A Preface When I sat down to finish this post this morning on the news about Michigan’s agreement with Enbridge to consider replacing an aging, dangerous Line 5 crude oil pipeline through the Great Lakes basin, I realized that what I should really be writing about is yesterday’s dire warning by the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel… excerpt-read-more" href="https://forloveofwater.org/legal-fact-legal-fictions/" title="ReadLegal Fact from Legal Fictions“>Read more »
It brings me great pleasure to announce that Kelly Thayer has joined the FLOW team as our new Deputy Director. Kelly will play a lead role in strategic communications and overall program development and implementation. We have dreamed about this day for a long time. Kelly is a familiar face and name to many… excerpt-read-more" href="https://forloveofwater.org/warm-welcome-new-deputy-director-kelly-thayer/" title="ReadA Warm Welcome to Our New Deputy Director, Kelly Thayer”>Read more »
Though not the flashiest or most spectacular, this week’s Friday favorite is my regular place to hike. It is less of a handsome tuxedo and more of a favorite autumn sweater. One summer in Traverse City, I hiked somewhere in this network of trails every day. I am talking about the Grand Traverse Commons Natural… excerpt-read-more" href="https://forloveofwater.org/friday-favorite-grand-traverse-commons/" title="ReadFriday Favorite: Grand Traverse Commons“>Read more »
Today marks the beginning of a campaign to protect groundwater in Michigan and our surrounding states as the “Sixth Great Lake,” a lightning-bolt phrase promoted by Dave Dempsey, FLOW’s senior policy advisor and author of a sentinel groundwater report released by FLOW this week. In this second of a trilogy of reports published by FLOW… excerpt-read-more" href="https://forloveofwater.org/flow-releases-report-save-sixth-great-lake/" title="ReadFLOW Releases Report to Save Our “Sixth Great Lake””>Read more »
FLOW Releases Model Legislation to Protect Michigan’s Public Waters and the Rights of the People Who Depend on Them from Unauthorized Privatization We’re writing today to invite you to join us in an exciting and critical new venture, the launch of The Campaign for Fresh Water, FLOW’s comprehensive and solutions-based response to the current water… excerpt-read-more" href="https://forloveofwater.org/campaignfreshwater/" title="ReadThe Campaign for Fresh Water”>Read more »
As usual, our 15-year-old son Quincy had fishing on his mind. It was the steamy Friday afternoon start of Labor Day weekend in Ann Arbor. We had just moved Quincy’s brother Alex into a University of Michigan dorm room, and taken my wife to Detroit Metropolitan Airport to visit her parents in Florida. Now it… excerpt-read-more" href="https://forloveofwater.org/pfas-huron-river-every-mile-every-fish-every-day/" title="ReadPFAS in the Huron River: Every Mile, Every Fish, Every Day”>Read more »
When it comes to beautiful places, the Grand Traverse region has an embarrassment of riches. I hope to live to 100, so I can visit them all. One I have come to know well may be one of the most subtle. It’s practically in my back yard beside the Munson medical complex on the west… Read more »
Saturday, September 1 was a day of action for citizens of Michigan. The fourth annual Pipe Out Paddle Protest was held in the Straits of Mackinac, followed by the inaugural Water Is Life Festival. Organized by Jannan Cornstalk, both events drew participants from all over the mitten, coming together to protect our waters. The family… excerpt-read-more" href="https://forloveofwater.org/paddle-protests-water-celebration-weekend-wrap/" title="ReadPaddle Protests & Water Celebration: Weekend Wrap-Up“>Read more »
This week, I had the opportunity to travel to a new place that I knew nothing about, which is one of my favorite things to do. I was honored to be hosted by Ohio Sea Grant for a stay at Gibraltar Island in western Lake Erie. For such a small island, it has a large… Read more »
In 1962, with the release of her seminal work, Silent Spring, Rachel Carson sounded a warning to the American public about the perils of persistent pesticide chemicals like DDT to silence the very ecosystems they attempt to tame. Carson’s story underscored the interconnectedness of all living things and systems and the need to understand the… excerpt-read-more" href="https://forloveofwater.org/michigans-latest-emergency-drinking-water-crisis-pfas-another-history-lesson-ignored/" title="ReadMichigan’s Latest Emergency Drinking Water Crisis: PFAS, Another History Lesson Ignored Again”>Read more »
