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Where are the Mudpuppies?
The University of Michigan, Eastern Michigan University, and the Herpetological Resource and Management are asking for help in collecting dead specimens of Mudpuppies. Due to the extreme weather...
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Protecting Water Under the Clean Water Act
We need your help to bring protections back to our wetlands and small streams. Wait, what? The Clean Water Act doesn’t protect clean water? How can that be? Well in 2001 and 2006 there were 2 Supreme...
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Birds, Bat, Butterflies, and Dragonflies: Part 3
What is something that birds, bats, butterflies, and dragonflies all have in common? Well, yes, they do fly. But something that doesn’t occur to the typical person not well-versed in these animal...
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Geomorphologists Assemble!
HRWC recently hosted the first Michigan Aquatic Restoration Conference (MARC) with partners at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service, Michigan Departments of Environmental Quality and...
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On the chopping block: clean water
*** UPDATE: On August 16, 2017, the EPA and the Army extended the comment period by 30 days for the proposed first step of the review of the definition of ‘Waters of the U.S.’ to provide additional...
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HRWC releases first-of-its kind study on river's economic impact
Read the newly released “Summary of The Economic Impact of the Huron River.” In 2016, HRWC commissioned a unique study to measure the economic impact of the river on local communities, focusing on...
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Lame Duck Bill Would Cripple Michigan Wetland Protection
Update, 12/31/18: Governor Rick Snyder has signed a limited version of this bill into law. The implications remain unclear, but experts suggest that the passed version will have far less negative...
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Quacker Tracker 2018
In this post, we’ll provide a brief summary of the legislation we were most closely following during the 2018 lame duck session. Michigan State Capitol in Lansing, Flickr Creative Commons, by Larry HB...
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Happy World Wetlands Day!
In honor of World Wetlands Day today, we at HRWC thought we’d share a little bit of info about our wetlands here in the Huron watershed. Huron River wetland in Ann Arbor Township. Wetlands – Nature’s...
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Celebrate Wetlands!
The U.S. EPA created American Wetlands Month in 1991 to celebrate the vital importance of wetlands to the nation’s ecological, economic, and social health and to educate Americans about the value of...
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