This week, read about EGLE's proposed budget, underground storage tank removal, and wetlands restoration





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"MI Environment Digest - February 23, 2024"

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Environmental Investigation Section staffers take polar plunge for Special Olympics raising $8K [ [link removed] ]

"February 23, 2024"

EIS officers participated in the Mt. Pleasant event for the third time, this year raising approximately $8,000 for charity.

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The EIS team -- called the Trash Pandas -- at the Mt. Pleasant Polar Plunge in 2024.

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By the Numbers: EGLE partnering with the Genesee County Land Bank to prepare properties with underground storage tanks for redevelopment [ [link removed] ]

"February 22, 2024"

EGLE works with communities to help them triage properties with known or suspected underground storage tanks and prepare to market them for redevelopment.

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An excavator removes contaminated soil from a former gas station site.

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Governor Whitmer?s proposed budget for EGLE centers clean water, climate action, and community revitalization [ [link removed] ]

"February 21, 2024"

Governor Whitmer?s executive budget recommendation for Fiscal Year 2025 shores up EGLE?s commitment to protect Michigan?s environment, public health, and supports communities and residents across the state.

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Contractor connecting a new non-lead service line to a home in Benton Harbor. Courtesy Abonmarche Consulting.

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DNR to invest $4 million in water quality [ [link removed] ]

"February 20, 2024"

The wetland restoration effort with Ducks Unlimited aims to improve drinking water, wildlife habitat in the Lake Erie and Saginaw Bay watersheds.

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Trumpeter swans during a spring migration between Bay Port and Fish Point in the Saginaw Bay.

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