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Natural Resources Conservation Service

Supporting America’s Working Lands As the USDA’s primary private lands conservation agency, we generate, manage, and share the data, technology, and standards that enable partners...

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U.S. Department of Interior

Mission The U.S. Department of the Interior protects and manages the Nation’s natural resources and cultural heritage; provides scientific and other information about those resources;...

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U.S. Department of Agriculture

We provide leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, rural development, nutrition, and related issues based on public policy, the best available science, and effective management....

GARD seeks judicial review after judge dismisses Fulcrum Bioenergy complaint

The grassroots environmental group Gary Advocates for Responsible Development (GARD) is seeking judicial review of a complaint against the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM)...
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Sycamore Land Trust

Sycamore is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit conservation organization founded in 1990 that serves 26 counties in southern Indiana. Our federal tax identification number is 35-1830637. We...

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U.S. Department of Defense

The Department of Defense is America’s largest government agency. With our military tracing its roots back to pre-Revolutionary times, the department has grown and evolved...

Environmental Legal Aid Program

The Conservation Law Center seeks to serve local residents who want to improve the environment of northern Lake County. Our mission is to assist residents...
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Southern Indiana Sentinel Landscape

IN 2022, CLC was selected by the federal government to oversee the new Southern Indiana Sentinel Landscape (SISL) project, one of only ten such designations...

Clean Water Indiana

CLC’s Clean Water Indiana Project seeks to improve Indiana’s water policy and infrastructure. We work to identify and implement solutions vital to all Hoosiers, including...

Michael Zoeller

Mike Zoeller is a Senior Attorney with the Conservation Law Center leading its Environmental Legal Aid Program in Hammond, Whiting, East Chicago, and Gary, Indiana....

Michael Spalding

Michael Spalding is the Program Coordinator for the Southern Indiana Sentinel Landscape. Michael grew up in central Indiana on land that has been in his...

Rachel Schwartz

Rachel Schwartz is a University of Chicago Law School Public Service Fellow. Rachel grew up in the Philadelphia area, in the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed, where the...

Rob McCrea

Rob McCrea is the Land Conservation Attorney for Conservation Law Center. Rob grew up hiking, hunting, and camping in the hills of southern Indiana. Rob’s...

Kim Ferraro

Kim E. Ferraro is the Managing Attorney at the Conservation Law Center, where she leads the organization’s environmental litigation programs. She is a seasoned public...

Andrea Capio

Andrea Capio grew up near the shores of Lake Michigan with a love of the outdoors. After graduating with a Biology and Chemistry degree, she...

Raenah Bailey

Raenah is the Midwest Climate Specialist for the Southern Indiana Sentinel Landscape and the Camp Ripley Sentinel Landscape. Her passion for environmental science emerged during...

Christian Freitag

Christian Freitag is the Glenn and Donna Scolnik Clinical Chair of Conservation Law Indiana University Maurer School of Law and President and Executive Director of...

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Protecting the White River from Coal Ash Pollution

Hoosier Environmental Council v. IDEM, AES/Eagle Valley Generating Station...
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Southern Indiana Sentinel Landscape Update // Spring 2024

Greetings from the Southern Indiana Sentinel Landscape. I hope you all are enjoying the good things that come along with spring such as listening to...

CLC Launches New Region-Focused Environmental Legal Aid Program

Interpreting the complex system of permits and standards that regulate the Region's many industries can be a daunting task. “You’ve got to be an environmental...

Conservation Law Center Launches New Legal Aid Program To Advance Environmental Health And Equity In Gary, Hammond, East Chicago, And Whiting

CLC announces the launch of the organization’s Environmental Legal Aid Program to serve the environmental legal needs of local residents, advocates and community groups in...