CLC Develops Model Indiana Wilderness Act Legislation

The Indiana Forest Alliance, with the support of State Senator Mark Stoops, requested that the CLC prepare model legislation for an Indiana Wilderness Act. The CLC drafted a bill that would require the department of natural resources to identify large, remote forested tracts of state-owned land and, in appropriate cases, to recommend such areas to the natural resources commission for designation as state wilderness areas.

Indiana Organizations, Indiana LawsCLC AdminJanuary 17, 2014Indiana Forest Alliance, Indiana Wilderness ActComment

CLC Proposes Updates to Indiana Water Management Policies

In response to the recommendation of the Indiana Sustainable Natural Resources Task Force, and in collaboration with members of the Indiana General Assembly, the CLC developed legislation to update Indiana's water management policies. Currently, water management decisions related to flood control, drainage, and water supply planning are the responsibility of a number of different state and local entities.

CLC Represents Clients in Oral Argument at the Indiana Supreme Court

The CLC's Jeff Hyman represented three Indiana environmental groups in oral arguments before the Indiana Supreme Court (video) on Thursday, March 15, in a case that will have repercussions for advocacy organizations throughout Indiana.

Completion of Manual for Landowners in Indiana and Illinois

In partnership with The Nature Conservancy, CLC has developed a manual for landowners in Indiana and Illinois who are interested in preserving their land by donating conservation easements, but are concerned that lingering mineral interests on their land could complicate or undermine their efforts.

Weeks Elected Chairman of IN Sustainable Natural Resources Task Force

Prof. W. William Weeks, Director of the Conservation Law Clinic, has been elected the Chairman of the Indiana Sustainable Natural Resources Task Force.

Indiana Organizations, Indiana LawsCLC AdminNovember 14, 2011Indiana Sustainable Natural Resources Task ForceComment

CLC Awarded $150K Grant by Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust

The Conservation Law Center was awarded a $150,000 grant by the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust (NMPCT) over a two year period to expand its freshwater conservation work, focusing particularly on the Wabash and White Rivers in Indiana. This grant is the third grant awarded to the CLC by the NMPCT.

CLC Prevails in IKEC v Citizens Groups; IKEC Appeals

The Conservation Law Center is representing three Indiana environmental groups in litigation filed by the Indiana-Kentucky Electric Corporation (IKEC), the operators of the Clifty Creek power station in southern Indiana.

Indiana Organizations, Indiana LawsCLC AdminJanuary 20, 2011Indiana-Kentucky Electric Corporation, IKEC, Clifty CreekComment

CAFO Rulemaking

Indiana's Hoosier Environmental Council has asked for CLC's help in advancing their interests in an upcoming rulemaking that will change the way Confined Animal Feeding Operations -- or factory farms -- are regulated. CLC attorneys and Clinic interns will participate in this administrative law process to ensure that the new CAFO regulations adequately protect streams and lakes from pollution.

Indiana Organizations, Indiana Laws, Freshwater EcosystemsCLC AdminJanuary 11, 2010Hoosier Environmental CouncilComment

Antidegradation Rulemaking

CLC attorneys and Clinic interns continue the CLC's multiyear involvement in Indiana's antidegradation rulemaking on behalf of client Alliance for the Great Lakes. The rulemaking is required under the Clean Water Act.