The 6th Mountain State Land Use Academy will be held on May 21 and 22, 2024 at Oglebay Resort in Wheeling, WV.
Schedule at a Glance
Tuesday, May 21st
3:30-5:00 p.m. West Virginia APA Meeting
6:00-9:00 p.m. Reception
Wednesday, May 22nd
9:00 a.m. Opening Plenary: Creative Repurposing
9:45 a.m. Keynote: Mayor of Wheeling
10:35 a.m. Break
10:50 a.m. Plenary: Land Use Lightning Round
11:40 p.m. Awards
12:00 p.m. Lunch/Networking
1:30 p.m. Breakout Sessions
2:30 p.m. Breakout Sessions
3:30 p.m. Breakout Sessions
Detailed session descriptions will be posted soon.
2021
Presentations
January 14, 2021 — Jesse Richardson and R. Simonton, “West Virginia Supreme Court Update: City of Morgantown v. Calvary Baptist Church,” West Virginia Continuing Legal Education, Webinar
February 12, 2021— Katherine Garvey, “Water Justice,” American University Environmental Justice Symposium, Online
February 26, 2021 — Jesse Richardson, “Legal Liability Protections for Landowners Engaging in Outdoor Recreation Activities,” West Virginia Small Farms Conference, Online
March 18 &19 2021 — Katherine Garvey, “Sustainable Management for Rural Utilities,” Appalachian Community Technical Assistance and Training Initiative, Online
March 19, 2021 — Jesse Richardson, R. Craig, J. Cruden, and R. Percival, “The Supreme Court Wades into Water Law: Recent Decisions,” American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy and Resources, Webinar
April 1, 2021 — Jesse Richardson, “Karst and the Law: The Expert Witness as Educator,” Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists Virtual Karst Forum
April 16, 2021 — Katherine Garvey, “Broadband, Local Government, and the Law,” West Virginia University College of Law, Webinar
April 29, 2021 — Katherine Garvey, “Water Justice,” American Association of Law Schools Clinical Conference, Webinar
May 1, 2021 — Jesse Richardson, “Real Estate Law Update,” West Virginia Bar Association, Roanoke, West Virginia
May 14, 2021 — Katherine Garvey, “Broadband, Local Government, and the Law,” West Virginia University College of Law, Webinar
August 5, 2021 — Christy DeMuth and Shae Straight, “The Implementable Comprehensive Plan,” West Virginia Municipal League Annual Conference
Publications
Dooley, Elizabeth and Jerry Anderson, and Jesse J. Richardson, Jr., United States, Definitions of “Forest” and the Law: A Global Comparison (M. Monteduro, P. Buongiorno, S. Doumbe-Bille, and D. Santiago Iglesias, ed., forthcoming) (peer reviewed book chapter) (in press) (2021).
Richardson, Jr., J.J., Lashmet, T.D., Squires, G. (forthcoming 2021), Turtles All the Way Down: A Clearer Understanding of the Scope of Waters of the United States Based on the United States Supreme Court Decisions, William & Mary J. Law & Environmental Policy, Vol. 46.
Richardson, J. J., Aloi, I. (Graduate Student) (in press). Legal Liability Manual for Direct Marketing and Agritourism in West Virginia. Morgantown, WV: West Virginia Cooperative Extension.
Righetti, T., Richardson, Jr., J.J., Koski, K, Taylor, S. (forthcoming 2021), The Carbon Storage Future of Public Lands, Pace Journal of Environmental Law.
Richardson, Jr., J.J. (2021), The national flood insurance program as an incentive to employ multiple regulatory approaches to manage floodplains: Lessons learned from Pennsylvania, Vermont and West Virginia, Environmental Science and Policy, 115:8-15.
2020
Presentations
January 2020 — Jared Anderson, “Update on the Law,” West Virginia Municipal Attorney’s Association, Charleston, West Virginia
February 19, 2020 — Jesse Richardson, “The National Flood Insurance Program in the United States – Multiple Regulatory Approaches,” International Academic Association of Planning, Law and Property Rights, Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic
March 25, 2020 — Jesse Richardson, “Current Issues with the Clean Water Act,” West Virginia University CLE
June 12, 2020 — Jesse Richardson, “Indirect Discharges Under the Clean Water Act,” West Virginia University CLE
July 8, 2020 — Jesse Richardson, “What is ‘Agriculture’ Under Kansas Zoning Law,” Ag Law Briefs, Kansas Farm Bureau Legal Foundation, Webinar
August 7, 2020 — Jesse Richardson, “Ideker Farms Takings Litigation,” Nebraska Agricultural Law CLE, Webinar
September 17 & 18, 2020 — Katherine Garvey, “Sustainable Management for Rural Utilities,” Appalachian Community Technical Assistance and Training Initiative, Online
September 22, 2020 — Jared Anderson and Jesse Richardson, “Land Use Law Update,” National Capital Area Chapter of the American Planning Association, Washington, D.C., Virtual Conference
September 23, 2020 — Jesse Richardson and A. Schutz, Iowa Agricultural Law Seminar, " Review of Water-Related Developments” Webinar
October 1 & 2, 2020 — Katherine Garvey, “Sustainable Management for Rural Utilities,” Appalachian Community Technical Assistance and Training Initiative, Online
November 5, 2020 — Jared Anderson and Jesse Richardson, “Land Use Law Update,” Mid-Atlantic Planning Collaboration Webinar
November 12, 2020 — Jesse Richardson, B. Griggs, and A. Schultz, “The Mighty Missouri: From Soup to Nuts,” American Agricultural Law Association Annual CLE Symposium, Online
November 13, 2020 — Jesse Richardson, “Land Use and Resource Law Update,” American Agricultural Law Association Annual CLE Symposium, Online
December 3, 2020 — Jesse Richardson, T. Righetti, K. Koski, and S. Taylor, “Study on State Policies and Regulations on CO2 EOR,” United States Energy Association, Online
December 9, 2020 — Jesse Richardson, T. Righetti, K. Koski, and S. Taylor, “Study on State Politics and Regulations on CO2 EOR,” 18th EOR Carbon Management Workshop, Online
Publications
Kris Koski, Jesse Richardson, Tara Righetti, & Sam Taylor, United States Energy Association, Study on State's Policies & Regulations per CO2-EOR Storage Conventional, ROZ and EOR in Shale: Permitting, Infrastructure, Incentives, Royalty Owners, Eminent Domain, Mineral-Pore Space, and Storage Lease Issues (2020).
Richardson, Jr., J.J. (2020). Regulation of Large Dairy Farms in Karst Regions of the United States. Proceedings of the 16th International Sinkhole Conference. Carlsbad, New Mexico: National Cave and Karst Research Institute.
2019
Mountain State Land Use Academy
4th Annual Statewide Mountain State Land Use Academy, Canaan Valley Resort & Conference Center, May 15-16 Keynote: Revitalizing Rural Communities: John Robert Smith, Chair, Transportation for America, and Policy Advisor Smart Growth America
Presentations
March 1, 2019 — Jesse Richardson, “Legal Ethics and Cannabis,” Strategic Cannabis Conference
March 21, 2019 — Jesse Richardson, “Discharges Under the Clean Water Act,” Nebraska Agricultural and Water Law Conference
March 21, 2019 — Jesse Richardson, “Legal Ethics and Cannabis,” Nebraska Agricultural and Water Law Conference
March 26, 2019 Jesse Richardson, “Trespass, Estate Planning,” Ag Day
April 30, 2019 — Katherine Garvey, “Sustainable Management for Rural Utilities,” Appalachian Community Technical Assistance and Training Initiative, Pipestem, West Virginia
May 4, 2019 — Jesse Richardson, “Real Estate Law Update,” West Virginia Bar Association, Roanoke, West Virginia
May 5, 2019 — Katherine Garvey, “Environmental Justice in Appalachia,” American Association of Law Schools Clinical Conference, San Francisco, California
May 20, 2019 — Jesse Richardson, “Post-Colonial Evolution of Water Rights in India and the United States,” seminar, Cardiff School of Law and Policy, Cardiff, Wales
May 22, 2019 — Jesse Richardson, “Hillbilly Resurrection,” Seminar, University of Exeter, England
August 14, 2019 — Jesse Richardson, “Waters of The United States,” American Water Resources Association Webinar
October 2019 — Jared Anderson, “Land Use Law and Planning,” Maryland Chapter of the American Planning Association Conference, Cumberland, Maryland
October 3, 2019 — Jesse Richardson, Katherine Garvey, and A. Eisenberg, “Lessons from Rural America to Inform Urban Revitalization,” Reclaiming Vacant Properties Conference, Center for Community Progress, Atlanta, Georgia
October 8, 2019 — Jesse Richardson and E. Dooley, “Hillbilly Resurrection,” Appalachian-Carpathian International Conference, Brasov, Romania
November 8, 2019 — Jesse Richardson, T.D. Lashmet, M.T. Hart, and S. Yager, “Agriculture and the Clean Water Act: WOTUS, Groundwater and More,” American Agricultural Law Association Annual CLE Symposium, Washington, D.C.
November 9, 2019 — Jesse Richardson, “Land Use and Resource Law Update,” American Agricultural Law Association Annual CLU Symposium, Washington, D.C.
December 10, 2019 — Jesse Richardson and A. Eisenberg, “Rural Blight,” American Bar Association Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law, Professor Corner, Webinar
Publications
Richardson, J. J. (2019). An Analysis of Mandatory Hookup Law: Cases and Statutes (pp. 1-61). Washington, DC: Water Systems Council.
2018
Mountain State Land Use Academies
3rd Annual Statewide Mountain State Land Use Academy, Adventures on the Gorge, Lansing, West Virginia,
May 15-16 Keynote: Rural Land Use Planning: Anne Hazlett: Stemming the Opioid Epidemic
Through Local, State, and Federal Partnerships
County Mountain State Land Use Academy, Tygart Lake State Park, Grafton, West Virginia Sept. 26
Presentations
February 23, 2018 — Jesse Richardson, “Heirs Property,” West Virginia University Law Review Symposium
February 26, 2018 — Jesse Richardson, “Farm Transition Workshop for Producers,” Valley Farm Credit
April 6, 2018 — Jesse Richardson, “Tribal Groundwater,” Law of the Rio Grande CLE Conference
April 28, 2018 — Jesse Richardson, “Farm Liability,” West Virginia Cooperative Extension
May 2018 — Jared Anderson, “Real Estate Law Update,” West Virginia Bar Association, Beckley, West Virginia
May 22, 2018 — Jesse Richardson, “Legal Liability Webinar,” West Virginia Cooperative Extension
June 2, 2018 — Jesse Richardson, “Federal Reserved Water Rights and the Nature of Water as Property,” Association of Law, Property and Society Conference
July 24, 2018 — Jesse Richardson, Jared Anderson, Fina DiCicco, Kristin Owen, “Planning for the Next Flood,” Virginia Chapter of the American Planning Association
September 2018 — Jared Anderson, “Navigating the Land Use Maze,” WV CLE, Morgantown, West Virginia
September 7, 2018 — Katherine Garvey, “Legal Tools To Address Dilapidated and Abandoned Properties,” Continuing Legal Education, Morgantown, West Virginia
September 8, 2018 — Jesse Richardson, “West Virginia’s Co-Tenancy Law,” Real Estate and Land Use Law 2018, West Virginia University
September 17, 2018 — Katherine Garvey, “Legal Tools to Address Dilapidated and Abandoned Properties,” WV Brownfields Conference, Morgantown, West Virginia
September 19, 2018 — Katherine Garvey, “Addressing Vacant and Dilapidated Buildings,” West Virginia Housing Conference, Charleston, West Virginia
September 20, 2018 — Katherine Garvey, “Introduction to Property Tax Lien Sales,” West Virginia Housing Conference, Charleston, West Virginia
October 13, 2018 — Katherine Garvey, “Drafting Easements to Promote Stewardship,” Land Trust Alliance Rally, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
October 23, 2018 — Katherine Garvey, “Infrastructure and Economic Development in Appalachia,” Urgency of Poverty, Knoxville, Tennessee
October 26, 2018 — Jesse Richardson, “Land Use and Natural Resources Law Update,” American Agricultural Law Association
October 27, 2018 — Jesse Richardson, “Legal Ethics and Marijuana – Representing Clients,” American Agricultural Law Association
October 30, 2018 — Jesse Richardson, “Farm Business Succession Webinar,” Valley Farm Credit
November 6, 2018 — Jesse Richardson, “Farm Business Succession Webinar,” Valley Farm Credit
Publications
Richardson, J. J. (2018). Uncertainty of Land Tenure and the Effects on Sustainability on Agriculture in the United States. International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy 2017 (pp. 125-149). Springer International Publishing.
Richardson, J. J. (2018). Karst, Scientific Uncertainty and the Law. Proceedings of the 15th International Sinkhole Conference. Carlsbad, New Mexico: National Cave and Karst Research Institute.
Swauger, C., Anderson, J. B., Richardson, J. J. (2018). Fighting the Opioid Epidemic: Comprehensive Planning by Local Governments in West Virginia. Municipal Lawyer, 59(4), 12-15, 30-33.
2017
Mountain State Land Use Academies
2nd Annual Statewide Mountain State Land Use Academy, Stonewall Resort, Roanoke, West Virginia, May 2-3
Keynote: Rural Land Use Planning: Peggy Kirk Hall, Assistant Professor and Field
Specialist, The Ohio State University
Northern Panhandle Mountain State Land Use Academy, Wheeling, West Virginia, Oct.
24
Greenbrier County Mountain State Land Use Academy, Lewisburg, West Virginia, Nov.
2
Presentations
January 2017 — Jared Anderson and Christy DeMuth, “Land Use Planning and Law,” International Institute of Municipal Clerks Regional Conference, Wheeling, West Virginia
February 2017 — Jared Anderson and Jesse Richardson, “Land Use Law Update,” West Virginia Municipal League Attorney’s Meeting, Charleston, West Virginia
February 2017 — Jared Anderson, S. Bonanno, and G. Bowman, “Panel on Post Flood Recovery,” West Virginia Roads Scholar Academy, Naples, Florida
February 20, 2017 — Katherine Garvey, “Community Rating Systems and Update on Flood Related Case Law,” Association of Municipal Attorneys, Charleston, West Virginia
March 11, 2017 — Jesse Richardson, “Addressing Heirs Property in Appalachia,” Appalachian Studies Association Conference
March 28, 2017 — Jesse Richardson, “Legal Liability in Agritourism and Direct Marketing,” West Virginia Cooperative Extension, Moorefield, West Virginia
April 20, 2017 — Jesse Richardson, “Understanding Riparian and Groundwater Rights,” HalfMoon Education, Charleston, West Virginia
April 20, 2017 — Jesse Richardson, “Defining Trespass and Adverse Possession,” HalfMoon Education, Charleston, West Virginia
April 21, 2017 — Jesse Richardson, “Legal Liability in Agritourism and Direct Marketing,” West Virginia Cooperative Extension, Marlinton, West Virginia
May 2017 — Jared Anderson, “Real Estate Law Update,” West Virginia Bar Association, Daniels, West Virginia
May 20, 2017 — Jesse Richardson, “Heirs Property and the Uniform Partitions of Heirs Property Act,” Association of Law, Property and Society Conference
May 24, 2017 — Jesse Richardson, “Impact of Uncertain Land Tenure on Sustainable Agriculture,” University of Guelph Department of Agricultural Economics, Seminar
June 2017 — Jared Anderson and Christy DeMuth, “Land Use Tools to Mitigate Flood Damage,” West Virginia Association of Floodplain Managers Conference, Davis, West Virginia
August 3, 2017 — Jesse Richardson with Rosemary Humway-Warmuth, “Legal Developments on Addressing Dilapidated Buildings in West Virginia,” West Virginia Municipal League
September 2017 — Jared Anderson, Katherine Garvey, and Jesse Richardson, “Legal Tools to Address Dilapidated Structures,” West Virginia Brownfields Conference, Morgantown, West Virginia
September 5, 2017 — Jesse Richardson, “Legal Liability in Direct Marketing for Market Ready Program,” West Virginia Cooperative Extension
September 6, 2017 — Jesse Richardson, “Legal Liability in Direct Marketing for Market Ready Program,” West Virginia Cooperative Extension
September 20, 2017 — Katherine Garvey, “Community Land Trusts: An Idea Ripe for West Virginia?,” West Virginia Housing Conference, Charleston, West Virginia
September 20, 2017 — Katherine Garvey, “Introduction to Property Tax Lien Sales,” West Virginia Housing Conference, Charleston, West Virginia
September 21, 2017 — Katherine Garvey, “Municipal Attorney Roundtable: Dilapidated Buildings & The Building Code,” West Virginia Housing Conference, Charleston, West Virginia
October 2017 — Jared Anderson, “Ethical Concerns in Planning,” Virginia Rural Planning Caucus, Danville, West Virginia
October 27, 2017 — Jesse Richardson, “Resource and Land Use Law Update,” American Agricultural Law Association
October 28, 2017 — Jesse Richardson, Peggy Kirk Hall, and Anthony Schutz, “Workshop on Land Use Law for the Rural Practitioner,” American Agricultural Law Association
November 2, 2017 — Jesse Richardson, “Legal Issues Affecting Medical Cannabis,” West Virginia Osteopathic Medicine Association
November 10, 2017 — Jesse Richardson, “Scientific Uncertainty and the Courts,” Friends of Karst Symposium Conference
November 14, 2017 — Katherine Garvey, “What You Need to Know About Code Enforcement,” WV Bad Buildings Conference, Morgantown, West Virginia
November 14, 2017 — Katherine Garvey, “Why Can’t I Just Knock Down a Building,” WV Bad Buildings Conference, Morgantown, West Virginia
Publications
Richardson, J. J. (2017). Post-Colonial Evolution of Water Rights in India and the United States. In S. Pellissery, H. Jacobs, & B. Davy (Eds.), Land Policies in India. Springer International.
Richardson, J. J. (2017). The Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act: Treating Symptoms and Not the Cause? (vol. 45, pp. 507-574). Real Estate Law Journal.
Richardson, J. J. (2017). Fitting Regulatory Square Pegs into Round Holes: Local Land Use Regulation in Karst Terrain. In W. B. White (Ed.), Karst, Groundwater Contamination, & Public Health: Moving Beyond Case Studies.
Richardson, J. J. (2017). Hydraulic Fracturing and Local Government: Battle in the Shale Fields (1st ed., vol. 58, pp. 12-24, 34-35). Rockville, Maryland: Municipal Lawyer: The Journal of Local Government Law; International Municipal Lawyer Association.
Richardson, J. J. (2017). Fitting Regulatory Square Pegs into Round Holes: Local Land Use Regulation in Karst Terrain. In W. B. White (Ed.), Karst, Groundwater Contamination, & Public Health: Moving Beyond Case Studies.
Richardson, J. J., Aloi, I. (Graduate Student) (2017). Exempt Wells and Agriculture (pp. 10). Fayetteville, Arkansas: National Agricultural Law Center.
Richardson, J. J. (2017). Formal Instruments to Address Environmental Change and Property Rights. In J. Sheehan, F. van Der Straalen, & T. Hartmann (Eds.), Property Rights and Climate Change: Land-Use Under Changing Environmental Conditions.
Richardson, J. J., Aloi, I. (Graduate Student) (2017). Water Rights Table. Fayetteville, Arkansas: National Agricultural Law Center.
Bowen, E., Christiadi, C., Deskins, J., Lego, B., Plein, L. C., Richardson, J. J., Garvey, K. C., Waldie, S. (2017). A Roadmap on Maximizing Local Government Effectiveness in West Virginia. Morgantown. West Virginia: West Virginia University.
Richardson, J. (with Iris Aloi), Exempt Wells and Agriculture Fayetteville, Arkansas: National Agricultural Law Center.
Richardson, J., “Hydraulic Fracturing and Local Government: Battle in the Shale Fields,” 58 Municipal Lawyer, The Journal of Local Government Law, 12-24; 34-35 International Municipal Attorneys Association (2017).