Lake Michigan

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...

Categories: News, Ogden Dunes, Public Trust Doctrine, Save the Dunes

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...

Categories: News, Ogden Dunes, Public Trust Doctrine, Save the Dunes

Hoosiers living near steel mills will have to wait 2 more years for cleaner air

The EPA has delayed stricter pollution standards for steel mills for roughly two years, prompting lawsuits from environmental and community groups concerned about continued exposure...

Categories: News

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...

Categories: News, Ogden Dunes
Issues: Public Trust
Services: Legal Advocacy

Public interest vs. private homes: Climate change and erosion fuel disputes along Lake Michigan’s shoreline

Steve Coombs’ lakefront home used to quake when waves crashed along Ogden Dunes’ receding shoreline. “At one point, my wife said, ‘Should we just move...

Categories: News, Ogden Dunes
Issues: Biodiversity, Land, Public Trust, Water
Services: Legal Advocacy

Possible Ogden Dunes revetment sparks debate

ODGEN DUNES — The possible construction of an armor stone revetment in Ogden Dunes has been challenged by the non-profit group Save the Dunes. The...

Categories: News, Ogden Dunes
Issues: Biodiversity, Land, Public Trust, Water
Services: Legal Advocacy

Environmentalists oppose extension of Ogden Dunes revetment along Lake Michigan shoreline

A little more than three years ago, Lake Michigan was at its highest level in more than 30 years, and waves dashed up against the...

Categories: News, Ogden Dunes
Issues: Biodiversity, Land, Public Trust, Water
Services: Legal Advocacy

Save the Dunes Challenges State Approval of an Armor Stone Revetment Along the Lake Michigan Shoreline for Violating the Public Trust

(Ogden Dunes, IN)- Save the Dunes filed an administrative appeal on Monday with the Indiana Natural Resources Commission. The appeal challenges the Indiana Department of...

Categories: News, Ogden Dunes
Issues: Public Trust, Water
Services: Legal Advocacy

Maintaining Public Access to Lake Michigan Beaches

Save the Dunes v. Ind. Dept. of Natural Resources (DNR), Town of Ogden Dunes...

Categories: Ogden Dunes
Issues: Public Trust
Services: Legal Advocacy

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

Supreme Court stands with conservation groups in Lake Michigan beach access case

The public’s right to the Lake Michigan shoreline stands after the U.S. Supreme Court announced Tuesday it was denying a petition to hear an appeal...

Categories: Gunderson, News
Issues: Public Trust
Services: Legal Advocacy

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 Win for the Public Trust

The Public Trust Doctrine grants access to use the land between the low and high water marks of Indiana's Lake Michigan shoreline.

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

Indiana Court Recognizes Public Right to Walk and Sunbathe on Lake Michigan Shore

This July, La Porte County Judge Richard R. Stalbrink ruled that Indiana holds the state’s Lake Michigan shore in trust for public uses, including swimming,...

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

Good News on the Lake Michigan Shore

The Center has been representing the Alliance for the Great Lakes and Save the Dunes in a lawsuit in which certain owners of lakeside property...

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

CLC Defending Public Rights to Lake Michigan Shore

CLC is representing the Alliance for the Great Lakes and Save the Dunes in litigation over the application of the public trust and the boundary...

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

Safeguarding Public Trust Rights on Lake Michigan

Gunderson v. State, Indiana Dept. of Natural Resources & Pavlock v. State...

Categories: Gunderson
Issues: Public Trust
Services: Legal Advocacy

Ballast Water Treatment Regulations

CLC attorneys and Clinic interns advised long-standing client, Great Lakes United, and four other conservation groups in preparing comments on the U.S. Coast Guard's ballast...

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

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