Guest Blogger 04/01/2024 Land Conservation Natural areas protection by Susan Lackey Protecting the “Right Land,” The power of partnership for effective conservation HRWC works to protect natural lands from development as… Read More »
Kris Olsson 03/27/2023 Land Conservation Land Protection and Climate Millages Voters choose conservation and climate action On November 4 residents in four watershed communities took bold steps to boost climate… Read More »
Kris Olsson 10/12/2022 Land Conservation Vote for Clean Water, Protect Forests and Wetlands Land protections for clean water on the ballot The Huron River is only as healthy as the lands that feed… 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 »
Kris Olsson 09/23/2020 Land Conservation Healthy Forests Equal Healthy Watersheds Why HRWC is focused on land use Among the Huron River’s many blessings are the forests, wetlands, and prairies that… Read More »
Daniel Brown 11/27/2018 Wetlands Lame Duck Bill Would Cripple Michigan Wetland Protection Update, 12/31/18: Governor Rick Snyder has signed a limited version of this bill into law. The implications remain unclear, but… Read More »
Kris Olsson 03/10/2017 Bioreserve Bioreserve Project Helps Partners Protect Land At HRWC’s annual data collection presentation in January, I shared the results from the 2016 field season of our Bioreserve Project,… Read More »
Jason Frenzel 08/05/2015 Bioreserve Conservation Stewards Leadership Training Looking for a way to expand your knowledge about ecosystems, invasives, and the history of conservation in Michigan? The Michigan… Read More »
Kris Olsson 12/02/2013 Green Infrastructure Development Heating Up in Southeast Michigan As this article in Crain’s Detroit Business describes, as Michigan rises from the Great Recession, housing and commercial development is coming… Read More »
Kris Olsson 06/12/2013 Adopt-A-Stream HRWC Kicks off Bioreserve Field Season A team of volunteers and staff from HRWC and the Huron Clinton Metroparks found over 80 different species of wildflowers, trees, and… Read More »
Rebecca Esselman 04/01/2013 Climate change News to Us Sadly, not a lot of good news has come across our desks over the past couple of weeks. Instead, we… Read More »
Kris Olsson 02/26/2013 Bioreserve Vernal Pools are Cool! Volunteer Vernal Pool Training Help the Michigan DNR inventory Southeast Michigan’s Vernal Pools! WHEN: Saturday, March 16, 10 am –… Read More »