MEA Publications

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Reports:

Midwest Environmental Advocates Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2007

Midwest Environmental Advocates Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2006

Realizing the Promise of the Great Lakes Compact: A Policy Guide for State Implementation

Midwest Environmental Advocates Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2005

Protecting Wisconsin's Water: A Conservation Report and Toolkit

By Melissa Scanlan
Case Study: Ground Truthing Groundwater: Local Citizens Unite to Prevent Withdrawals
published in River Voices Vol. 15, 3 & 4 ( 2005) by the River Network

Midwest Environmental Advocates Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2004

At a Loss: The State of Wisconsin after Eight Years without the Public Intervor Office (Mar. 2004)

Who Is Guarding Our Waters? A Report on the Wisconsin DNR's Enforcement of Water Pollution Laws (Jan. 2002)

The Milking of the Public: Wisconsin's Cost-Share Program for Farm Pollution
(Dec. 2000)


Guides:

Being Heard: A Citizen's Guide to DNR Hearings

MEA's Comprehensive Model Livestock Ordinance (Guide and Sample Provisions)


Law Review Articles:

By Melissa Kwaterski Scanlan
"Protecting the Public Trust and Human Rights in the Great Lakes." published in Michigan State Law Review 1333 (2006).

By Jodi Habush Sinykin and Donna L. McGee
"Opportunities and Challenges for State Implementation of Water Conservation Under the Great Lakes Compact: A Report and Toolkit," published in Michigan State Law Review 1193 (2006).

By Melissa Kwaterski Scanlan, Jodi Habush Sinykin, and James Krohelski
"Realizing the Promise of the Great Lakes Compact: A Policy Analysis for State Implementation." published in 8 Vermont Journal of Environmental Law (2006) pdf

By Melissa K. Scanlan:
"The Evolution of the Public Trust Doctrine and the Degradation of Trust Resources: Courts, Trustees and Political Power in Wisconsin," published in 27 Ecology Law Quarterly 135 (2000).

By Andrew C. Hanson:
"Moving Beyond 'Jeopardy:' Water Quality Standards and the Conservation and Recovery of Endangered Aquatic Species," published in 19 Virginia Environmental Law Journal 433 (2000).

"Brewing Land Use Conflicts: Wisconsin’s Right to Farm Law," Wisconsin Lawyer (Dec. 2002).

"Section 309(c) of the Clean Water Act:  Using the Model Penal Code to Clarify Mental State in Water Pollution Crimes," 20 Pace Envtl. L. Rev. (Summer 2003).