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62 Wayne L. Rev. 535 (2016-2017)
Go with the Flow: The Public Trust Doctrine and Standing

handle is hein.journals/waynlr62 and id is 557 raw text is: GO WITH THE FLOW: THE PUBLIC TRUST DOCTRINE AND STANDING AUSTIN W. PROBSTt I. INTRODUCTION ............................ 535 II. BACKGROUND ................................... ...... 537 A. History of the Public Trust Doctrine ............ ....... 537 B. The Public Trust in Modernity-Illinois Central R.R. Co. v. Illinois......................... .............. 539 C. Michigan's Approach to the Public Trust Doctrine-Glass v. Goeckel ...................................... 540 D. Standing............. ................... ..... 543 1. Standing and the Environment-Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlfe ................................... 544 2. Standing and the Environment-Friends ofEarth v. Laidlaw................................... 546 III. ANALYSIS ........................................... ..... 547 A. Friends of the Parks v. Chicago Park District ...... ....... 547 B. Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation v. Nestle Waters North America Inc. ......................... ..... 549 C. Hybridization of the Public Trust and Standing........................ 552 IV. CONCLUSION ....................................... ...... 556 I. INTRODUCTION The Great Lakes Region is particularly unique. The five lakes that make up the Great Lakes system-Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior-comprise the largest freshwater system on earth.' The Lakes contain approximately one-fifth of the world's freshwater supply.2 The uses of this water vary greatly, ranging from consumption, to commercial shipping routes, to fuel for power, and recreation.3 The lakes are more t B.A., 2013, magna cum laude, Albion College; J.D., expected 2017, Wayne State University Law School. The author would like to thank Professor Noah Hall for his guidance. 1. Great Lakes Facts and Figures, EPA, https://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/great- lakes-facts-and-figures (last visited Jan. 11, 2017). 2. MARK SPROULE-JONES, RESTORATION OF THE GREAT LAKES: PROMISES, PRACTICES, PERFORMANCES 3 (2002). 3. Gov'T OF CAN. AND U.S. ENVTL. PROT. AGENCY, THE GREAT. LAKES: AN ENVIRONMENTAL ATLAS AND RESOURCE BOOK 3 (3d ed. 1995). 535