California courts have long recognized the state’s duty to protect its tidelands, navigable waterways, and submerged lands (i.e., the land below the high tideline) under the common law public trust ...
A boardwalk stretches toward the current shoreline of Mono Lake, as seen from around the location of the historic water level of Mono Lake in 1941 before water diversions by Los Angeles first began, ...
The Sierra Club and other environmental organizations filed a December 1st Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief; Verified Petition for Writ of Mandate (“Complaint”) against the City of ...
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The Department of Water and Sanitation is presently endeavouring to create legislative powers that, properly understood, ...
John M. Armentano, a partner with Farrell Fritz, writes that the mysterious and often misunderstood public trust doctrine has its origins in Roman and English law and is based on the concept that the ...
Georgia lawmakers passed a bill at the last minute last year, enshrining the public’s right to fish and traverse navigable waterways. Now, at the urging of agribusiness, two new bills are advancing, ...
Two public land access groups filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ position that corner crossing is “unlawful” in Montana. The Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters ...