Please join the Belfer Center's Arctic Initiative for a conversation with two leading experts on U.S. public lands and Arctic policy. John Leshy, Professor Emeritus at the University of California College of the Law in San Francisco, and Fran Ulmer, Arctic Initiative Associate and former Lieutenant Governor of Alaska, will discuss the constant tension between development and conservation at the intersection of law, policy, and politics in Arctic Alaska. Leshy and Ulmer will touch on public lands, Indigenous peoples' rights, climate change, and the Trump administration's plan to unleash "Alaska's resource potential" against the background of the United States' most consequential – and least known – conservation law, the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA).

Arctic Initiative Senior Fellow Margaret Williams will moderate. Q&A to follow. Light refreshments will be provided.

This event is in-person only and will not be recorded. A Harvard University ID is required to attend.