As part of Earth Day today, I had the opportunity to submit FLOW’s memorandum to the Michigan Public Service Commission at the Governor’s “listening session” on future energy policy in Michigan. At FLOW we believe that by looking at the entire hydrological cycle as a basis for addressing systemic threats like climate change–the single largest… Read more »
Click here to read and download the full press release PDF FLOW Staff to Issue Public Statement at Governor’s Energy Forum in Traverse City Michigan’s Energy Plan Needs to Bring Water to the Center of the Conversation PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release TRAVERSE CITY, MI – Governor Rick Snyder’s “Readying Michigan to Make Good Energy… Read more »
by Elizabeth Kirkwood, FLOW Executive Director and Bob Otwell, FLOW Board of Directors Treasurer February 24, 2013 Traverse City Record-Eagle – The Forum Click here to view the Record Eagle article Click here to read the article as a PDF The exposed shoreline along Lake Michigan is creating a local buzz as residents watch… Read more »
by Jim Nies, FLOW’s Wisconsin Coordinator Of all the problems facing the Great Lakes, loss of water is perhaps the most serious. The water is not, as many believe, a renewable resource; rather it is a gift of the glaciers, with only one percent replaced annually. The water levels on Lakes Ontario and Erie, while… Read more »
To understand how the Public Trust works and how it can solve the threats and abuses to the waters of the Great Lakes Basin, citizens and leaders will need to see and understand water as a shared public resource or “commons.” Public Trust Principles are as important as other constitutional rights including free speech, assembly,… Read more »
What Is the Public Trust? Think of public parks, beaches, the waters and submerged lands beneath them, the fish, and the Great Lakes ecosystem. Who owns these public spaces and resources? The short answer is that you do, meaning you, the public. This concept of public spaces and resources like water being owned and shared… Read more »
What Is The Public Trust? Think of a public park near you or the better-known Boston Common, or think of the public beaches and waters of our Great Lakes. Who owns these public spaces and resources? The short answer is that you do, meaning you the public. This concept of public spaces and resources like water… Read more »
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Water Transfers, Removals, and Diversions Impacting the Great Lakes A water diversion is the removal or transfer of water from one watershed to another. The term “consumptive use” is used to define diversions and exports, because the water is being “consumed” without then returning to its source. The Great Lakes faces an uncertain future of… Read more »
Support Michigan Water Rights Legislation. Protect the Great Lakes Water Basin and the Public Trust in these waters for millions of Michigander’s Sign our online “Michigan Water Rights Petition” Petition NEW Print & Circulate the Michigan Water Rights Petition Call Now Please We call on and urge citizens to oppose Michigan HR 4326 and its companion… Read more »
