endangered species

Climate and Conservation Summit

SISL Coordinator, Rob McCrea, was invited to attend the Climate and Conservation Summit hosted by the Department of Defense and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...

Biodiversity Interview with Christian Freitag

Question: I know you have a background in land protection. Could you please share your insights on how the preservation of land, habitat, and species...

Macaw Recovery Network secures habitat for critically endangered Great Green Macaw

Macaw Recovery Network announces its first land purchase toward the restoration of habitat for the critically endangered Great Green Macaw. Its purchase of La Peninsula...

Freitag co-authors article on sustainable development in Costa Rica “blue zone”

Along with colleagues from Syracuse University and INCAE, Costa Rica’s main business school, CLC Executive Director Christian Freitag recently co-authored an article concerning Nosara, Costa...

The Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust Renews Grant Support for CLC’s Clean Water Indiana Program

The Conservation Law Center is proud to announce the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust has continued their support of CLC’s Clean Water Indiana Program with...

Conservation Law Center names Kacey Cook as the Constance and Terry Marbach Conservation Attorney

The Conservation Law Center is excited to announce Kacey Cook as the inaugural Constance and Terry Marbach Conservation Attorney. The Marbach Conservation Attorney will focus...

CLC to Help Coordinate New Sentinel Landscape Program in Southern Indiana

February 16, 2022 – The designation of more than 3.5 million acres in southern Indiana as a Sentinel Landscape will protect critical habitats and species,...

The Not So Dark Side Of Bats

There's nothing spooky about bats. 🦇 Although they are often accused of being pests, these winged friends actually play important roles in pest control. Here...

A Win for Wetlands!

In 2020, Conservation Law Center partnered with Hoosier Environmental Council and the Indiana Audubon Society in a suit against Natural Prairie and the US Army...
Macaw

CLC coauthors report on threats to survival of endangered Costa Rican Great Green Macaw

This report, requested by the Macaw Recovery Network (MRN), details the ways in which the rapidly growing pineapple industry in Costa Rica threatens the survival...

The Teddy Bears of the Bee World Are Endangered

Due to loss of habitat, disease, pesticides, and climate change, the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee, Bombus affinis, has been classified as endangered under the Endangered...

A Win for the Indiana Bat: D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Requires Analysis of Greater Protections for Endangered Species Impacted By Wind Energy Development

In an important decision, the court has ruled for the bats, setting a precedent which will mean more careful consideration of the environmental impacts of...

CLC Urges Greater Protections for Birds and Bats From Wind Turbines in the Midwest

The CLC is continuing its efforts to promote responsible wind energy development. Wind turbines can kill many birds and bats, including federally protected species, and...

CLC prevails in Endangered Species Act lawsuit against US Fish and Wildlife permitting of wind farms harming Indiana bats 

Union Neighbors United, Inc. v. Sally Jewell...

The Legal Challenge of Protecting Animal Migrations as Phenomena of Abundance

The CLC attorneys and Clinic interns will be participating in the second semester of a year-long series of interdisciplinary seminars on protecting animal migrations, an...