Please join REBA’s Litigation and Environmental Law Sections for a webinar program at 12 noon on Thursday, December 2nd. Conservation Law Foundation Senior Counsel Peter Shelley and former MEPA (Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act) Director R.J. Lyman, currently of Dain Torpy, will present on the state of the law on property rights in tidelands and waterways and the prospects for pending bills that propose including ‘recreation’ as a public purpose for rights in tideland areas.
The law of tidelands and waterways (often referred to by its statutory element, Chapter 91) has ebbed and flowed in importance and prominence over the entire history of our Commonwealth and its provincial predecessors. So, too, now, as the seas rise (and towers seek to rise even faster), as storms crash and neighbors clash.
Last year, one wave came crashing down upon municipal harbor plans, when the Superior Court washed away thirty years’ practice in Boston and other harbors (with approval by one set of state officials rather than by another). And, at present, another swell is gathering, as support may be growing for legislation bringing new public rights to beaches and other intertidal areas.
What to make of these tempests? How to weather these storms? Come listen to and participate in a discussion with two lawyers who have waded in these waters for decades.
This webcast program, open to all REBA members, is from 12 to 1 pm on Thursday, December 2, 2021. There will be no in-person attendance.
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