Harriet M. Hageman
Read an article/interview about Harriet M.
Hageman, featured on the cover page of the Casper College Alumni Magazine.
Harriet Hageman, who grew up on a ranch near Fort Laramie, Wyoming, currently
practices law in Cheyenne. She attended Casper College on a Livestock Judging
Scholarship from 1981-1983. She received her B.S. Degree in Business Administration
from the University of Wyoming in 1986. In 1989 she graduated from the University
of Wyoming College of Law. Her first position was as a clerk for the Honorable
James E. Barrett, a Judge on the United States Circuit Court for the Tenth
Judicial Circuit. She is currently licensed to practice law in the States of
Wyoming and Nebraska. She has also practiced in the States of Michigan and
Colorado.
Harriet has worked on many water and natural resource matters, including Nebraska v. Wyoming; the “roadless litigation”; challenges to the Fish & Wildlife Service’s management and recovery of the Canadian gray wolf and other species; protection of private property from contaminated discharges; predator control; defense of Wyoming’s “open range” law; protection of grazing rights on BLM and private lands; and protection of water rights as a Wyoming attorney. She and Kara represent several irrigation districts around the State, addressing such matters as protection of irrigated agriculture and the impact of land use changes.
Harriet’s practice in Nebraska is primarily addressed to the relationship between ground water and surface water, including analysis and implementation of the Nebraska Ground Water Management and Protection Act. She is one of the attorneys of record in Spear T Ranch, Inc., v. Knaub et al. She also works with local Natural Resource Districts to deal with the impacts of the Endangered Species Act and the Republican River Compact.
Harriet and Kara are actively involved with addressing the impact of federal and state regulations on land and water use. In 2004, in a continuing effort to inform the general public regarding that regulatory environment, Harriet and Kara formed the Wyoming Conservation Alliance. They are working to increase public participation at both the State and Federal regulatory level. They hope to expand the WCA concept into a regional and national resource.
Ms. Hageman is a member of the Board of Directors for the Wyoming Water Association, the Advisory Board of the Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute, and the Steering Committee for the Wyoming Business Alliance.