Michigan Environmental Council

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Permit for road through township dune preserve: DENIED!

The White Lake Beacon reports the permit application to build a quarter mile road..ahem..driveway through a township sand dune preserve outside Montague...

Does the state own too much land? No, and here’s why: A primer on Michigan’s land strategy and how to be heard

The state is on a fast-track to developing a land plan required by the Michigan Legislature as a condition of potentially removing caps on acquiring more...

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Knight Center for Environmental Journalism

Little things, big problems: Invasives impacting culture

Y’all in the Great Lakes wouldn’t have just slaw with your Coke and crawdads

Wet weather sewer project aims to save Michigan’s capital city $230 million

Data shows daily withdrawals from Great Lakes basin

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Something to Celebrate! 15th Annual Environmental Awards Celebration

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Please join us on Wednesday, July 10 in Ann Arbor in celebrating the vision and achievements of Dave Dempsey and Bob Andrus—two outstanding environmental champions!

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MEC analysis: More timber being cut from Michigan’s state forests; harvests at or near sustainable levels

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Plan to ram road through sand dune sanctuary first test of law weakening Critical Dunes Act

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Developer says weakened dune protection laws allow quarter-mile access road through public park. MEC says otherwise.