![]() ![]() They got right to work setting up committees, discussing publication of a newsletter and distributing a list of all tidal marshland owners. On January 30th, 1964 the first meeting of the MLCT was held with nine members present and $194 in its treasury. The wetlands were being paved over for parking lots, filled and developed, or dredged for marinas at a distressing pace. In the early 1960s, a concerned group of residents led by Ray Wiswell, came together to discuss the need to preserve Madison’s coastal wetlands that were fast disappearing. See Upcoming Meetings and Events for the latest public outreach.Judd Meadow: The Land Trust’s first property by Linda Nietlisbach In early 2018, the committee organized a public meeting in Lake Linden and a meeting of scientists at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, to organize efforts to save Buffalo Reef. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center in Buffalo, New York. ![]() The dredging is intended to buy five to seven years for the multi-entity Buffalo Reef Task Force, which was created by the EPA to develop a long-term management plan to protect the reef, Grand Traverse Bay Harbor and associated resources including lake trout and lake whitefish spawning and rearing areas.Ī steering committee was named for the task force, including Stephanie Swart, lake coordinator, Office of the Great Lakes, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy in Lansing, Michigan Evelyn Ravindran, natural resources director, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community in L'Anse, Michigan and Tony Friona, liaison to the Great Lakes for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency agreed to provide $3.1 million requested by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to dredge in a natural trough area north of Buffalo Reef in summer 2019.
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