Virginia Environmental Law & Waterfront Property Rights Resources

Read on to learn how the Waterfront Law Team recently went to court and used the Virginia law of King's Grants to help a waterfront property owner establish ownership rights to a stream running through their property. Read the full article.

Virginia merges its Erosion and Sediment Control Program with its Stormwater Management Program and reissues the VPDES Construction General Permit. Read the full article.

Earlier this month, members from the Waterfront Law Team gathered with industry partners and peers to catch up and discuss plans for 2024. Read the full article.

Attorney Bryan Peeples of the Waterfront Law Team presented at the Virginia Lakes and Watersheds Association (VLWA) annual conference earlier this month. Read the full article.

If you own waterfront property in Virginia with a dam in need of repair you should apply for a dam repair grant available from the Commonwealth of Virginia. Read the full article.

On Monday, January 15th, Martin Luther King Day, members from the Waterfront Law Team joined the team from Citizens for a Better Eastern Shore (CBES) and community volunteers to package soup for seniors in Northampton County at Gidden's Do Drop Inn. Read the full article.

In 2023 the attorneys on our Waterfront Law Team assisted a variety of commercial and residential clients on rivers, lakes, bays and the shores of the sea, located throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. Read the full article.

Within the Virginia Clean Economy Act there is the requirement that most of Virginia’s coal-fired and oil-fired electricity generating facilities be retired by December 31, 2024. Read the full article.

Last week, attorney Jim Lang presented to members of the Nansemond River Preservation Alliance during their series, River Talk, in Suffolk, VA. Read the full article.