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 »
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 »
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 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 »
Anita Daley 11/03/2017 Education Shred, Gather, or Clear: How to Get Rid of Autumn Leaves We’re just past Autumn’s peak color burst and it’s time to properly deal with all the leaves left on the… Read More »
Paul Steen 03/07/2017 Adopt-A-Stream Make a Difference… Be a Scientist on Earth Day Earth Day falls on April 22 this year, and not accidentally, so does HRWC’s spring River Roundup. Perhaps the idea… Read More »
Stevi Kosloskey 11/17/2016 Lower Huron/Downriver Water Quality Monitoring Program Allows Active Involvement The 2016 Water Quality Monitoring Program season wrapped up at the end of September, and now I spend time compiling… Read More »
Pam Labadie 09/26/2016 Cleanups Take Back Your Prescription Medications Help protect local water and prevent teen substance abuse! You can make a difference. Take your unused medications (both for… Read More »
Laura Rubin 09/08/2016 Cleanups Dioxane and other clean-up criteria may be delayed again! We need your help. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has issued draft revisions to cleanup criteria for public… Read More »
Rebecca Esselman 10/28/2015 Climate change Getting the Word Out It is not enough to protect the Huron River watershed. There is a whole world of watersheds and citizens reliant… Read More »
Paul Steen 04/27/2015 Animals New study links coal-tar sealed pavement to death of aquatic organisms Numerous studies on coal-tar based asphalt sealcoats have linked this product to human health problems and ecological damage (learn more… Read More »
Kris Olsson 08/11/2014 Middle Huron Toxic Algae Bloom in Lake Erie Last week, nearly 500,000 people lost access to clean water for drinking and bathing due to a toxic algae bloom that… Read More »