March has many of us thinking about Spring, but that also means Ozone season is here. Ozone season began March 1 and runs through the end of October. Air Quality Division meteorologists at the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy ( …
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) Director Phil Roos recently delivered a presentation to the House Natural Resources and Tourism Committee, highlighting the department’s role in ongoing efforts to protect Michigan’s …
The Michigan Clean Water Corps (MiCorps), a network of volunteer monitoring programs that collect and share surface water quality data statewide, is accepting enrollments for the 2025 Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program (CLMP) season. Trainings in 2025 …
As important as money, labor, and location are to brownfield redevelopment, at the end of the day it’s a business built on relationships. It’s easier to find solutions to problems that can crop up during a project if the developers, local units of …
Note: The following is adapted and updated from articles in the 2024 Michigan State of the Great Lakes Report by Emily Finnell, Great Lakes senior advisor and strategist in EGLE’s Office of the Great Lakes; and by EGLE Great Lakes Coordinators Andrew …
Invasive species are a growing problem in Michigan and the U.S. During National Invasive Species Awareness Week (Feb. 24 - 28, 2025), Michigan’s Invasive Species Program is joining efforts across all 50 states to encourage everyone to take action to …
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy Air Quality Division (AQD) went live in MiEnviro Portal (MiEnviro) with dry cleaning and emissions reporting program areas in 2023. In December 2024 the AQD onboarded permitting and compliance …
For nearly 80 years, the site of Jimmy John’s Field sat vacant as an unregulated landfill, unusable due to contamination concerns. Today, it is a state-of-the-art baseball stadium that is home to the United Shore Professional Baseball League and features 4 …
EGLE invites students in kindergarten through 5th grade to enter the annual Michigan Earth Day Poster Contest! Prizes are awarded for first and second place winners in each grade. Posters must be Michigan-specific and should include wildlife, plants, land …
Join the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) at Northern Michigan University in Marquette for two days of dynamic environmental training, starting with the Northern Michigan Environmental Conference on March 12, followed by …
The Air Quality Division (AQD) at the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) receives hundreds of applications for air permits each year. Air quality staff evaluate these pollution sources for compliance with air standards and …
In 2024, the Environmental Assistance Center (EAC) at the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) provided live, one-on-one customer service to 27,622 people, an increase of 4,401 from the previous year. Of those, 38% were …
Thirty projects from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors will share $5.6 million in Circular Economy Grants to advance recycling and develop Michigan’s circular supply chains. The Circular Economy Grants are funded by the Michigan Department of …
UTICA, Mich.—By turning vacant lots to vibrant destinations, brownfield redevelopment is reshaping communities across Michigan. On Tuesday, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) Director Phil Roos joined state and local …
In 2024, EGLE developed six new interactive web maps and dashboards, three new story maps, 27 new open data items, and one new hub site, for a grand total of 37 new features shared on the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE …
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy's (EGLE) asbestos inspectors received tens of thousands of asbestos demolition/renovation notifications and modifications to notifications in 2024, and more come in daily. It's part …
Lead line replacement, cleaning up contamination, increasing government transparency, and strengthening the state’s energy infrastructure are a few of the priorities represented in Governor Whitmer’s proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget. The Michigan …
The Michigan Clean Water Corps (MiCorps) is the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy’s (EGLE) statewide volunteer monitoring program and includes the Volunteer Stream Cleanup Program, funded by the sale of the state's Water …
Community Outreach Environmental Education staff participated in or supported EGLE participation in 50 public events in 2024, reaching a total of 12,289 teachers, students, families, and community members, an increase of 33% from 2023. Professional …
EGLE’s Geologic Resources Management Division this past year tackled two leaking wells in a Michigan lake – only the second time they had encountered such a challenge in roughly 30 years. Known as Van Single 1 and 2, the wells are located in the Bend …
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