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ASWM Insights on the Final WOTUS Rule: The 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule (2020)

ASWM Insights on the Final WOTUS Rule: The 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule (2020)

Government Liability and Climate Change: Selected Issues for Wetland and Floodplain Managers
By Jon Kusler, Esq. Association of State Wetland Managers, Inc. (April 2016)

Government Liability and Climate Change: Selected Issues for Wetland and Floodplain Managers
By Jon Kusler, Esq. Association of State Wetland Managers, Inc. (April 2016)

Legal Issues in Upgrading Flood Maps to Reflect Climate Change, Other Changed Conditions
By Jon Kusler, Esq. Association of State Wetland Managers, Inc. (April 2016)

Legal Issues in Upgrading Flood Maps to Reflect Climate Change, Other Changed Conditions
By Jon Kusler, Esq. Association of State Wetland Managers, Inc. (April 2016)

Implications to Floodplains and Wetland Managers of Arkansas Game and Fish Commission v. United States
By Jon Kusler, Esq., Association of State Wetland Managers – December 2012

Implications to Floodplains and Wetland Managers of Arkansas Game and Fish Commission v. United States
By Jon Kusler, Esq., Association of State Wetland Managers – December 2012

"Significant Nexus" and Clean Water Act Jurisdiction
By Jon Kusler, Esq., Pat Parenteau, Esq., Edward A. Thomas, Esq. (3/5/2007)

"Significant Nexus" and Clean Water Act Jurisdiction
By Jon Kusler, Esq., Pat Parenteau, Esq., Edward A. Thomas, Esq. (3/5/2007)

Recommended Actions to Clarify Clean Water Act Jurisdiction Following Issuance of the Consolidated Decision, Rapanos v. U.S. 126 S. Ct. 2208 (S.Ct. 2006) (3/5/2007)

Recommended Actions to Clarify Clean Water Act Jurisdiction Following Issuance of the Consolidated Decision, Rapanos v. U.S. 126 S. Ct. 2208 (S.Ct. 2006) (3/5/2007)

Discussion Paper Rapanos V. United States: "Significant Nexus" and Waters Subject to the Clean Water Act Jurisdiction
By Jon Kusler, Esq., Association of State Wetland Managers, Inc. and Pat Parenteau, Esq., Vermont Law School (9/2006)

Discussion Paper Rapanos V. United States: "Significant Nexus" and Waters Subject to the Clean Water Act Jurisdiction
By Jon Kusler, Esq., Association of State Wetland Managers, Inc. and Pat Parenteau, Esq., Vermont Law School (9/2006)

Common Legal Questions: Landowner Liability for Draining or Filling Wetlands
By Jon Kusler, Association of State Wetland Managers, Inc. (6/26/2006)

Common Legal Questions: Landowner Liability for Draining or Filling Wetlands
By Jon Kusler, Association of State Wetland Managers, Inc. (6/26/2006)

Common Questions: The SWANCC Decision; Role of the States in Filling the Gaps
By Jon Kusler and Jeanne Christie, Association of State Wetland Managers, Inc. (6/26/2006)

Common Questions: The SWANCC Decision; Role of the States in Filling the Gaps
By Jon Kusler and Jeanne Christie, Association of State Wetland Managers, Inc. (6/26/2006)

Common Questions: Wetland Assessment Methods and the Courts
By Jon Kusler, Association of State Wetland Managers, Inc. (6/26/2006)

Common Questions: Wetland Assessment Methods and the Courts
By Jon Kusler, Association of State Wetland Managers, Inc. (6/26/2006)

Common Legal Questions: Wetland Regulations
By Jon Kusler, Association of State Wetland Managers, Inc. (6/26/2006)

Common Legal Questions: Wetland Regulations
By Jon Kusler, Association of State Wetland Managers, Inc. (6/26/2006)

Common Legal Questions: Wetland Regulations: Avoiding Legal Problems; Winning Legal Challenges
By Jon Kusler, Ph.D., Esq., Association of State Wetland Managers, Inc. (6/26/2006)

Common Legal Questions: Wetland Regulations: Avoiding Legal Problems; Winning Legal Challenges
By Jon Kusler, Ph.D., Esq., Association of State Wetland Managers, Inc. (6/26/2006)

"Waters of the U.S." After SWANCC
By Jon Kusler, Esq., Association of State Wetland Managers, Inc. (10/6/2005)

"Waters of the U.S." After SWANCC
By Jon Kusler, Esq., Association of State Wetland Managers, Inc. (10/6/2005)

Status and Trends; Avoiding Legal Problems: State and Local Wetland Regulations in the Courts
By Jon Kusler, Esq., Association of State Wetland Managers, Inc. (Draft 11/01/2004)

Status and Trends; Avoiding Legal Problems: State and Local Wetland Regulations in the Courts
By Jon Kusler, Esq., Association of State Wetland Managers, Inc. (Draft 11/01/2004)

The SWANCC Decision: State Regulation of Wetlands to Fill the Gap
By Jon A. Kusler, Association of State Wetland Managers, Inc. (Revised 3/04/2004)

The SWANCC Decision: State Regulation of Wetlands to Fill the Gap
By Jon A. Kusler, Association of State Wetland Managers, Inc. (Revised 3/04/2004)

Position Paper on Clean Water Act Jurisdiction Determinations Pursuant to the Supreme Court’s January 9, 2001 Decision, Solid Waste of Northern Cook County v. United States Army Corps of Engineers (SWANCC)
Prepared by Patrick Parenteau, Vermont Law School. (December 2001)

Position Paper on Clean Water Act Jurisdiction Determinations Pursuant to the Supreme Court’s January 9, 2001 Decision, Solid Waste of Northern Cook County v. United States Army Corps of Engineers (SWANCC)
Prepared by Patrick Parenteau, Vermont Law School. (December 2001)

The SWANCC Decision and State Regulation of Wetlands
By Jon Kusler, Esq. for the Association of State Wetland Managers, Inc. (June 2001)

The SWANCC Decision and State Regulation of Wetlands
By Jon Kusler, Esq. for the Association of State Wetland Managers, Inc. (June 2001)

Model State Wetland Statute to Close the Gap Created by SWANCC
By Jon Kusler, Esq., Association of State Wetland Managers, Inc. (2/22/2001)

Model State Wetland Statute to Close the Gap Created by SWANCC
By Jon Kusler, Esq., Association of State Wetland Managers, Inc. (2/22/2001)