Garett R. Rose

Legal tools (statutes, regulations, management plans, etc) have played a central role in U.S. forest management for over a century. And they continue to do so in the current dialogue over the future of the Nation’s mature and old growth forests, as evidenced by Executive Order 14072 and the U.S. Forest Service’s nationwide old growth amendment process. This presentation will explore this role by, first, sketching a brief history of the back-and-forth over older forest management (focusing on NRDC’s engagement) and, second, by looking at how these tools can operate and what they can be used to accomplish in the mature and old growth space.

Speaker Biography

Garett Rose works with a range of stakeholders, including scientists and local groups, to protect the nation’s ecosystems through regulatory strategy development, litigation, congressional advocacy, and participation in the administrative process.  Currently, he focuses on securing protections for older forests on federal lands.  He has also worked to defend Alaska’s Arctic landscapes. Prior to joining NRDC, Rose worked at Covington & Burling LLP in Washington, D.C., where he represented local conservation groups and scientists to restore the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. And he clerked for the Honorable Frank H. Easterbrook of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Rose earned his law degree with high honors from the University of Chicago, where he was Executive Editor of the University of Chicago Law Review. He also earned a BA in Philosophy with general honors from Chicago. He is based in NRDC's Washington, D.C., office.