Category: Michigan Public
State adds two new “areas of interest” for possible PFAS contamination
The sites are the Kalamazoo Regional Fire Training Center, and an area near U.S. 131 in Wexford County, near Cadillac.
What to do with a Christmas tree after the holidays are over
In the past, it was suggested you could dispose of your old Christmas tree in a pond, lake, or stream for fish habitat. Conservationists now suggest you find other ways to dispose of it.
The DNR wants your feedback on e-bike use on state trails – even if you don’t ride one
If you’ve used an e-bike or even just encountered one on state trails in Michigan, the Department of Natural Resources wants to hear from you. They’re conducting a survey about new rules introduced in August that allow residents to use electric bikes on certain state trails.
AG reaches settlement for cleanup of toxic chemicals in Kent County
The settlement covers four sites in Kent County. The Michigan attorney general originally sued over contamination at nine sites.
Lake Erie cyanobacterial pollution lawsuit adds Ohio EPA as defendant
A federal district judge has approved the Ohio EPA’s request to be added as a defendant in a lawsuit alleging that the Ohio EPA and the U.S. EPA devised a defective program to control phosphorus flowing into Lake Erie, a chief cause of harmful cyanobacterial blooms in the Great Lake.