Jamison Colburn

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Professor, Penn State Law (University Park)

Research Summary

Published widely on public lands management, administrative law, wildlife habitat, and other environmental topics.

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Recent Publications

Protecting old forests: Intersections of law and science

Colburn, J. E., Sep 2026, In: Forest Policy and Economics. 190, 103849.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

PROTECTION FORESTS: INTERSECTIONS OF LAW AND SCIENCE

Noll, A. R. & Colburn, J. E., 2026, In: Natural Resources Journal. 66, 1, p. 157-207 51 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Retreat alternatives in NEPA: A tool for the perplexed

Colburn, J. E., Jan 1 2018, In: Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation. 33, 1, p. 3-32 30 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

A climate-constrained nepa

Colburn, J. E., 2017, In: University of Illinois Law Review. 2017, 3, p. 1091-1135 45 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Reasons as experiments: Judgment and justification in the "Hard Look"

Colburn, J. E., Dec 2012, In: Contemporary Pragmatism. 9, 2, p. 205-239 35 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Foreword: Managing a public problem from the bottom down

Colburn, J. E., Dec 1 2010, In: Penn State Environmental Law Review. 18, 2, p. 121-128 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Agency interpretations

Colburn, J. E., Sep 2009, In: Temple Law Review. 82, 3, p. 657-701 45 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Splitting the atom of property: Rights experimentalism as obligation to future generations

Colburn, J. E., Sep 2009, In: George Washington Law Review. 77, 5-6, p. 1411-1477 67 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

A discussion of the role of climate change in U.S. presidential politics

Pifer, R. H., Adler, J. H., Colburn, J. E. & Shortle, J. S., Mar 2009, In: Penn State Environmental Law Review. 17, 3, p. 275-297 23 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Localism's ecology: Protecting and restoring habitat in the suburban nation

Colburn, J. E., Dec 1 2006, In: Ecology Law Quarterly. 33, 4, p. 945-1014 70 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review