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Volunteers installing an osprey nesting platform in the Huron River. Photo credit: 7 Cylinders Studio Local osprey are being outfitted with tracking devices so you and researches can monitor their...
View ArticleConservation Stewards Leadership Training
Looking for a way to expand your knowledge about ecosystems, invasives, and the history of conservation in Michigan? The Michigan Conservation Stewards program has been brought back to Washtenaw County...
View ArticleFollow the Huron River Water Trail to adventure . . .
Paddling on Pickerel Lake For some quiet water paddling sure to supply us with awesome wildlife viewing opportunities I take my family to Pickerel Lake. A little off the beaten path (technically the...
View ArticleBoating on the Huron's Chain of Lakes
Evening on Little Portage Lake, on the Pinckney Chain of Lakes. Our favorite time to go boating and swimming. Things we wonder about . . . I live in Pinckney, and we keep a boat on the Chain of Lakes...
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Photo credit: John Lloyd HRWC and EPA have taken action recently pertaining to 1,4 dioxane – the chemical contaminating groundwater in the Huron River watershed. During road salt season, consider...
View ArticlePowerful Tools for Your Clean Water Toolkit
New resources and training for waterfront (river and lake) property owners. Pleasant Lake, Freedom Township, by Lon Nordeen Michigan Shoreland Stewards provides recognition for lakefront property...
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Sandhill Crane. John Lloyd. In this edition of News to Us, learn some of the implications of the proposed federal budget for the Great Lakes, how HRWC is helping prepare the Huron River for climate...
View ArticleOn the chopping block: clean water
*** UPDATE: On August 16, 2017, the EPA and the Army extended the comment period by 30 days for the proposed first step of the review of the definition of ‘Waters of the U.S.’ to provide additional...
View ArticleVolunteers on the Lookout for Exotic Aquatic Plants
Lake monitoring in Oakland County! For 14 years, HRWC has worked with lake residents across Michigan through the Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program (CLMP) by training and assisting them with...
View ArticleHow to Stop Loving our Lakes to Death
Monitoring and management is key Bruce Lichliter, a volunteer on Big Glen Lake, collects a chlorophyll-a sample. Credit: MiCorps Michigan is the land of 11,000 lakes. Indeed, our state is nearly...
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