Dear Water Log Readers

After working at the Sea Grant Legal Program and Water Log for six years, I will resign as Director of the Legal Program and Sea Grant Law Center this September. Writing for and serving as editor of Water Log has been one of the most rewarding parts of working with the Program but it cannot surpass the enjoyment of working with colleagues such as you in Sea Grant and the greater ocean and coastal community.

It is a bittersweet departure as I relocate to Rhode Island this fall to work in ocean law and outreach with Roger Williams University Law School, the University of Rhode Island School of Marine Affairs, and Rhode Island Sea Grant. I look forward to following the work of Staff Attorneys Josh Clemons and Stephanie Showalter and the incoming Director as the Legal Program and Law Center continue to grow and provide ocean and coastal research and outreach.

It has been an honor to work with and for you.

Sincerely,

Kristen M. Fletcher

Legal Program Welcomes Research Counsel Josh Clemons

In June, Josh Clemons joined the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Legal Program as Research Counsel. He is researching and writing on ocean, coastal, natural resource, and environmental law issues; providing assistance to government agencies in interpreting statutes, regulations, and case law; assisting in the publication of the Water Log Legal Reporter; and supervising law student research and writing projects. Since his arrival at Sea Grant, Josh has provided legal research to Sea Grant constituents, written and edited articles for Water Log, and attended a “Show and Tell” for the North Mississippi Watershed Forum in Columbus, Mississippi. He is currently researching the water quantity conflicts between Alabama, Georgia, and Florida and writing a book review for the Ecological Economics Journal.
Josh received his B.S. in geology from Florida State University in 1998 and his M.S. in hydrology from the University of Arizona in 2000. He earned his J.D. from Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon, in 2003, with a Certificate in Environmental and Natural Resource Law. While in law school Josh clerked in the Bonneville Power Administration Office of General Counsel in Portland, where he gained experience in environmental and natural resource law. He is excited about putting his interest and experience in water law and environmental law to work for the Sea Grant Legal Program. You can reach Josh at jeclemon@olemiss.edu .