Category: "Cleanup"
Michigan confirms two new invasive species
By editor on Sep 5, 2015 | In Environment, Cleanup, MI Dept of Natural Resources, Invasive Species | Send feedback »
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) and Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) today confirmed two new invasive species in Michigan waters.
B.A.S.S. and Recycled Fish form Conservation Partnership
By editor on Nov 11, 2011 | In Conservation, Cleanup, Fisheries Management, B.A.S.S. Conservation, Fishing | Send feedback »
B.A.S.S. News
Strategic alliance advances Stewardship Ethic in bass fishing
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — If there’s one thing that bass anglers love, it’s catching a big bass. The only thing better is catching two. Catching more and bigger fish requires healthy waters, and a new relationship between B.A.S.S. and Recycled Fish will help accomplish that.
Asian Carp, Eh? Canada to Fight Back Against Invasive Fish
By editor on Oct 6, 2010 | In Environment, Cleanup, Invasive Species, Species related | Send feedback »
From Aol News Surge Desk:
Katie Drummond Contributor
(Oct. 6) -- Hockey prowess, health care norms and the correct way to pronounce the letter "O."
On these fundamental disagreements, Canadians and Americans might never see eye-to-eye. But where invasive species of fish are concerned, researchers in the two countries are ready to team up and fight back.
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Earth Day: No more burning rivers, but new threats
By editor on Apr 30, 2010 | In Conservation, Environment, Cleanup, US Federal Government | Send feedback »
From Aol News
By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP
WASHINGTON -Pollution before the first Earth Day was not only visible, it was in your face: Cleveland's Cuyahoga River caught fire. An oil spill fouled 30 miles of Southern California beaches. And thick smog choked many cities' skies.
Not anymore.
On Thursday, 40 years after that first Earth Day in 1970, smog levels nationwide have dropped by about a quarter, and lead levels in the air are down more than 90 percent. Formerly fetid lakes and burning rivers are now open to swimmers.
The challenges to the planet today are largely invisible — and therefore tougher to tackle. Read complete article on Aol News
UN: Dirty Water Kills More People Than Wars
By editor on Mar 23, 2010 | In Environment, Cleanup | Send feedback »
From Aol News
Michelle Ruiz
Contributor
(March 22) -- Polluted water is killing more people each year than all forms of violence, including war, according to a United Nations report released today, World Water Day.
The report, titled "Sick Water," said that 3.7 percent of all deaths are linked to diseases that stem from 2 billion tons of contaminated water discharged daily across the world, including fertilizer runoff, sewage and industrial waste. Read complete article on Aol News
MDNR Closes Kalamazoo River Between Penn Central Railroad Crossing and Plainwell
By editor on Jul 22, 2009 | In Environment, Cleanup, Closures | Send feedback »
Contact: Sharon Hanshue 517-373-1280 Agency: Natural Resources
July 20, 2009
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources today announced that a one-mile stretch of the Kalamazoo River between the Penn Central Railroad Crossing and the Plainwell No. 2 Dam will be closed to public access starting Saturday, Aug. 1. Cleanup operations to remove targeted soils and sediments containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are slated to begin at that time and will continue until December 2010.
Contractors will be operating heavy construction equipment on both sides of the river as well as on two mid-channel islands, making it too dangerous to allow access to canoeists, kayakers and other boaters. Signs will be posted to alert river users of the closure.