Barton H. "Buzz" Thompson, Jr.
Robert E. Paradise Professor of Natural Resources Law and Perry L. McCarty Director, Woods Institute for the Environment

Publications & Cases

Recent Publications

Barton H. Thompson, (with Ellen Hanak, Jay Lund, William Fleenor, Brian Gray, Josué Medellín-Azuara, Jeffrey Mount, Peter Moyle, and Caitrin Phillips), Stress Relief: Prescriptions for a Healthier Delta Ecosystem, San Francisco: Public Policy Institute of California, 2013.
V. Srinivasan, E.F. Lambin, S.M. Gorelick, B.H. Thompson, S. Rozelle, The Nature and Causes of the Global Water Crisis: Syndromes from a Meta-Analysis of Coupled Human-Water Studies, 48 Water Resources Research W10516 (2012).
Barton H. Thompson (with Ellen Hanak, Jay Lund, W. Bowman Cutter, Brian Gray, David Houston, Richard Howitt, Katrina Jessoe, Gary Libecap, Josué Medellín-Azuara, Sheila Olmstead, Daniel Sumner, David Sunding, Brian Thomas, and Robert Wilkinson), Water and the California Economy, San Francisco, CA: Public Policy Institute of California, 2012.
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., A Federal Act to Promote Integrated Water Management: Is the CZMA a Useful Model?, 42 Environmental Law 201 (2012).
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Water as a Public Commodity, 95 Marquette Law Review 17 (2011).
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., EcoFarming: A Realistic Vision for the Future of Agriculture?, 1 UC Irvine Law Review 1167 (2011).
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Beyond Connections: Pursuing Multidimensional Conjunctive Management, 47 Idaho Law Review 265 (2011).
Kaush Arha and Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Toward Greater State and Local Commitment, in The Endangered Species Act and Federalism, Kaush Arha and Barton H. Thompson, Jr., editors, London: RFF Press, 2011.
Kaush Arha and Barton H. Thompson, editors, The Endangered Species Act and Federalism: Effective Conservation through Greater State Commitment, London: RFF Press, 2011.
Kaush Arha and Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Federalism under the Endangered Species Act, in The Endangered Species Act and Federalism, Kaush Arha and Barton H. Thompson, Jr., editors, London: RFF Press, 2011.
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Sustainable Water Use: Envisioning a Sustainable Water Future for the American West, Water Report, May 15, 2011, p. 8.
Ellen Hanak, Jay Lund, Ariel Dinar, Brian Gray, Richard Howitt, Jeffrey Mount, Peter Moyle, Barton “Buzz” Thompson, Managing California’s Water From Conflict to Reconciliation, San Francisco: Public Policy Institute of California, 2011
Jay S. Golden, K. J. Dooley, J. M. Anderies, B. H. Thompson, G. Gereffi, and L. Pratson, Sustainable Product Indexing: Navigating the Challenge of Ecololabeling, 15 Ecology and Society 8 (online) (2010).
James N. Sanchirico, Josh Eagle, Stephen R. Palumbi, and Barton H. Thompson, Comprehensive Planning, Dominant-Use Zones, and User Rights: A New Era in Ocean Governance, 86 Bulletin of Marine Science 273 (2010).
James Salzman, Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Environmental Law and Policy: Concepts and Insights, 3rd ed., New York: Foundation Press, 2010.
Ellen Hanak, Jay Lund, Ariel Dinar, Brian Gray, Richard Howitt, Jeffrey Mount, Peter Moyle, Barton "Buzz" Thompson, Myths of California Water: Implications and Reality, 16 West-Northwest 3 (2010)
Ellen Hanak, Jay Lund, Ariel Dinar, Brian Gray, Richard Howitt, Jeffrey Mount, Peter Moyle, Barton "Buzz" Thompson, California Water Myths, San Francisco: Public Policy Institute of California, 2009.
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Ecosystem Services & Natural Capital: Reconceiving Environmental Management (Breaking the Logjam: Environmental Reform for the New Congress and Administration), 17 Environmental Law Journal 460 (2008).
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Promoting the Public's Interest, 14 West-Northwest Journal of Environmental Law 22 (2008)
Kaush Arha, Tim Josling, Daniel A. Sumner, and Barton H. Thompson, editors, U.S. Agricultural Policy and the 2007 Farm Bill, Stanford, CA: Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, 2007.