The National Sea Grant Law Center is excited to welcome Summer Research Associate Ilinca Johnson, a 3L at Vermont Law School. Ilinca will take part in the Community Engaged Legal Internship Program, working with NSGLC and our project partners, Maine Sea Grant and The Nature Conservancy.
The National Sea Grant Law Center is excited to welcome Summer Research Associate Blakely Durham, a 2L at the University of Oregon School of Law. Blakely will take part in the Community Engaged Legal Internship Program, working with NSGLC and our project partner, South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium.
In March 2025, Greenpeace lost a significant lawsuit brought by Energy Transfer LP, the parent company of the Dakota Access Pipeline. The case, decided in North Dakota state court, resulted in a nearly $667 million verdict against three Greenpeace entities.
The Return of Sea Otters: Tribal Efforts in Species Reintroduction
May 1st, 2025 — by Madison Vice — Category: Miscellaneous
“Understanding the role of apex predators is essential for designing effective conservation policy and approaches,” states a report on the recovery of the Southern Sea Otter population, an initiative with far-reaching environmental implications. The Southern Sea Otter, undoubtedly an apex predator in estuarine systems, has been listed as a threatened species under the federal Endangered Species Act since 1977, a direct result of overhunting during the booming fur trade of the 18th and 19th centuries.
