Over 31,000 pounds of trash collected from Michigan rivers, streams in ’23
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Nearly a dozen organizations across the state received funding from EGLE to collect garbage from rivers and streams last year. Over 1,600 volunteers worked a collective of 3,699 hours to clean various […]
Elk Rapids Wants to Help Its Shoreline Through New State Climate Corps Program
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Michigan is working with communities and organizations to tackle climate change by funding new staff positions. To protect and restore shoreline both on lakefronts and along the river edges, Elk […]
Great Lakes ice coverage faces record low impacting weather, recreation, wildlife
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Ice coverage plays an important role for us here in Michigan and it’s no surprise with the recent conditions, there’s not a lot of ice. December 2023 was one of […]
Line 5 Tunnel Plan Gets OK From Michigan Public Service Commission
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A long debated plan to replace a segment of Line 5 that runs under the Straits of Mackinac was granted approval by the Michigan Public Service Commission on Friday, with […]
Tip of the Mitt Receives Part of $465,000 in Creating a Culture of Resilience Capacity Building Grant
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Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council was chosen out of 11 grant-supported projects that help coastal communities increase their knowledge of coastal risks by providing capacity to conduct outreach, obtain […]
BLPA Update on the Burt Lake Watershed Implementation Grant
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Our Restoration Manager, Noah Jansen, writes about the updates of the Burt Lake Watershed Implementation Grant. This includes a local Greenbelt Workshop for homeowners that has helped participants learn all […]
EGLE’s Water Resource Division Continues the Series on Zoning for Water Protection, State Regulation, and Local Ordinances
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The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) protects and monitors waters across the state including the Great Lakes, inland lakes, wetlands, streams, and groundwater. The Water Resources […]
Rain Garden at Ottawa Stadium Completed with Community Volunteers
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Over the last several months, our staff here at the Watershed Council, lead by our Restoration Manager, Noah Jansen, and the City of Harbor Springs Department of Public Works worked […]