Eaton County Collaborative Stream Monitoring Program Awarded Grant
Olivet, Michigan – Olivet College, in partnership with the Eaton Conservation District (ECD), has received a $16,391 Stream Monitoring Implementation Grant from the Michigan Clean Water Corps (MiCorps). The grant […]
New Report released, Building Consensus: Securing Protection of Michigan’s Groundwater
FLOW, For Love Of Water has released an important new report, Building Consensus: Securing Protection of Michigan’s Groundwater, and a related story map swelling with interactive information on groundwater. The […]
MiCorps Spring Webinar Series available
Michigan Clean Water Corps partnered with the Michigan State University Department of Fisheries and Wildlife to host a series of webinars on lake and stream topics. Organized and presented by […]
EGLE awards 23 grants to conduct stream cleanups and monitoring
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) today announced $108,228 in grants to 23 local governments and nonprofit organizations for stream cleanup and monitoring through the Michigan […]
Fish and Wildlife Service working to bring back lake sturgeon
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has partnered with other Michigan organizations to sponsor and oversee the restocking of lake sturgeon in the Saginaw Bay watershed and other bodies of […]
Record warm water temperatures now on most Great Lakes
Warm weather in September and October has kept the Great Lakes’ water temperatures much warmer than normal for mid-November. A few of the Great Lakes are warmer than they have […]
AG Nessel urges Senate action to improve federal regulation of toxic PFAS
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general urging the U.S. Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee to take action on federal health and environmental protections […]
Hundreds of Thousands of Leaky Septic Systems a Major Source of Public Health Threatening Toxic Water Pollution in Michigan
Article published by Michigan Waterfront Alliance “One half of Michigan’s thousands of miles of rivers and streams suffer from concentrations of toxic e-coli that exceed minimum water quality standards.” Hundreds […]
Industrial plastic is spilling into the Great Lakes, and no one’s regulating it, experts warn
A research team from the University of Toronto has been using Seabins to capture trash that ends up in the lake to figure out where it accumulates in the water, […]
Do your part – Be SepticSmart!
September 20-24, 2021 is SepticSmart week. This annual event focuses on educating homeowners and communities on the proper care and maintenance of their septic systems. One in five U.S. homes […]