News Great Lakes Region State Governments Confronted with a Significant Challenge in Working to Mitigate an Increasingly Widespread PFAS Contamination Problemby Scott Brown, MWA E-Newsletter Editor and Board Director Electronic and print media news articles…Scott BrownJanuary 31, 2023
News Clean Lakes Support – Now’s the Time!by Ralph Bednarz, MWA Director and NALMS Region 5 Director The Michigan Waterfront Alliance (MWA) Board…Scott BrownJanuary 31, 2023
News Highly Invasive Exotic Spiny Water Flea Pose a ‘Clear and Present’ Threat to the Aquatic Food Webs that Sustain our Freshwater Ecosystemsby Scott Brown MWA e-Newsletter Editor First observed in the waters of Lake Huron in…Scott BrownJanuary 15, 2023
News Elegant, and a Bit Exotic, The Only Sporadically Occurring C. sowerbii Adds A Bit of Mystery and Delight to Michigan’s WatersStory and Photos by Scott Brown MWA Board Member Evoking expressions of surprise and delight,…Scott BrownDecember 16, 2022
News Michigan Receives $5 Million Grant to Remove Barriers to Fish Migration and to Restore Aquatic HabitatMichigan has been awarded $5 million in grants from the non-profit National Fish and Wildlife…Scott BrownNovember 29, 2022
News North America’s Diverse and Highly Beneficial Native Freshwater Mussels Provide an Array of Valuable Ecosystem Services to our Aquatic EcosystemsMichigan’s Once Diverse and Extraordinarily Abundant Mussel Populations Now in Severe Decline or Extinct by…Scott BrownNovember 13, 2022
News Legislation Intended to Eliminate the Authority of Local Units of Government to Make Decisions Regarding Sand and Gravel Mining Operations and Short-term Vacation Rentals Still Under Consideration by the MI LegislatureLegislation intended to effectively eliminate the authority of local units of government in Michigan to…Scott BrownOctober 20, 2022
News State Senate Pondering Passage of Controversial MI House Passed Short-term Rental Enabling LegislationMI House Bill 4722 Currently Being Hotly Debated in the Michigan Senate by Scott Brown Representing the…Scott BrownOctober 4, 2022