Garry Rowe’s team of volunteers tested well water chemistry in rural Ingham County – a study of fluoride and boron in drinking water.
MidMEAC Board Member Meredeth Crane works in-stream to collect macroinvertebrates in the Red Cedar watershed. Sorting and identifying aquatic insects helps us assess water quality.
MidMEAC’s Stream Monitoring Team
All Things Considered features interview – “Many wild bee species are in widespread decline worldwide due to multiple interacting factors. Habitat loss, parasites and disease, pesticide use and climate change have all been blamed. Urbanization contributes to habitat loss, and that trend is expected to accelerate in coming decades.”
Impacts of Urbanization on Wild Bees
TCRPC and MidMEAC at the Michigan Energy Office – allowing visitors to ride in a hybrid or electric vehicle and tour an electric school bus.
MidMEAC Co-Hosts Electric Vehicle Ride & Drive
Volunteers collect fabrics and yarn that will be made into quilts, scarves, and blankets that are donated to families in MidMichigan.
Recycle Rama 2019
Cadets from the Michigan Youth Challenge Academy help Lansing recycle tens of thousands of pounds of electronics.
MYCA at Recycle Rama
MidMEAC volunteers Logan and Holly show how to build a bee house. Most native bees nest underground or in narrow tunnels.
Build a Bee House
A Letter From MidMichigan Environmental Action Council download pdf The Lansing community is having an important conversation about energy. What will usage be in the next five-ten-20 years? What role can energy waste reduction have in shaping our needs? Why not just go 100% renewable, already? That last question is […]
Energy in MidMichigan
MidMichigan Environmental Action Council and the Sierra Club are partnering on a grant-funded project to create new pollinator habitat. We will also engage residents in discussions about pollinator-safe chemical use and plant choices. Let us know if you want to be involved!
MidMEAC and Sierra Club Team Up on Pollinator Habitat Protection
MidMEAC Vice President David Christian trains and leads stream monitoring volunteers.
Stream Monitoring – Fall 2017
MidMEAC is proud to partner with the Ingham County Drain Commissioner on the Montgomery Drain retrofit. The Council will focus on community outreach and education related to flood prevention and clean water. Click for video preview of the project.
Preview the Montgomery Drain
MidMEAC’s Dave Dempsey Distinguished Service Award was bestowed on long-time environmental activist Anne Woiwode. Ms. Woiwode has devoted nearly four decades of her personal and professional life to environmental advocacy and preservation. Among her accomplishments, Anne helped lead a ten-year battle to protect 90,000 acres of old growth forest, lakes […]
MidMEAC Honors Sierra Club’s Anne Woiwode
Michigan’s 11,000 inland lakes are incredibly diverse and vary in depth, productivity, thermal stratification, oxygen, alkalinity, shoreline armoring, docks, woody habitat, housing density and other characteristics. MDNR has developed an online interactive map to help those interested in learning more about lake habitats. Find it here.
MDNR Inland Lake Habitat Map
Friday, November 4th at 12:00 pm. Join us in MEC’s Conference Room at 602 W. Ionia St, Lansing, MI 48933. Featured Speaker: Marie Donigan, former State Representative. highway-constructionDonigan served three terms in the Michigan House of Representatives where she focused on the development of good transportation policy. She formed and […]
Land Use Lecture Nov 4: Marie Donigan Talks Transportation
Mid-MEAC is partnering with MSU, Meridian Township, local businesses and neighbors to create a low-maintenance rain garden in the roundabout at the intersection of Burcham and Park Lake Road. The voice of one person catalyzed this project and momentum is growing. Join us in supporting this water quality protection project. […]