Reports & Media Releases

Longtime FLOW Volunteer Eric Olson Steps Down as Communications Director

Click here to view and download the press release as a PDF. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Liz Kirkwoood, Executive Director 231 944 1568 or liz@flowforwater.org Longtime FLOW Volunteer Eric Olson Steps Down as Communications Director, Maintains Position as Board of Directors Vice Chair TRAVERSE CITY, MI – Presiding selflessly as an unpaid volunteer Executive Director… Read more »

Virtual Townhall Webinar: A New Vision and Framework to Address Nutrient Pollution and Harmful Algal Blooms in Lake Erie and Beyond

Click here to view and download the press release as a PDF April 24, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Liz Kirkwoood, Executive Director 231 944 1568 or liz@flowforwater.org May 13 Virtual Townhall Webinar Convenes Top Experts on Nutrient Pollution Panelists Discuss Harmful Algal Blooms on Great Lakes TRAVERSE CITY, MI – Registration is limited for… Read more »

Public Trust Doctrine Policy Framework Encouraged in Final LEEP Report

Click here to view and download the full press release as a PDF February 27, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Liz Kirkwood, Executive Director liz@flowforwater.org or 231-944-1568 Public Trust Doctrine Policy Framework Encouraged in Final LEEP Report FLOW Commends International Joint Commission as “Forward-Thinking” TRAVERSE CITY, MI – FLOW lauds the International Joint Commission (IJC)… Read more »

Jim Olson Pens Seminal Article on Public Trust in the Great Lakes

Click here to view and download the full press release as a PDF FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Contact: Liz Kirkwood, Executive Director liz@flowforwater.org or 231-944-1568 FLOW Founder Pens Seminal Article on Public Trust in the Great Lakes “All Aboard” in Vermont Journal of Environmental Law TRAVERSE CITY, MI – FLOW Founder and veteran water attorney… Read more »

FLOW Selected as Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN) Site of the Month

Click here to view the full press release as a PDF FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Allison Voglesong, Communication Designer allison@flowforwater.org or 213-944-1568 FLOW Selected as GLIN Site of the Month February 2014 to Feature FLOW TRAVERSE CITY- The Great Lakes Commission-based Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN) has named FLOW their Site of the Month for… Read more »

FLOW Staff to Issue Public Statement at Army Corps of Engineers Public Comment Forums on the Great Lakes Mississippi River Interbasin Study

Click here to view and download the full press release PDF For immediate release Contact: Allison Voglesong, Communication Designer 231 944-1568 or allison@flowforwater.org FLOW Staff to Issue Public Statement at Army Corps of Engineers Public Comment Forums on the Great Lakes Mississippi River Interbasin Study TRAVERSE CITY – The United States Army Corps of Engineers… Read more »

Signs Now Traverse City 2013 Recycling Program Recipient: FLOW

Click here to view the press release as a PDF For Immediate Release Media Inquiries: Sarah Malpeli PR Manager (941) 993-5037 sarahm@allegranetwork.com Signs Now Traverse City Announces 2013 Recycling Program Recipient TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (Aug. 9, 2013) Andrew and Amy Kohlmann, owners of Signs Now Traverse City, recently selected FLOW (For Love of Water) as… Read more »

UPDATE: Township Fracking Regulation Ordinance Program

Click here to view and download the full press release PDF PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 14, 2013 Fracking Ordinance Development Program Continues in Cannon Township Gun Plain Charter Township Program Launches TRAVERSE CITY, MI – FLOW, the Great Lakes Basin’s only public trust policy and education center, will be traveling down state to… Read more »

Fracking suspected cause of residential water well failure in Kalkaska County

Click here to view the press release as a PDF Fracking suspected cause of residential water well failure in Kalkaska County As Encana’s fracking operation continued in Rapid River Township, local residents losing water pressure. Water coming out of the tap looks like milk. For Immediate Release June 11, 2013 Kalkaska, Michigan Last week, fracking operations… Read more »

Thousands demand Lone Pine drop its NAFTA lawsuit against Québec’s fracking moratorium

PRESS RELEASE For immediate publication Thousands demand Lone Pine drop its NAFTA lawsuit against Québec’s fracking moratorium (Ottawa, May 31, 2013) – Two weeks after the launch of a public petition, organizers have received over 3,000 signatures demanding that energy company Lone Pine Resources drop its $250 million NAFTA (North America Free Trade Agreement) lawsuit against Canada… Read more »