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The Muskegon Lake Resiliency Plan is Complete and Ready for Implementation!
This subarea plan was developed to guide local governments in the adoption and implementation of climate adaptation and resiliency strategies along the Muskegon Lake shoreline. The plan outlines strategies and principles to be incorporated into future shoreline development and restoration work. While it is a stand-alone plan, it can be incorporated into future municipal master plan updates and broader plans, such as the Muskegon Lake Vision 2020 plan.
Each community that is included in this plan will find resiliency strategies and implementation items that will promote resiliency in the face of climate change for the protection of their local and regional natural and constructed resources. Some tasks require incorporation into grant funding cycles, capital improvement plans, zoning ordinance and other local regulations in a community. Others are behaviors that will benefit the Lake Muskegon watershed into the future.
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Learn from local experts about the changes to Muskegon Lake and efforts to restore it.
February 28: “Remediation, Restoration and Revitalization of Muskegon Lake”
Kathy Evans, West Michigan Shoreline Regional Development Commission
March 14: "Tools and Techniques for Exploration of Muskegon Lake"
Dennis Donahue, NOAA Federal
March 28: “Muskegon Lake as a NOAA Habitat Focus Area”
Terry Heatlie, NOAA A liate
April 11: “Contaminated Sediments: A Path to Restoration”
Dr. Richard Rediske, Professor, Annis Water Resources Institute, GVSU
April 25: “The Long-Term Muskegon Lake Monitoring Program”
Dr. Alan Steinman, Director, Annis Water Resources Institute, GVSU
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| The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality completed the first phase of the remedial investigation of the historic, Fenner’s Ditch oil seep on November 10, 2016.
Fenner’s Ditch is an inlet of Bear Lake. The oil seep has presented a water quality, aesthetic and socio-economic problem for decades.
Soil, groundwater and oil samples are currently being analyzed. Next steps will be additional investigation or planning the remedy.
The MDEQ will keep the MLWP posted and we will let you know when the results of the investigation are available.
Please see the linked fact sheet for more details. |
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Community Partnership Projects
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| Muskegon Lake Green Infrastructure Restoration and Revitalization Presentation [ HERE ] |
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Announcing a PATH TO DELISTING!
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| Find out about the final cleanup and restoration projects needed to remove Muskegon Lake from the list of Great Lakes Areas of Concern.
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