Steve Smutko
Steve Smutko
Email Address steve.smutko@uwyo.edu
Website http://www.uwyo.edu/enr
Position or Title Professor
Professional Biography I hold the Spicer Chair in Collaborative Practice in the School of Environment and Natural Resources, and am a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Wyoming. I am also affiliated with the Ruckelshaus Institute at the University. I teach students and provide training in negotiation and decision making to government agency staff, business leaders and managers, elected officials, nonprofit leaders and citizens. My associates and I provide process design and decision support services (including facilitation and mediation) to aid collaborative decision-making on environmental policy and natural resources management issues. Our clients include federal, state, and local government agencies and private organizations. We also convene policy and problem-solving forums. I have experience in the following policy issues: air quality, water quality, watershed protection, groundwater quality and quantity protection, hazardous waste and risk assessment, energy development, endangered species, forest management, recreation management, agricultural waste management, and land-use and sustainable development.
Address Line 1 University of Wyoming Ruckelshaus Institute
City Laramie
State Wyoming
Zip 82072
Phone 307-766-2703
Fax 307-766-5099
Small Business No
GSA Schedule Provider No
Federal Employee No
Native Dispute Resolution Network No
Total Cases Last 10 Years 27
ECR Services Provided
Service | Case | Year |
---|---|---|
Joint Fact Finding/Neutral Evaluation | Upper Green River Basin Ozone Reduction | 2012 |
Process Design | Upper Green River Basin Ozone Reduction | 2012 |
Regulatory Negotiations | Coalbed Methane Produced Water Permitting Strategy | 2010 |
Conflict/Situation Assessment | ACF River Basin Situation Assessment | 2008 |
Strategic Planning for Collaboration or Conflict Resolution Effort | Developing a Mediation Program for Fisheries Conflicts in NC Fisheries | 2008 |
Mediation/Assisted Negotiation | FERC Relicensing in Western NC | 2005 |
Facilitation of Collaboration or Conflict Resolution Effort | FERC Relicensing in Western NC | 2005 |
Public Engagement/Public Input | NC Chip Mill Study Forums | 1999 |
Case Experience by Subject Matter
Service | Case | Year |
---|---|---|
Air Quality and/or Air Pollution | Upper Green River Basin Ozone Reduction | 2012 |
Energy Issues (Including Transmission, u00a0Development and Conservation Issues) | Upper Green River Basin Ozone Reduction | 2012 |
Wildlife Issues | Bison and Brucellosis Management in the GYE | 2011 |
Oil and Gas Production | Coalbed Methane Produced Water Permitting Strategy | 2010 |
Land Use, Growth Management, Sustainable Development | Winston-Salem, NC Tree Protection Ordinance | 2008 |
Fisheries | Developing a Mediation Program for Fisheries Conflicts in NC Fisheries | 2008 |
Public lands issues Including use and Access | Recreational Use on the Chattooga River | 2005 |
Water Management, Allocation, Rights | NC Central Coastal Plain Groundwater Allocation | 2000 |
Watershed Management and/or Planning | NC Wetland and Stream Management Strategy | 1999 |
Water Quality | Neuse Urban Stormwater Rules | 1999 |
Agricultural issues | Neuse Riparian Buffer Rule Negotiation | 1999 |
Water issues General | Tar Pamlico Watershed Rule Advisory Committee | 1999 |
Type of Public Decision
Application | Case | Year |
---|---|---|
Policy development | Upper Green River Basin Ozone Reduction | 2012 |
Rulemaking | Coalbed Methane Produced Water Permitting Strategy | 2010 |
Planning | NC Wetland and Stream Management Strategy | 1999 |
Case Size
Size | Case | Year |
---|---|---|
Cases involving 15 to 60 participants | Upper Green River Basin Ozone Reduction | 2012 |
Cases involving more than 60 participants | Recreational Use on the Chattooga River | 2005 |
Cases involving more than 3 but less than 15 participants | Bluff Mountain Timber Sale | 1997 |
Case Jurisdiction/Scale
Jurisdiction | Case | Year |
---|---|---|
Multi-jurisdictional | Bison and Brucellosis Management in the GYE | 2011 |
Large landscape scale | Bison and Brucellosis Management in the GYE | 2011 |
State | Coalbed Methane Produced Water Permitting Strategy | 2010 |
Local/community | Winston-Salem, NC Tree Protection Ordinance | 2008 |
National or regionally significant cases | ACF River Basin Situation Assessment | 2008 |
Intergovernmental | Transportation Projects with Enviro Excellence: Federal/State Strategic Planning | 2006 |
Process Support Services
Meeting Support
Support Service | Case | Year |
---|---|---|
Engagement of technical experts/third party science advisors | NC Chip Mill Study Committee | 1999 |
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