2024 marked an important milestone for MEA. We celebrated 25 years of dedicated advocacy, legal expertise, and community organizing to protect our rights to a clean and healthy environment. It’s been a year to celebrate, but also to reflect on the challenges we’ve overcome and the victories we’ve achieved. Here’s a look at some of the strides we’ve made to safeguard public health and natural resources in Wisconsin.
Legal Victory! Court Dismisses Citation in Shorewood Beach Trespassing Case
September 3, 2026
Today, a Milwaukee County Circuit Court dismissed a trespassing citation issued to MEA client Paul Florsheim for walking along the Lake Michigan shoreline in the Village of Shorewood. The court found that Mr. Florsheim’s walk was a protected activity under the public trust doctrine and that the Village could not enforce its trespass ordinance against him.
