Kris Olsson 02/01/2023 Wetlands Happy World Wetlands Day! In honor of World Wetlands Day on February 2nd, here is a little bit of info about the wetlands in… Read More »
Kris Olsson 04/30/2020 Wetlands Celebrate Wetlands! The U.S. EPA created American Wetlands Month in 1991 to celebrate the vital importance of wetlands to the nation’s ecological,… Read More »
Daniel Brown 01/30/2019 PFAS Quacker Tracker 2018 In this post, we’ll provide a brief summary of the legislation we were most closely following during the 2018 lame… 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 »
Elizabeth Riggs 10/12/2017 Huron River Water Trail HRWC releases first-of-its kind study on river's economic impact Read the newly released “Summary of The Economic Impact of the Huron River.” In 2016, HRWC commissioned a unique study… 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 »
Ric Lawson 11/09/2015 Dams Geomorphologists Assemble! HRWC recently hosted the first Michigan Aquatic Restoration Conference (MARC) with partners at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest… Read More »
Paul Steen 10/08/2015 Animals Birds, Bat, Butterflies, and Dragonflies: Part 3 What is something that birds, bats, butterflies, and dragonflies all have in common? Well, yes, they do fly. But something… Read More »
Laura Rubin 09/29/2014 Legislation Protecting Water Under the Clean Water Act Wait, what? The Clean Water Act doesn’t protect clean water? How can that be? Well in 2001 and 2006 there… Read More »
Kris Olsson 04/10/2014 Animals Where are the Mudpuppies? The University of Michigan, sovaldi Eastern Michigan University, and the Herpetological Resource and Management are asking for help in collecting… Read More »
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 11/15/2013 Climate change News to Us Lots of activity in the policy sphere in this edition of News to Us. EPA threatens to reclaim control over… Read More »