February 20th,
2008
Below is the
2/20/08 biweekly update for Huron Pines.
Thank you!
Huron Pines
Greenbelts
provide critical erosion control and filter out many harmful pollutants before
they reach the water. Most waterfront
property owners would benefit from a greenbelt and therefore, Huron Pines is
helping landowners create these buffers.
We are pleased to
announce the Higgins Lake Foundation has approved nearly $30,000 to continue
partnering with Huron Pines on the Higgins Lake Shoreline Stewardship program
for 2008. Activities will include a
greenbelt seminar and a greenbelt cost-share program. Also, a shoreline technician will be
available to meet with individual landowners to design greenbelts and promote better
stewardship practices. Participants in
the greenbelt program will go through a certification program and receive a
flag celebrating their good stewardship of the lake.
Interested in
starting a shoreline stewardship program on your watershed? Huron Pines staff can help.
Contact: Jennifer
Muladore, Huron Pines Ecologist
(989) 344-0753 x
30
For more
information, visit: http://www.huronpines.org/article.php?action=view&articleId=63
The Michigan Fly
Fishing Expo is a great opportunity to learn more about the sport as well as the
conservation of coldwater streams. The
two-day event at Macomb Community College Sports & Expo Center in
The Expo is held
on Saturday, March 8th from 9:00am to 6:00pm and on Sunday, March 9th
from 10:00am to 4:00pm.
For more
information, visit: http://www.mffc.org/
MICORPS
WATER QUALITY MONITORING
Water quality
monitoring is an important step in caring for a watershed. Volunteers not only gather critical
information but the action of collecting the data engages their interest,
concern and commitment to the watershed.
As Huron Pines finishes
the Watershed Management Plan for the Pine River/Van Etten Lake watershed, a
new project has been created to actively monitor any changes to water
quality. Through recently awarded funding from the Michigan Clean Water
Corps (MiCorps), Huron Pines and the Pine River/Van Etten Lake Watershed
Coalition will begin sampling organisms such as underwater insects, clams,
leeches and crustaceans to monitor water quality.
To learn more
about this project, visit: http://www.huronpines.org/article.php?action=view&articleId=62
ONLINE
AQUATIC SPECIES DATABASE AVAILABLE
Aquatic
nuisance species are causing more and more problems to the ecology of our
freshwater resources. As of 2007, there
were nearly 180 nonindigenous species reproducing in the
This is a great
information source containing profiles and distribution maps for a variety of aquatic
species in the
To view
background information and to learn how to use the database, visit: http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Programs/ncrais/glansis.html
To visit the
database directly, go to: http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/Programs/ncrais/search_notes.html
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Huron
Pines is a non-profit organization whose goal is to
conserve the
forests, lakes and streams of
Huron Pines
Phone 989.344.0753
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