Alex Erwin
@alexerwin.bsky.social
Associate Professor at UF Law
Environmental & Natural Resources Law Prof
Conservation Geneticist
99% of posts will be shameless self-promotion ...
Environmental & Natural Resources Law Prof
Conservation Geneticist
99% of posts will be shameless self-promotion ...
For anyone that happens to be in Gainesville this afternoon, I'm giving a seminar to the UF Genetics Institute.
October 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
For anyone that happens to be in Gainesville this afternoon, I'm giving a seminar to the UF Genetics Institute.
Predator management litigation in the wild!
While I'm sympathetic to some of the claims the bear advocates are making, I think it will be a tough case for them to win.
I wrote about this phenomenon in my recent Utah Law Review article (see ⬇️)
apnews.com/article/bear...
While I'm sympathetic to some of the claims the bear advocates are making, I think it will be a tough case for them to win.
I wrote about this phenomenon in my recent Utah Law Review article (see ⬇️)
apnews.com/article/bear...
Conservationists sue to stop Florida's first black bear hunt in a decade
Conservationists are suing to stop Florida from holding its first black bear hunt in a decade. State officials approved the plan in August despite strong opposition.
apnews.com
September 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Predator management litigation in the wild!
While I'm sympathetic to some of the claims the bear advocates are making, I think it will be a tough case for them to win.
I wrote about this phenomenon in my recent Utah Law Review article (see ⬇️)
apnews.com/article/bear...
While I'm sympathetic to some of the claims the bear advocates are making, I think it will be a tough case for them to win.
I wrote about this phenomenon in my recent Utah Law Review article (see ⬇️)
apnews.com/article/bear...
A week late, but I am nevertheless thrilled to now work at @uflaw.bsky.social. The move even came with a promotion to Associate Professor!
We've got a great group - check out all the other new folks too:
www.law.ufl.edu/new-faculty
We've got a great group - check out all the other new folks too:
www.law.ufl.edu/new-faculty
New Faculty at UF Levin College of Law
Meet the new faculty at University of Florida Levin College of Law with expertise ranging from constitutional law to corporations and intellectual property.
www.law.ufl.edu
August 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A week late, but I am nevertheless thrilled to now work at @uflaw.bsky.social. The move even came with a promotion to Associate Professor!
We've got a great group - check out all the other new folks too:
www.law.ufl.edu/new-faculty
We've got a great group - check out all the other new folks too:
www.law.ufl.edu/new-faculty
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To learn more about what works and doesn’t in litigating predator management, check out @alexerwin.bsky.social’s paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Litigating Predator Management
Despite significant gains over the last half century, predators such as mountain lions, wolves, and bears are in the crosshairs once again. Scientific man
papers.ssrn.com
August 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
To learn more about what works and doesn’t in litigating predator management, check out @alexerwin.bsky.social’s paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Sharing my draft article, Protecting Wild Animal Abundance, forthcoming in Utah Law Review, @sjquinney.bsky.social. It highlights loss of relatively common wild #animals as distinct from the #biodiversity crisis, and discusses why US #environmental #law failed to stop such losses.
PROTECTING WILD ANIMAL ABUNDANCE
<p><i><span>Americans today encounter billions fewer wild animals than their grandparents did. These ongoing losses affect an enormous array of interests, inclu
papers.ssrn.com
July 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Sharing my draft article, Protecting Wild Animal Abundance, forthcoming in Utah Law Review, @sjquinney.bsky.social. It highlights loss of relatively common wild #animals as distinct from the #biodiversity crisis, and discusses why US #environmental #law failed to stop such losses.
For junior environmental law folks, we’re hosting our 2nd Annual Early Environmental Law Scholars (EELS) Conference at @uflaw.bsky.social this Nov 6-8. We’ve got it all: paper talks, teaching workshops, a field trip into nature, and more!
Register here:
www.law.ufl.edu/events-feed/...
Register here:
www.law.ufl.edu/events-feed/...
Early Environmental Law Scholars Conference - Levin College of Law
www.law.ufl.edu
July 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
For junior environmental law folks, we’re hosting our 2nd Annual Early Environmental Law Scholars (EELS) Conference at @uflaw.bsky.social this Nov 6-8. We’ve got it all: paper talks, teaching workshops, a field trip into nature, and more!
Register here:
www.law.ufl.edu/events-feed/...
Register here:
www.law.ufl.edu/events-feed/...
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The use of biotechnology for conservation, whether for de-extinction or genetic augmentation of existing species, promises solutions to otherwise intractable problems in protecting endangered animals. A law professor explains: buff.ly/MfRdVg3
By @alexerwin.bsky.social @fiu.bsky.social
By @alexerwin.bsky.social @fiu.bsky.social
Beyond de-extinction and dire wolves, gene editing can help today’s endangered species
A legal scholar with a Ph.D. in wildlife genetics explains the promise biotechnology techniques hold for some animals that are currently endangered.
buff.ly
June 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The use of biotechnology for conservation, whether for de-extinction or genetic augmentation of existing species, promises solutions to otherwise intractable problems in protecting endangered animals. A law professor explains: buff.ly/MfRdVg3
By @alexerwin.bsky.social @fiu.bsky.social
By @alexerwin.bsky.social @fiu.bsky.social
Reposted by Alex Erwin
The use of biotechnology for conservation, whether for de-extinction or genetic augmentation of existing species, promises solutions to otherwise intractable problems in protecting endangered animals. A law professor explains: buff.ly/MfRdVg3
By @alexerwin.bsky.social @fiu.bsky.social
By @alexerwin.bsky.social @fiu.bsky.social
Beyond de-extinction and dire wolves, gene editing can help today’s endangered species
A legal scholar with a Ph.D. in wildlife genetics explains the promise biotechnology techniques hold for some animals that are currently endangered.
buff.ly
June 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The use of biotechnology for conservation, whether for de-extinction or genetic augmentation of existing species, promises solutions to otherwise intractable problems in protecting endangered animals. A law professor explains: buff.ly/MfRdVg3
By @alexerwin.bsky.social @fiu.bsky.social
By @alexerwin.bsky.social @fiu.bsky.social
I wrote this, so you should totally read it!
Beyond de-extinction and dire wolves, gene editing can help today’s endangered species buff.ly/MfRdVg3
Beyond de-extinction and dire wolves, gene editing can help today’s endangered species
A legal scholar with a Ph.D. in wildlife genetics explains the promise biotechnology techniques hold for some animals that are currently endangered.
theconversation.com
June 6, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I wrote this, so you should totally read it!
Reposted by Alex Erwin
Beyond de-extinction and dire wolves, gene editing can help today’s endangered species buff.ly/MfRdVg3
Beyond de-extinction and dire wolves, gene editing can help today’s endangered species
A legal scholar with a Ph.D. in wildlife genetics explains the promise biotechnology techniques hold for some animals that are currently endangered.
theconversation.com
June 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Beyond de-extinction and dire wolves, gene editing can help today’s endangered species buff.ly/MfRdVg3
More of my thoughts on dire wolves, red wolves, and biotech for conservation. Thanks to @us.theconversation.com for editing and publishing.
theconversation.com/beyond-de-ex...
theconversation.com/beyond-de-ex...
Beyond de-extinction and dire wolves, gene editing can help today’s endangered species
A legal scholar with a Ph.D. in wildlife genetics explains the promise biotechnology techniques hold for some animals that are currently endangered.
theconversation.com
June 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
More of my thoughts on dire wolves, red wolves, and biotech for conservation. Thanks to @us.theconversation.com for editing and publishing.
theconversation.com/beyond-de-ex...
theconversation.com/beyond-de-ex...
Congrats to the FIU Law @fiu.bsky.social
Class of 2025 graduates! This was the first group I taught as 1L’s, so I feel like I’m graduating with y’all this year!
Class of 2025 graduates! This was the first group I taught as 1L’s, so I feel like I’m graduating with y’all this year!
May 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Congrats to the FIU Law @fiu.bsky.social
Class of 2025 graduates! This was the first group I taught as 1L’s, so I feel like I’m graduating with y’all this year!
Class of 2025 graduates! This was the first group I taught as 1L’s, so I feel like I’m graduating with y’all this year!
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Some big (personal) Earth Day news. I am deeply honored to be named as the first holder of the Oliver Houck Chair in Environmental Law at Tulane. Excited to join the fabulous faculty there law.tulane.edu/news/rebecca...
Rebecca Bratspies named Inaugural Oliver Houck Chair in Environmental Law
Tulane University Law School News
law.tulane.edu
April 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Some big (personal) Earth Day news. I am deeply honored to be named as the first holder of the Oliver Houck Chair in Environmental Law at Tulane. Excited to join the fabulous faculty there law.tulane.edu/news/rebecca...
Taught my final class at FIU this morning. My natural resources law students made it extra-special with a UF-themed goodbye care package. It’s been a wonderful 3 years, and the students are what I will miss the most.
April 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Taught my final class at FIU this morning. My natural resources law students made it extra-special with a UF-themed goodbye care package. It’s been a wonderful 3 years, and the students are what I will miss the most.
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The administration today announced it's rescinding the regulatory definition of "harm" under the #ESA, which includes destroying endangered species' habitat.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-06746.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-06746.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
April 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The administration today announced it's rescinding the regulatory definition of "harm" under the #ESA, which includes destroying endangered species' habitat.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-06746.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-06746.pdf
The moral hazard issue is so dumb. True de-extinction will likely always be impossible. Functional de-extinction can maybe help restore ecosystems. But it is not real de-extinction and does not absolve humanity for its role in extinction. 1/5
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Trump team cites wolf ‘de-extinction’ as it seeks to cut endangered species list
The interior secretary hailed a biotech company’s claim to have brought back the dire wolf, while the administration and GOP push to roll back species protections.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The moral hazard issue is so dumb. True de-extinction will likely always be impossible. Functional de-extinction can maybe help restore ecosystems. But it is not real de-extinction and does not absolve humanity for its role in extinction. 1/5
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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@alexerwin.bsky.social You might enjoy this:
April 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
@alexerwin.bsky.social You might enjoy this:
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Huge congrats to @uflaw.bsky.social on getting a wonderful scholar and great human being to join them!
After that comeback, now feels like a great time to officially announce that I’m joining the faculty at @uflaw.bsky.social in the Fall! 🐊🐊🐊
I’ll miss my students and colleagues at FIU, but I’m ready for the next chapter (which hopefully involves more national championships)!
I’ll miss my students and colleagues at FIU, but I’m ready for the next chapter (which hopefully involves more national championships)!
April 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Huge congrats to @uflaw.bsky.social on getting a wonderful scholar and great human being to join them!
After that comeback, now feels like a great time to officially announce that I’m joining the faculty at @uflaw.bsky.social in the Fall! 🐊🐊🐊
I’ll miss my students and colleagues at FIU, but I’m ready for the next chapter (which hopefully involves more national championships)!
I’ll miss my students and colleagues at FIU, but I’m ready for the next chapter (which hopefully involves more national championships)!
April 8, 2025 at 4:20 AM
After that comeback, now feels like a great time to officially announce that I’m joining the faculty at @uflaw.bsky.social in the Fall! 🐊🐊🐊
I’ll miss my students and colleagues at FIU, but I’m ready for the next chapter (which hopefully involves more national championships)!
I’ll miss my students and colleagues at FIU, but I’m ready for the next chapter (which hopefully involves more national championships)!
The science behind the dire wolf “de-extinction” is soooo cool, but imo not directly useful for conservation.
The real conservation benefits of this work are buried in the article.
Colossal has also been cloning red wolves to reintroduce lost genetic diversity.
time.com/7274542/colo...
The real conservation benefits of this work are buried in the article.
Colossal has also been cloning red wolves to reintroduce lost genetic diversity.
time.com/7274542/colo...
The Return of the Dire Wolf
Colossal Biosciences has genetically engineered the first dire wolf to live in over 10,000 years. Here's what that means for other extinct species.
time.com
April 8, 2025 at 4:17 AM
The science behind the dire wolf “de-extinction” is soooo cool, but imo not directly useful for conservation.
The real conservation benefits of this work are buried in the article.
Colossal has also been cloning red wolves to reintroduce lost genetic diversity.
time.com/7274542/colo...
The real conservation benefits of this work are buried in the article.
Colossal has also been cloning red wolves to reintroduce lost genetic diversity.
time.com/7274542/colo...
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The targeting of @profrrothschild.bsky.social is yet another example of shameful efforts to mobilize the law against those who are fighting for this planet's future and in the process degrade academic freedom.
She Inspired Laws to Hold the Fossil Fuel Industry Accountable. Now She’s a Target. (Gift Article)
A conservative group is suing for emails of a law professor who helped create legislation to force oil, gas and coal companies to pay for climate damage.
www.nytimes.com
March 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The targeting of @profrrothschild.bsky.social is yet another example of shameful efforts to mobilize the law against those who are fighting for this planet's future and in the process degrade academic freedom.
I’m assuming this is also a place for shameless self-promotion so …
“Litigating Predator Management” is now out online and in print! Cite it liberally!
dc.law.utah.edu/ulr/vol2025/...
“Litigating Predator Management” is now out online and in print! Cite it liberally!
dc.law.utah.edu/ulr/vol2025/...
March 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I’m assuming this is also a place for shameless self-promotion so …
“Litigating Predator Management” is now out online and in print! Cite it liberally!
dc.law.utah.edu/ulr/vol2025/...
“Litigating Predator Management” is now out online and in print! Cite it liberally!
dc.law.utah.edu/ulr/vol2025/...
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In honor of #305Day, I am thrilled to announce I am moving back home!! Beginning this summer, I will be an Assistant Professor of Law at FIU Law in Miami, Florida. I am ready for this new transition and the many, many cafecitos y pastelitos.
March 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
In honor of #305Day, I am thrilled to announce I am moving back home!! Beginning this summer, I will be an Assistant Professor of Law at FIU Law in Miami, Florida. I am ready for this new transition and the many, many cafecitos y pastelitos.