U.S. Rep. Vern Ehlers, R-Grand Rapids, Monday said Michigan residents need to recognize that the Asian carp threat is real and imminent.
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What is a Home Rivers Initiative? Well, it is a collaborative multi-year major watershed restoration effort. What does that mean? It means that Trout Unlimited National, (the folks you send your $35 to every year) plan to hire a full time project manager/coordinator to indentify, prioritize, and implement restoration efforts on our Rogue River for [...]
Tom Quail, the MCTU Conservation Chair, sent out a message last week and we think it’s worth passing along because it is so timely and so close to home.
The MDNRE is taking your public comments until February 16 on CAFO discharge permits. Your messages will help safeguard coldwater fisheries from large-scale [...]
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Townhall Meeting with Rep. Vern Ehlers
Feb 22nd, 10:00-11:00 – Gerald Ford Museum Auditorium, Grand Rapids
By JOHN FLESHER, AP Environmental Writer
The strategy released by the Obama administration this week agrees only to conduct a long-range study of that idea, which could take years. The government also refuses to shut down two navigational locks on Chicago waterways that could provide an easy pathway for the carp into the lakes, although it [...]
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