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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...

Categories: Land, Ogden Dunes, Press Release, Public Trust Doctrine
Issues: Land, Public Trust, Water
Services: Legal Advocacy

Conserving Nature in Greater Yellowstone: Reflections from the Inaugural Talking Conservation Lecture

Professor Robert Keiter, University Distinguished Professor and Wallace Stegner Professor of Law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law. Photo Credit: James...

Categories: Blog, Education, Land, Land Conservation, Public Lecture Series
Issues: Biodiversity, Land
Services: Legal Education

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...

Categories: Blog, Indiana Prescribed Fire
Issues: Land
Services: Legal Advocacy

Conservation Law Clinic students help draft new Indiana prescribed burn legislation

A new Indiana law that expands the state’s prescribed burning capacity was signed by Indiana Governor Mike Braun on April 30, in part due to...

Categories: Education, News
Issues: Land
Services: Legal Education

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...

Categories: Indiana Prescribed Fire, Press Release
Issues: Land
Services: Policy

Nearly 4,000-acre Fish & Wildlife Area opens in southern Indiana

Busseron Creek is Indiana DNR’s largest conservation project in 20 years...

Categories: Press Release, Southern Indiana Sentinel Landscape
Issues: Land
Services: Partnerships

New DNR fish and wildlife area highlights success of partnership with military, conservation groups

Nearly 4,000 acres in Sullivan County will become the new Busseron Creek Fish and Wildlife Area. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources was able to...

Categories: Busseron, News, Southern Indiana Sentinel Landscape
Issues: Land
Services: Partnerships

Indiana permanently protects 4,000 acres with new southern Indiana fish and wildlife area

Nature has reclaimed an old coal mine in southern Indiana, and state environmentalists have collaborated to ensure the land will belong to all Hoosiers. Indiana’s...

Categories: Busseron, Land, News, Southern Indiana Sentinel Landscape
Issues: Land
Services: Partnerships

A Partnership for Progress: How the Conservation Law Center and The Conservation Fund Secured Busseron Creek’s Future

The Conservation Law Center and The Conservation Fund secured permanent protection of 4,000 acres in Southern Indiana, creating the Busseron Creek Fish & Wildlife Area,...

Categories: Blog, Southern Indiana Sentinel Landscape
Issues: Land
Services: Partnerships

Historic Partnership Secures Nearly 4,000 Acres for Conservation and Future Public Recreation in Southern Indiana

A 3,950-acre conservation near LGTF, Indiana, ensures biodiversity, recreation, and resilience through partnerships, opening to the public in 2025....

Categories: Press Release, Southern Indiana Sentinel Landscape
Issues: Land
Services: Partnerships

Conserving Nearly 4,000 Acres in Southern Indiana

Nearly 4,000 acres in Southern Indiana have been permanently conserved in a landmark effort led by the Conservation Law Center’s Southern Indiana Sentinel Landscape initiative....

Categories: Busseron, Southern Indiana Sentinel Landscape
Issues: Land
Services: Partnerships

RCPP Coordinator Hired

Conservation Law Center is excited to announce the hire of Ben Taylor, our coordinator for the Southern Indiana Sentinel Landscape RCPP....

Categories: Blog, Southern Indiana Sentinel Landscape
Issues: Land
Services: Partnerships

$426,708 in Federal Funds to Support Clean Water and Indiana Forests

Indiana Forests to Faucets: Native Landscapes for Clean Water project gets new funding...

Categories: Indiana Forests to Faucets, Southern Indiana Sentinel Landscape
Issues: Land
Services: Partnerships

Ready-Set-Fire in White Oak Woodlands

This Joint Chiefs' Restoration Project will fund prescribed fire along with numerous forest management projects across 16 counties in southern Indiana....

Categories: Ready-Set-Fire, Southern Indiana Sentinel Landscape
Issues: Land
Services: Partnerships

700 Acres of Farmland and Forestland Preserved Near Lake Glendora

American Farmland Trust and Navy Partner on First REPI Easements in SISL...

Categories: REPI Easement, Southern Indiana Sentinel Landscape
Issues: Land
Services: Partnerships

331 Acres of Farmland Protected

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

Categories: George Rogers Clark
Issues: Land
Services: Nonprofit Support

Supporting the Fight Against Invasive Species

Assisted SICIM with a successful grant application...

Categories: SICIM, Southern Indiana Sentinel Landscape
Issues: Land
Services: Nonprofit Support

Funding Available to Landowners Through the Southern Indiana Sentinel Landscape

SISL’s overarching goals are to preserve and protect military missions, support sustainable farming and forestry, restore and sustain ecosystems, ensure thriving human communities, and improve...

Categories: News, Southern Indiana Sentinel Landscape
Issues: Land
Services: Partnerships

New CAFO analysis tells us what we know and fear

A recent International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health report on concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) in the United States highlights a disturbing truth:...

Categories: News
Issues: Land, Water
Services: Legal Advocacy, Policy

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