Publications

Deskbook

The ENR Section updates the OSB’s Environmental and Natural Resources Deskbook. With over 40 chapters of detailed information, the Deskbook summarizes state and federal regulations, statutes, and caselaw applicable to environmental and natural resource issues in Oregon. It also contains many practice tips and links to relevant websites.

The ENR Deskbook is available online through the OSB’s member pages, and hard copies may be purchased through the OSB website.

 

Section Newsletters

  • E-Outlook – a short bulletin distributed approximately four times per year that typically contains an article on breaking judicial, statutory, and regulatory developments; and
  • Case Notes – a periodical summary of recent case law addressing natural resource and environmental issues.

E-Outlooks and Case Notes are sent directly to ENR members by electronic mail, and are additionally archived below.

2026 Newsletters

E-Outlook – March 2026

  • Victor Xu of Marten Law LLP analyzes proposed revisions to Clean Water Act Section 401 regulations governing state water quality certifications.
  • Edward Boling & Connor Hughes of Perkins Coie LLP summarize the Department of Interior’s recent revisions to regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act and the implications of these changes.
  • Michael Nesteroff & Bertilio “Lio” Correa of Ballard Spahr LLP discuss a recent ruling limiting the enforcement of Oregon’s Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act.

 

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Case Notes E-Outlook
Case Notes Vol. 55 – November 2025 E-Outlook – December 2025
Case Notes Vol. 54 – August 2025 E-Outlook – October 2025
Case Notes Vol. 53 – May 2025 E-Outlook – August 2025
Case Notes Vol. 52 – February 2025 E-Outlook – July 2025
Case Notes Vol. 51 – November 2024 E-Outlook – December 2024
Case Notes Vol. 50 – August 2024 E-Outlook – November 2024
Case Notes Vol. 49 – May 2024 E-Outlook – August 2024
Case Notes Vol. 48 – February 2024 E-Outlook – May 2024
Case Notes Vol. 47 – November 2023 E-Outlook – November 2024
Case Notes Vol. 46 – August 2023 E-Outlook – August 2023
Case Notes Vol. 45 – June 2023 E-Outlook – September 2023
Case Notes Vol. 44 – September 2022 E-Outlook – August 2023
Case Notes Vol. 43 – April 2022 E-Outlook – October 2022
Case Notes Vol. 42 – March 2021 E-Outlook – July 2022
Case Notes Vol. 41 – November 2020 E-Outlook – April 2022
Case Notes Vol. 40  – July 2020 E-Outlook – February 2021
Case Notes Vol. 39 – March 2020 E-Outlook – November 2020
Case Notes Vol. 38 – November 2019 E-Outlook – July 2020
Case Notes Vol. 37 – August 2019 E-Outlook – March 2020
Case Notes Vol. 36 – April 2019 E-Outlook – August 2019
Case Notes Vol. 35 – October 2018 E-Outlook – January 2019
Case Notes Vol. 34 – July 2018 E-Outlook – July 2018
Case Notes Vol. 33 – May 2018 E-Outlook – April 2018
Case Notes Vol. 32 – February 2018 E-Outlook – November 2017
Case Notes – October 2017 E-Outlook – October 2017
Case Notes – July 2017 E-Outlook – August 2017
Case Notes – April 2017 E-Outlook – May 2017
Case Notes – January 2017 E-Outlook – October 2016

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