Scott W. Hardt is a partner at Temkin Wielga & Hardt LLP, where his practice focuses on environmental and public land use issues arising in connection with natural resources and real estate development activities. He advises clients on permitting and regulatory compliance issues arising under a broad array of federal and state environmental laws, including the National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, Federal Land Policy and Management Act, the Oil Pollution Act, CERCLA and the National Historic Preservation Act. He also counsels clients on obtaining and maintaining mineral rights and other access and use rights on public lands. This work involves close coordination with federal land managers and other permitting agencies, including the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Environmental Protection Agency, and various state agencies. Mr. Hardt has successfully litigated several citizen suits and judicial appeals arising under federal environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, CERCLA and RCRA in courts across the western United States. He also regularly handles administrative appeals and hearings before the Department of the Interior, the Department of Agriculture and various state commissions.

Mr. Hardt received his J.D. degree from the University of Colorado School of Law in 1989, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and an editor for the University of Colorado Law Review. Mr. Hardt is admitted to practice before the Courts of Colorado, the Ninth and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeal and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Hardt is a frequent author and speaker on environmental and natural resource issues. His publications include: The General Mining Law and the “Comparative Values Test”-Old Law, New Law or Non-Law? 48 Rocky Mtn. Min. L. Inst. 16B-1 (2002); Land-Use Planning on the National Forests, 17 Colo. Law. 79 (1998); Wetlands Protection Restricted Further, Colo. Real Estate Journal 16 (1997); Before The Crisis: Protection of Nonendangered Wildlife from the Impacts of Resource Development Activities, Envtl. L. Rep. 10513 (October 1996); Federal Land Management in the Twenty-First Century: From Wise Use to Wise Stewardship, 18 Harv. Envtl. L. Rev. 345 (1994); Surface - Use Regulation of Federal Oil and Gas Leases: Exploring the Limits of Administrative Discretion, 38 Rocky Mtn. Min. L. Inst. 19-1 (1992); Fitting Oil and Gas Development Into the Multiple-Use Framework: A New Role for the Forest Service?, 62 U. Colo. L. Rev. 601 (1991).