June 2023 Newsletter is now available

Welcome June and all the news and events coming up as we make our way into summer! Read and share our latest newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/mymlsa.org/june-2023-newsletter

2023 Annual Conference Follow Up

Thanks to everyone who joined us for our 62nd Annual Conference. It was a great time with excellent speaker and great sponsors/exhibitors. We are so grateful for everyone who participated. Thanks to the MiCorps CLMP team for a successful in-person training! More...

May 2023 Newsletter is now available

May 2023 Newsletter: Reporting on current issues, events, legislation, and more. Read, subscribe, share! If you are interested in contributing to this or our magazine, The Michigan Riparian, email info@mymlsa.org with your photos and articles.  ...

Conference Registration Ends April 27

Here is a quick newsletter reminder about the conference and celebrating our Earth: Earth Day is April 22, 2023 Conference Registration ends on April 27, 2023 Arbor Day is April 28, 2023 MLSA SW Region Meeting is April 29, 2023 62nd Annual Conference is May 5 & 6,...

Upcoming Lake Conservation Webinars

Midwest Glacial Lakes Partnership Lake Conservation Webinars Don’t miss these excellent upcoming topics! April 11, 1:00 P.M. Managing for RADical lake change: applying the Resist-Accept-Direct (RAD) framework to support walleye management in Wisconsin April 18,...

NotMISpecies Webinar Series Continues!

Webinar in this series from last month – Rowing the boat: The Michigan Invasive Species Program 2022 year in review If you missed this webinar, you can check out the recording here. The hearty crew of staff, partners and volunteers that make up the MISP...

Upcoming Events and Opportunities with MDNR

DNR Meetings happen all year long and all over the state, check out this site for the meeting that interests you and is in your area: https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/about/boards Conversation and Coffee with DNR Fisheries Division Staff, more details here. Southern Lake...

Educate Boaters About Invasive Species

Consider organizing a free mobile boat washing demonstration event through the Clean Boats, Clean Waters Mobile Boat Wash Program. Or participate in the Great Lakes Aquatic Invasive Species Landing Blitz July 1 – July 9 and share free educational materials. Visit...

MiCorps CLMP Deadlines

If you are considering monitoring a lake in 2023 and have not yet enrolled, here are a few enrollment deadlines to keep in mind: Parameter Enrollment Deadlines Secchi, Summer TP, Aquatic Plant Mapping – May 10, 2023 Exotic Aquatic Plant Watch and Score the Shore...

Spring Issue of The Michigan Riparian magazine

Hitting mailboxes now, the spring issue is full of great articles. Here are the links and resources that support those articles: Duck Lake, Fighting for the Future of a UP Lake Duck Lake Riparians Association Website Invasive Species Control Coalition of Watersmeet...

The 2022 Michigan Invasive Species Report

By: Paul J. Sniadecki, MLSA Board Director The 2022 Michigan Invasive Species Report has been released. It highlights the actions taken, and funding spent, during the period fiscal year 2022: Oct. 1, 2021, through Sept. 30, 2022. The 2022 report can be reviewed at...

April 2023 News

Hope you are enjoying spring and planning to join us for the Annual Conference, only one month away! You can read, share, and subscribe to our monthly newsletter here: https://mailchi.mp/mymlsa.org/april-2023-newsletter Let us know what you think! Send us an email to...

Special Event on Friday, March 10

Check out this event on Friday evening and don’t forget to register for the conference – less than two months away! https://mailchi.mp/mymlsa.org/annual-conference-promo2

Lakes and the Winter Ice Blues

Authors: Lois Wolfson and Erick Elgin, Michigan State University Extension This article was reprinted with permission and originally appeared in the Oakland Lakefront Lifestyle Magazine. Did your lake freeze over this year?  If yes, did it freeze the entire winter or...

Letters to Legislators

by Melissa DeSimone, MLSA Executive Director In our last newsletter we acknowledged that we have a new term of legislators that have now settled into their committee positions and are starting to work their priority issues through the legislative process. On your...

Senate Bill 14

By Paul J Sniadecki, MLSA Board Director Some members of the Michigan Senate are seeking to reverse a law enacted during the 2018 lame duck session that hinders state agencies from promulgating rules stricter than federal regulations. The ban on state agency...

March 2023 Newsletter is now available

As always, we have lots to share with you in our March newsletter. Remember you can always subscribe, share, and reprint from this newsletter anytime. We create these monthly newsletters for free and for all, thanks to our generous members who fund this important...

Spring 2023 MGLP Lake Conservation Webinars

The Midwest Glacial Lakes Partnership starts their spring webinar series this month. You will find the presentations scheduled for this month, please check out all eight offerings on their website: Lake Conservation webinars Common Carp Management and the Lost Island...