About Ryan
Ryan Steen helps clients who use and develop natural resources. He represents clients in environmental litigation and assists them with navigating regulatory, permitting, and policy processes. Ryan’s clients include trade associations and individual organizations in the fisheries, oil and gas, geophysical exploration, forestry, hydroelectric power, mining, and tourism industries. His expertise covers a wide range of natural resources and environmental laws, including the Endangered Species Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and the Clean Water Act. Ryan’s clients know him to be very responsive and focused on providing practical advice. Ryan is a former co-chair of Stoel Rives’ Energy & Natural Resources Industry Group.
Before starting his legal career, Ryan worked as a fisheries biologist for the University of Washington. In that position, he managed a large-scale salmon research program in Southwest Alaska, studied salmon habitat and ecology, and advised a commercial fishery on the population dynamics and run timing of Bristol Bay sockeye salmon.
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Ryan Steen advises a wide array of clients in the natural resources sector with capabilities in environmental litigation and permitting.
“‘Ryan continues to be the leading and most sought-after expert on MMPA regulatory frameworks, compliance, and litigation.’”
—Chambers 2022
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