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Water Fest sure to make a splash!

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Bring your favorite lawn chair to Mill Pond Park on Sunday July 9th for the Chippewa River Water Festival! The free concert will run from 12pm to 9pm.

Location/Directions:
Mill Pond Park
607 S Adams st
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Millpond+Park/

Check out the fb event
https://www.facebook.com/events/1392219884178741

Performers and Guest Speakers:
Steve & Mae Pego – Stories & Water Ceremony
Open Range
Alicia Patch Oldham – Michigan Poet
Stephanie Terpening
Lynn Dominguez – American Canoe Association
The Mudpuppys
Jeff Ostahowski – MCWC
Hawks & Owls
Mark Cole – Walk for Water
Barbarossa Brothers
Mystic Dub

Outreach Education & Vendors
Grand Rapids Water Protectors
Little Forks Conservancy
Naturally Yours By Well Oiled Mama
Chippewa Nature Center
Chippewa Watershed Conservancy
Mt. Pleasant Discovery Museum
Photography by Lorena Smith
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College
Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation
Explore Chiropractic
Designed Henna Tattoos
American Canoe Association
Canoe Reflections
Canoe-Camping for Women
Marilyn Richmond Cards & Jewelry
Greentree Co-Op
Pita Pit
Los Jalapenos

Sponsors and Supporters
Watershed Initiative Network
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe
Isabella Community Credit Union
Kerr & Utt Trust & Estate, Elder Law Firm, PLLC
Hometown Health Foods
Mt Pleasant Parks and Recreation
D Clare Services

T-Shirt Graphic Design Contest winning entry by Spencer Wehner

CACC would like to extend a hearty THANK YOU to everyone who has helped make this festival a reality! See you there! Extra special thanks to our co-coordinators Taylor Hollis – Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, Carol Moody – Mt Pleasant Parks & Rec, and Liz Busch – Buckley’s Mountainside Canoes

Want to help CACC continue this and other great programs? Make a tax deductible donation today! [paypal_donation_button]

Public EPA Hearing Clare, Michigan – Enhanced Oil Recovery

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The proposed operation would inject perfectly good clean water into an oilfield in order to increase production. The injection process increases the pressure in the underground oil reserve, and more oil may become available at nearby wells.

EPA is seeking comments on the Holcomb 1-22 well, draft permit number MI-035-2R-0034.

PUBLIC MEETING
Thursday, July 25
6:00 to 7:30 p.m.

Public EPA hearing
7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Clare High School
201 E. State St.
Clare, Michigan

The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to allow Muskegon Development Company, 1425 South Mission Road, Mount Pleasant, Michigan to inject fluid underground by approving the company’s application for what EPA calls a Class II injection well permit.

If EPA makes its approval final, Muskegon Development Company may inject fresh water for enhanced oil recovery into a rock formation 4948 feet below the surface through the Holcomb 1-22 injection well near N. Athey and E. Townline Lake Roads in Hamilton Township of Clare County.

Holcomb 1-22 wellhead – Photo provided by anonymous source

Muskegon Development Company has also applied for a permit from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ).

EPA received requests for a public hearing on this proposed permit approval. EPA will hold a public meeting and hearing Tuesday, July 25. During the hearing, you will have an opportunity to make oral comments or submit written comments. EPA will consider all comments it receives, and then issue a final decision along with a response to the significant comments.

The new public comment period ends Friday, July 28.

CACC is working with Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation to bring this issue to the public’s attention, educate the public about this and other injection wells, and to support public comment at the EPA meeting.

See the facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/events/1876805665903238 
and stay tuned for more information…

Water Fest receives WIN Grant

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Citizens for Alternatives to Chemical Contamination is pleased to announce that the Chippewa River Water Festival will be be receiving an “Action Grant” from the Watershed Initiative Network.

 

The grant will support the Chippewa River Water Festival’s mission of creating a family friendly and fun opportunity to learn about water and water conservation. The CRWF will take place on Sunday, July 9th, at Island Park in Mt. Pleasant, MI. More information about the event can be found at https://www.facebook.com/ChippewaRiverWaterFest/.

 

The Watershed Initiative Network (WIN) is a volunteer organization that focuses on opportunities to better link the economic, social, and environmental wellbeing of Saginaw Bay communities in order to sustain and improve the region’s quality of life.

 

Twelve area foundations and corporations work together as a Network to support WIN projects.  This Funders Network includes:  Bay Area Community Foundation, Consumers Energy Foundation, Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation, Midland Area Community Foundation, Rollin M. Gerstacker Foundation, Saginaw Community Foundation, The Dow Chemical Company Foundation, The Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation, The S.C. Johnson Fund, the Cook Family Foundation,the Charles Steward Mott Foundation, and the Saginaw Bay Foundation.  More information about WIN is available on its website at www.saginawbaywin.org.