By Paul J Sniadecki, MLSA Board Director Sarah LeSage, Aquatic Biologist, EGLE, attended the 2019 Conference and announced the progress made by the DEQ/ELGE implementing the 1st Year of the AIS Eradication and Control Fund created by legislation in late 2018. Ms....
By Paul J Sniadecki, MLSA Board Director Ron Olson, Chief, Parks and Recreation Division, MI DNR, (the Division responsible and accountable for the proliferation and maintenance of Michigan’s Boating Access Sites) was a co-presenter for the 2019 conference break-out...
By Paul J Sniadecki, MLSA Board Director For a few decades, Michigan has prepared a Statement Management Plan (SMP) for Invasive Species. For years the SMP has had a “Watch List” for Invasive Species not yet found in Michigan. The point being we do not want those...
Gov. Whitmer signed Executive Order 2019-06 on February 20, 2019, creating the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy. The Executive Order took effect on Monday, April 22, 60-days after its submission to the Legislature. Under the Executive Order, MDEQ...
By Paul J Sniadecki, MLSA Director Traveling from all parts of Michigan, and as far away as Texas and South Carolina, 318 people made their way to the Crystal Mountain resort to experience the 58th Annual MLSA Conference. President Mike Gallagher and Vice President...
By Paul J. Sniadecki, Board Director A state House bill dealing with public access times for inland lakes has caused an uproar among Michigan boaters and anglers. House Bill 4362 as currently written states public boating access to inland lakes would be “limited to...
by Paul J. Sniadecki, MLSA Board Director On April 5, 2019, President Mike Gallagher, and Director Paul J Sniadecki, traveled to Lansing to meet with Governor Whitmer and her staff to learn about the 2020 proposed operating budget. We were joined by several other...
By Nancy and John Wilks, MLSA Vice President A large crowd of riparians, professional lake managers and state government employees met in Lansing on March 15 to hear expert presentations on the biology and management of invasive starry stonewort (Nitellopsis obtusa). ...
by Paul J. Sniadecki, MLSA Board Director On January 10, 2019 The Michigan Court of Appeals upheld the Oakland County trial court’s ruling (Virginia Park Subdivision Association v Hair, et al) in that the first tier lot owners are not riparian or waterfront, and are...
by Paul J. Sniadecki, Board Director Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently announced new appointments to the Water Use Advisory Council. Michael Gallagher of Richland, and President of the Michigan Lake Stewardship Associations, was appointed to represent Statewide Riparian...
By Paul J. Sniadecki, MLSA Board Director (NOTE: Portions of this article first appeared in the USA TODAY) The Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has agreed to decide if contamination of groundwater that seeps into rivers, lakes and oceans violates the Clean Water Act (CWA)....
By Paul J. Sniadecki, Board Director Since 2009, MLC 324.41325 has required watercraft users to clean/dry their equipment to ensure it does not transport AIS from water body to water body. SB1072 amended the statute by adding the following additional requirement:...
By Paul J Sniadecki, Board Director and DNR Supplied Data Largemouth bass virus, which was previously found in Cedar Lake in Iosco County, has now been confirmed in Alpena County’s Beaver Lake and Montmorency County’s Avalon Lake. Prior to its detection in Cedar...
by Paul J. Sniadecki, Board Director Many Riparian communities rely on local zoning to prevent vacation rentals from taking over lakefront neighborhoods and turning them into commercial housing areas. A bill introduced in Mid-January 2019 once again threatens...
MLSA has been fortunate to work with Dr Jo on several MLSA related projects for many years. We are happy to share this information: The MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and Greening Michigan Institute has recognized Dr Jo as follows: Jo A. Latimore...
By: Paul J Sniadecki, MLSA Board Director Our December 2018 Newsletter provided information about the 2018 Lame Duck Session, which was like no other in terms of the volume of bills coming up for consideration that could undermine protections for Natual Resources or...
by: Dr. Jo Latimore, PhD, MSU Have you ever struggled watching people in your community disagree about what is best for your lake? Do you ever wish you knew more about how lakes and rivers work? Are you unsure about what resources are available to help protect and...
By: Lois Wolfson, PhD, MSU Date: Thursday, March 7 Time: 9:30am – 3:45pm Place: Lincoln Room, Kellogg Center, East Lansing, MI The Michigan Natural Shoreline Partnership will host its biennial Shoreline and Shallows Conference on Thursday, March 7, 2019 at the...
by Paul J. Sniadecki, MLSA Board Director Lon Nordeen, MLSA Board Member and Conference Program Coordinator, has been busy developing the Presenters for the MLSA 2019 Annual Conference. Lon reports the following presenters are anticipated to be part of the MLSA 2019...
By Paul J. Sniadecki, MLSA Board Director On Tuesday November 27, 2018, MLSA President Mike Gallagher traveled to Lansing to participate in the Public Meeting about SB 1136, which seeks to establish a fund for the eradication and control of Aquatic Invasive Species...
