Les Cheneaux Watershed News

Below are links to articles written about issues or events affecting the Les Cheneaux Watershed, or related to the Watershed Council.

Clicking on a link will link you to the news article.

2024

About 19% of Michigan Landfill Waste Comes From Where? Bridge Magazine Article

2023

Ultrasonic monitoring data indicates Bat activity in the Cheneauxs is increasing. Could this be why?

2022

12-19-22 Bridge Magazine Zoom Meeting, Great Lakes Water Quality, January 25, 2023 Zoom Meeting

2021

03-17-21 Microplastics in Great Lakes Waters, A Review

11-18-21 Line 5 Will Not Shut Down Anytime Soon, Bridge Magazine Article

2020

06-20-2020 Line 5 More News - Line 5 Shut Down after Significant Damage to Support

05-22-2020 Line 5 News - Line 5 Environmental Time Bomb

05-20-2020 Public Comments Requested on Proposed Line 5 Tunnel Permit - Proposed pipeline tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac between Mackinaw City and Saint Ignace, Michigan

03-23-2020 ROWI News Release - Shore Property Owners Call on Great Lakes Governors and Premier to Declare a High-Water Level Emergency

01-20-2020 Line 5 Tunnel Cleared for Permitting - Bridge Magazine Article

01-09-2020 High Water Levels Creating Problems - Chicago Tribune

12-17-19 Surging Great Lakes Threaten Michigan - Bridge Magazine Article

10-16-19 What the New PFAS Rules Mean for Michigan - Bridge Magazine Article

10-11-19 Water Levels May Be Even Higher in 2020 - Free Press Article

6-24-19 Invasive Mussels Affecting Great Lakes Food Chain - Bridge Magazine Article

5-5-19 PFAS Contamination - a Michigan Crisis - Free Press Article

3-27-19 Cost of Recycling May Cause some Programs to Discontinue - Recycling

3-28-19 Governor Halts Action on Line 5 Tunnel - Bridge Magazine

3-13-19 Line 5 Tunnel Agreement, Legal Update - Line 5 Tunnel, Legal Update

2-15-19 Michigan Senate Overturns Re-structuring Executive Order - Bridge Magazine Article

2-4-19 Governor Re-structures Michigan Department of Environmental Quality - DEQ

2-1-19 Line 5 Information and News on FLOW Website - All about Line 5

1-15-19 U.S. Supreme Court may decide public's access to Great Lakes' shorelines - Free Press Article

2018

12-19-18 Mackinac Straits Corridor Authority approves agreement to build multi-use tunnel, remove pipelines from Bottom of Straits - Michigan.Gov bill synopsis

12-4-18 Michigan Lawmakers Approve Legislation to De-regulate Development on Some Lakes - Bridge Magazine Article

12-4-18 Snyder Scraps Plan to put Line 5 under Bridge Authority (MBA) - Free Press Article

11-13-18 Michigan's Water Crisis - Mlive Article Related Mlive Article

11-12-18 Witmer & Nessel Expected to Fight Line 5 Tunnel Agreement - Free Press Article

10-04-18 Bridge Board Members Learned of Tunnel This Week - Board Members Learn of Tunnel Agreement

10-03-18 Governor Snyder Signs Tunnel Agreement with Enbridge - Governor Signs Tunnel Agreement

9-04-18 Comments on Water Diversions From the Great Lakes - Fending Off Diversions

7-10-18 Straits of Mackinac Alliance Line 5 Brochure - Enbridge Line 5 Facts

6-12-18 Cormorants - Video of Congressional Hearing in Alpena, MI Watch Hearing Video

5-10-18 New Blastomycosis Brochure

4-15-18 Lake Huron EPA Mgt Plan 2017 - 2021

3-18-18 Newsletter - Spring 2018

2-15-18 Boardman Review Les Cheneaux Article "Water Brings Us Together" Page 60 Video on Page 71

2-14-18 Fresh Water Future article: Great Lakes Compact

2-13-18 HR 4429 Hearing Announcement

2-11-18 Double Breasted Cormorant News: HR 4429 Introduced By Congressman Bergman

2017

11-21-17 Bergman Takes Aim At Cormorants

11-15-17 Enbridge told to make full accounting of Line 5’s condition to Pipeline Safety Advisory Board in December

10-10-17 State announces 3 public feedback sessions on final version of Line 5 Alternatives Analysis report

9-14-17 Little Brown Bat Article in St. Ignace News

6-12-17 Line 5 - Roger Gauthier, "Financial Risk of Spill could reach $20Bil"

6-12-17 Line 5 - Joanne Cromley, "True Impact of Propane Supply in Michigan"

6-12-17 Line 5 - Bobie Congeyer, "Illusion of Oil Cleanup"

4-11-17 Newsletter 2017 to Entire Community

2016

04-20-16 Newsletter 2016 to Entire Community

2015

06-03-15 Newsletter 2015 to Entire Community

2014

05-14-2014 Newsletter 2014 to Entire Community

2011


04-14-2011	Cedarville Dredging Underway; St. Ignace News
2010
10-28-2010	Cedarville Bay Dredging Nearly Complete; St. Ignace News
08-19-2010	Les Cheneaux Dredging Project on Schedule; St. Ignace News
07-29-2010	Les Cheneaux Frog Fest Highlights Environment; St. Ignace News
07-15-2010	Frog Fest to Put Focus on Environment; St. Ignace News
07-01-2010	Phosphate Ban Begins; Detroit Free Press
07-01-2010	Dredging Project to Begin July 5th
03-18-2010	What's It Take To Make The Break?; Great Lakes News
2009
08-13-2009	Eurasian Milfoil Down in Les Cheneaux Bays
07-30-2009	400+ Attend Les Cheneaux Open House
07-30-2009	Les Cheneaux Watershed Council to Hold Annual Meeting
07-23-2009	Watershed Council Will Meet July 30
07-23-2009	Open House is Thursday
06-25-2009	Volunteers Needed for Les Cheneaux Shoreline Clean-up
06-04-2009	Clark Township Minutes
05-21-2009	Les Cheneaux Channel Dredging Gets Funding
05-07-2009	Recycling Information Sessions Planned
2008
12-11-2008	'Unified Ask Campaign' Begins
11-27-2008	Making Cedarville Bay A Boater's Destination Again
11-13-2008	For the Record
11-06-2008	Group Wants Phosphorous in Cedarville Bay Reduced
11-06-2008	Business Sign Limits Proposed in Clark Township Master Plan (Reference made to Floodplain Ordinance)
09-04-2008	Clark Township Seeks Bike Route Designations
08-07-2008	Les Cheneaux Community Foundation Grants Total $66,000
07-31-2008	A. Victor Abnee III - Obituary - Les Cheneaux Watershed Member
07-17-2008	Clark Township Hazardous Waste Collection
07-17-2008	Cedarville Bay Update, Watershed Council Meeting Set for July 16
06-28-2008	Clark Township Board Hosts Hazardous Waste Clean Up
06-12-2008	Land Use Choices Are Focus at Les Cheneaux
03-27-2008	Clark Township Considers PUD, Granny Flats, Preservation Ordinances
03-27-2008	Wastewater Discharge Site Sought in Clark Township
03-20-2008	Birge Is One of Several Preserves Open In Area
02-28-2008	Mower Will Cut Invasive Water Weeds
02-14-2008	Clark Township Board Special Meeting Minutes, "Cedarville Bay Dredging"
01-03-2008	Rudd Brothers Protect Land and Shoreline, Creating Preserve In Cedarville
2007
10-18-2007	William B. Derby Preserve Is Established in Cedarville
08-23-2007	Eight Tons of Hazardous Waste Materials Removed from area watershed.
08-09-2007	Program to Focus on Water Levels, Lake Health August 10 in Cedarville.
07-19-2007	Lake Huron in Crisis Is Focus of Cedarville Meeting.
06-28-2007	Long awaited weevils go to work in Cedarville Bay.
06-21-2007	LCCF Awards Spring Grants Totaling $14,306 for Projects
05-17-2007	Frog Fest Puts Focus on Environment
05-10-2007	Frog Fest makes return visit to Les Cheneaux.
02-08-2007	Gourdie-Fraser Recommended to Update Clark Twp. Plans
01-11-2007	140 Acres of Land Preserved in Cedarville
2006
12-28-2006	Community Foundation gives $31,945 to Les Cheneaux Projects.
12-28-2006	Six Projects Unite for Fundraising Drive.
10-05-2006	Watershed Annual Meeting.
09-28-2006	LC Watershed Project awarded $618,400 Grant.
09-28-2006	Council Wants to Introduce Weevils to Combat Watermilfoil.
04-13-2006	Growing Concern.
04-13-2006	Plans would improve water quality at Les Cheneaux.