Great Rivers Environmental Law Center
Lawyers for the Environment
Category: Wetlands and Floodplains Program
Great Rivers Doubles Down in Fight Against Maryland Heights Floodplain Development
The proposed construction site sits adjacent to Creve Coeur Lake Park, abutting wetlands considered by the National Audubon Society to be an “urban oasis” for many migrating waders, waterfowl, and shorebirds, and the bird watchers who come to see them.
Read MoreGreat Rivers Environmental Law Center sees Victory in Water Pollution Case
It’s a good day for river recreationists and wildlife alike.
Read MoreGreat Rivers Files Comments Challenging Legality of Cuts to NEPA
The changes would threaten local natural resources and exacerbate climate instability.
Read MoreMissouri Wetlands: Our Unsung Resource
Wetlands in Missouri are one of our state’s highly beneficial and yet often unappreciated natural resources.
Read MoreSuccess! Subsidized Development of 2,409 acres Abutting Wetlands and Creve Coeur Park CANCELLED
When environmental concerns about the development seemed to fall on deaf ears, Great Rivers attorneys Bob Menees and Sarah Rubenstein raised important issues about the legality of the proposed plan.
Read MoreGreat Rivers Files Comments Opposing Maryland Heights’ Myopic Plan to Develop Floodplain at Taxpayers’ Expense
The City’s proposal for over $85,000,000 in tax incentives would jeopardize downstream citizens, vulnerable wildlife, and the funding of vital community services.
Read MoreVictory for Save Sugar Creek in Kirkwood City Council – Rezoning that could increase flood risk has been denied.
Last week, Save Sugar Creek and Great Rivers Environmental Law Center won a great victory. The Kirkwood City Council voted unanimously against a rezoning request that they’d been fighting because it would lead to increased flooding of Sugar Creek, an impaired water body.
Read MoreLocal Activists Work to Restore the Osage River Downstream of Bagnell Dam.
Norm Prenger and his neighbors have been working hard to restore the lower Osage River in Missouri.
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