Saginaw Bay Watershed Watch - Bay City Times - MLive.comhttp://blog.mlive.com/watershedwatch/Environmental issues surrounding the Saginaw Bay area in Michigan. Bay City Times writer Jeff Kart keeps readers abreast of all environmental issues and events.enWed, 14 May 2008 13:07:31 -0500Movable Type Enterprise 1.52 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/noEnvironmental issues surrounding the Saginaw Bay area in Michigan. Bay City Times writer Jeff Kart keeps readers abreast of all environmental issues and events.1632277http://www.feedburner.comSVSU reducing its food, paper waste with garbage-eating, compost-making wormshttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/watershedwatch/~3/290345694/svsu_reducing_its_food_paper_w.htmlEnvironmental NewsJeff Kart | The Bay City TimesWed, 14 May 2008 13:07:31 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/watershedwatch//2891.979708 ]]>Vincent "Worm man" Ongori tends to a fresh load of vegetation in a worm composter inside a greenhouse at SVSU. The worms feed on the food waste, which was collected from the dining commons, and produce an organic fertilizer through a process known as vermiculture. Ongori is an MBA student who is interested in the marketing potential of the fertilizer in solid and liquid forms. Vermiculture has huge potential to help solve garbage problems in his native country of Kenya, Ongori said.http://blog.mlive.com/watershedwatch/2008/05/svsu_reducing_its_food_paper_w.htmlMichigan extends wild game advisories for Tittabawassee and Saginaw river floodplainshttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/watershedwatch/~3/290345695/michigan_extends_wild_game_adv.htmlEnvironmental NewsThe Bay City TimesWed, 14 May 2008 13:04:27 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/watershedwatch//2891.979730 ]]>The state has extended consumption advisories for wild game from the Tittabawassee and Saginaw river floodplains. Officials with the departments of Community Health, Environmental Quality and Natural Resources said samples of wild game taken from the floodplains in 2007 confirm...http://blog.mlive.com/watershedwatch/2008/05/michigan_extends_wild_game_adv.htmlBeachfront property owners upset over delay in permits for groominghttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/watershedwatch/~3/290345696/beachfront_property_owners_ups.htmlTop PhotosJeff Kart | The Bay City TimesWed, 14 May 2008 12:45:21 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/watershedwatch//2891.979719 ]]>Ronald Kuehnemund says he applied in January for a permit from the Department of Environmental Quality to clean up the bottles, cans, driftwood and other debris littering his beach property. And he's still waiting. "I don't want to go out there with my tractor and get fined," Kuehnemund said. Others with property on the Saginaw Bay say they're waiting on the DEQ before they can start doing any spring cleaning on their beaches as well, and they're not happy.http://blog.mlive.com/watershedwatch/2008/05/beachfront_property_owners_ups.htmlMore pressure on coal plantshttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/watershedwatch/~3/290317415/more_pressure_on_coal_plants.htmlThe Green SceneJeff Kart | The Bay City TimesWed, 14 May 2008 12:22:55 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/watershedwatch//2891.979696 ]]>The Sierra Club is threatening lawsuits to stop construction of eight coal plants in six states, not including Michigan. As many as seven new coal plants are planned for our state, including one each in Bay County's Hampton Township and...http://blog.mlive.com/watershedwatch/2008/05/more_pressure_on_coal_plants.htmlU.S. Sens. Carl Levin helps introduce Great Lakes Legacy Acthttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/watershedwatch/~3/290345697/us_sens_carl_levin_helps_intro.htmlEnvironmental NewsThe Bay City TimesWed, 14 May 2008 12:56:38 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/watershedwatch//2891.979732 ]]>U.S. Sens. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and George Voinovich, R-Ohio, introduced the bipartisan Great Lakes Legacy Act of 2008 on Thursday, a bill aimed at cleaning up contaminated "Areas of Concern" in the Great Lakes within 10 years. The Saginaw River...http://blog.mlive.com/watershedwatch/2008/05/us_sens_carl_levin_helps_intro.htmlGreat Lakes author to speak at environmental groups' eventhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/watershedwatch/~3/290345698/great_lakes_author_to_speak_at.htmlEnvironmental NewsThe Bay City TimesWed, 14 May 2008 12:49:58 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/watershedwatch//2891.979734 ]]>Noted Great Lakes author and advocate Dave Dempsey will be the featured speaker at a June 8 event to celebrate the 30th anniversary of two local environmental groups, the Lone Tree Council and Citizens for Alternatives to Chemical Contamination. The...http://blog.mlive.com/watershedwatch/2008/05/great_lakes_author_to_speak_at.htmlTowers in Tobico Marsh won't reopen because of rising repair costshttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/watershedwatch/~3/290345699/towers_in_tobico_marsh_wont_re.htmlEnvironmental NewsJeff Kart | The Bay City TimesWed, 14 May 2008 12:48:06 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/watershedwatch//2891.979721 ]]>Two, tall Tobico Marsh towers may be gone for good. Dan Staudacher | Times PhotoFifth grade students from Indian Hill Elementary School in Grand Blanc pass by one of the closed observation towers at Tobico Marsh while on a hike...http://blog.mlive.com/watershedwatch/2008/05/towers_in_tobico_marsh_wont_re.htmlResidents turn out for Saginaw Bay watershed awareness block partyhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/watershedwatch/~3/285540362/residents_turn_out_for_saginaw.htmlEnvironmental NewsThe Bay City TimesWed, 07 May 2008 13:11:30 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/watershedwatch//2891.957789 ]]>Don Bennette, left, helps his 3-year-old son Christian add "rain" to a model at the watershed awareness block party Tuesday while his wife Sara watches from behind. The model demonstrates how pollutants can be filtered out through wetlands before reaching bodies of water. About 50 people turned out Tuesday for the first of two neighborhood block parties hosted by the Bay Area Storm Water Authority, and promoted by Bay County Drain Commissioner Joseph L. Rivet aimed at boosting watershed awareness.http://blog.mlive.com/watershedwatch/2008/05/residents_turn_out_for_saginaw.htmlBallast water regulations may get more stringenthttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/watershedwatch/~3/285540364/ballast_water_regulations_may.htmlEnvironmental NewsJeff Kart | The Bay City TimesWed, 07 May 2008 13:03:00 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/watershedwatch//2891.957760 ]]>Cathy Layman | Times Photo fileThe freighter Manistee goes south along the Saginaw River in this June 2006 file photo.A move to weaken Michigan's standards for treating ballast water, a primary vector of invasive species in the Great Lakes, has...http://blog.mlive.com/watershedwatch/2008/05/ballast_water_regulations_may.htmlEPA boss for Midwest quits over Dow dioxinhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/watershedwatch/~3/285540365/epa_boss_for_midwest_quits_ove.htmlEnvironmental NewsThe Associated PressWed, 07 May 2008 12:59:36 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/watershedwatch//2891.957753 ]]>CHICAGO - The top U.S. Environmental Protection Agency administrator in the Midwest resigned Thursday amid internal fights over dioxin contamination near Dow Chemical Co.'s world headquarters in Michigan, according to a published report. Mary Gade, regional administrator of EPA Region...http://blog.mlive.com/watershedwatch/2008/05/epa_boss_for_midwest_quits_ove.htmlLt. Gov John Cherry brokers accord, Saginaw River dredging is a gohttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/watershedwatch/~3/285540366/lt_gov_john_cherry_brokers_acc.htmlEnvironmental NewsJeff Kart | The Bay City TimesWed, 07 May 2008 12:58:07 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/watershedwatch//2891.957748 ]]>The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has won the battle over a dredging site to hold 20 years worth of spoils from the Upper Saginaw River. Under a compromise worked out in a private meeting with Lt. Gov. John Cherry,...http://blog.mlive.com/watershedwatch/2008/05/lt_gov_john_cherry_brokers_acc.htmlWildlife managers thinning cormorant flocks near Oscoda, in U.P.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/watershedwatch/~3/285540367/wildlife_managers_thinning_cor.htmlTop PhotosHelen Lounsbury | The Bay City TimesWed, 07 May 2008 12:55:58 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/watershedwatch//2891.957744Dan Staudacher | Times Photo
]]>Bob Eggleston, a fisheries technician with the Department of Natural Resources, prepares to release 26,216 steelhead raised in Wolf Lake into the Au Sable River beside the Au Sable River Store in Oscoda. To protect fish such as these steelhead from cormorant attacks, wildlife managers are ramping up efforts to thin cormorant flocks with increased hunting and to harass the unnaturally-plentiful birds with loud noises.Dan Staudacher | Times Photohttp://blog.mlive.com/watershedwatch/2008/05/wildlife_managers_thinning_cor.htmlNo smooth sailing for energy billhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/watershedwatch/~3/285540369/no_smooth_sailing_for_energy_b.htmlThe Green SceneJeff Kart | The Bay City TimesWed, 07 May 2008 12:52:41 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/watershedwatch//2891.957718 ]]>The American Wind Energy Association has blocked the breeze behind a proposed renewable energy standard for Michigan. The trade group, including Vestas, the world's largest producer of wind turbines, is calling on Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm and Sen. Bruce Patterson,...http://blog.mlive.com/watershedwatch/2008/05/no_smooth_sailing_for_energy_b.htmlNeighborhood block parties to promote watershed awarenesshttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/watershedwatch/~3/285540370/neighborhood_block_parties_to.htmlEnvironmental NewsJeff Kart | The Bay City TimesWed, 07 May 2008 13:06:19 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/watershedwatch//2891.957773 ]]>Cathy Layman | Times PhotoBay County Drain Commissioner Joseph Rivet stands near a storm drain serving the Aplin Beach area. It's one of hundreds that empty directly into Saginaw Bay with no treatment to remove contaminants.Don't bash the bay, but...http://blog.mlive.com/watershedwatch/2008/05/neighborhood_block_parties_to.htmlMid-Michigan residents to Great Lakes study officials: 'Help us with our problems'http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/watershedwatch/~3/281023157/midmichigan_residents_to_great.htmlEnvironmental NewsJeff Kart | The Bay City TimesWed, 30 Apr 2008 15:15:38 -0500tag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/watershedwatch//2891.936221 ]]>More than 120 people packed Bay City Hall for the presentation from the International Joint Commission about their study of low water levels in the Great Lakes. The study needs to concentrate on ways to deal with problems brought on by low and high water levels, like the muck that's been piling up on Saginaw Bay beaches, residents said. "Let God worry about the water levels, up and down," said Tom Beshke, of Caseville. "Help us with our problems."http://blog.mlive.com/watershedwatch/2008/04/midmichigan_residents_to_great.htmlnonadult