Legal Defense Fund Newsletter
Interested to see where the National Trust's Legal Defense Fund is at work? Our newsletter spotlights our diverse involvement – both through advocacy and through litigation – with local preservationists to protect our country's irreplaceable historic buildings, sites, neighborhoods and landscapes.
2009
September 2009 Update
National Trust Joins Local Preservationists in Lawsuit to Protect Wilderness Battlefield from Big-Box Superstores | More Stories »
May 2009 Update
National Trust Files Suit Against Veterans Affairs & FEMA to Protect New Orleans' Mid-City Historic District | More Stories »
January 2009 Update
LDF Files Amicus Brief Opposing Historic Designation Challenge By Modernist Church in D.C | More Stories »
2008
September 2008 Update
LDF Moves to Join Lawsuit Challenging Expansion of Limestone Quarry Adjacent to Belle Gove Plantation and Cedar Creek Battlefield | More Stories »
May 2008 Update
LDF Seeks Federal Review After DOE Denies Request to Reconsider Multi-State Designations for High-Voltage Power Lines | More Stories »
January 2008 Update
LDF Works to Ensure that Federal Recovery Funds in the Gulf Help Historic Resources | More Stories »
2007
September 2007 Update
New Plan for Partial Preservations & Museum Display of Survivors' Staircase at WTC Site | More Stories »
May 2007 Update
LDF Helps Local Preservationists in Maryland Pursue Section 106 Enforcement for Historic Fort Ritchie | More Stories »
January 2007 Update
LDF & Landmarks Illinois Save Nationally-Significant Landscape in Highland Park From Sale by Federal Marshals | More Stories »
2006
2006 Year-End Update
California Court of Appeal Says "No" to Demolition of Historic IBM Building for Lowe's Store in San Jose | More Stories »
May 2006 Update
LDF Appeals New Mexico District Court's Dismissal of Lawsuit to Stop Commuter Expressway Through Petroglyph National Monument | More Stories »
January 2006 Update
LDF Joins Local Partners in Court to Protect the Historic Merritt Parkway in Connecticut | More Stories »
2005
September 2005 Update
MT Federal Court Rules BLM Failed to Consult with the Northern Cheyenne Tribe Prior to Approving Coal Bed Methane Development | More Stories »
May 2005 Update
Saint Lawrence Cement Co. Withdraws Plans for Massive Cement Plant in Historic Hudson Valley | More Stories »
January 2005 Update
Litigation is Imminent as Albuquerque Moves Closer to Bulldozing Expressway Though Petroglyph National Monument | More Stories »
2004
Fall 2004 Update
Nine Mile Canyon Added to 11 Most Endangered List for 2004 as the LDF Presses BLM to Improve Stewardship | More Stories »
May 2004 Update
LDF Leads Lawsuit Against Army Corps Over Unlawful Permit Allowing Residential Development Near Oatlands | More Stories »
February 2004 Update
710 Freeway Extension Loses its Federal Approval, Preservation Advocates Celebrate Victory | More Stories »
2003
October 2003 Update
After Eight Years, Historic Michigan Street Bridge Saved in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin | More Stories »
May 2003 Update
Federal Court of Appeals Affirms District Court's Decision Upholding Presidential Authority to Designate National Monuments | More Stories »
January 2003 Update
LDF Defends Park Service Policy Asking Visitors to Respect Native American Sacred Site | More Stories »























