Program teaches residents how to monitor water quality
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Oakland County residents are being offered free training and equipment needed to monitor lake water quality.
The Oakland Press of Pontiac reports that they’ll learn how to take weekly water samples through the Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program.
Volunteers also will be taught how to conduct surveys of aquatic invasive species. Volunteers must have access to a boat.
The program is a partnership of the Oakland County Board of Commissioners, the county’s health division and the Michigan Clean Water Corps.
Last summer, the county’s health division monitored and tested 75 public beaches and 61 lakes on a weekly basis.
Information sessions are scheduled Feb. 6 and Feb. 24 in the Oakland County Board of Commissioners Auditorium in Pontiac. A required training session is scheduled for May 5 in the auditorium.
‘Environmental Justice in Practice’ Conference to take place Jan. 26
Wayne State University Law School’s Transnational Environmental Law Clinic and Environmental Law Society, University of Chicago Law School’s Abrams Environmental Law Clinic, the American Bar Association’s Environmental Justice Committee of the Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice, and the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center will hold “Environmental Justice in Practice” from 8 a.m.-5p.m. Friday, Jan. 26 at Wayne State University Law School, Spencer M. Partrich Auditorium, 471 West Palmer in Detroit. The conference will focus on emerging legal issues related to environmental injustice and exploration of career opportunities. The agenda will include expert panels on Careers in Environmental Justice, Energy and Climate Justice, Water Access and Affordability, and Urban Air Quality. In addition to the four panel discussions, there will be a lunchtime keynote address and opportunities for networking.
The conference is free to attend.
For more information contact Nicholas J. Schroeck at nschroeck @wayne.edu.
Panel discussion on the future of NAFTA Jan. 29
Join Wayne Law’s Program for International Legal Studies and experts in international trade law for lunch and a panel discussion on NAFTA. The discussion will be from 12:15-1:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 29 at Wayne State University Law School, Spencer M. Partrich Auditorium, 471 West Palmer in Detroit. The Trump administration has made renegotiation of NAFTA one of its foreign policy priorities. Mexico and Canada have strongly resisted many of the conditions it has proposed. The panel will explain the proposals, their likelihood of success and what might happen if the U.S. withdraws from NAFTA. Panelists include Charles Brower, Wayne Law; Maureen Irish, University of Windsor Faculty of Law; and Bruce Thelen, Dickinson Wright.
The event is free to attend and lunch is provided.
For more information contact Greg Fox at gfox@wayne.edu.
––––––––––––––––––––
Subscribe to the Legal News!
http://legalnews.com/Home/Subscription
Full access to public notices, articles, columns, archives, statistics, calendar and more
Day Pass Only $4.95!
One-County $80/year
Three-County & Full Pass also available
