Barton "Buzz" Thompson

Faculty Director, Water in the West, Senior Fellow and Founding Perry L. McCarty Director, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment; Robert E. Paradise Professor in Natural Resources Law

Professor Barton "Buzz" Thompson's research focuses on the sustainable use of natural resources and the effective reform of regulatory institutions.  The author of several books on water, the environment, and property, Professor Thompson has published articles on such diverse topics as water markets, fisheries management, biodiversity protection, land conservation, the use of economics and market tools in environmental regulation, and cognitive barriers to resource management. 

Thompson is chairman of the board of the Resources Legacy Fund and the Resources Legacy Fund Foundation, a California trustee for The Nature Conservancy, and a board member of both the American Farmland Trust and the Sonoran Institute. He previously served as a member of the Science Advisory Board for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In 2008, the Supreme Court appointed Thompson to serve as the special master in Montana v. Wyoming (137 Original).

Related Media Coverage

WATER SHELF PODCAST: “Liquid Asset” by Buzz Thompson

August 23, 2024  | Maven's Notebook

Buzz Thompson shares the highlights of his book, Liquid Asset: How Business and Government Can Partner to Solve the Freshwater Crisis, on this podcast episode.

How Business and Government Might Solve the Freshwater Crisis -- Together

March 25, 2024  | PPIC

Buzz Thompson answers questions regarding the content of his new book, Liquid Asset: How Business and Government Can Partner to Solve the Freshwater Crisis.

A Path Forward for Water

February 01, 2024  | Stanford Social Innovation Review

Stanford Social Innovation Review's Andrew Myers reviews Liquid Asset, a book authored by Buzz Thompson that examines how the public and private sectors can better collaborate on our society’s pressing water problems.

Droughts, Failing Infrastructure, and Water

January 18, 2024  | Stanford Law School

Global water and natural resources expert, Barton "Buzz" Thompson, shares his new book Liquid Asset: How Business and Government Can Partner to Solve the Freshwater Crisis on the podcast Stanford Legal.

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Water in the West is a program of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and the Bill Lane Center for the American West.