BIA Board Member Pam Grassmick Sets Example for Invasives Fight
Beaver Island’s Pam Grassmick and her efforts to fend off phragmites on the island have become a model cited by Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy in developing an invasive species proactivity guide. A recent Capitol News Service report tells the story of Pam’s work, backed by the BIA, and its impact on state policy. “After I saw Pam and her team on Beaver Island bring down 30 acres of Phragmites to two acres in their first year, I was inspired to do similar work,” says Phyllis Higman, a senior conservation scientist with the Michigan Natural Features Inventory in a quote in the CNS report. “The work these folks are doing is so extraordinary and proactive.”
The full CNS report is here. The proactivity guide based on Pam’s example is here: https://mnfi.anr.msu.edu/reports/MNFI-Report-2019-20.pdf.
Discover Beaver Island Planning Group Meeting
Discover Beaver Island planning group held their monthly meeting November 13th. There was good turnout. Plans for a Local First Small Business Saturday on December 7th were discussed. So far, the hardware, shipwreck shirts and the BIC Center are planning special...
BIA Reaches Out to Army Corps and Michigan EGLE for High Water Help
The BIA Board has has written to the Army Corps senior officer for the Great Lakes and the director of Michigan's Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy Water Resources Division seeking assistance with developing plans for responding to high lake levels....
Peaine Township November Board Meeting
The Peaine Township Board met on November 11th for their regular monthly meeting. Several board appointments were made. Noting that St. James elected to have Travis Martin fill one of their seats on the Waste Management Committee Appointment board, the board decided...
BICS School Board Meeting Highlights
At their regularly scheduled meeting, the Beaver Island Community School Board received reports from the teachers regarding student assessment data, heard reports from the standing committees, and took action on several items, including the appointment of a new board...
Peaine Township Planning Commission to meet
The Peaine Township Planning Commission has a meeting set for this coming Tuesday. On the agenda are referring the complete 5-Year Peaine Township Recreation Plan to the township board for approval and a review of next steps on the recreational marijuana ordinance. ...
St. James Board November Meeting
St. James Township Board met Wednesday evening, November 6. The meeting covered a lot of ground. Notable discussion concerned progress on the Anderson Marina project. With the closing of the deal, the township is busy working with the Andersons and the Woollam...
Fwd: GLIA monthly call Nov 6 CANCELLED
We received the following message from Matt Preisser : Greetings, Great Lakes Islands Alliance! With concurrence from the GLIA Steering Committee, I am cancelling tomorrow’s regularly scheduled monthly GLIA call. We had a light agenda, given that its only been a few...
Attorney General’s Challenge to Line 5 Deal Dismissed
The Michigan Court of Claims ruled Thursday that the state Legislature did not violate the Michigan Constitution last year by approving a deal between former Republican Gov. Rick Snyder and Enbridge Inc. The challenged deal calls for replacing Line 5 with another...
EGLE to expedite shoreline erosion permits for homes threatened by high lake levels
Nick Assendelft, EGLE Public Information Officer, AssendelftN@Michigan.gov, 517-388-3135 October 30, 2019 News Release With Great Lakes water levels at historic highs, and facing the possibility of further increases, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department...
Mainland Emergency Management Leaders at ESA Meeting
ESA met on October 30 and had guests from the mainland. Meagan Anderson director of the Charlevoix, Cheboygan and Emmet County Office of Emergency Management was there along with Lieutenant Michael DeCastro from the Michigan State Police. He’s their District 7...