David Lossing 06/24/2024 Local Government Change Makers Summer Update 2024 The End of an Era In case you haven’t heard, Kris Olsson, our Watershed Ecologist, retired in May after 31… Read More »
Andrea Paine 06/18/2024 News to Us News to Us Our June News to Us shares opportunities to improve and learn about water quality. Dive in for articles on new… Read More »
Andrea Paine 06/17/2024 Policy Empowering Municipalities to Fund Stormwater Infrastructure Improvements According to the newly released watershed report card, the Huron River gets a “D” for flooding. This watershed indicator assesses… Read More »
Kelly McCabe 06/03/2024 Water Quality 2023 Huron River Monitoring Shows Trends in Phosphorus, Bacteria and Salt The 2023 reports are in on Huron River chemistry and flow monitoring! HRWC volunteers, staff, and partners have worked hard… Read More »
Ric Lawson 05/26/2024 Green Infrastructure Rain Catchers Clean Southeast Michigan’s Rivers and Lakes HRWC and other watershed groups expand Green Stormwater Infrastructure HRWC and other watershed groups in Southeast Michigan have formed an… Read More »
Andrea Paine 05/20/2024 News to Us News to Us There are six articles that are “news to us” this May. Huron River watershed news stories cover a recent creek… Read More »
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 »