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Powerful 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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Dried Up Funds for Water Infrastructure and Environmental Cleanups
K-12 students learn about river ecology and collect data on the health of the Huron River through HRWC’s education program. Last week Governor Snyder made announcements about water and infrastructure...
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Starry Stonewort: A Serious Threat to Michigan’s Lakes
Look familiar? This is a typical clump of starry stonewort collected during the Exotic Aquatic Plant Watch on Woodruff Lake in Oakland County. Starry stonewort. If you are a lakefront property owner...
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In May’s News to Us, read HRWC’s Bridge Magazine Opinion after last week’s catastrophic dam failures and flooding in Midland, Michigan. Other news: the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of groundwater...
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Fall is in full swing and so is the October News to Us. Along with gorgeous colors and photo ops, this fall’s news brings renewed monitoring contracts, investments in water infrastructure, and plans...
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Support HRWC– Buy a Water Quality Specialty License Plate!
Water Quality Speciality License Plate We have all seen specialty license plates as we drive about. Some support specific college or universities, others have the sport teams on them like the Lions or...
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How 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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Thirty Years of Bugs and Citizen Science
HRWC is celebrating 30 years of River Roundups, our macroinvertebrate monitoring program! In 1992, a group of pioneering staff and volunteers first stuck their nets into flowing water and dumped...
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News to Us
In our February News to Us read about threats to river and drinking water quality in the Huron and across the state, including road salt, PFAS, hexchrome, and dioxane. This month’s News to Us also...
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News to Us
It’s our 150th edition of News to Us! To celebrate, we selected six articles to fill you in on the latest environmental news across Michigan and the Huron River watershed. Read our hand-picked articles...
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