"Financial Assurance short Course." Developed and presented a short course to the Alaska Miners Association (AMA) on financial assurance requirements for mine reclamation in Alaska. Presented during the AMA's annual conference in Anchorage, Alaska. November 4, 2003.
"Course on Reclamation Bonding - Legal and Administrative Aspects." Instructed course for the United States Department of the Interior, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement. St. Louis, Missouri May 13-15, 2003.
"New Mexico Forum on Financial Assurance and Bonding." Panel Member and Presenter on regulations and financial tests required for self-bonding under the New Mexico mining statute and the federal Surface Mining Act, P.L. 95-87. Santa Fe, New Mexico. May 9, 2003.
"Alaska Bond and Financial Assurance Workshop." Developed and presented a workshop on financial assurance and bonding for mine reclamation, environmental remediation, solid waste and land management agencies within the State of Alaska. Fairbanks, Alaska March 4-5, 2003.
"Course on Reclamation Bonding - Legal and Administrative Aspects." Instructed course for the United States Department of the Interior, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement. Big Stone Gap, Virginia August 6-8, 2002.
"Financial Assurance is only as Good as the Surety, the Process, and the People behind It." Presenter. 2001 DOI Conference on the Environment as part of a panel discussion on "Reducing DOI’s Liabilities." Conference held in Albuquerque, New Mexico on March 12 - 16, 2001.
"Engineering Methods for Assuring Adequate Reclamation Bond Amounts" - Co-author- Paper. Billings Land Reclamation Symposium, Billings, Montana, March 2000.
"Bond Pools." Alternative Bonding Panel member - Presenter on Conference of Government Mining Attorneys (COGMA) Indianapolis, Indiana, September, 1996
"Reclamation Requirements for Bond Release." Paper. Billings Land Reclamation Symposium. Billings, Montana, March, 1996.
"Flexibility in SMCRA’s Bonding Regulations." Paper. American Society for Surface Mining and Reclamation (ASSMR). Gillette, Wyoming, June, 1995
"Reclamation Bonding and the Impacts of Proposed Provisions of the 1872 Mining Act." Presenter. Association of Mining Financial Professionals (AMFP). Denver, Colorado, November, 1993.
"Revegetation Success and Bond Release: Where Do We Stand?" Co-author. Paper. Billings Land Reclamation symposium. Billings, Montana, March, 1993.
"Reclamation Requirements for Bond Release." Paper. National Meeting of the American Society for Surface Mining and Reclamation. Duluth, Minnesota, June, 1992.
"Incremental/Phased Bonding and Partial Bond Release." Presenter. Bond Release Interactive Forum. Office of Surface Mining. Denver, Colorado, September, 1991.
"Role of Government Attorneys in Bonding." Panel member. Conference of Government Mining Attorneys (COGMA). Knoxville, Tennessee, March, 1991.
"Taking Advantage of the Flexibility in SMCRA's Bonding Regulations." Co-author. Paper. National Western Mining Conference. Denver, Colorado, February, 1991.
"Reclamation Bonding - Legal and Administrative Aspects." Developer of national technical training course and Lead Instructor from 1991 until retiring in 2002. OSM technical training course.
"Requirements for Surety Bonds, Certificates of Deposit, Letters of Credit, Real Property, and Self-bonding." Presenter. Interactive Workshop on Bonding. Office of Surface Mining. Denver, Colorado. April, 1990.
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