News & Publications
Brown Pelican’s 40-Year Recovery Victory for Supporters of Environmental Protections
11/11/2009 Press Release
Louisiana and National Conservation Groups Praise Obama Administration for New Cooperative Effort to Restore Louisiana and Mississippi Coastal Wetlands
08/28/2009 Press Release
Mary Kelly
Senior Counsel, Rivers and Deltas
Land, Water & Wildlife, International Work Programs
Work
Mary Kelly manages major projects protecting and restoring stream flows, riparian habitat and coastal deltas. She is widely-published on water policy issues, and has spoken at several events. She played a central role in developing a consensus with water suppliers on how to approach environmental flows in Texas, for which she won a Conservation Leadership Award from the Nature Conservancy of Texas.
Languages
English
Background
Degrees
- J.D., University of Texas School of Law.
- B.S., University of Arizona, Chemical Engineering.
Memberships
- Member, State Bar of Texas (since 1986).
- On the boards of Network for a Progressive Texas (ProTex), Interhemispheric Resource Center, Environmental Finance Advisory Board (Advisory Board to U.S. EPA), and the Texas Coalition for Conservation.
- Conference co-chair, Law of the Rio Grande Continuing Legal Education Conference (CLE International, 2002-2004).
- Past Chair, National Advisory Committee to the U.S. Government on Implementation of NAFTA Environmental Side Agreement (1995-1997).
- Previously served on Office of Technology Assessment Advisory Panel on American Industry and the Environment (1992), Office of the Governor, Border Working Group, Environment Subcommittee (1992), Task Force 21 Overall Advisory Committee to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (1994-1995), Texas Clean Water Council, Advisory Committee to Texas Water Commission (1992-1993), and Governor's Environmental Agencies Transition Committee (1992).
Publications
- Co-author, Down to the Last Drop [PDF] (Environmental Defense Fund, 2009)
- Author, Environmental Enforcement in Texas: A Review of Trends and Issues [PDF] (Alliance for Clean Texas, 2003).
- Co-author, Irrigation Demand Forecasts in Texas Water Planning [PDF] (EDF, 2003).
- Co-author, Agricultural Irrigation Conservation Investments in the Delicias, Chihuahua Irrigation District [PDF] (EDF, 2003).
- Other reports include The Río Conchos: A Preliminary Overview [PDF] | El Rio Conchos: Un Informe Preliminar [PDF] (Texas Center for Policy Studies, 2001); Realm of the Unknown: Pesticide Use in Texas [PDF] (TCPS, 1999).
- Author of articles on how water issues affect environmental management, habitat protection, international cooperation and free trade.
