Research Professor, College Of Law - Dean
Research Professor & Wallace Stegner Center Fellow, College Of Law

u0264201@utah.edu

Publications

• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: John Ruple, Jamie Pleune & Erik Heiny, Evidence-Based Recommendations for National Environmental Policy Act Implementation, 46 Columbia J. Envtl. L. 327 (2022)., 04/2022
• NATURE & CULTURE: John C. Ruple & Devin Stelter (2021). Charting A “Substantially Different” Approach to Land Management Planning Following a Congressional Review Act Joint Resolution of Disapproval. Arizona Journal of Environmental Law & Policy. Vol. 12., 11/2021
• CLIMATE CHANGE | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Heather Tanana & John Ruple, Synching Science and Policy to Address Climate Change in Tribal Communities, 36 Natural Res. & Env't. __ (2021)., 11/2021
• ENERGY | CLIMATE CHANGE: Jamie Pleune, John Ruple & Nada Culver, The BLM’s Duty to Incorporate Climate Science into Permitting Practices and a Proposal for Implementing a Net Zero Requirement into Oil and Gas Permitting, 32 COLO. NAT. RES., ENERGY & ENVTL. L. REV. 253 (2021)., 06/2021
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: John Ruple & Heather Tanana, Debunking the Myths Behind the NEPA Review Process, 35:1 Natural Res. & Env’t 14 (2020)., 07/2020
• ENERGY | CLIMATE CHANGE: Jamie Pleune, John Ruple & Nada Culver, A Road Map to Net-Zero Emissions for Fossil Fuel Development on Public Lands, 50 Envtl. L. Reporter News & Analysis 10734 (Sept. 2020)., 09/01/2020
• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: John C. Ruple & Kayla M. Race, Measuring the NEPA Litigation Burden: A Review of 1,499 Federal Court Cases, 50 Envtl. L. 479 (2020)., 06/2020
• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: John C. Ruple & Heather Tanana, Beyond the Antiquities Act: Can the BLM Reconcile Energy Dominance and National Monument Protestion?, 34:3 Natural Res. & Env’t 8 (2020)., 01/2020
• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: John C. Ruple et al., Does NEPA Help or Harm ESA Critical Habitat Designations? An Assessment of Over 600 Critical Habitat Designations, 46 Envtl. L. Q. 829 (2019)., 04/2020
• NATURE & CULTURE | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: John C. Ruple (2020). Western Public Lands and the Evolving Management Landscapr, in The Environmental Politics and Policies of Western Public Lands . Oregon State University Press., 09/2020
• NATURE & CULTURE: John C. Ruple (2020). Wild Places and Irreplacable Resources: Protecting WIlderness and National Monuments, in The Environmental Politics and Policies of Western Public Lands. Oregon State University Press., 09/2020
• NATURE & CULTURE | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: John C. Ruple, The Trump Administration and Lessons Not Learned from Prior National Monument Modifications, 43 Harv. Envtl. L. Rev 1 (2019)., 03/2019
• NATURE & CULTURE | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: John C. Ruple, A Response to Dismantling Monuments, 70 Fl. L. Rev. F. 41 (2018)., 12/2018
• NATURE & CULTURE | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: John C. Ruple et al., Up For Grabs -- The State of Fossils in (Recently) Unprotected National Monuments, Geo. Envtl. L. Rev. Online (Oct. 5, 2018)., 10/2018
• NATURE & CULTURE: John C. Ruple, The Transfer of Public Lands Movement: The Battle to Take “Back” Lands that Were Never Theirs, 28 Colo. Nat. Resources, Energy & Envtl. L. Rev. 79 (2018)., 02/2018
• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: John C. Ruple (2017). The Rise and Fall of Planning 2.0 and Other Developments in BLM Land Management Planning. Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute. Vol. 63., 12/2017
• ENERGY | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Mark Capone & John Ruple, NEPA and the Energy Policy Act of 2005 Statutory Categorical Exclusions: What are the Environmental Costs of Expedited Oil and Gas Development?, 18 Vt. J. Envtl. L. 371 (2017)., 01/15/2017
• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: John Ruple and Mark Capone, NEPA, FLPMA, and Impact Reduction: An Empirical Assessment of BLM Resource Management Plannin and NEPA in the Mountain West, 46 Envtl. L. 101 (2016)., 01/24/2017
• ENERGY | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: John Ruple et al., Shooting the Albatros: Why a State Takeover of Federal Public Lands Would Make Endangered Species Act Compliance More Difficult, 39 Environs Envtl. L. & Policy J. 115 (2016), 02/16/2016
• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: John Ruple, Robert Keiter & Andrew Ognibene, National Monuments and National Conservation Areas: A Comprison in Light of the Bears Ears Proposal, Stegner Center White Paper No. 2016-02 (2016)., 09/11/2016
• ENERGY | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: John Ruple and Mark Capone, NEPA--Substantive Effectiveness Under a Procedural Mandate: Assessment of Oil and Gae EISs in the Mountain West, 7 Geo. Wash. J. Energy & Envtl. L. 39 (2016)., 11/2016
• ENERGY | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: John C. Ruple, Legal and Policy Considerations Involving Oil Shale Bearing Lands and the Resources they Contain, in Utah OIl Shale: Science, Technology, and Policy Perspectives (CRC Press 2016), 06/2015
• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: John C. Ruple, Legal and Policy Considerations Involving Water for Oil Shale Development, in Utah OIl Shale: Science, Technology, and Policy Perspectives (CRC Press 2016), 06/2015
• ENERGY | AIR QUALITY: Kerry E. Kelly, John C. Ruple, and Jon Wilkey, Oil Shale Development, Air Quality, and Carbon Emission Management, in Utah OIl Shale: Science, Technology, and Policy Perspectives (CRC Press 2016), 06/2015
• CLIMATE CHANGE | WATER: Robert Adler & John Ruple, Water Resources, in Global Climate Change and U.S. Law (2d ed., American Bar Ass’n 2014)., 10/2014
• ENERGY | CLIMATE CHANGE: Lincoln Davies, Kirsten Uchitel & John Ruple, Understanding Barriers to Commercial-Scale Carbon Capture and Sequestration in the United States: An Empirical Assessment, 59 Energy Policy J. 745–61 (2013)., 05/2013
• ENERGY | WATER: John Ruple, Water for Power in the Twenty-First Century: What a Growing Population, Changing Climate, and Energy Development Mean for Utah’s Water Resources, 32 Utah Env’tl. L. Rev. 363 (2012)., 09/2012

Presentations

• JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: The Future of the Antiquities Act and Our National Monuments, at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science 16th Biennial Southwest Symposium (Jan. 5-6, 2018)., 01/05/2018
• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Testified before the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources regarding the Federal Land Freedom Act (H.R. 3565) (Sept. 6, 2017). , 09/06/2017
• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: "Planning 2.0: How the BLM’s Planning Rules Changed, How They Stayed the Same, and What That Means for You," at the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Annual Institute., 07/20/2017
• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: "Recent Developments Federal Public Land Management and Fiscal Considerations for Western States," at the National Conference of State Legislators Regional Meeting. , 06/22/2017
• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: "Unraveling National Monuments: Authority, Meaning, and the Ability to Undo," at Celebrate Cedar Mesa., 03/03/2017
• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: "Alternatives to the Transfer of Public Lands Act," presented in conjunction with participation in the Property and Environment Research Center’s Workshop on Innovations in Public Land Management: Economics, Law & Policy., 05/19/2016
• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: "Treating the Illness, Not Just the Symptoms: Alternatives to the Transfer of Public Lands Act," at the Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute., 03/10/2016
• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: "Federal Public Land Management and Utah’s Transfer of Public Lands Act," at the Council of State Governments-West’s Legislative Council on River Governance., 08/24/2015
• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: "Utah’s Transfer of Public Lands Act," at the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Natural Resources Law Teachers Institute., 05/29/2015
• ENERGY | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: "Lands with Wilderness Characteristics: Impacts on Oil Shale and Oil Sands Development, at the University of Utah," at the University of Utah Unconventional Fuels Conference., 05/2012
• ENERGY | WATER: "Water for Electric Power in a Carbon Constrained World," at the S.J. Quinney College of Law Symposium: Electric Power in a Carbon Constrained World., 02/2012
• ENERGY | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: "‘Wild Lands’ and Wilderness - Implications for Utah’s Unconventional Fuels Industry," at the University of Utah, Unconventional Fuels Conference., 05/2011
• WATER: "Conjunctive Surface and Groundwater Management in Utah," at the University of Idaho Law Review Symposium One Source: Evolution of the Policies Surrounding Ground and Surface Water Management in the West., 04/2011
• ENERGY: "Challenges and Impacts to Commercial Oil Shale Development: Land Use & Water Resources," special presentation to the U.S. Government Accountability Office., 01/2010
• ENERGY | WATER: "Water for Oil Shale in Utah and Colorado: Two Opportunities to Create Clarity," at the University of Calgary, Critical Intersections for Energy & Water Law: Exploring New Challenges & Opportunities Conference., 05/2009

Internal Service

• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: University Global Change and Sustainability Center Executive Committee, 06/2021
• ENERGY | CLIMATE CHANGE | WATER: Wallace Stegner Center Advisory Committee, 10/2008

Professional Service

• NATURE & CULTURE | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Member, Board of Directors, Friends of Cedar Mesa, 05/2017

Media

• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: "Bears Ears Monument Designation On A Special Access Utah Friday" on Utah Public Radio, 12/30/2017
• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: "Zinke's Recommendations for Bears Ears" on Radio West, 06/13/2017
• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: "America's National Monuments Under Review" on Radio West, 05/03/2017
• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: "Trump Takes Aim at Obama Monuments" in The Hill, 04/25/2017
• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: "Two New National Monuments Created in Utah and Nevada" in National Geographic, 12/28/2016
• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: "In The Weeks Before Trump Takes Office, Obama’s Mad Dash To Save Public Lands" in the Huffington Post, 11/25/2016
• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: "What Does Trump Mean for America's Lands and Waters?" in National Geographic, 11/15/2016
• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: "Managing Western Lands" in Congressional Quarterly Researcher, 04/22/2016

Awards

• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Top 20 articles of 2020 for Measuring the NEPA Litigation Burden: A Review of 1,499 Federal Court Cases, 50 Envtl. L. 479 (2020)., Environmental Law Institute and Vanderbilt University Law School, 06/2021
• ENERGY | CLIMATE CHANGE: Top article of 2020 for A Road Map to Net-Zero Emissions for Fossil Fuel Development on Public Lands, 50 Envtl. L. Reporter News & Analysis 10734 (Sept. 2020)., Environmental Law Reporter, 06/2021
• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Top articles of 2019 for The Trump Administration and Lessons Not Learned from Prior National Monument Modifications, 43 Harvard ENvtl. L. Rev. 1 (2019)., Land Use & Environment Law Review, 04/2020