Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund and Town Hall Meetings
The Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund was created to ensure Michiganders would always have the ability to preserve, protect and enjoy our forests, beaches, lakes and streams. The NRTF was...
View ArticleContested Case Hearing Scheduled
The contested case brought against the State of Michigan for issuing permits to Kennecott/Rio Tinto (now Lundin) for the Eagle Mine Project is finally scheduled to be heard in Lansing in the Michigan...
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A Rare Song
I stuffed my picnic breakfast and snacks into my pack with the binoculars and camera, grabbed my hiking boots and thermos of coffee and ran to the truck. I was due to meet Nancy and Jeremiah Moran on...
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Keeping an Eye on Total Phosphorus in Lake Independence
Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve is in the midst of the 2014 sampling season for the Michigan Clean Water Corps (MiCorps) Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program. YDWP have been collecting data since 2010,...
View ArticleEagle Mine Applies for Another Metallic Minerals Lease Next to Yellow Dog River
A 40-acre parcel adjacent to the Yellow Dog River in Michigamme Township owned by the State of Michigan with underlying state-owned mineral rights could soon be leased for more mining development to...
View ArticleWater Withdrawal Incident in Big Bay
Big Bay residents contacted the Yellow Dog office on January 19, 2015 during the morning hours for concerns about a withdrawal or possible unregulated discharge into saturated areas adjacent to the Dam...
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2015 Fall Volunteer Stream Monitoring Program
The time is here again to head to the woods and water to sample for macroinvertebrates. Our Program is set to begin on September 29th and will run until all 18 sites are complete. Have an interest in...
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2015 Fall Volunteer Stream Monitoring Program
Every Spring and Fall we sample 18 sites along the Yellow Dog River, Salmon Trout River and their tributaries to record data on the bugs that are calling these waterways home. Some bugs can only...
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