Great Lakes Law

Spectacular new Great Lakes documentary – review of movie Waterlife

Waterlife is an incredible new documentary on the Great Lakes distributed by Bullfrog Films. I had the chance to review the film before its public release, and I highly recommend it. Waterlife is a visually stunning, spectacular, and eye-opening film. It documents both the natural grandeur of the Great Lakes and the brutal insults that the Great Lakes endure. The film shows the rest of the world what a spectacular resource we have in the... Read more →

Tenth Annual Great Lakes Water Conference at University of Toledo College of Law

Since 2001, the University of Toledo College of Law has hosted an annual Great Lakes Water Conference that brings together leading academics, policy makers, and legal practitioners to explore the range of legal issues facing the Great Lakes. I’ve made the trip down to Toledo almost every year for this conference, and always find it an excellent forum to learn and debate current issues and exchange cutting-edge ideas. Professor Ken Kilbert runs a superb program... Read more →

Federal district court considers Asian carp case and arguments for temporary closure of Chicago canal locks - guest post by Thom Cmar

As this is being posted, a federal district court in Chicago is hearing arguments by Michigan and four other Great Lakes states to compel the temporary closure of Chicago canal locks to stop the spread of invasive Asian carp. Michigan and the other states (Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio, and Pennsylvania) argue that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago have created a public nuisance by allowing Asian carp to... Read more →

New edition of Michigan Environmental Law Deskbook available free online

The Michigan Environmental Law Deskbook has been significantly revised for its second edition, and is now available for free online through the Environmental Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan. The new edition is edited by Jeff Haynes and Gene Smary, two prominent environmental attorneys in the state, and features chapters authored by a long list of the leading practitioners in every subfield of environmental law. This is an exceptionally useful resource, written by... Read more →