Great Lakes Law

ABA Eastern Water Resources Conference in Orlando, Florida

I’m in sunny and hot Orlando, Florida today for the American Bar Association’s biennial Eastern Water Resources Conference. The theme is “Surplus and Scarcity: Adapting to Hydrologic Disruption in the East” and as always, there is a fantastic line-up of speakers and topics discussing state water planning and regulation, water economics, and infrastructure. I’m moderating a panel on the water-energy nexus, and my colleague Nick Schroeck is speaking on the interstate compacts panel, discussing the... Read more →

Canadian Feds propose ban on bulk water removals from transboundary waters

Last week, the Canadian federal government proposed legislation to ban bulk water removals from “transboundary waters” – meaning waters that cross the U.S.-Canada boundary. To explain the legislation and how it fits within Canada’s other water protection efforts and challenges, Professor Marcia Valiante of the University of Windsor Faculty of Law generously agreed to author the following the guest post. Prof. Valiante is a leading expert on Canadian environmental law with a special focus on... Read more →

Coyotes in Detroit – Guest Post by Bill Dodge

When I first heard about coyotes that roam Detroit, it sounded like an urban legend. But like many urban legends in Detroit, the tales of coyotes are very much real. To learn more, a friend connected me with Bill Dodge, a PhD candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences at Wayne State University. Bill is studying the ecology of coyotes in urban areas of southeastern Michigan. The primary focus of his research is (1) to... Read more →