Protection for the Great Lakes 

It’s obvious to most of us that the Great Lakes are only as healthy as the streams and wetlands that feed them, but the Bush Administration’s EPA doesn’t seem to agree.

Over the past several years, the EPA has rewritten the rules in ways that could strip half of the streams and nearly a million acres of wetlands here in Michigan of their Clean Water Act protections. That’s not just a threat to those waterways, but also to all of the waterways they feed into, up to and including the Great Lakes.

That’s why we’re  working to help pass the Clean Water Restoration Act, which would make it clear that the Clean Water Act applies to all of America’s waterways.