Paul Steen 10/14/2022 Monitoring Thirty Years of Bugs and Citizen Science Part 2 HRWC is celebrating 30 years of River Roundups, our macroinvertebrate monitoring program! In 1992, a group of pioneering staff and… Read More »
Paul Steen 08/23/2022 Cleanups Dexter Men’s Water Polo Team Pitches In! Two weeks ago the Dexter Men’s Water Polo Team didn’t jump into a pool– they jumped into the Huron at… Read More »
Paul Steen 07/18/2022 River Roundup Thirty Years of Bugs and Citizen Science HRWC is celebrating 30 years of River Roundups, our macroinvertebrate monitoring program! In 1992, a group of pioneering staff and volunteers… Read More »
Paul Steen 04/28/2022 Lakes How to Stop Loving our Lakes to Death Monitoring and management is key Michigan is the land of 11,000 lakes. Indeed, our state is nearly overflowing with lakes,… Read More »
Paul Steen 01/26/2022 Adopt-A-Stream Fall 2021 River Roundup Results Reviewed The 2021 River Roundup was a great success– we had many volunteers serve on teams that visited streams across the… Read More »
Paul Steen 06/14/2021 General HRWC Support HRWC– Buy a Water Quality Specialty License Plate! We have all seen specialty license plates as we drive about. Some support specific college or universities, others have the… Read More »
Paul Steen 05/13/2021 Middle Huron Top 10 recommendations for Protecting the Middle Huron New plan sets recommendations to achieve healthy water One of HRWC’s primary programs over the decades has been writing and… Read More »
Paul Steen 10/23/2020 Monitoring Swimming in Plastic Redux Microplastics are prevalent, but mysterious Plastic is a part of life for 21st century humans. What happens when plastic items… Read More »
Paul Steen 06/19/2020 Invasive Species Invasive Aquatic Plants: Ecosystem–altering species prevalent in the Huron River watershed The Huron River watershed has many exotic and invasive plant species that have drastically changed our lake, river, and riparian… Read More »
Paul Steen 05/01/2020 Study Nature Geocaching is a Great Quarantine Activity! My family has been getting outside everyday during these quarantine times. As you know, under Michigan rules it is acceptable… Read More »
Paul Steen 10/03/2019 River condition Stop Stacking Rocks in the River! Humans like moving rocks and like blocking moving water. It is something we all do as kids, and probably something… Read More »
Paul Steen 06/28/2019 Invasive Species Invasive Species, 3 Easy Steps to Stop the Spread Scientific monitoring is essential for learning more about our environment, but scientists and volunteers can transfer invasive species from one… Read More »