Clients and Matters

One of the Conservation Law Center's goals is to promote the development of more effective conservation law and policy. We make our work public whenever it does not conflict with confidentiality requirements. We will post public documents on this website as they become available.

Alliance for the Great Lakes

www.greatlakes.org

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management, after past failed attempts at rulemaking, currently is in the process of promulgating regulations to implement antidegradation policies pursuant to the Clean Water Act. The agency has opened up the process to various stakeholder groups and CLC is working with environmental organizations in the region to assure that conservation interests are heard.

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Central Indiana Land Trust, Inc.

www.cilti.org

We have advised CILTI on the implications for its work of Indiana law regarding marketable title for real property.

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Counsel to Government Agencies

We have advised Indiana government agencies on land conservation issues ranging from marketable title to carbon mitigation.

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Great Lakes Protection Fund

www.glpf.org

We have provided research regarding certain provisions of the wildlife laws of Great Lakes states, the supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution, financial responsibility and surety statutes, certain aspects of insurance law, and the law governing the Saint Lawrence Seaway.

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Great Lakes United

www.glu.org

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Indiana Land Protection Alliance

www.indianalandtrusts.org

We provided counsel on the creation of by-laws.

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Land Trust Alliance

www.lta.org

The U.S. Congress, in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, delegated to electric utility companies the authority to acquire a right-of-way within a designated National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor by the exercise of eminent domain. This eminent domain authority poses a threat to private conservation land interests such as conservation easements. CLC analyzed the extent to which conservation easements held or co-held by private land trusts may be resistant to this eminent domain authority, by virtue of partnerships with governmental entities or other mechanisms.

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National Speleological Society

We provided counsel on certain aspects of Indiana's non profit corporations law.

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City of Oakland City

At the City's request, we provided draft ordinances for its consideration.

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Ozark Regional Land Trust

www.orlt.org

We provide ongoing legal support to the Ozark Regional Land Trust, including review of conservation easement agreements and related documents, research of pertinent laws and legal standards, and advice on conservation strategies.

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Sycamore Land Trust

www.sycamorelandtrust.org

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Save The River

www.savetheriver.org

The spring opening date for shipping on the Saint Lawrence Seaway is set by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC). Ice breaking may accompany the opening, depending on how early the date is set. Save The River seeks to promote an spring ice breaking policy that protects the delicate ecosystem of the Upper Saint Lawrence River from ship wakes and scouring damage. CLC prepared a memorandum on legal issues related to the opening of the Seaway.

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Southern Indiana Cooperative Weed Management Area

www.fs.fed.us/r9/hoosier/docs/plants/sicwma.htm

Cooperative weed management areas are local organizations that provide a mechanism for sharing invasive plant management resources across jurisdictional boundaries to prevent and control invasive plants. CLC is working with the Southern Indiana Cooperative Weed Management Area (SICWMA) to incorporate as a nonprofit in Indiana and seek 501(c)(3) Recognition of Exemption from the Internal Revenue Service. SICWMA proposes to cover 36 counties with similar terrain, soil, climate, and threats from invasive species.

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The Nature Conservancy

www.nature.org/indiana

We have provided counsel on several matters, ranging from the implications for conservation of certain Indiana laws to certain aspects of the law of conservation easements.

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Additional Projects

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