Rebecca Esselman 08/25/2017 News to Us News to Us This edition of News to Us highlights both good and bad news on local algal blooms as well as two… Read More »
Rebecca Esselman 11/15/2016 Dams News to Us HRWC’s commitment to compiling and sharing noteworthy water-related news continues. This month’s News to Us covers the recent listing of… Read More »
Rebecca Esselman 10/31/2016 News to Us News to Us In news of interest to us here at HRWC, we’ve seen more coastal wetlands now under protection near the mouth… Read More »
Rebecca Esselman 11/17/2015 Dams News to Us This edition of News to Us shares local news on recovering Osprey populations, increasing entrance fees in our metroparks system… Read More »
Ric Lawson 12/19/2012 Dams Seminar answers critical questions for dam owners On a crisp Thursday morning last week, as the sun rose over the pond formed by Argo Dam in Ann… Read More »
Rebecca Esselman 12/13/2012 Climate change The State of Climate Change Adaptation in the Great Lakes Region Climate adaptation is any action taken that reduces the vulnerability of natural communities and the built environment to the impacts… Read More »
Paul Steen 07/24/2012 Climate change Court-Ordered Lake Levels Add to Low Flow Woes We glimpse the future under a changed climate Weeks of air temperatures above 90 degrees F have lots of people… Read More »
Laura Rubin 03/20/2012 Climate change Real-Time Stream Flow and Weather Weirdness With the huge rain last week and the flood warnings, I visited the U.S. Geologic Survey’s (USGS) real-time stream flow… Read More »
Laura Rubin 01/25/2012 Dams Setting Legal Lake Levels Recently, I went to Washtenaw County Circuit Court about a lake level for Portage and Base (aka Baseline) Lakes in… Read More »
Kris Olsson 02/01/2011 Dams Crazy Dam Behavior Water levels on the Huron River in Ann Arbor (see graph) began fluctuating wildly late last Saturday (1/22), according to a… Read More »
Elizabeth Riggs 08/17/2010 Dams HRWC pulls together river groups for dam talks With funding from River Network, I traveled around Michigan this summer talking with the river and conservation community about the… Read More »
Laura Rubin 06/14/2010 Dams What’s Causing Those Crazy River Fluctuations in Ann Arbor? As many of you know, the USGS stream gauge at Wall Street in Ann Arbor has been showing some alarming… Read More »