About.
Bailey is a Wyoming-based natural resource attorney who helps communities, organizations, and coalitions navigate the complex world of natural resource management.
With experience spanning NEPA, BLM and Forest Service planning, federal, state and local permitting processes and major federal regulatory initiatives, she brings both technical rigor and a collaborative touch to projects where stakeholders often hold deeply divided views.
Her work has taken her from facilitating the Thunder Basin National Grassland Working Group—an effort that required building trust among ranchers, conservation groups, county officials, and state agencies—to guiding conservation coalitions at the National Wildlife Federation through detailed policy analysis and defensible comment development.
Earlier, as Natural Resource Counsel for the Wyoming County Commissioners Association, she gained a deep understanding of how federal decisions shape local governments, grazing operations, wildlife habitat, and working landscapes across the West.
Adding legal guidance, technical analysis, and dependable capacity to address complex conservation questions.
Experience.
Bailey’s approach is shaped as much by her legal training as by her lifelong connection to Wyoming’s landscapes. A graduate of the University of Wyoming College of Law and the Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources, she has authored multiple publications on public land law, mitigation policy, and cooperative federalism.
She lives in Lander, where she and her husband run Second Street Farm, raising vegetables, flowers, and grass-fed beef—a grounding reminder of the communities and places her work is meant to serve.
The Evolution of BLM’s Resource Management Plans, Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law Annual Institute and Proceedings, forthcoming.
The Role of Cooperating Agencies and Cooperative Federalism in Public Lands Decisions, Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law Public Land Law, Regulation, and Management.
Critical Thinking: ESA Critical Habitat’s Ongoing Redefinition, American Bar Association Trends Environment, Energy, and Resources Newsletter, November-December 2017.
Landscape-Scale Mitigation: What Is It and How Can It Be Implemented in a Multi-Jurisdictional Setting?, Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law Annual Institute and Proceedings, Co-Author and Co-Presenter, July 2016.
Selected Publications
University of Wyoming College of Law, Juris Doctorate
University of Wyoming Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources,