Laura Rubin 12/04/2013 Legislation Michigan Wetlands at Risk Wetlands serve critical functions in a watershed and our watershed is no exception. Biodiversity: wetlands provide a unique habitat for… Read More »
Rebecca Esselman 07/03/2013 Green Infrastructure News to Us This edition of News to Us highlights some shifting sands in the State and watershed that could have negative implications… Read More »
Rebecca Esselman 06/03/2013 Climate change News to Us In the past couple of weeks we have seen some good radio coverage of watershed issues. A few are highlighted… Read More »
Laura Rubin 04/24/2013 Legislation Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund can't be raided for dredging! Good news . . . State Attorney General Bill Schuette has weighed in on a constitutional guarantee that the Michigan… 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 »
Elizabeth Riggs 03/14/2013 Bioreserve Healthy Forests and Waters At-Risk in Michigan Chances are good that if you’re a regular to HRWC blogs, then you’ve already heard about Senate Bill 78 that would prohibit… Read More »
Kris Olsson 10/25/2012 Legislation Congress "Celebrates" Clean Water Act 40th There was a time in America’s history when rivers were so polluted that they caught fire. A time when Lake… Read More »
Elizabeth Riggs 10/17/2012 Cleanups Happy 40th, Clean Water Act! In 1972, the Huron River Watershed Council was a seven-year-old organization with a staff of one part-time director caring for… Read More »
Laura Rubin 06/20/2012 Invasive Species Ask for a Veto! While we don’t have much great lakes coastline in the Huron River watershed, this is an important issue for the… Read More »
Laura Rubin 01/25/2012 Dams Setting Legal Lake Levels Recently, I went to Washtenaw County Circuit Court about a lake level for Portage and Base (aka Baseline) Lakes in… Read More »
Laura Rubin 11/16/2011 General HRWC What? No Stricter Than Federal? On Thursday, the Michigan Senate passed HB 4326, a bill that prevents the Governor from issuing protections for the Great… Read More »