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Can the Indiana Dunes & heavy industry coexist? It’s complicated

Indiana Dunes reach a turning point as preservation efforts and regional growth pressures shape the future of the lakeshore landscape....
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Town of Bethany

The Town of Bethany is located off of OLD State Road 67 in Morgan County, Indiana.

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Maurer students draft prescribed burning law, get legal recognition of conservation partnership

Maurer students in the Conservation Law Clinic researched and wrote Senate Resolution 34, to increase awareness of the conservation efforts led by the Southern Indiana...
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Hoosier Environmental Council Moves to Prevent Sewage Treatment Delays in Hammond

Environmental organization says further delays to the Hammond Sanitary District project threaten the health of Little Calumet River and fail to comply with the Clean...
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Challenging Delays in Clean Water Act Compliance in Hammond

United States of America and the State of Indiana v. The Sanitary District of Hammond...
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Freitag Travels to Tanzania for Wildlife Conservation Conference

At the 15th TAWIRI International Scientific Conference in Tanzania, CLC deepened regional partnerships to address human–wildlife conflict through research and legal analysis. The work reflects...
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Promoting Public Access and Greenspace at the State Line Peninsula

Conservation Law Center represents the Friends of Veterans Memorial Park in advancing community-driven redevelopment of the former State Line Energy plant site in Hammond, Indiana....
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212-year-old Family Farm Preserved

Conservation Law Center helps George Rogers Clark Land Trust preserve 212-year-old family farm utilizing USDA Agricultural Conservation Easement Program....
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Stones put in place to try to halt the erosion of sand along the Lake Michigan shoreline in Ogden Dunes, Indiana, Tuesday, April 29, 2025.

Ogden Dunes drops beach revetment plan; opponents cheer access preservation

After a nearly two-year legal fight, Ogden Dunes officials have dropped plans for a stone revetment along the Lake Michigan shoreline. In June 2023, the...
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Ogden Dunes abandons project to place stone erosion barrier in Lake Michigan

The Town of Ogden Dunes has abandoned its plan to build a stone erosion barrier in Lake Michigan after a nearly two-year legal fight with...
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Town of Ogden Dunes Abandons Plan to Build a Stone Revetment Along Lake Michigan’s Shoreline

After nearly two years of hard-fought litigation brought by Save the Dunes, the Town of Ogden Dunes announced it has “abandoned [its] project” to build...
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Advocates continue pushing back on AES discharges into White River near Martinsville

Hoosier Environmental Council is asking the Morgan County Circuit Court to overturn an administrative law judge’s order they say allows the utility to violate federal...
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Legislation to Promote Prescribed Burning Signed by Governor Braun on May 2

A new law to expand Indiana’s prescribed fire capacity was signed by Gov. Mike Braun on April 30. The bill expands a prescribed fire training...
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Standing Up for Communities in Zoning and Land Use Decisions

CLC works alongside community partners to influence environmental regulations and promote policies that protect health and the environment in the Region....
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Drawing a line in the sand: Ogden Dunes, state and federal agencies and preservation group differ

When Ogden Dunes began hardening the shoreline against Lake Michigan’s attacks, Save the Dunes drew a line in the sand. So did the Indiana Department...

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Legislation to Promote Prescribed Burning Signed by Governor Braun

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana A new law to expand Indiana’s prescribed fire capacity was signed by Gov. Mike Braun on April 30. The bill expands a prescribed...

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Supporting Research to Reduce Human–Wildlife Conflict in Tanzania

Conservation Law Center is partnering with the Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute (TAWIRI), international NGOs, and academic collaborators to support research and policy development aimed at...
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Indiana Environmental Group Sues the State for Allowing Powerplant to Keep Discharging its Coal Ash Laden Wastewater to the White River

(MARTINSVILLE, IN)– The Hoosier Environmental Council (“HEC”) filed suit last week in Morgan County Court against the Indiana Office of Administrative Law Proceedings (“OALP”) for...

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Macaw Recovery Network

MRN’s various Recovery Programs for the parrot species we work with, focus on hands-on conservation to help bring them back from the edge of extinction....

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Friends of the Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge

The Friends of the Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge are neighbors, visitors, families, and individuals…people just like you who enjoy being outdoors and are curious...

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331 Acres of Farmland Protected

New NRCS Agricultural Land Easement in Harrison County, Indiana...
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