Water

The Water Crisis in Indiana

Having safe and reliable access to clean drinking water is something easily taken for granted by most Americans, but in reality, 2018 data showed that...

Categories: Blog, Clean Water Indiana
Issues: Water
Services: Policy

The Mallard Migration

And they’re off, south for the winter! As birds head toward the winter home, they follow specific paths called “Flyways.” Along the way, they have...

Categories: Blog
Issues: Biodiversity, Land, Water
Services: Policy

Andrea Lutz now speaking out for the Conservation Law Center

A familiar name from a different email address feels out of context. Upon further investigation it is perfectly in context. Andrea Lutz has been my...

Categories: News
Issues: Biodiversity, Land, Water

Conservation Law Center announces Andrea Lutz as first Director of Advancement

Conservation Law Center is excited to welcome Andrea Lutz in the newly created position of Director of Advancement. This new role replaces the prior Director...

Categories: Press Release
Issues: Biodiversity, Community-Centered Conservation, Land, Public Trust, Water

$60,000 Grant from Simon Family Foundation to Advance Water Quality and Land Conservation in Indiana

Thank you to the Herbert Simon Family Foundation who has awarded the Conservation Law Center a $60,000 grant to further our work in water quality...

Categories: Blog
Issues: Biodiversity, Land, Water
Services: Nonprofit Support, Policy

Conservation Law Center Clinic at the IU Maurer School of Law

Each school year, second- and third-year law students at the IU Maurer School of Law have the opportunity to enroll for credit as interns in...

Categories: Blog
Issues: Biodiversity, Community-Centered Conservation, Land, Public Trust, Water
Services: Legal Education

The Public Trust Battle Continues

In our landmark case, Gunderson v. Indiana, CLC represented the environmental groups Save the Dunes and Alliance for the Great Lakes through the Trial Court,...

Categories: Blog, Pavlock
Issues: Public Trust, Water
Services: Legal Advocacy

Conservation Law Center Receives $20,000 Grant from Duke Energy Foundation for Water Monitoring on Lake Monroe

The Duke Energy Foundation recently awarded Conservation Law Center a grant for $20,000 to help improve water monitoring and management of Lake Monroe....

Categories: Blog
Issues: Water
Services: Policy

A Win for Wetlands and Government Accountability

Hoosier Environmental Council, Indiana Audubon, et al. v. Natural Prairie Indiana Farmland Holdings, LLC and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...

Categories: Natural Prairie
Issues: Water
Services: Legal Advocacy

Indiana Environmental Law and Climate Change Adaptation

Climate change is already causing changes now, right here in the state of Indiana. This year’s spring was one of the five wettest in the...

Categories: Blog
Issues: Biodiversity, Water
Services: Legal Education

Freitag Represents the Center at Public Affairs Governance Workshop in China

This past June, I accepted an invitation from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University and Ocean University of China to...

Categories: Blog
Issues: Land, Water
Services: Nonprofit Support, Policy

U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Hear Lake Michigan Public Trust Case

Is your right to access Indiana’s Lake Michigan shoreline a national concern? On October 5th, the US Supreme Court was asked to decide if it...

Categories: Blog, Gunderson
Issues: Land, Public Trust, Water
Services: Legal Advocacy

Water Quality Day

On August 25, Hoosiers will gather in Indianapolis, Bloomington, and Monroe County to celebrate Water Quality Day. As part of National Water Quality Month, Water...

Categories: Blog
Issues: Water
Services: Policy

Landmark Public Trust Case a Major Win for Hoosiers

The Conservation Law Center, with attorney Jeff Hyman leading the litigation, represented environmental groups Alliance for the Great Lakes and <a target="_blank"...

Categories: Blog, Gunderson
Issues: Public Trust, Water
Services: Legal Advocacy

A Letter to the Editor: We all need clean, abundant water

August is Water Quality Month (#WQM17). What’s on tap? A reminder to celebrate Indiana’s bounty of rivers, lakes and streams. They support a billion-dollar recreational...