As you may have heard, over the next several months, members of our City Council will be debating whether we should remove Ypsilanti’s aging Peninsular Dam, or invest approximately $640,000 in its renovation… Following, in hopes that it might help some of you to better understand the various issues at play in the “remove vs. […]
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So, Ypsilanti, should we repair or remove the Peninsular Dam?
Posted in Environment, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged asian carp, canoeing, dams, Dexter, fish, fishing, Huron River, Huron River Watershed Council, hydroelectric, International Village, Peninsular Dam, Peninsular Paper, portage, power generation, restoration, Water Street, watersheds, Ypsilanti City Council 32 Comments
Succumbing to the gay agenda, protecting the Huron River, and drinking Dirty Mooneys… on tomorrow’s Saturday Six Pack
Thanks to today’s decision by the Supreme Court, I’m predicting this this week’s episode of The Saturday Six Pack will be both incredibly gay and alarmingly chaotic… I’ve put the word out to folks that I’ll have champagne at the studio from 7:30 to 8:30 if anyone would like to stop by for a toast […]
Posted in The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized Also tagged Aimee Adams, Beth Bashert, Brigid Mooney, Dirty Mooney, Eric Wozniak, gay marriage, gay rights, Hedger Breed, Holly Hughes, Huron River, Huron River Watershed Council, Knight Rider, marriage equality, Patrick Elkins, radio drama, Supreme Court, The Six Minute Smoke Break with Patrick Elkins and Aimee Adams 3 Comments
Bringing life, recreation and business back to the Huron River
I had the good fortune not too long ago to have coffee with Huron River Watershed Council (HRWC) Executive Director Laura Rubin. While we didn’t have great deal of time to discuss the condition of the Huron River, as we’d met to discuss something else, Laura did mention that their RiverUp! campaign was making great […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Environment, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Water Street Commons, Ypsilanti Also tagged Ann Arbor, Asiatic clam, boating, Broadway, canoeing, carp, Clean Water Act, conservation, Detroit International Wildlife Refuge, development, Dexter, DTE, economic development, Elizabeth Riggs, Eurasian milfoil, fishing, Flat Rock, fly fishing, Global Warming, HRWC, Huron River, Huron River Water Trail, Huron River Watershed Council, invasive species, John Dingell, Mike Schultz, Milford, North Main corridor, Olmstead Brothers, phragmites, pollution, purple loosestrife, recreation, riverfront development, RiverUp!, riverwalk, Schultz Outfitters, stormwater runoff, swimming, total body contact recreation, Trail Towns, Ypsilanti, zebra mussel 17 Comments