Michigan Creates Aquatic Invasive Species Advisory Council The Michigan state legislature has passed, and Governor Snyder has signed into law, an important suite of late session bills designed to re-vitalize the state’s overall strategy in effectively responding to...
POSITION PAPER OF THE ML&SA REGARDING PROPOSED PUBLIC ROAD ENDS AT LAKES LEGISLATION (November, 2011) 1. What are these road ends? Many inland lakes in Michigan have public roads (whether developed or undeveloped) which end perpendicular at the lake. These...
Editors Note: This is the second in a series of articles that will appear in Michigan Lake and Stream Associations media in regards to the upcoming 2012 general election. Michigan has 1,242 townships spread across eighty three counties, and thousands more municipal...
S.B. 778 Seeks to Restore Safety and Order to Our Inland Lakes and Streams Following decades of well publicized legal wrangling and high profile court cases whose decisions are known to Michigan’s legion of well informed riparians, the Michigan State Senate will soon...
Local Governance is Critical to Responsible Lake Management by Paul J. Sniadecki, President, Eagle Lake Improvement Association, Inc. The next general election is only 12 months away, and most local municipalities in Michigan will elect to retain or to bring new faces...
Ralph Vogel of Corey Lake Hangs Up His Secchi Disk After 37 Years Resourceful, practical, all-around-nice-guy, handy, a team player, generous, persistent and stewardship oriented – these are just a small sample of the superlatives that folks in the know have...
Starry Stonewort, a highly aggressive and rapidly spreading invasive macro algae, continues to infect Michigan inland lakes at an alarming rate. Introduced to the Great Lakes region via the ballast water of freighters navigating into the Great Lakes region from the...
ML&SA to Publish New Real Estate Focused Book Michigan Lake and Stream Associations is preparing for a September introduction of it’s latest book devoted to exploring issues associated with waterfront living in Michigan. The new book, entitled Buying and...
In a rare instance of bi-partisan cooperation and support, legislation has been introduced in the Michigan Senate that would establish an Aquatic Invasive Species Advisory Council within the Department of Environmental Quality. Introduced by Senator Howard Walker of...
MI Natural Shoreline Partnership Prepares Contractors to Work at the Water’s Edge. Learning Lake Friendly Methods to Restore Lakefront Shorelines. The Michigan Natural Shoreline Partnership, a highly successful Department of Environmental Quality led collaborative...
Glen Lake Association Receives National Award Recognized for Outreach and Education in Fish Habitat Conservation Lawton Gallagher Group Press Release Washington, D.C.- The Glen Lake Association has received a 2011 National Fish Habitat Action Plan (NFHAP) Award – one...
