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Overview
The Huron River is considered to be the cleanest urban river in Michigan. Much of the credit for this status goes to the Huron River Watershed Council (HRWC) and those who saw the need for the river’s protection. Even though HRWC has no enforcement powers, they have accomplished their goals through the use of technical data, factual information and citizen stewardship to influence decisions made by various local agencies, businesses, and individuals.
The HRWC’s work reached back to 1956, a time when Ann Arbor was expanding and pollution in the Huron River was already a growing problem. For over 5o years, HRWC has served as a common ground where stakeholders come together to discuss collaboration and coordination between local units of government, businesses, and citizens on water management policies and programs. Throughout the years, these discussions have resulted in reports that governments and agencies have used to direct policies such as wellhead protection
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Larry Scheer and Jennifer Yim are volunteers with the Huron River Watershed Council. They re among many who take samples to determine the health of streams and rivers.
Credit Lester Graham / Michigan Radio
It’s freezing outside and Larry Scheer is in neoprene chest waders kicking up sediment in Boyden Creek near Ann Arbor, Michigan.
He’s using a fine mesh net to capture the detritus he’s stirred up. When he has enough in his net, he makes his way to the shore where Jenni Yim is waiting with a tray.
She and her nine-year-old son sort through the organic matter with tweezers, looking for a certain kind of insect.
Lester Graham / Michigan Radio
J.D. Hock’s heart sank in 2018, when the state of Michigan warned it was unsafe to eat deer harvested within a five-mile radius of Clark’s Marsh in Oscoda Township.
For decades, his family had hunted on property just outside the “do not eat” zone. He had just mailed “an insane amount” of venison jerky to his son-in-law, an armed service member in Afghanistan.
“You’ve got to be kidding me,” he thought, wondering whether the care package contained poison.
Airplanes used for parts now sit on the tarmac of the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda Township.
December 11, 2020 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com
A proposal to repair a local pedestrian bridge was recommended last week by the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund Board to the Michigan Legislature.
$50,000 will be granted to Hamburg Township to repair the Hay Creek bridge along the Lakelands Trail near Chambers Road. The 104-foot bridge dates from the 19th century when it was built by the Ann Arbor Railroad. Repairs are expected to begin in the fall of 2021 once the funds are approved by the Michigan Legislature. The grant requires a 50% match by the township, but township officials say that will be covered by funds received earlier this year from the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation.