Center for Water Policy director Melissa Scanlan will lead a workshop at the 2023 Wisconsin Lakes and Rivers Convention that will explore the status of the Public Trust Doctrine today by drawing on recent changes in statutes, rules, and case law, and how this impacts Wisconsin DNR water management. Participants will hear her latest research, which began over 20 years ago analyzing the front-line dilemmas of WDNR to implement the laws that give life to the Public Trust. Her latest research findings are set to be published this spring, highlighting how political and economic forces have steadily eroded the state’s capacity to manage the numerous threats to lakes and rivers. The panel will discuss Director Scanlan’s presentation and reflect on the changes to Wisconsin’s legal and political landscape affecting water in the past several decades.
You can register for the virtual and in-person event here.