?? October News to Us is published! The October edition of News to Us is here with an environmental voter guide for Southeast Michigan as well as the latest articles covering exciting new water wins, including the Lower Grand River state water trail designation and updates to a federal precipitation data tool. Explore articles below on Huron River microplastics research, native plant gardens in Ypsilanti, and new initiatives in Southeast Michigan to restore wetlands. Read the stories we're following: https://lnkd.in/gBp2N2Fw
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Founded in 1965, the Huron River Watershed Council (HRWC) is southeast Michigan’s oldest environmental organization dedicated to river protection. The Huron River Watershed Council works to inspire attitudes, behaviors, and economies to protect, rehabilitate, and sustain the Huron River System. HRWC is a nonprofit coalition of Huron Valley residents, businesses, and local governments. The Council bridges political boundaries by building partnerships between and among communities, community leaders, residents, and commercial enterprises. Serving those constituencies, HRWC monitors the Huron River, its tributaries, lakes, and groundwater, and directs multiple programs addressing pollution prevention and abatement, wetland and floodplain protection, citizen education, and natural resource and land-use planning.
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https://www.hrwc.org/
Huron River Watershed Council的外部链接
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- 环境服务
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- 11-50 人
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- Ann Arbor，MI
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- 非营利机构
- 创立
- 1965
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117 North First Street
Suite 100
US，MI，Ann Arbor，48104
Huron River Watershed Council员工
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Thank you to the Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation for their support that allows us to continue this important work!
Our partnership with the Huron River Watershed Council helps grassroots organizations develop and distribute materials to assist local units of government in creating and sustaining healthy watersheds to better protect the Huron River. Read about other Great Lakes grants in our latest grant announcement: https://lnkd.in/gFhWatQ3. Nat Lichten, Helen "Katie" Ferriby
Grants Strengthen Arts & Organizations Contributing to Healthier Environment | Erb Family Foundation
https://www.erbff.org
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New blog by Kelly McCabe, Watershed Programs Associate The Chemistry and Flow Monitoring Program Pilots New Innovations The HRWC Chemistry and Flow Monitoring Program’s twenty-third season was a year of experimentation. Swipe through these highlights and read the full blog to learn about all the new things we tried this year. https://lnkd.in/gWw4xgNU
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New blog by Andrea Paine, Watershed Program Coordinator Priorities, Visions and Values: Deepening Understanding of Our Watershed Communities Read the full blog at: https://lnkd.in/esN9VN8e
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Through our work, we guide municipalities in making better land use decisions that will help protect the Huron River watershed. HRWC is grateful for the continued support of the Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation for a second year of funding to continue moving this project forward!
Today we’re excited to announce that the Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation awarded $5.9 million in new and ongoing grants that focus on #GreatLakes stewardship and agricultural runoff, environmental health and justice, and the arts. Learn more in our latest grant announcement. https://lnkd.in/gFhWatQ3 Melissa Damaschke, Tara Tuomaala, Mary Lyons-Richards, Nat Lichten, Adam DesJardins, Dianne M. Warren, Helen "Katie" Ferriby, Taylor Williams, Keenan Covington
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We need your help! Volunteer at River Roundup, this Saturday October 12. Join a small team of your friends, family, and other volunteers to collect bugs from streams across the watershed this weekend. Where: Meet in at HRWC offices in Ann Arbor. Carpool to streams in Livingston, Oakland, Wayne and/or Washtenaw Counties. When: Saturday, October 12 Two times: from 9am to 1pm or 10:30am to 2:30pm. Registration required. To register and for more information: https://lnkd.in/eD-Kxwnt.
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HRWC will be using new methods and equipment developed by Wayne State University to test Huron River waterways for microplastic pollution and identify the top types of plastic that are in our rivers and creeks. With this information, HRWC will work with community partners on programs to reduce microplastics in the Huron River. Read about this upcoming project: https://lnkd.in/gZjaUmNd
Wayne State University awarded grant to combat microplastics in the Great Lakes
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New blog by Melina Pakey-Rodriguez, Environmental Fellow: The Great 2024 Mussel Hunt (Newsletter Version) This summer HRWC staff, interns, and volunteers embarked on an intensive mussel survey in the Huron River, declared by program staff as: The Great 2024 Huron River Mussel Hunt. The mussel survey was part of the project to remove Peninsular Paper Dam in Ypsilanti. Read on to discover what we found! https://lnkd.in/e9i2fWbk
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?? News to Us: Michigan’s artificial shorelines are making its lakes sick. Can they be healed? This article spotlights the work of local water steward Craig Kivi and his efforts to improve the quality of Portage Lake in the Huron River watershed. Kivi championed the installation of “fish sticks” near the shoreline as part of a restoration project to provide important habitat for all types of aquatic ecology from microscopic organisms to fish. The article also discusses the impacts of seawalls and other artificial shoreline features on lake ecology and introduces alternative shoreline strategies to improve habitat and lake health. Read the full article at https://lnkd.in/gEATq9U5 Read more news to us: https://lnkd.in/gbTqZ_Dy
Michigan's artificial shorelines are making its lakes sick. Can they be healed?
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?? News to Us: Michigan’s weak pollution cleanups are costing future generations A new report from by Michigan State University and For Love of Water aims to quantify the long-term costs of pollution controls on public health. The study concluded that polluters consistently underestimate the costs of controls like capping soil and fail to remediate contamination. Recommendations include more transparency from polluters and strengthening Michigan’s cleanup laws. Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/g2GcycUm Read more news to us at https://lnkd.in/gbTqZ_Dy
Report: Michigan's weak pollution cleanups are costing future generations | Bridge Michigan
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