Environmental Education and Training Services

Grobbel Environmental & Planning Associates have designed and taught shourt courses to consultants, governmental officals, landowners, developers, nonprfit agencies and organizations on topices including:

Basics of Land Use Planning and Zoning
Water Quality Protection through Planning and Zoning
Local Roles in Wetland Protection
Wetland Science and Policy
The "Takings" Issue
Brownfield Redevelopment
Michigan Environmental Policy
Land Use Law and Policy in Michigan
Natural Resources Law and Policy
Watershed Management
Legal Foundations of Planning and Zoning
Riparian Rights in Michigan
Development Rights
Farmland Preservation Tools and Techniques
Coservation Deign and Low Impact Development Practices
Innovative Stormwater Treatment, and more...

Dr. Grobbel has taught for credit courses at Michigan State University, including Michigan Environmental Policy & Law; Environmental Justice; Environmental Ethics; Natural Resources and Water Law & Policy; Land Use Policy & Law since 1992. He is also a primary author and co-founder of MSU Extension's award-winning, statewide Citizen Planner Program.