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Setting Legal Lake Levels
Baseline Lake: at it's summer level! Recently, I went to Washtenaw County Circuit Court about a lake level for Portage and Base (aka Baseline) Lakes in Washtenaw and Livingston County. Under...
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Lessons in Lakefront Innovation
Information and “how-to” for shoreline property owners. There are a couple of opportunities for lakeshore residents this spring to learn about innovative practices to protect their shorelines now and...
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That’s a lot of Secchi!
Michigan’s Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program enters its 39th field season! One of my jobs at the Huron River Watershed Council is to serve as a manager for the state of Michigan’s volunteer lake...
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Ask for a Veto!
While the Huron is not regulated under this bill, these native plants prevent shoreline erosion and frame waterfront property beautifully While we don’t have much great lakes coastline in the Huron...
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Court-Ordered Lake Levels Add to Low Flow Woes
We glimpse the future under a changed climate Weeks of air temperatures above 90 degrees F have lots of people talking about extreme weather and the role of climate change. Such extreme heat yields...
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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 a river that changed color (and odor) depending on which industry was...
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Sadly, not a lot of good news has come across our desks over the past couple of weeks. Instead, we are hearing of major losses, or potential losses, in the gains we have made with our nation’s waters...
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Common Tern. Image credit: TonySutton410/Flicker This edition of News to Us starts with a success story and we all like success stories. Learn also about the islands of plastic polluting our Great...
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MDNR’s Public Land Management Strategy
Pickerel Lake In the Pinckney Recreation Area Let’s hear what you think about the future of state public lands…… Governor Snyder has tasked the Department of Natural Resources with developing a public...
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Day 2 – the Dispatch from the River Expedition
All is going well for Ron and the crew. Visit HRWC on Facebook for more photos from their trip. Hudson Mills Metropark features class I-II rapids Day 2: Island Lake Camp to Hudson Mills 22.75 mi 6.5...
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Your New Resource for Water Trail Trip Planning
Welcome to the virtual launch for the new Huron River Water Trail website! The new online tool, seven months in the making, offers a nearly complete Water Trail experience . . . minus the water. While...
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Lake invasive European Frogbit. Photo credit: Michael Butler Lots of activity in the policy sphere in this edition of News to Us. EPA threatens to reclaim control over wetland regulations in...
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Looking for signs of RiverUp! around the Great Lakes
Strolling along Lake Michigan, Chicago I grew up in Milwaukee, which means that during my childhood I assumed every city smelled of malted barley, yeast, and hops, ended the work week with Friday night...
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The latest edition of our biweekly news round up provides an update on Great Lakes water levels, highlights a major road construction project in the watershed and shares how Ann Arbor is planning to...
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Swimming in Base Line Lake There is a lot of local action this edition of News to Us. Read about a potential new wastewater treatment facility in Superior Township and lakeside residential...
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The Inaugural Michigan Inland Lakes Convention
Partnering to Protect Michigan’s Inland Lakes May 1-3, 2014, Boyne Mountain The Michigan Inland Lakes Partnership is pleased to announce that registration is open for the inaugural Michigan Inland...
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Fresh wisdom available for your waterfront home!
Searching for ways to care for your waterfront? Many of us put a lot of work into our homes and gardens. This summer, HRWC offers some water-friendly tips specifically for river and lake shoreline...
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HRWC staff take it on the road
HRWC staff frequently presents our work at conferences and convenings both locally and farther afield. We don’t always get around to sharing that information with our followers, but May has been...
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My Huron River (Arms Creek)
One of the perks of my job as a co-director of the Adopt-a-Stream program at HRWC is that I get to see places that many others miss out on. And so while I love the main branch of the Huron River and...
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What the Clean Water Rule could mean for the Huron
Sometimes just maintaining the status quo is the goal. Such is the case with federal protections for waterways through the Clean Water Act that are clarified with the Clean Water Rule developed by the...
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