Newsletter Topic Index

 

Looking for a specific newsletter topic? Below you will find a breakdown of topics from previous newsletters organized by subject and by newsletter issue/year.

By Subject:

Ag Information: September 2010, Spring 2007, Fall 2005

Annual Stakeholder Meeting: Summer 2005

Area Schools Student Projects: January 2002, September 2001, May 1999

Demonstration Sites: Fall 2005

Dredging: June 2010, Fall 2005

Educational Materials: September 2010, January 2009, Spring 2007, Fall 2005

Events/ Festivals/ Tours/Workshops: March 2011, July 1998, February 1998, September 1997, May 1997

Fish Kills: Summer 2006

General Information about the Macatawa Watershed/Watershed Issues: September 2010, June/July 2000, December 1996

Grant Proposals/Grant Awards/Awards / Funding/ Donations: September 2010, March 2010, September 2009, January 2009, Spring 2007, Fall 2005, Summer 2005, January 2002, September 2001, September 1997, May 1997

Green Commute Week: June 2011

Hope College: December 2010, June 2010, November 1998, July 1998

Kayak/Boat Tours: June 2011, March 2011, September 2010, July 1998

Local Community Polls, Comments, and Surveys Local Volunteering: December 2010, June 2010, June/July 2000

Local Volunteering: Spring 2007, Summer 2005, September 2001

MACC Milestones and Information: January 2002, September 2001, June/July 2000, August 1999, May 1999, February 1998, September 1997, January 1997, December 1996

MACC Seal of Approval Program for local businesses: Summer 2006, Summer 2005

Maps: March 2010, September 2009

Programs: June 2010

Rain Gardens: September 2010, March 2010

Restoration/Clean Up Projects: March 2011, June 2010, February 1998

Storm Drain Stenciling: June 2011, December 2010, Spring 2007

Surveys: September 2009

Tips/ low-impact solutions for how YOU can protect the watershed: March 2011, September 2010, June 2010, March 2010, Spring 2007, September 2001,

Water Quality Monitoring/ Water Sampling/ Water Testing (Algae, Sediment, E. coli): June 2010, September 2009, January 2009, Fall 2005, September 2001, June/July 2000, August 1999, February 1998, September 1997

Water Watch: June/July 2000

Watershed Data/ Watershed Studies/ Reports: June 2011, March 2011, Summer 2006, June/July 2000, November 1998, July 1998, February a998

Watershed Endowment Fund: September 2001

Watershed Plans/Strategies: June 2011, September 2010, August 1999, May 1999, July 1998

Watershed Projects: Summer 2006, January 2002, September 2001, May 1999, November 1998

Watershed Stakeholder of the Year: December 2010, March 2010, January 2009, Summer 2005

West Michigan Strategic Alliance: January 2002, September 2001

 

By Newsletter Issue/Year:

June 2011

  • Major Sediment Sampling Study
  • Update on New Watershed Management Plan
  • Map of Sediment Sampling Locations
  • Critical Area Analysis
  • 4th Annual Green Commute Week Results
  • Storm Drain Stenciling: Faith Church in Zeeland
  • Macatawa River Encounters (Kayak Tours)

March 2011

  • Environmentally Friendly Lawn Care
  • Geomorphology Study in Watershed – Sediment and Bank Erosion
  • Summer Kayak Tours – Macatawa River Encounters
  • Impact of Melting Snow
  • Project Update – Holland Country Club Wetland Restoration
  • Macatawa Water Festival

December 2010

  • Watershed Stakeholder of the Year – Ottawa County Parks and Recreation Commission
  • Storm Drain Labeling in the Community
  • Local Officials Poll on Storm Water, Watershed, and Collaboration Issues
  • Hope College Environmental Research Results

September 2010

  • Factories on Lake – Not Main Cause of Water Quality Problems
  • $50,000 Water Quality Grant from the State of Michigan
  • Rain Garden Cleanup Day
  • Vision for the Future of Lake Macatawa
  • Don’t Dump Yard Waste in the Creek
  • Boat Tours – Making Lake Michigan Great
  • Educational Materials for Classrooms
  • 2010 Agricultural Survey Results

June 2010

  • Dredging Lake Macatawa
  • Annual River Cleanup
  • Lessen water quality impact when power washing your boat
  • Clean Marina Program
  • Thoughts from the Local Community
  • Alternatives to Turf Grass
  • Algal Blooms Monitoring
  • Sediment Monitoring by Hope College Students

March 2010

  • Spring Lawn Care Tips
  • 2009 Watershed Stakeholder of the Year – Julia Kirkwood
  • Conservation Priority Map
  • Resolve to Start Composting
  • Rain Gardens
  • Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Proposals Submitted
  • Lessen water quality impact when washing your car

September 2009

  • MDEQ Grant for Sediment Sampling
  • High Risk Areas for Septic System Failure – Map
  • Wetlands in the Watershed
  • Results of algae testing
  • Erosion Risk Survey

January 2009

  • 2008 Watershed Stakeholder of the Year Award – City of Zeeland
  • Better Together DVD – local governments work together
  • How City of Zeeland Works to Protect Water Quality
  • Watershed Project Receives DEQ Grant
  • “History of Lake Macatawa” – Published
  • Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring

Spring 2007

  • Storm Drain Stenciling Campaign
  • Healthy Lawn Practices
  • Volunteer Spotlight
  • Agricultural Innovation – Reducing N-P-K nutrients from waste streams
  • “Into the Watershed” Wins International Award
  • What is a Secchi Disk?

Summer 2006

  • Lake Macatawa’s 2005 Spring Phosphorus Levels
  • Internal Phosphorus Loading of Lake Macatawa
  • Fish Kills Due to Lack of Oxygen
  • Seal of Approval awards for area businesses
  • Smallenburg Park Update

Fall 2005

  • Best Management Practices Funding for farmers – Michigan Conservation Reserve Enhancement Project Demonstration Sites – Noordeloos Creek, ZPS Wetlands, Smallenburg Park Stormwater
  • Educational Materials Available – Children’s Books and Topographical Table Top Models
  • Funding for Wetland Restoration Work
  • Phosphorus Measurements – Lake Macatawa
  • Dredging Removes Sediment and Phosporus

Summer 2005

  • Seal of Approval Program Description
  • Great Lakes Commission Awards Grant for Noordeloos Creek Sedimentation Project
  • Volunteer Planting Day at Smallenburg Park
  • Annual Stakeholder Meeting – Science Fair and New Children’s Book
  • Watershed Stakeholder of the Year – Graham Peaslee

January 2002 – Volume 2

  • West Michigan Strategic Alliance
  • Macatawa Watershed Project Becomes Specialized
  • Donation from Mirant for Zeeland Public Schools Enhanced Wetland Project
  • Zeeland Students Soil Testing

September 2001 – Volume 1

  • First New Logo for Macatawa Watershed Project
  • Watershed Endowment Fund Created
  • Signs indicating projects funded through the Macatawa Watershed Project
  • Water Testing Results for Lake Macatawa
  • MDEQ Awarded MWP $800,000 in federal/state funding
  • Watershed Project 1999-2009 Implementation Plan
  • MACC Volunteers Spread Watershed Message to the Community
  • High School Students Test Water
  • Planting Grasses for a Grass Waterway
  • West Michigan Strategic Alliance

June/July 2000

  • Introductions from Staff of the Macatawa Watershed Project
  • Local Knowledge of Watershed Survey Results
  • Inventory of Macatawa Watershed Underway
  • South Branch of Mac River Sub-watershed Study
  • MBYC Water Watch Debut
  • 1999 Water Quality Sampling Report
  • What is a Watershed?

August 1999

  • Macatawa Watershed Project gets State and National Attention
  • Water Quality Sampling Equipment – MBYC
  • Watershed Implementation Plan

May 1999

  • Students at Zeeland learn about Wetlands
  • Check Dams in Van Raalte Farm
  • Attention for Macatawa Watershed Project Increasing
  • Consultant for development of ten year Phosphorus Reduction Implementation Plan

November 1998

  • Hope Academy of Senior Professionals (HASP) Holds Watershed Class
  • Statewide Watershed Network “In the Works”
  • HOPE Environmental Seminar on watershed topics
  • Total Maximum Daily Load report changes

July 1998

  • “A Look Around the Lake” – Evening Program and Cruise on Lake Macatawa
  • Spring Field Trips
  • Steps Toward Creating a Phosphorus Reduction Strategy
  • State of the Lake – MDEQ Data Report for March 1998
  • Macatawa Watershed Project Partners with HOPE

February 1998

  • Tours of Local Wastewater Treatment Plants
  • Sediment Sampling on Lake Macatawa
  • State of MI Commits to Study Great Lakes Protection
  • Phosphorus Removal at Wastewater Treatment Plants
  • MACC GIS Improvments

September 1997

  • Preliminary Results for Water Quality Sampling
  • Web page launch
  • Effluent Trading Proposal – Declined
  • MACC Technology Expansion
  • Watershed Workshop
  • Watershed Tours

May 1997

  • Watershed Workshop
  • Poster Contest Winners – “Make Macatawa Magnificent Day”
  • Effluent Trading Proposal – Submitted

January 1997

  • Committee Accomplishments

December 1996

  • Kick off for Macatawa Area Watershed Project
  • Phosphorus Load – Too Green
  • Macatawa Area Watershed Project Organizational Chart
  • Subcommittee Descriptions