Daniel Brown 06/09/2022 Legislation The Clean Water Act’s 50th Anniversary It’s time to celebrate and protect a law that transformed American waters for the better! Fifty years ago, the Clean… 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 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 »
Andrea Paine 04/20/2020 News to Us News to Us With dramatic changes to our day-to-day existence, it’s hard to avoid the presence of the coronavirus pandemic in our lives… Read More »
Daniel Brown 12/10/2018 Water Quality Lame Duck Bill Would Limit Michigan’s Ability to Address PFAS Contamination Update: 12/31/18: Governor Rick Snyder signed HB4205 into law. Update: 12/11/18: HB4205 (“No Stricter than Federal”) has been passed by… Read More »
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 »
Rebecca Esselman 11/17/2017 Coal Tar News to Us This edition of News to Us provides news coverage on several major threats to freshwater including plastics, pharmaceuticals, invasive species,… Read More »
Elizabeth Riggs 07/31/2017 Climate change On the chopping block: clean water *** UPDATE: On August 16, 2017, the EPA and the Army extended the comment period by 30 days for the… 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 »
Elizabeth Riggs 03/31/2017 Education Trip Report: D.C. Fly In For Clean Water The Huron River Watershed Council joined a delegation of river protection leaders from around the country to Washington, D.C. last… Read More »
Rebecca Esselman 07/20/2016 Climate change News to Us Climate change, river recreation and regulating toxics are all in this edition of News to Us – the HRWC monthly… Read More »