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Farm survey to be mailed soon in Ottawa-Stony North Watershed

The survey is for a project to provide technical and financial assistance to farmers to reduce sediment, E. coli bacteria and excess nutrients.

Issues of the Environment: The drive to improve Washtenaw County's ecological health with expansion of native plant species

Washtenaw County is chock-full of non-native, invasive, plant species. In many cases, they pose a threat to native species and the health of the habitat that supports our wildlife and pollinators. There are also human implications. WEMU's David Fair discussed the progress being made toward local habitat restoration and expanding efforts to reintroduce native plant species with Doug Reith from the Washtenaw County Conservation District.

Ypsilanti City Council discuss opportunities to enhance and protect trees and forests

Issues Of The Environment: Setting Priorities For Natural Resources In Washtenaw County

Ann Arbor leads effort to secure $7.4M for land and water conservation

Ann Arbor leads effort to secure $7.4M for land and water conservation Updated Apr 28, 2021; Posted Apr 28, 2021 Jesse Raudenbush shows guests a pile of in-process compost at Slow Farm on Whitmore Lake Road in Ann Arbor Township during an Ann Arbor greenbelt bus tour through Washtenaw County on Oct. 12, 2019. Facebook Share ANN ARBOR, MI Another $7.4 million in federal funding is coming to southeast Michigan land and water conservation organizations, officials announced this week. The city of Ann Arbor’s greenbelt program, administered by The Conservation Fund, led efforts to secure the funding, acting as the lead partner among nine conservation groups that joined to create the Lake Erie Conservation Partnership.