Bayne, Andrew J.

Don Baur provides counseling, legislative and litigation assistance in a wide range of environmental and natural resources areas with a special emphasis on water law, wildlife and endangered species, public land and energy resources, protected areas, coastal/ocean law, and Indian law. Don regularly counsels his clients on various land management transactions and regulatory proceedings arising under the Endangered Species Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act, National Environmental Policy Act, coastal/ocean and public land laws. A significant portion of Don's practice is also devoted to various Indian law issues including trust land and gaming transactions, tribal acknowledgment, and development of contracts between the private sector, local and state governments and tribes.

Don has negotiated and achieved approval of legal transactions involving: transfer of Elwha River dams to federal ownership for removal; approval of numerous habitat conservation plans under the Endangered Species Act; tribal/local government intergovernmental agreements for Indian trust lands; permitting and licensing of oil and gas, mining and hydropower projects on federal lands; endangered species translocation for recovery purposes; international and domestic transfer and release to the wild of Keiko (Free Willy); federal land exchanges; geothermal power project siting and royalty fee settlement; offshore wind energy renewable energy program development and siting.