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Earth Day 2022!
Earth Day 2022!

Conservation Law Center is making that investment each day by working to protect and improve the health, diversity, beauty and resilience of the planet and defend our shared natural heritage in Indiana and beyond.

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Conservation, Clean Air, Endangered Species, Environmental Justice, Freshwater Ecosystems, Land Conservation, Threatened and Endangered, Water, WildlifeAndrea LutzHabitat Conservation, hiking, Indiana, Community Conservation Project, drinking water, Land Protection, natural resources, nonprofit, native plants, conservation, pollution, water quality, Renewable Energy, Invasive Species, Wind Energy, water
We Are Hiring! Sentinel Landscape Program Coordinator
We Are Hiring! Sentinel Landscape Program Coordinator

The Conservation Law Center seeks applications for a Program Coordinator to join our team based in the beautiful Midwestern college town of Bloomington, Indiana. This is an exciting opportunity to join an organization and broad partnership focused on providing solutions to some of the most important and challenging conservation and environmental issues in Indiana. The Coordinator will work with a diverse group of public and private partners to achieve various natural resource conservation goals within the Southern Indiana Sentinel Landscape geographic boundaries. These goals include land and soil conservation, water quality and riparian corridors, threatened and endangered species, and the critical goal of maintaining military readiness in southern Indiana’s four defense bases.

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Climate Change, Conservation, Conservation Easements, Hiring, Indiana Organizations, Indiana University, Land Conservation, Land, Land TrustsAndrea Lutzenvironmental law, endangered species, Friends of Patoka River, Habitat Conservation, Habitat protection, The Nature Conservancy, Indiana, Indiana Bat, Invasive Species, job opportunities, Land Trust, Land Protection, Migratory Species, nonprofit, not-for-profit, natural resources, native plants, conservation, Staff, Sentinel Landscape, Sycamore Land Trust
CLC to Help Coordinate New Sentinel Landscape Program in Southern Indiana
CLC to Help Coordinate New Sentinel Landscape Program in Southern Indiana

The designation of more than 3.5 million acres in southern Indiana as a Sentinel Landscape will protect critical habitats and species, conserve natural resources, strengthen military readiness, and help the state prepare for environmental change. Southern Indiana is one of 3 new additions to the federal program, bringing the total to 10 nationwide.

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Climate Change, Conservation Easements, Conservation, Endangered Species, Indiana Organizations, Indiana University, Land Conservation, Threatened and Endangered, Water, WildlifeAndrea LutzSentinel Landscape, Habitat protection, Water Management, Indiana, Indiana Bat, endangered species, environmental law, Invasive Species, Land Protection, Mature Forest, natural resources, native plants, Streams, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services
Intern Update: Lucy Newell
Intern Update: Lucy Newell

Hi! My name is Lucy Newell, and I am a senior at Indiana University studying Law and Public Policy at the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs. This past semester, I have been the Undergraduate Intern at the Conservation Law Center.

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Conservation, Conservation Easements, InternsAndrea LutzClinic, Indiana, environmental law, law students, nonprofit, native plants, conservation, Public Trust, Students, SPEA, Maurer School of Law
Suburban Wilderness
Suburban Wilderness

As winter slowly drips away and temps warm, I am easily distracted by thoughts of my garden. Daydreaming of that first bright warm day, usually in April, when I’ll throw on scrubby jeans, a sweatshirt, and my college cap and finally get my hands in the dirt. It isn’t glamorous, anyone would agree. The abundant blooms of June are much more gratifying. But after being stuck in my home all winter long I don’t mind that the only things to greet me are stalks of picked over coneflower and the bobbing seed heads of last season’s penstemon.

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WildlifeAndrea Lutzgardening, wildlife, native plants, insects