Featured field guide · Environmental Law

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What the Supreme Court held in Seven County on May 29, 2025, and how it changes NEPA review, upstream effects, and public comments. Open the guide →

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Southern National Forests

The national forests of Alabama, North Carolina and Florida, forest by forest: size, wilderness, rivers, species and the plans that govern them.

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Federal Environmental Laws

NEPA, the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act, Superfund: what each law requires, who enforces it, and what changed recently.

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Citizen Tools

Public comment, FOIA requests, citizen suits and anti-SLAPP protection: how people take part in environmental decisions.

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Public Lands

The Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, wilderness, national monuments, roadless areas, timber sales and prescribed fire.

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Endangered Species

How the Endangered Species Act lists and protects species, critical habitat, and the Southeast species at the center of its history.

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Water and Wetlands

Which waters the Clean Water Act covers after Sackett, Section 404 and NPDES permits, point and nonpoint pollution, and how to map a wetland.

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Field & Statute

Environmental law is written in statutes and decisions. Its consequences are read in rivers, roads, forests, and public records.

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Environmental Law

Statutes, regulations, court decisions, and federal processes that govern environmental decisions in the United States.

About Field & Statute

Field & Statute is an independent publication about United States environmental law, public lands, water, wildlife, and the places shaped by public decisions. Its guides rely on statutes, regulations, agency records, court decisions, and other primary sources.

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