A project gathering data on exposure to lead, mercury, and PFAS; a state representative urges the state to allow county road commissions to dispose of roadkill; and the top invasive species in Michigan.

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There are now more than 400 threatened and endangered species in Michigan. A new 334-acre park is open in southwest Saginaw at the confluence of the Saginaw River. The electrification of transportation in Michigan is expanding from the roads to the water.

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Crews will combat invasive sea lampreys in the Saginaw River watershed next month, the Alliance for the Great Lakes is holding its Adopt-a-Beach spring kickoff on April 21-23, and you can help protect lake sturgeon during spawning season.

April is Earth Month and April 22 is Earth Day, SVSU will host climate control advocates Bill McKibben and Angela Ardis on Tuesday, and Lake Huron Fisheries Workshops are planned this month.

The Saginaw Bay Monitoring Consortium is putting together a coordinated monitoring framework for the watershed, the state’s environmental agency is encouraging people to “think green” when it comes to spring cleaning, and most ice on the Great Lakes remains confined to shallow bays and channels.

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Little Forks Conservancy is working on a new nature preserve, a new survey will gauge what people in the Midwest know about climate change, and forecaster predict a wetter spring across the Great Lakes and Northeast.

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A Lakewide Action and Management Plan for Lake Huron is out. Did you lose power during recent winter storms? The Michigan Public Service Commission wants to hear about it. A reminder that comments are being accepted through March 27 on a draft supplemental restoration plan for the Tittabawassee River, Saginaw River, and Saginaw Bay.

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A draft supplemental restoration plan for the Tittabawassee River, Saginaw River, and Saginaw Bay is open for public review and comment through March 27. Close to 300,000 scrap tires were cleaned up last year in Michigan. Great Lakes Day was this week in Washington, D.C.

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Residents of the Great Lakes state don’t eat the recommended amount of fish and a binational coalition of mayors is praising proposed spending by Michigan to keep invasive carp out of the Great Lakes.

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A federal contractor has completed a permanent sea lamprey trap on the East Branch Au Gres River in Iosco County, a recommended state budget from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer includes funding for water infrastructure and clean energy, and a third phase of grants are available for Michigan communities to improve residential recycling.

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