Laura Rubin 02/06/2018 Legislation Dried Up Funds for Water Infrastructure and Environmental Cleanups Last week Governor Snyder made announcements about water and infrastructure related funding and initiatives. We have been waiting for these… Read More »
Laura Rubin 11/22/2017 Education Top ten things I am thankful for . . . As we head in to Thanksgiving I am reflecting on the many things that I am grateful for. I am… Read More »
Laura Rubin 06/08/2017 Cleanups Standing Strong for Clean Water In the last 5 months HRWC has been regularly expressing our concern on changes to federal policy, legislation, and the… Read More »
Laura Rubin 03/03/2017 Climate change Engage, Engage, Engage In the last 2 months I’ve been asked a lot about my thoughts on sustainability and climate going forward. At… Read More »
Laura Rubin 11/21/2016 General HRWC Standing Strong for Clean Water Dear HRWC Family, Given the uncertainty of future environmental protection, I want to assure you that HRWC will stand strong… Read More »
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 05/23/2016 Events Follow the Huron River Water Trail to adventure . . . Explore tubing on the river between Dexter and Ann Arbor If you’ve never tubed on the river you should try… Read More »
Laura Rubin 03/18/2016 At Home Working for the Huron at Home In addition to being the director at HRWC, I own a home. As a homeowner we’ve been trying to reduce… 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 »
Laura Rubin 12/23/2015 History A Watershed Moment This year HRWC celebrated our 50th anniversary with music, recreation, food and drink, and poetry. Thank you for marking this… Read More »
Laura Rubin 06/22/2015 General HRWC My Huron River (upstream of Hudson Mills) One of my favorite spots to visit on the Huron is just downstream of the Flook (Portage Lake) dam and… Read More »
Laura Rubin 05/26/2015 Awards At 50 years, HRWC is looking back and forward This year, HRWC is developing a new strategic plan in 2015 coinciding with the organization’s 50th year. As part of… Read More »