The MidMEAC Board of Directors is pleased to announce a new watershed education program made possible by the North American Association of Environmental Educators / NAAEE and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / NOAA. NAAEE/NOAA funded MidMichigan Watershed Connections Reaching Higher / MMWCRH, a partnership between MidMEAC and Highfields, […]

MidMEAC Receives Watershed Education Grant From NAAEE

From the Greater Lansing Regional Committee for Stormwater Management – Calculate your Residential Stormwater Runoff. Roads, commercial buildings, and large public parking lots certainly generate a great deal of run-off, but so do our own residences.  At home, rooftops, driveways, patios and other hard surfaces prevent precipitation from absorbing into […]

Calculate your stormwater runoff

Learn more about your water during Drinking Water Week. Link to resources in Michigan for public and private drinking water systems, including testing YOUR drinking water for lead, PFAS, microplastics, and other contaminants.

Resources for National Drinking Water Week

Join the Michigan State University Apiculture Team for its Michigan Beekeeping Office Hours online education. Michigan Beekeepers Association is offering Trees for Pollinators, available to purchase through their website through March 17. Trees selected to fill pollinator needs: Pussy willows, blooming in April, help bee colonies with pollen and nectar […]

Seasonal Beekeeping from MSUE, Michigan Beekeepers Association

Check out the Augmented Reality Sandbox (ARS) at the MSU Science Festival STEAM Expo, April 13-14. ARS is a 3D interactive educational tool to improve understanding of human activities and land-use change on our environment. Link to info. ARS Watershed Education Model is co-sponsored by MidMEAC, with National Oceanic and […]

Augmented Reality Sandbox at the MSU Science Festival STEAM Expo, ...

Ingham County Drain Commissioner provided remarks and led walking tour to discuss pollution reduction through Green Infrastructure (GI) – also referred to as Low Impact Design (LID). Attendees included teachers, students, industry professionals, elected officials, and other community members.

Drain Commissioner Update on Montgomery Drain at MidMEAC Land Use ...

The Augmented Reality Sandbox (ARS) is a surface and groundwater modeling tool developed through the Mid-Michigan Watershed Connections Partnership, led by MidMEAC, together with the Eaton Conservation District and the Greater Lansing Regional Committee for Stormwater Management. ARS is a 3D, interactive, educational tool aiding the understanding mapping, topography, watersheds, […]

Watershed Education in Mid-Michigan Leaps Forward with Augmented Reality System

The Stormwater Floodplain Simulation System facilitates discussion around the dangers of flooding and the importance of floodplain management. Adults, policymakers, educators, and students of all ages gain perspective on river basin dynamics and human-made factors that impact flooding events. MidMEAC and our Partners also use the System to inspire engagement […]

MidMEAC Presents Stormwater Floodplain Simulation at Career Fair

As part of the MMWC/BWET education program, Haslett Middle School students visited Mud Lake & Mud Creek (May 9) and a section of the Red Cedar River, tributary to Grand River, at Legg Park (May 10), to release salmon they had raised. Discussion included salmon life cycle and connection to Lake […]

MMWC Students Release Salmon in Grand River Tributary

Mid-Michigan Watershed Connections sent educators to meet with staff at NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab to learn about work done by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on the Great Lakes. Researchers at the Annis Water Resources Institute (AWRI), in conjunction with Grand Valley State University, discussed both research […]

MidMEAC Grant Sends Teachers to Lake Michigan Outdoor Education Program

MidMEAC worked with the Ingham County Land Bank, Michigan State University Center for Community and Economic Development, Midtown Training, Opportunity Knox, and other partners to reclaim materials from a structure slated for demolition. Learn more about deconstruction here

Reclaiming Old-Growth Forest Materials