OGL Great Lakes Note: Final Part of Michigan Water Strategy Released

Michigan Office of the Great Lakes Releases Final Part of State Water Strategy

Part 4 highlights monitoring and governance recommendations; next steps look to strategy implementation

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Office of the Great Lakes today released the final piece of the Michigan Water Strategy, concluding a season of 4 total statewide release events. The collaboratively-developed plan features a series of 75 strategic recommendations for the sustainable management, protection and enhancement of Michigan’s water resources.

The fourth part of the Water Strategy highlights recommendations for developing water monitoring systems and governance tools to improve collaboration, support decision making and promote stewardship of Michigan’s water resources. Developing integrated monitoring systems, tracking groundwater use, working collaboratively with tribal governments, assisting communities with water resource visioning and establishing a Michigan Interdepartmental Water Team are among primary recommendations.

“Fostering Water Strategy implementation through water literacy, community engagement, and integrated monitoring systems will help create a vision of healthier ecosystems, improved resource management, and increasing stewardship of Michigan’s globally unique water resources,” said Office of the Great Lakes Director Jon W. Allan.

Next steps will involve outreach and education initiatives and tracking progress.

Follow implementation, learn more, and join in stewardship of Michigan’s waters by visiting www.michigan.gov/waterstrategy. For more information, contact Rachel Cromell at cromellr@michigan.gov.  

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