Kris Olsson 05/02/2024 Climate change Top six ways you can take action on climate change Kris’s Call to Action on Climate Change As Kris Olsson retires from HRWC after 31 years as one of our… Read More »
Daniel Brown 04/29/2024 Dams Ypsilanti’s Pen Dam Removal Update The effort to remove Ypsilanti’s Peninsular Paper Dam (Pen Dam) from the Huron River has made steady progress. The initial… Read More »
Andrea Paine 04/24/2024 News to Us News to Us Our April edition of News to Us highlights noteworthy headlines from across Michigan and the U.S. Articles cover the new… Read More »
Daniel Brown 04/19/2024 Pollution Increasing Waste Disposal Tipping Fees Would Be Good For Michigan’s Environment Governor Gretchen Whitmer has proposed to increase waste disposal tipping fees. Tipping fees are basically a surcharge for managing solid… Read More »
Daniel Brown 04/17/2024 PFAS EPA Announces PFAS Drinking Water Standards The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized new drinking water standards for some per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a historic… Read More »
Rebecca Esselman 04/16/2024 Water Quality Huron River Report Card The grades are in. The Huron takes home a C+. Today the University of Maryland released a series of report… Read More »
Guest Blogger 04/05/2024 Climate change Climate activism by Mike Garfield Extracurricular Activities: Beyond a career, a life of advocacy and activism Climate Change is the defining issue of our time…. Read More »
Guest Blogger 04/03/2024 Local Government Green Infrastructure Support for Local Government by Sally Rutzky Calling on the “Dream Team,” Helping Lyndon Township make an important decision on Green Infrastructure Local policies governing land use,… Read More »
Guest Blogger 04/01/2024 Land Conservation Natural areas protection by Susan Lackey Protecting the “Right Land,” The power of partnership for effective conservation HRWC works to protect natural lands from development as… Read More »
Guest Blogger 03/21/2024 Local Government Notes from a Change Maker by Kay Stremler Notes from a Change Maker: Empowering people to influence local decision-making HRWC’s Change Makers program empowers community members to become… Read More »
Andrea Paine 03/14/2024 News to Us News to Us It’s our 150th edition of News to Us! To celebrate, we selected six articles to fill you in on the… Read More »
Kris Olsson 03/08/2024 Local Government Watershed protection relies on land use policies What happens on the land affects the Huron River As Kris Olsson retires from HRWC after 31 years as one… Read More »