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 »
Daniel Brown 08/10/2020 Cleanups Tony Golin: River Champion Tony Golin stands six feet tall. His wingspan is greater than that. He is as fit as you’d expect a… Read More »
Daniel Brown 07/29/2020 PFAS Michigan Sets Drinking Water Standards for Seven PFAS Chemicals Michigan is set to enact new PFAS drinking water standards (known as Maximum Contaminant Levels or MCLs) after rules setting… Read More »
Daniel Brown 05/20/2020 Dams Huron River Safety Updates After the Tittabawassee River Dam Failures The flooding in Midland following the failure of two dams on the Tittabawassee River is devastating. All of us at… Read More »
Daniel Brown 04/27/2020 PFAS What to Do if you Find Suspicious Foam Many PFAS compounds, including those that contaminate the Huron River, concentrate in foam. At high enough concentrations in water, they… Read More »
Daniel Brown 04/07/2020 Climate change Trees and Forests Fight Climate Change and Water Pollution There is no silver bullet to fight climate change or keep waterways clean, but protecting forests is one of the… Read More »
Daniel Brown 03/24/2020 Climate change Waterlogged High water tables, high flows, and climate change Water tables remain well above normal, and the Huron River is flowing… Read More »
Daniel Brown 01/15/2020 PFAS EGLE Hearing on PFAS Drinking Water Standards Held in Ann Arbor HRWC Provides Comments The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) held a public hearing last night at… Read More »
Daniel Brown 11/07/2019 PFAS PFAS Confirmed at Former Chrysler Facility Along Huron River PFAS chemicals have been confirmed at concerning levels at a former Chrysler manufacturing facility along the Huron River in Scio… Read More »
Daniel Brown 07/22/2019 Climate change Warmer Temperatures Stress Michigan Rivers Climate change is making heat waves like the one we just experienced more likely in southern Michigan, and that puts… Read More »
Daniel Brown 07/02/2019 Huron River Water Trail River Closures Expected Due to Border-to-Border Trail Bridge Construction Heads up, exciting Border-to-Border trail construction projects are underway. On July 8th, construction on two bridges that cross the Huron… Read More »
Daniel Brown 06/26/2019 PFAS PFAS Update: New Round of Surface Water Tests Show Major Improvements in Some PFAS Levels The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE, formerly the DEQ) recently completed a new round of PFAS… Read More »