Kolke Creek Win (The end of the affair?) & Lad Hanka's Site

Wednesday, a Michgan state appeals court upheld an injunction against Merit Energy blocking its plan to dump 1,000,000+ gallons of treated water daily into the headwaters of the Au Sable. It also barred the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality from participating in any further appeals of this case. Merit has now been swatted down twice, and if they go on, they're going alone.

This is a big win for the Au Sable watershed and for the coalition of conservation organizations that have been fighting Merit for years: Anglers of the Au Sable, the Sierra Club, among others. And the icing on the cake...Merit has to reimburse those plaintiffs for their legal fees. The lawyer for the Anglers expressed his hope that this will mark the end of the case. Let us all hope so.


Get the full scoop from the Traverse City Record-Eagle.



I found yesterday that artist Lad Hanka (whose fishy works have adorned this site, as well as my home) has a web site now. Check it out.