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Featured Water – The Clinton River
Clinton River Watershed Explorer: https://iwr.msu.edu/clintonriver/
Volunteer with the Clinton River Watershed Council: https://www.crwc.org/events/volunteer/keeping-it-clean
This feature was brought to us by Lois Wolfson, MSU Institute of Water Research in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife. Lois will be retiring at the end of the summer, to read about her full career of important work, check out this article: 2018 Distinguished Academic Staff Awards. Thanks to Lois for all she has contributed to freshwater research!
Attorney Writes – Which Ordinance?
In this article, Cliff Bloom references five previous articles on the problem of boats anchoring at a sandbar or shallow area offshore where the occupants are partying for hours. Here are those articles:
“Extinguishing Unwanted and Unused Roads, Alleys, and Parks (and other Assorted Lake Issues)” (Fall, 2022)
“Unusual (But Potentially Helpful) Local Municipal Regulations” (Fall, 2012)
“Mooring One’s Boat Over the Riparian Bottomlands of Another” (Winter, 2018)
“I Can No Longer Even Enjoy My Lake…” (Winter, 2016)
“Twixt the Water and the Land” (Summer, 2018)
Throwback Article
Original Fall 1983 Issue of The Michigan Riparian, the message 40 years ago.
Forest to MI Faucet Program of Michigan DNR
Program Website: Mi.gov/ForestToMiFaucet
Design ideas, native plant lists and trained landscapers can be found at ShorelinePartnership.org
Planting trees near water or placing dead wood into the lake (EGLE permit required) provides great fish habitat – see ForestsForFish.org
Related Webinar from the Drinking Water: Protecting MI Source Webinar Series
“Healthy Forests Protect Your Drinking Water” held on May 23, 2023, recording link
Healthy Lakes and Proper Land Use: A Critical Recipe for Lake Protection
Proper septic system and drain field maintenance and repair: https://www.epa.gov/septic
Low Impact Development (LID): https://www.epa.gov/nps/urban-runoff-low-impact-development
Soil Testing Kits from MSU: https://homesoiltest.msu.edu/
Michigan Natural Shoreline Partnership: https://www.shorelinepartnership.org/
Guide to Composting: https://www.compostguide.com/using-leaves-for-composting/
Types of wetlands, function, and importance: https://www.epa.gov/wetlands
MDNR on Goose Control
62nd Annual Conference Recap
2023 Riparian of the Year: Rusty Gowland Video