Environment

Published January 17, 2020

High lake levels will continue into 2020

With the Great Lakes starting 2020 higher than they did in 2019, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, is urging those impacted by high water levels in 2019 to prepare for a similar situation this year.

Published January 14, 2020

St. Clair Shores Sentinel

St. Clair Shores City Council moves forward on ramp relocation

ST. CLAIR SHORES — St. Clair Shores City Council voted to approve a memorandum of understanding between the Southeast Macomb Sanitary District and the Macomb County Public Works Office to pave the way for the relocation of a boat ramp at Chapaton Retention Basin canal so that more capacity could be added to the basin.

The Macomb County Public Works Office sets up containment booms Jan. 3 at a drain near 14 Mile and Schoenherr roads in Sterling Heights.

Published January 14, 2020

Sterling Heights Sentry

Sterling Heights addresses local petroleum spill

STERLING HEIGHTS — Sterling Heights and Macomb County officials have been containing and cleaning an apparent petroleum spill that was tracked to the Schoenherr Relief Drain earlier this month. And they’re calling for fresh action to make sure incidents like this don’t happen again.

Published January 14, 2020

Woodward Talk

Huntington Woods might regulate placement of unsolicited materials

HUNTINGTON WOODS — Huntington Woods is looking to control how unsolicited materials are received at homes in the city.

Published January 10, 2020

C&G Newspapers

Education, grants to promote better recycling in Michigan

METRO DETROIT — Do you toss greasy pizza boxes, Starbucks cups or unrinsed yogurt containers into the curbside recycling bin? According to the Recycling Raccoons, “This stuff could ruin the entire recycling load!”

Published January 10, 2020

Madison - Park News

Rain gardens coming this spring to Civic Center Park

MADISON HEIGHTS — An eco-friendly form of stormwater reduction is coming to Civic Center Park in Madison Heights.

Published January 9, 2020

Madison - Park News

Cleanup efforts continue on I-696 as water undergoes testing

MADISON HEIGHTS — Details continue to emerge about the effort to clean up the leak of contaminated groundwater on Interstate 696, as well as the cleanup at the condemned factory from which it came.

Quality control employees sort through refuse on the mixed-paper conveyor belt at the Resource Recovery and Recycling Authority of Southwest Oakland County on Eight Mile in Southfield, looking for nonrecyclable material.

Published January 7, 2020

Southfield Sun

Experts offer tips on post-holiday recycling

SOUTHFIELD/LATHRUP VILLAGE — Before you kick the tree to the curb and toss the ornaments, local waste experts are weighing in on how to properly dispose of holiday castoffs.

Published January 7, 2020

Rochester Post

‘Good Neighbor’ recognized for efforts to save monarch butterflies

ROCHESTER — Marilyn Trent was recently recognized for her efforts to get the community involved in saving monarch butterflies, earning her a Good Neighbor Award.

Published January 7, 2020

Grosse Pointe Times

Seawall study expected to be addressed at January Shores City Council meeting

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — The crumbling seawall along Lake St. Clair in Grosse Pointe Farms and Shores may be the subject of an upcoming study.

Published January 6, 2020

Shelby - Utica News

New sports complex to replace longtime brownfield site

UTICA — A redevelopment has begun in downtown Utica at 6993 Moscone Road, which was once an unlicensed landfill contaminated with around 19 feet of garbage under the ground.

Published January 6, 2020

C&G Newspapers

Officials search for source of petroleum leak into relief drain, Clinton River

MACOMB COUNTY — The Macomb County Public Works Office said Jan. 4 that the search for the source of a petroleum spill into the Schoenherr Relief Drain in Warren, and subsequently into the Clinton River, is still ongoing.

Published December 23, 2019

Royal Oak Review

Royal Oak stormwater utility off the table, for now

ROYAL OAK — Despite the Royal Oak City Commission’s approval of a first reading of a stormwater authority ordinance Nov. 11, Interim City Manager and City Attorney David Gillam recommended that the city wait at least six months before moving forward during the Dec. 9 City Commission meeting.

Published December 23, 2019

Madison - Park News

Cancerous ooze leaks out of Madison Heights industrial site onto I-696

MADISON HEIGHTS — The weekend before Christmas, officials at all levels of government contended with the cleanup of a Grinch-colored goo gushing out of the embankment on eastbound Interstate 696.

Published December 13, 2019

C&G Newspapers

Vents installed at Prince Drewry Park to alleviate methane

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — At press time, at least eight vents were in the midst of being installed at Prince Drewry Park, located on Quinn Road in Clinton Township, as a method to alleviate methane gas.

Published December 10, 2019

Woodward Talk

Ferndale aquarist helping to save coral from deadly disease

FERNDALE — The coral reef in Florida has been battling stony-coral tissue loss disease since 2014.The disease wipes out the tissue of the stony corals, which die rapidly after becoming infected.

Published November 22, 2019

Woodward Talk

Pleasant Ridge crafts ordinance meant to stop spread of oak wilt

PLEASANT RIDGE — The city of Pleasant Ridge is taking precautions in regard to trimming oak trees that are suffering from oak wilt.

Published November 19, 2019

Royal Oak Review

Royal Oak OKs first reading of stormwater ordinance

ROYAL OAK — On Nov. 11, the Royal Oak City Commission unanimously approved the first reading of a stormwater authority ordinance, which would shift the way the city calculates and collects fees for the treatment of its stormwater.

Published November 18, 2019

Woodward Talk

Ferndale council approves waste reduction and recycling master plan

FERNDALE — The city of Ferndale is moving forward with a waste reduction and recycling master plan for the downtown.

Published November 12, 2019

Troy Times

Troy teen rallies neighborhood to clean up path across Beach Road bridge

TROY — Brody Rukenbrod, 13, of Troy, noticed it was hard for his grandmother, Judy Farnell, to walk across a bridge along Beach Road, north of Wattles Road, from her home in order to visit them at their home.