Above: FLOW Board member JoAnne Cook (left) with the late Josephine Mandamin (right). In late February, Josephine Mandamin of the Anishinabek Nation, affectionately known as Grandma Josephine and Grandmother Water Walker, passed away at 77. Grandma Josephine was famed for leading a Great Lakes water walk to dramatize the importance of guarding this essence of… Read more »
There are an estimated 2.8 million trillion gallons of groundwater, 30.1 percent of the world’s freshwater. An estimated 79.6 billion gallons of groundwater is withdrawn daily, or 26 percent of the water withdrawn in the U.S. From 2010 to 2015, groundwater use in the United States increased by 8.3% while surface water use declined by… Read more »
photo by Beth Price The Town of Long Beach, Indiana, runs along a wide stretch of sandy Lake Michigan beach just below the southwest corner of Michigan. Residences, and a series of public access corridors, extend to the shore from the town’s Lake Shore Drive. More homes extend inland along winding streets, hills, and vistas, all… excerpt-read-more" href="https://forloveofwater.org/walk-on/" title="ReadWalk On!”>Read more »
If the 66-year-old Enbridge Line 5 pipelines fail in the Straits of Mackinac, who will pay for the oil spill clean-up costs and damages to residents, coastal communities, businesses, and our public waters? Michigan citizens may believe they are protected, at least at some level, by the insurance Enbridge should be required to have in… Read more »
After last year’s election, newly chosen leaders and the old guard with a few weeks left in Lansing rushed in opposite directions. The Snyder administration and legislators intensified their unprecedented, legally questionable attacks on water, the environment, and public health during a lame-duck feeding frenzy. The new guard, Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Attorney General Dana… excerpt-read-more" href="https://forloveofwater.org/bypassing-now-restoring-rule-law-line-5/" title="ReadBypassing, and Now Restoring, the Rule of Law on Line 5″>Read more »
My favorite way to challenge myself is by traveling. It is the simplest way of removing every comfortable aspect of my life, and replacing it with new perspectives, people, and customs. The further away from home I travel, the more challenges I encounter, and the more my perspective changes. While international travel can be expensive… excerpt-read-more" href="https://forloveofwater.org/friday-favorite-toronto/" title="ReadFriday Favorite: Toronto“>Read more »
Some gifts come after the lights and music of the holiday season drift into the snowy weeks of the New Year. We at FLOW are delighted to share a gift just sent to us from Courtney Hammer, our first legal intern, who spent the summer of 2014 here in Traverse City helping us research law… excerpt-read-more" href="https://forloveofwater.org/standing-great-lakes/" title="Read“Standing” Up for the Great Lakes”>Read more »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 2, 2019 Jim Olson, Founder and President Email: olson@envlaw.com FLOW (For Love of Water), Traverse City, MI … excerpt-read-more" href="https://forloveofwater.org/flow-supports-gov-whitmers-request-opinion-attorney-general/" title="ReadFLOW Supports Gov. Whitmer’s Request for a ‘Line 5’ Opinion from Attorney General”>Read more »
It’s January 2019, and it is time to unpack and undo the anti- water, air, environment, public health, and community laws passed by the Republican-run Legislature and signed by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder in the last two months of 2018. Lame-duck lawmakers and now ex-Governor Snyder blatantly followed a hit-list prepared by far-right, big business-supported… excerpt-read-more" href="https://forloveofwater.org/2019-resolution-reverse-michigans-anti-environmental-lame-duck-lunacy/" title="ReadA 2019 Resolution to Reverse Michigan’s Anti-Environmental, Lame-Duck Lunacy”>Read more »
https://forloveofwater.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Liz-testifying-12.11.18.mp4 FLOW Executive Director Liz Kirkwood testifying Dec. 11, 2018, at the Michigan House of Representatives Government Operations Committee. https://forloveofwater.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Kelly-testifying-12.11.18.mp4 FLOW Deputy Director Kelly Thayer testifying Dec. 11, 2018, at the Michigan House of Representatives Government Operations Committee. In coordinated fashion, the Michigan’s lame-duck legislature on Tuesday and governor today opened the flood gates to a 99-year… excerpt-read-more" href="https://forloveofwater.org/departing-governor-lame-duck-legislature-speed-toward-99-year-oil-tunnel-leaving-straits-risk-least-decade/" title="ReadDeparting Governor and Lame Duck Legislature Speed toward 99-Year Oil Tunnel Scheme, Leaving Mackinac Straits at Risk from Line 5 Pipelines”>Read more »
