Karandikar, Bryan Leonard, Holly Doremus, and Claire Kremen, Harnessing Visitors鈥� Enthusiasm for National Parks to Fund Cooperative Large-Landscape Conservation. Accepted, Conservation Science and Practice (May 2020). Research brief.
Temple Stoellinger, Michael Brennan, Sara Brodnax, Ya-Wei Li, Murray Feldman, Bob Budd, Sam Kalen, , 19 Wyo. L. Rev. 184 (2020).
Temple Stoellinger, L. Steven Smutko, Jessica M. Western, , 39 Pub. Land & Resources L. Rev. 203 (2018).
Temple Stoellinger, ? 44.3 Ecology Law Quarterly, 681 (2017). .
Temple Stoellinger and David 鈥淭ex鈥� Taylor, , 17 Wyo. L. Rev. 79 (2017).
Tara Righetti, Dalia Patino-Echeverri, Rob Godby, Temple Stoellinger, and Kipp Coddington, , 8 Geo Wash. J. of Energy & Envtl. L. 56 (2017).
Temple Stoellinger, Tara Righetti, and Kipp Coddington, , 29(1) The Electricity Journal, 63 (2016).
Other Works
Alyson White Eagle, Kate Gamble, Jacy Rudloff, and Temple Stoellinger, Conservation Easements and Bison Restoration on the Wind River Reservation: Exploring Opportunities, Challenges and Alternatives. University of Wyoming: Ruckelshaus Institute of Environment and Natural Resources (2024).
Rebecca Watson and Temple Stoellinger, Practitioners Guide to NEPA eBibliography, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Publication (forthcoming, Spring 2023).
Temple Stoellinger, , Western Confluence(2023)
Rebecca Watson and Temple Stoellinger, , The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law (2022)
Temple Stoellinger, , 9 Western Confluence (Fall 2018).
Temple Stoellinger, "," National Environmental Policy Act 9-1 (Rocky Mt. Min. L. Fnd. 2017).
Temple Stoellinger, , 6 Western Confluence 43-44 (Summer 2016).
Temple Stoellinger, , Wyoming Lawyer, 20 (June 2016).
Bailey Schreiber and Temple Stoellinger, , 1 Western Confluence 20 (Summer 2014).
Temple Stoellinger, Policy Brief: The Implications of a Sage Grouse Listing For Energy Development, National Agricultural & Rural Development Policy Center, Brief 33 (June 2014).
Temple Stoellinger, , Wyoming Lawyer, 34 (Feb. 2014).
Temple Stoellinger, Micah Christensen, Conner Nicklas, Fish Creek Water Quality Legal Analysis. June 2017.
