The Greater Lansing Regional Committee for Stormwater Management welcomes you to participate in local watershed protection efforts. Recently, the GLRC has established Plan Implementation Committees, listed below.You may contact Erin Campbell at Tri-County Regional Planning Commission (517-393-0342) for more information. The Committees meet about once a month and are all public meetings. Please view the Events section to see when the next meetings are scheduled.

Implementation Committees:

Funding Committee

Public Education Plan Committee (PEP)

Illicit Discharge Elimination Plan Committee (IDEP)

Habitat and Recreation Committee

Ordinance/Best Management Practices Committee

Implementation Subcommittees:

Stream and Ditch Management Subcommittee

Best Management Practices (municipal activities) Subcommittee

Ordinance Subcommittee

Water Quality Friendly Subcommittee

In addition there are periodic stakeholder and public meetings for each of the watersheds. You may also view the organizational chart for more information on how the GLRC is organized. Please see the Events page for more information on upcoming public and stakeholder meetings.

Volunteer Visual Assessment Data Collection

Volunteer Visual Assessment Data Collection can provide watershed specialists with extremely valuable information to help assess problem areas throughout the watershed. The instructions and data sheet can be used by any volunteer on nearly any river oriented recreational activity. These include, walking the river trail, canoeing, hiking, bike riding, fishing, boating, etc. The forms should be distributed at community events, parks and recreational departments, visitor and tourism offices, etc.

Instructions for Visual Assessment Data Collection

Visual Assessment Data Collection Sheet

Completed data sheets should be submitted to Erin Campbell, Tri-County Regional Planning Commission 913 W. Holmes Rd. Suite 201 Lansing, Michigan 48910

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Local Recycling Resources

You can help reduce pollution in our local waterways by properly disposing of your household wastes including paint, cleaners, solvents, etc. For more information about recycling and household hazardous waste collection events, follow the links for your county below:

Ingham County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Information

Ingham County Recycling Information

Eaton County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Information

Eaton County Recycling Information

Clinton County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Information

Clinton County Recycling Information

Granger - Local Waste Management

Adopt-A-River
The Lansing Board of Water and Light and the Impression 5 Science Center host an annual Adopt-A-River program and invite participants to help keep our rivers beautiful. The 2007 Adopt-A-River events will be held on April 21 and September 22. Please visit the Adopt-A-River web site for more information on this event. Lansing Board of Water Light site or Impression 5 Science Center site.

Other Cleanup Efforts
The GLRC may host other cleanup efforts throughout the Lansing region, however none are planned at this time. Please check back soon for updates.

Did you know that those storm drains (or gutters) drain right to our lakes, rivers, and streams?

This spring we will be working with volunteers and non-profit organizations to help spread the word about protecting our watersheds. One way we are doing that is by placing a label such as the one shown to the left on the curb next to storm drains throughout the Greater Lansing region. These labels will be in areas that are highly visible and will remind everyone that their actions impact our water quality. GLRC members click here for volunteer training information.

Test Your Soil Before Applying Fertilizer

Fertilizer isn't a problem if it's used carefully. If you use too much fertilizer or apply it at the wrong time, it can easily wash off your lawn or garden into storm drains and then flow untreated into our rivers, streams, wetlands, and lakes. Just like in your garden, fertilizer in lakes and streams makes plants grow. In water bodies, extra fertilizer can mean extra algae and aquatic plant growth. Too much algae harms water quality and makes canoeing, fishing and swimming unpleasant. As algae decay, they use up oxygen in the water that fish and other wildlife need.

Visit the following websites for more information:

MSU Crop & Soil Sciences - soil testing

MSU Extension Soil Web Pages for Consumers

Check out the “Events” page in the coming months to see when we will be conducting the labeling efforts. We need your help!