This Week: Big Step Forward for Water Affordability in Michigan; Join Our Monthly Mindfulness + Movement Practice for Water Protectors; Welcome, 2025 Summer Fellows!

This Week: Big Step Forward for Water Affordability in Michigan; Join Our Monthly Mindfulness + Movement Practice for Water Protectors; Welcome, 2025 Summer Fellows!
Freshwater Future is proud to host two graduate students, Angelique Willis and Katelyn Connelly, this summer from the Environmental Fellows Program at the Yale School of the Environment.
Michigan Representative Emily Dievendorf (D-Lansing) has introduced the Water Affordability and Shutoff Protections Act, House Bill 4555, the first bill in a number to make up the Affordable Water Now legislative package.
This Week: Using Community Power to Address Flooding in Detroit; Join Our Monthly Mindfulness + Movement Practice for Water Protectors; Syracuse, NY Water System Under Review by U.S. EPA; Duluth’s $3 Million Lake Superior Shoreline Project
The Great Lakes and State Waters Bill of Rights would recognize that the Great Lakes and their watersheds have the fundamental legal rights to exist, flourish, and regenerate! Most importantly, these rights could be enforced against corporations and polluters in court if the bill is passed.
This Week: Water Watchers & Wellness Webinar: Fundraising Basics Webinar; Your Voice Needed to Protect Wetlands and Clean Water; We Need the Lake Erie Harmful Algal Bloom Forecast; Freshwater Voices Newsletter Available Online; Register for April’s Mindfulness & Movement; Blog – Against All Odds: How Water Advocates Are Winning in 2025
Under the nose of rapidly changing national headlines, environmentalists, local coalitions, and Indigenous communities across the country are making progress on preserving our nation’s water and natural resources.
This Week: United States Wetlands Are Under Attack: Take Action Now; Register for Mindfulness & Movement: Thursday, April 24; Wisconsin’s Sole Private Water System Stalls on Lead Pipe Removal; Welcome Randy Smith to Freshwater Future’s U.S. Board!
Water is not a luxury, it is a basic human right. Yet, every year, more Michiganders are priced out of their own water systems. At Freshwater Future, we believe that everyone has the right to clean, affordable water.
This Week: Freshwater Future’s Ongoing Commitment to Inclusion and Diversity; Tell Congress to Keep Critical Lead in Drinking Water Protections; Early-bird Registration Ends Today for All About Water on March 27th; Tomorrow Begins the Black Lake Sturgeon Season
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