How California should respond if and when the federal government hands over control of the state's natural resources and how the state can strike a balance between use, conservation and protection of its resources are among the questions to be addressed at the University of California, Davis, law school's 10th annual Environmental Law Conference, Saturday, Jan. 20. "Devolution & Deregulation: The Future of California's Environmental Politics & Policy" is the title of this year's daylong conference to be held at the law school and sponsored jointly by the UC Davis Environmental Law Society and the UC Davis law school. The conference will begin at 8:15 a.m. with an introductory address by Peter Detwiler, consultant for the California Senate Housing and Land Use Committee. Michael Mantell, undersecretary for the California Resources Agency, will give the luncheon keynote address. Other speakers during the day will include representatives from the federal Bureau of Reclamation, governor's office, Southern California Edison, Environmental Defense Fund, Central Valley Project Authority, California Energy Commission, as well as local developers and UC faculty members, among others. Panels will explore deregulation issues in water allocation, energy restructuring, public lands, and land use and growth management in California, examining the legal protection of environmental values within this context. Conference registration begins at 8:15 a.m.; the conference is expected to conclude at 5 p.m, with a reception immediately following. Conference-only fees are $120 for attorneys seeking minimum continuing education credit (6 hours), $20 for the general public and $5 for students. Lunch costs an additional $10 per person and reservations must be made by Jan. 13.