by Scott Brown, ML&SA Executive Director In a state blessed with so many high quality inland lakes whose immense intrinsic, economic and recreational value no one really questions, it is difficult for me to believe that after more than sixty five years...
The Michigan Aquatic Invasive Species Advisory Council recently issued its final report to the Governor. The Michigan Aquatic Invasive Species Advisory Council was created by the state legislature in 2011 in order to provide recommendations to the Michigan Department...
State Senator Tom Casperson (R-Escanaba) has introduced legislation to revise laws governing the treatment and management of aquatic invasive species within Michigan waters. Specifically, the language of the bill would revamp Part 33 of Public Act 451 that regulates...
Michigan Lake and Stream Associations, Inc. is a fifty two year old non-profit organization whose membership is comprised of hundreds of lake associations, corporations and individual members throughout the state who share a common goal and vested interest in...
Our Opposition to the DNR’s Proposed Boat Launch Site PART 2 By Paul J. Sniadecki Eagle Lake Improvement Association, INC In Part 1 of this series, we provided some history about the Eagle Lake situation, our initial dealing with the DNR in its initial attempt...
MSU Extension Publication Provides Useful Guidance on AIS Michigan State University Extension has recently published a handy and useful guide that offers assistance to recreational boaters in identifying aquatic invasive plants. In addition, the guide provides...
Council Ponders Sustainable AIS Program Funding Mechanisms The Michigan Aquatic Invasive Species Advisory Council was created by the state legislature in 2011 in order to provide recommendations to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality regarding...
Save the Dates! Be an Important Part of Michigan History! Plan on Attending the First Ever Michigan Inland Lakes Convention Michigan Lake and Stream Associations is proud of the fact that we have conducted fifty two consecutive annual conferences. To promote and...
Our Opposition to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Proposed Boat Launch Site PART 1 By Paul J. Sniadecki Eagle Lake Improvement Association, Inc. In the Spring of 2012, The Eagle Lake Improvement Association, INC (ELIA) heard ‘rumors” of the DNR’s...
Michigan Natural Features Inventory and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources are collaborating on the development of a statewide Aquatic Invasive Species “Early Detection Rapid Response” program and are seeking your assistance in helping to...
Our chief legal counsel and senior partner in the Grand Rapids firm of Bloom Sluggett Morgan Law, Cliff Bloom, recently sat down for an interview with M-Lives Jim Harger to discuss buying and selling waterfront property in Michigan. Cliff Bloom is the author of an...
Bloom Sluggett Morgan Law Attorney Cliff Bloom was interviewed on Friday, March 15th by Lauren ‘Shmitty’ Smith of Newsradio WOOD 1300 and 106.9 FM in Grand Rapids regarding Buying and Selling Waterfront Property in Michigan. Listen to the entire interview...
Contributed by Scott Brown ML&SA Executive Director I know I don’t need to remind you or the other members of your association how profoundly valuable our “inland seas” – our lakes, big or small, are to the Great Lakes region and to our...
by Sarah Litch ML&SA Region 9 Representative The Water Quality Committee of the Glen Lake Association sent out a survey in January 2013 to the Lake Associations, Watersheds, and Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore in Michigan Lake and Stream Associations Region 9,...
Conference Registration Now Open to Members and the General Public STANTON — Michigan Lake and Stream Associations (ML&SA) is proud to announce the agenda for the 52nd Annual Conference that will be held on Friday and Saturday, April 26th & 27th,...
On Saturday, March 16, 2013, Michigan State University Extension is sponsoring a workshop designed to educate interested lakefront property owners on the importance of natural shoreline landscaping and the use of bioengineering techniques to provide erosion control....
by Roger Carey My wife and I bought on the lake with plans to get away from the lights, noise and congestion we came from. Why do people move to the lake then turn it into the place they came from? The negative effects of light pollution on human activity are...
The third annual Shoreline and Shallows Conference, a program of the Michigan Natural Shoreline Partnership (MNSP), will be presented Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at Michigan State University’s Kellogg Center. Titled Natural Shorelines and the Habitat Connection,...
Good news coming out of Lansing for real estate owners wishing to transfer their home and/or real property to a spouse or child. On December 31, 2012, Governor Rick Snyder signed enrolled House Bill No. 4753 which amends the General Property Tax Act of 1893 (Public...
Michigan Conservation Stewards Program in Oakland County: Spring 2013 Session scheduled for February 23 to April 29, 2013 Are you looking for a great opportunity to learn about conservation and natural science and assume critical leadership roles through volunteering...
