Great Lakes Law

Michigan Supreme Court to decide case involving divestment of a public park on the shores of Lake Michigan

This is a guest post by Nick Schroeck, Executive Director of the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center. Nick is the lead attorney for the environmental groups in the Supreme Court case described below. The Michigan Supreme Court will soon hear oral argument in Carol Drake and Clellen Bury v. City of Benton Harbor and Harbor Shores Community Redevelopment Corporation to address whether the City of Benton Harbor may lease a portion of Jean Klock Park... Read more →

Enforcing the federal Clean Water Act in state proceedings – guest post by Melissa Scanlan

The following guest post is by Melissa Scanlan, one of the leading public interest environmental attorneys in the Midwest. After graduating from the University of California-Berkeley in 1999, Melissa returned to her native Wisconsin and founded Midwest Environmental Advocates, which she led as Executive Director for almost a decade. In June of this year Melissa started a new environmental consulting firm where she is teaching, writing, and promoting social enterprises engaged in water policy, sustainability,... Read more →

Wisconsin develops innovative rules to control phosphorous pollution

The state of Wisconsin, with significant contributions by stakeholders, has developed a package of innovate new rules to control phosphorous pollution from point and nonpoint (runoff) sources. Attorney Bill Davis of the Environmental Law and Policy Center played a key role in developing and advancing these rules through the administrative process. Bill is ELPC’s Clean Water Program Manager, working out of their Madison, Wisconsin office. I’ve known Bill for over ten years, as he previously... Read more →