206:, established in 1884. Adjacent to the existing Theodore Roosevelt National Park, also once part of the ranch, this purchase expanded the national park by virtually one-third its size. The Elkhorn is popularly called the "Cradle of Conservation" and the "Walden Pond of the West" since between 1884 and 1887 Theodore Roosevelt here conceived the cornerstones of the American conservation movement as we know it today.
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136:(born January 6, 1940) is an American attorney, successful entrepreneur, and an environmental historian and author. He has dedicated his life to natural resources and wildlife conservation. Throughout his career he has been an advisor to many elected officials and educators, including every successive presidential administration since
160:(R-2nd IN) appointed him to be his Page Boy in the United States House of Representatives, because he was the first Boy Scout to achieve the rank of Eagle Scout in Jasper County, Indiana. He developed a passion for wildlife and natural resource conservation early in life that has greatly influenced his career.
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One of
America's preeminent experts on environmental litigation, Baier's 2016 book chronicles the century-long story of America's resources management, focusing on litigation, citizen suit provisions, and attorneys' fees. He provides the first book-length comprehensive examination of the little know
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Baier has devoted much of his life's work to natural resources and wildlife conservation. He was one of the original founders of the Wild Sheep
Foundation. This organization funds over $ 2.4 million annually to reestablish historically extant habitats and populations of the four species of wild sheep
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Baier lives in suburban
Washington, D.C., with his wife, Bonnie, whom he married in 1968. He is an avid collector of art and 19th century animalier bronze sculpture works. He contemporaneously continues to practice law, specializing in wildlife conservation and natural resources policy, legislation,
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In addition to his work as an advisor to politicians and educators on conservation issues, Baier has had an extensive career of public service and volunteerism, serving on numerous boards and commissions, and has been recognized many times over the years for his service, both locally and nationally.
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Baier has taken his environmental and wildlife conservation passion into politics as well, having served as an advisor to many elected officials and educators. Baier took the lead in drafting
President George H. W. Bush's wildlife conservation agenda in 1989, and has been an advisor and counselor to
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Lowell E. Baier's intellectual curiosity during his long career has taken him from a practicing attorney, to an entrepreneur, to a tireless advocate for natural resources and wildlife conservation, to a legal and environmental historian and author. After law school, Baier moved to
Washington, D.C.,
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was named the 2017 Next
Generation Indie Book Awards Grand Prize Winner in non-fiction in 70 categories from over 7,000 books submitted, as well as the Winner in the Science/Nature/Environment category. His book has also been chosen as a 2016 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award finalist in the
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Baier was honored in 2013 by the
Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies with their Conservationist of the Year, John L. Morris Award, which recognizes a lifetime commitment to fish and wildlife stewardship by citizen conservationists who have exhibited exemplary leadership at the highest
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He currently serves on the
Executive Committee for the Theodore Roosevelt Association, the President's Council of the National Wildlife Federation, the Conservation Leadership Council sponsored by the Environmental Defense Fund, the Roosevelt-Rockefeller Brothers
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to practice law. During the early years of his law career, he formed Baier
Properties, Inc., based in Bethesda, Maryland. This company develops warehouses, residential properties, award-winning office buildings, and shopping centers.
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all successive presidential administrations. From 1992 to 2010, Baier led in the creation of Ph.D. programs at four separate universities dedicated to postgraduate studies in natural resources and wildlife conservation management.
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In 2015, Indiana
University awarded him the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters. That same year, the law school building was named Baier Hall in his honor. In 2017, he was inducted into the President's Circle at Indiana
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From 2004 to 2007, he led a national campaign to raise $ 6.5 million to purchase for the federal government the last and largest remaining piece of privately held land that was initially Theodore Roosevelt's historic
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Award of Excellence for Best Low-Rise Office Building built in Baltimore-Washington region in 1983, for Democracy Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, awarded by National Association for Industrial and Office
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Indiana University Maurer School of Law presented him with the Distinguished Service Award in 2007 and inducted him into the Academy of Law Alumni Fellows, the school's highest honor, in 2014.
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Exceptional Design Award for the Best Designed Office Building built in Fairfax County in 1991, for One Cambridge Court, Falls Church, VA, awarded by Board of Supervisors, Fairfax County, VA.
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Cornerstone Award for the Best Suburban Office Building built in Metropolitan Washington, DC, 1990, for One Cambridge Court, Falls Church, VA, awarded by Washington Building for Congress.
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In 2016, the National Wildlife Federation awarded him their highest honor, the Jay N. "Ding" Darling Conservation Award for a lifetime of conservation service.
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Inside the Equal Access to Justice Act: Environmental Litigation and the Crippling Battle over America's Lands, Endangered Species, and Their Critical Habitat
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Inside the Equal Access to Justice Act: Environmental Litigation and the Crippling Battle over America’s Lands, Endangered Species, and Their Critical Habitat
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Lowell E. Baier was born on January 6, 1940, in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up on a farm outside the small town of Remington, Indiana. He was a member of the
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194:(America's oldest wildlife conservation organization) since 1975. Baier is its first President Emeritus, and was elected an Honorary Life Member in 2016.
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Inside the Equal Access to Justice Act: Environmental Litigation and the Crippling Battle over America's Lands, Endangered Species, and Critical Habitats
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Readers Choice Award for Best New Office Building in Montgomery County, MD, in 1985, for Jefferson Plaza, Rockville, MD, awarded by Gazette Newspapers.
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in North America. Baier's exploratory work for this organization led to his active participation in creating similar programs in Russia and Mongolia.
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Leading Conservationist Will Address RMC Grads: Lowell Baier and Obert Undem Honored at 128th Commencement; 197 Graduates Will Receive Diplomas
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two categories of Ecology/Environment and History, as well as a finalist for the Forest History Society’s Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Book Award.
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Award of Excellence in 1989, for One Cambridge Court, Falls Church, VA, awarded by National Association of Industrial and Office Parks.
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Award of Excellence in 1986, for Oakton Corporate Center, Oakton, VA, awarded by National Association of Industrial and Office Parks.
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Lowell E. Baier, "Substantive Interpretations Under the Antidumping Act and the Foreign Trade Policy of the United States," 17(3)
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Graham, Otis L., "Chapter 8: Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Bill Clinton: Presidents Brown and Pale Green, 1980s-1990s,"
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Lowell E. Baier, "The Secret World Inside the Animal Rights Agenda," a column in two parts, originally published in
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Baier has authored several books pursuant to his passion for wildlife and natural resources conservation, including
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In addition to authoring several books, Baier has been published in several law reviews and journals, including:
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259:"The Cradle of Conservation: Theodore Roosevelt's Elkhorn Ranch, an Icon of America's National Identity," 28(1)
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Lowell E. Baier, "The Developing Principles in the Law of Unauthorized Practice re Real Estate Brokers," 9(1)
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He received the Regional Forester's Honor Award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2008.
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He received the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award in 2016 from the National Boy Scouts of America.
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He was named Conservationist of the Year in 2008 by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
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He was awarded the degree Doctorate of Law and Letters from Rocky Mountain College in 2010.
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Baier received the U.S. Forest Service National Grasslands Prairie Partner Award in 2005.
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The Naming of Baier Hall and the Jerome Hall Law Library, Program and Video
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2014 Academy of Law Alumni Fellows Dinner & Induction Ceremony
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Playing God with Nature: The Codex of the Endangered Species Act
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Baier received his B.A. in economics and political science from
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in Bloomington, Indiana, where he received his J.D. in 1964.
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