The conference on Law and the Environment was held on September 11-12, 1969 in Warrenton, Va. Fifty law professors, lawyers, and environmental leaders attended it. The Foundation initiated and supported this conference to focus attention on the increasing importance of legal efforts to achieve a better balance between land preservation and development and to influence understanding and legal practice in the field of environmental management. Sessions included: Problems in Litigation, Needed Developments in the Law, and Opportunities and Mechanisms to Meet the Need.

Folders include the conference program and list of participants as well as various CRF correspondences relative to the conference. Additional information in this folder pertains to environmental laws, organizations and publications released soon after the conference.

The folder entitled “spin-offs” contains correspondence relating to the publication of Law and the Environment: A Conservation Foundation Publication, edited by Malcolm Baldwin and James K. Page, Jr. This publication includes the entire proceedings of the conference, transcribed discussion from the floor, and an extensive bibliography of environmental law.

Also included in box 18 are discussion papers on a variety of topics relating to the conference.