Laura Rubin 09/08/2016 Cleanups Dioxane and other clean-up criteria may be delayed again! We need your help. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has issued draft revisions to cleanup criteria for public… Read More »
Laura Rubin 01/28/2016 Cleanups Flint Water Crisis: an HRWC perspective The Flint Water crisis is on everyone’s mind. We can’t get over that it happened, the long-term impacts, the tragedy,… Read More »
Jason Frenzel 08/20/2015 Cleanups Mill Creek: the many benefits of field work HRWC’s woody debris maintenance program, piloted in 2014, has expanded its staffing and impact. As the spring (and early summer)… Read More »
Rebecca Esselman 06/17/2014 Cleanups News to Us In this edition of News to Us read about the impact of water resources on Michigan’s economy and how the… Read More »
Paul Steen 05/27/2014 Adopt-A-Stream Being a Creekwalker (Part 2) The adventure continues! You can read Mark Schaller’s first post here about his experiences with HRWC’s Creekwalking Program. Are you… Read More »
Paul Steen 05/12/2014 Adopt-A-Stream Being a Creekwalker (Part 1) Scout and Walk a River This past summer, several teams of volunteers participated in a new program: Creekwalking! Mark Schaller… Read More »
Elizabeth Riggs 02/26/2014 Cleanups Senate approves bill to battle algal blooms The Senate last night approved legislation from a bipartisan group of lawmakers to boost federal efforts against the harmful algae… Read More »
Jason Frenzel 05/27/2013 Cleanups River Scouts Successes Continue Success! This spring saw two nice river cleanups and a clearing workshop. In April we hosted a guest presenter from… Read More »
Elizabeth Riggs 10/17/2012 Cleanups Happy 40th, Clean Water Act! In 1972, the Huron River Watershed Council was a seven-year-old organization with a staff of one part-time director caring for… Read More »
Jason Frenzel 09/19/2012 Adopt-A-Stream Cleanups, Education and Volunteers: OH MY River Cleanups This Sunday HRWC and Schultz Outfitters hosted river cleanups near Dexter, in Ypsilanti and south of South Rockwood…. Read More »
Kris Olsson 05/24/2012 Cleanups Placemaking in Ann Arbor Several new redevelopment projects are moving forward in the City of Ann Arbor that should make river lovers happy. The… Read More »
Margaret Smith 10/11/2011 Cleanups Mission Not Impossible: River Clean Up What we can’t do alone–we can accomplish when others join with us. There were many stretches of the river cleaned… Read More »