Environmental Links

MDEQ and US ACOE Public Notices:
You can check on current and past Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) applications, public notices and public hearings, as well as US Army Corps of Engineers (US ACOE) public notices that are relevant to wetlands and local water bodies throughout the LTBB 1855 historical reservation boundary by clicking on the links below. Anyone can submit comments for public notices during an open comment period, which is listed for each notice. You can select/click on the public notices webpage link, and then select the county that you are interested in, and all current and recent applications will be listed. This is a great way to get informed and to get involved in the decision-making processes that affect our communities.
MDEQ: http://www.deq.state.mi.us/ciwpis/
US ACOE: http://www.lre.usace.army.mil/functions/rf/html/pncur.htm

The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB)
The Emerald Ash Borer is a non-native beetle that is devastating Michigan’s ash trees, as well as those in other states. The beetle is of particular concern to the wetlands program due to the impacts it could have on our black ash trees, which grow in swampy wetlands. For more information about the EAB please visit the following links:
http://www.emeraldashborer.info/index.cfm

Other great websites to check out:

- US EPA Wetlands Webpage: http://www.epa.gov/wetlands/

- Michigan Wetland Action Coalition (MWAC): http://www.michiganwetlands.org/wetlaws.html

- The USFWS National Wetland Inventory: http://www.fws.gov/nwi/

- MI Department of Environmental Quality Beach Information – for beach and waterway closings and public health information:
http://www.deq.state.mi.us/beach/public/default.aspx

- Michigan Department of Natural Resources Plants and Habitats at Risk: http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12142---,00.html

- Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council: http://www.watershedcouncil.org/

- Little Traverse Conservancy: http://www.landtrust.org/

- The National Audubon Society: http://www.audubon.org/

- The University of Michigan Biological Station: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/umbs/umbs_detail/0,2529,11186%255Farticle%255F54706,00.html

- The USDA PLANTS Database: http://plants.usda.gov/

• 1996 National List of Wetland plants
• How Stuff Works home page Great for inquiring minds
• Common Names of Plants
• Ground-water Depletion across the United States
• Fifty years of water use information in the United States. 
• DEQ abandoned well information and why it is important to close abandoned wells.
• Drinking Water contamination standards and health risks set by the EPA
• A link for students and Teachers.
• How and where we can conserve our own water usage.
• Fun games that help illustrate ways to save water. 
• Ground-water Depletion across the United States
• Fifty years of water use information in the United States. 
• DEQ abandoned well information and why it is important to close abandoned wells.
• Drinking Water contamination standards and health risks set by the EPA
• How and where we can conserve our own water usage. 
• Fun games that help illustrate ways to save water.