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Strategic plan targets invasive species
The Superior Daily Telegram (11/17)
Douglas County’s Land Conservation Committee is forwarding a plan to the county board that takes aim at invasive species.
Mich. Clean Marina Program: Public-private partners work together to improve water quality
Grand Rapids Environmental News Examiner (11/9)
Partners from the public and private sector in Michigan are working together in a voluntary program to improve the quality of the Great Lakes.
Researchers seek funding for wind test site in Lake Michigan
Grand Rapids Environmental News Examiner (11/7)
In a recent article in The Muskegon Chronicle, it was reported that researchers at Grand Valley State University’s Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center (MAREC) cited a lack of year-around data (on wind platform testing) needed by prospective development companies.
COMMENTARY: Senate needs to pass clean energy act to help Michigan
The Grand Rapids Press (10/26)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was absolutely correct with his recent proclamation about the current condition of the Great Lakes State: "The State of Michigan," Reid declared from the Senate Floor, with a copy Time Magazine in his hand, "is in trouble."
First Nation women 'walk the environmental talk'
WeNews (10/23)
Tomorrow's global day of climate activism aims for media and political attention. First Nation women have another way. Since 2003, they've walked the shoreline of a Great Lake or major river, meditating on the needs of an unborn generation.
City making big push for water school
The Business Journal (10/23)
The push is on to convince the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee that the best location for its new School of Freshwater Sciences is near the university’s existing Great Lakes Water Institute on East Greenfield Avenue.
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4 | Lake Michigan and its tributaries
Manistique River: The AOC encompasses the last 1.7 miles of the river before it connects with Lake Michigan; degradation has occurred from the physical alteration of the river (artificial islands and a dam) as well as discharge from paper mills and a wastewater treatment plant.
Menominee River: Forming the boundary between the northeast corner of Wisconsin and the southern tip of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, the river has been polluted by a chemical company, two paper mills, two municipal wastewater treatment plants, a ship building company, and a foundry.
Fox River-Southern Green Bay: Including the largest inland lake in Wisconsin, this AOC's water resources have been affected by runoff pollution from urban and rural areas, municipal and industrial wastewater discharges, and degraded habitats.
Sheboygan River: Serving as a sink for pollutants from three different watersheds, the river is contaminated with suspended solids, PCBs, and heavy metals.
Milwaukee Estuary: Acting as both a source of Lake Michigan pollution and sink for watershed pollutants, urban runoff is the largest source of pollution for the estuary.
Waukegan Harbor: Located in Lake County, Ill., various industrial sites contributed to the harbor's contaminated sediment problem. The harbor has been dredged, and the AOC is close to delisting.
Grand Calumet River: Originating in the industrial city of Gary, Ind., 90% of the river's flow contains municipal and industrial discharge and combined sewer overflows.
Kalamazoo River: Historic releases of PCBs from de-inking operations at local papermills have degraded the Kalamazoo River.
Muskegon Lake: This inland lake, located on the east shore of Lake Michigan, has suffered from discharges of wastewater plant pollution, combined sewer overflows, and urban runoff.
White Lake: White Lake was originally listed as an AOC primarily due to contaminated groundwater migrating to the lake from the Occidental Chemical Site (formerly Hooker Chemical Company).
