Daniel Brown 06/09/2022 Legislation The Clean Water Act’s 50th Anniversary It’s time to celebrate and protect a law that transformed American waters for the better! Fifty years ago, the Clean… Read More »
Daniel Brown 05/03/2022 PFAS Do Not Eat Fish Advisory Relaxed for Lowest Parts of Huron River The Do Not Eat Fish advisory that has been in place along the Huron River due to PFAS since 2018… Read More »
Daniel Brown 04/22/2022 Climate change It’s Painfully Clear What We Need to Do About Climate Change The third and final installment of the sixth United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, published on April… Read More »
Daniel Brown 02/08/2022 PFAS Michigan Releases New PFAS Map Tool We commonly get asked by residents of our watershed where PFAS has been detected and if they need to take… Read More »
Daniel Brown 01/28/2022 PFAS Concerning PFAS Levels Found on Livingston County Cattle Farm Concerning levels of PFOS, a toxic PFAS compound, have been found in beef raised on a farm near the edge… Read More »
Daniel Brown 11/09/2021 PFAS PFAS and Dams on the Huron River The State of Michigan has released advisories to avoid exposure to river foam, which tends to form near dams. If… Read More »
Daniel Brown 08/27/2021 Climate change IPCC Climate Report Includes Warnings Relevant for the Huron River A unified message from scientists around the world about climate change is clear: Do something. Now! The United Nations Intergovernmental… Read More »
Daniel Brown 08/13/2021 PFAS PFAS Action Act Passes U.S. House The U.S. House of Representatives passed the bipartisan PFAS Action Act on July 21. The bill will head to the… Read More »
Daniel Brown 07/01/2021 PFAS PFAS Cleanup Rule Public Hearing July 8th The State of Michigan is working through the process of establishing cleanup rules for PFAS in groundwater used as drinking… Read More »
Daniel Brown 04/17/2021 Animals Wildlife Allies Prevent Ticks and Limit Lyme Disease Limiting tick populations by preserving habitat for predators Lyme disease, carried by deer ticks, is spreading at an alarming rate… Read More »
Daniel Brown 01/13/2021 PFAS Michigan Will Now Require Cleanup for Seven PFAS Pollutants In some welcome news to close out 2020, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) has established… Read More »
Daniel Brown 09/23/2020 Recreation Vote Yes to Support the Natural Resources Trust Fund In 2019, the trust fund provided $1.28 million to projects along the Huron River Water Trail. Proposal 1 is on… Read More »