Jun 19, 2020
Join us for our monthly zoom meeting, we took a break to bring you the Spring Webinar Series and now we are back to our monthly virtual gatherings. Unlike the webinars, these meetings are more informal with a few agenda items but everyone can be seen and heard for...
Jun 19, 2020
by Melissa DeSimone, MLSA Executive Director I have spent some time this year with our new web developer, Ken Campbell, to bring you a new and improved MLSA website. Some of the priorities for the website included better mobile compatibility for phones and other smart...
Jun 19, 2020
House Bills 5838, 5839, & 5840 were introduced on June 4, 2020 by Rep.Tyrone Carter and Rep. Sherry Gay-Dagnogo. These three bills deal with potential environmental contamination and reporting issues. They also create a new Great Lakes and River protection fund...
Jun 19, 2020
The following is an excerpt from a press release of the Office of the Attorney General – June 9, 2020 Michigan regulatory agencies filed a lawsuit seeking compensation, civil fines, and the cleanup and restoration of damages caused by Boyce Hydro’s negligence in...
Jun 19, 2020
By Paul J Sniadecki, Board Director MLSA is pleased to announce our State-Wide AIS Information Database is now open for the entry of 2020 data from Michigan inland lakes and streams. Now in its second year of operation, this MLSA resource is the only one of its kind...
Jun 19, 2020
By Paul J Sniadecki, Board Director The Michigan Aquatic Invasive Plant Control Grant Program was created through the addition of Part 414 to the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, 1994 PA 451, as amended. The Department of Environment, Great Lakes,...
Jun 19, 2020
By Melissa DeSimone, MLSA Executive Director At Michigan Lakes and Streams Association we LOVE our waterways but even this water loving group is concerned about the over abundance we are all experiencing right now. From hot media topics like tragic dam failure and the...
Jun 15, 2020
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May 18, 2020
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May 18, 2020
By Paul J Sniadecki, MLSA Board Director The Michigan Aquatic Invasive Plant (AIP) Control Grant Program, created through an addition of Part 414 to the NREPA Act (Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act), is ready to launch the 2020 grant cycle. The...
May 18, 2020
The Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) held a second Michigan High Water Virtual Townhall on April 28. If you missed that session, you can access the recording of the webinar here. Also, in a recent episode of the podcast Sustainabilime from...
May 18, 2020
By Paul J Sniadecki, MLSA Board Director The recent MLSA webinar on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) featured Lynn Henning, Regional Associate of Socially Responsible Agricultural Project (SRAP) as one of the presenters about water quality. Lynn’s...
May 18, 2020
Based on the title of this webinar provided by Michigan EGLE, PFAS Reverse Osmosis Leachate Treatment and Granulated Activated Carbon Technology, it may sound a bit technical but we thought it would be important to let our members know about this opportunity. If you...
May 18, 2020
On Friday, April 24th the Minnesota Lakes and Rivers Advocates hosted a webinar on wakeboats called “Enhanced Wake Watercraft Impacts on Lakes”, you can view a recording of the session here. They were joined by a researcher from the University of Minnesota...
May 18, 2020
You can download the most current edition of the boating laws handbook, share it with your lake association, and visit the MDNR website for more resources on boating laws. Some lake associations create small laminated handouts to provide to association members and/or...
Apr 28, 2020
By: Paul J. Sniadecki, MLSA Board Director On April 17, 2020, two members of the MLSA Board participated in the Quarterly Meeting of Stakeholders and the Water Resources Division of Michigan’s EGLE (formerly DEQ). The meeting was hosted and coordinated by the Michigan...
Apr 28, 2020
By Paul J. Sniadecki, MLSA Board Member This MLSA newsletter has been reporting on the process and results for the new, 5 year National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for Michigan’s approximately 250+ Concentrated Animal Feeding...
Apr 28, 2020
*This order has since been modified, the original date of this post was April 10, 2020. Michigan Executive Order No. 2020-42 MLSA would like to highlight some points in the most recent Executive Order titled “Temporary requirement to suspend activities that are...
Apr 28, 2020
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) has issued a revised general permit for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs). The permit enhances protection of the public and Michigan’s waters from excessive nutrient pollution while...
Apr 28, 2020
By Melissa DeSimone, MLSA Executive Director High water has been a hot topic around the Great Lakes but our inland lakes within Michigan are struggling with the water in even more ways than the coastlines. We have more water than we know what to do with. Do you know...
