Rebecca Esselman 06/19/2022 General HRWC Committing with Our Whole Heart There is no one-time of year to focus on equity and justice. It should touch all we do and consider…. Read More »
Rebecca Esselman 04/22/2022 Land Conservation MI Healthy Climate Plan Sets Needed Goals Governor Whitmer’s administration unveiled the final version of its plan to begin addressing climate change in Michigan. The plan calls… Read More »
Rebecca Esselman 11/23/2021 PFAS Stream of Consciousness, Fall 2021 This blog post was originally published September 1st in the Huron River Report, Fall 2021. Some days, protecting our water and… Read More »
Rebecca Esselman 06/28/2021 News Stream of Consciousness, Summer 2021 As we move through a second year defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, we are all learning to do things differently…. Read More »
Rebecca Esselman 06/25/2021 Uncategorized Celebrating Pride Month I went into river protection to ensure there was a place for all biodiversity. That every class, family, genus and… Read More »
Rebecca Esselman 04/09/2021 General HRWC Welcome Eric! In September 2020, HRWC welcomed Eric Robinson to the team. Eric is contributing to our watershed management planning efforts and… Read More »
Rebecca Esselman 04/07/2021 News Stream of Consciousness, Spring 2021 Since our last newsletter, much has transpired. We saw the approval and distribution of a vaccine for COVID-19, moving us… Read More »
Rebecca Esselman 12/09/2020 General HRWC 2020 Year End Appeal Resilience – Creating Success in a New Environment! For years HRWC played a critical role in mentoring the next generation… Read More »
Rebecca Esselman 11/05/2020 Pollution HRWC Supports Proposed Cleanup of 1,4 dioxane in Gelman Case/Lawsuit Acceptance of Consent Judgment conditioned on continuing involvement in oversight In 2017, the Huron River Watershed Council joined the court… Read More »
Rebecca Esselman 10/06/2020 Climate change Stream of Consciousness, Fall 2020 Avoiding conflict with a river Communities need to be building smarter. Research released this summer found that nationwide, 14.8 million… Read More »
Rebecca Esselman 10/06/2020 Legislation Why HRWC continues to support Proposal One Proposal 1 on the Michigan ballot this November 3rd, proposes changes to how state park related funds are spent (full… Read More »
Rebecca Esselman 09/28/2020 News to Us News to Us September’s News to Us highlights new policy being put in place to protect Michigan’s drinking and recreating water from PFAS,… Read More »