Research Reports

The Environmental Law Institute (ELI) partnered with the National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers, Dr. Jamie Donatuto, and Swinomish Elder Larry Campbell† to evaluate implementation of two Tribal consultation laws in California, Senate Bill 18 (SB 18) and Assembly Bill 52 (AB 52), with an emphasis on the impacts on Native American Tribes.

In May 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court, through its majority opinion in Sackett v.

On March 27, 2024, ELI hosted a virtual event on Strengthening Fisheries Management Through the Use of Data and Data Tools: Experiences in the Caribbean Region. This event focused on the role new technology can play in strengthening fisheries management.

Compensatory Mitigation: Improving Success Under Changing Circumstances: Funded by an EPA Wetland Programs Development Grant, ELI has produced a report examining whether and how compensatory mitigation providers have considered climate and changing conditions in their projects. This report is a resource for the compensatory mitigation industry—including In-Lieu Fee Program sponsors, mitigation bankers, EPA, and the Army Corps—as it continues to confront the challenges of developing self-sustaining mitigation projects in the face of climate change. 

Involving natural resource experts in the hazard mitigation planning and project implementation process can help fill information gaps and aid in the identification and prioritization of viable nature-based mitigation actions to address identified risks. State agencies and conservation organizations have invested significantly in developing wetland assessment and prioritization tools that could be leveraged to aid in hazard mitigation planning.