Michigan Democrats pursue uniform septic code, an elusive water goal
2023-05-03
Michigan Democrats have introduced legislation that would establish a statewide septic code to reduce the amount of bacterial and nutrient contamination from the estimated 330,000 failing septic systems statewide. If passed, Michigan would become the final state to create uniform standards governing the design, construction, installation and maintenance of septic systems. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230503-septic-legislation
Natural resource management issues often boil down to people management issues. When it comes to lake management, people can be hard to predict. They may say one thing but do another. They may think they’re good environmental stewards even though some of their behaviors suggest otherwise. But to make meaningful progress in aquatic invasive species management issues, human behavior must be taken into account.
continue this partnership, we jumped at the chance to work with students on a litter prevention effort. The plan was to have Communities students build and install fishing line receptacles at public fishing locations in the greater Oshkosh area.
Kelly Reyer who runs the Trash Free Waters program at Fox-Wolf, met with the students several times throughout the semester, setting a project schedule and helping to coordinate with the Winnebago County Parks Department.
members, other Communities students, project partners, and local TV media. The students shared their experience working on this project and were interviewed about their experience by both WLUK Fox-11 and WBAY TV-2.
waters through targeted campaigns, cleanup events, and outreach and education.
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