Natural Resources & Environment

About

Provided by Stoel Rives LLP

Stoel Rives is among the few law firms for which environmental and natural resources law is a core legal practice. Our Idaho Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources department is a crucial and significant contributor to this exceptional firmwide group, which is among the 10 largest in the nation. Our attorneys’ exceptional experience in natural resources and environmental industries, as well as in governmental agencies, distinguishes our practice in this market, as does our knowledge, expertise, and market-leading work in environmental justice.

We represent diverse clients across a wide range of industry sectors, including agriculture; food and beverages; mining; upstream, midstream, and downstream oil and gas; timber and forest products; and energy, including renewable energy, infrastructure, and independent power production.

Our work is varied and unfailingly responsive to clients’ routine and emergent legal needs. It includes negotiating permits of all types, defending and challenging adverse permit decisions, providing compliance advice, and defending clients against agency and citizen enforcement actions. We also provide advice on contaminated properties and issues related to their cleanup and sale. In the energy, industrial project, and mining sectors, we advise on operational and regulatory matters related to acquisitions, due diligence, title review, and maintenance of mineral, surface, and access rights, including land purchase and lease agreements.