The Michigan Dept. of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) protects Michigan’s environment/public health by managing air, water, land & energy resources
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ALT image of lake in background. Text that says 'MICHIGAN HOME Home TO... 11,000 INLAND LAKES 6.5 million ACRES OF WETLANDS 3,200 MILES OF GREAT LAKES SHORELINE 74,000 ACRES OF COASTAL DUNES. DID YOU KNOW? The Great Lakes hold about 20 percent the world's available freshwater. 660,000 Michigan jobs are directly linked to the Great Lakes. Figures above are approximations Our abundant waters are essential to Michigan's environment, economy, and culture. Everyone can enjoy them, and everyone has a role to protect them for future generations.
ALT Cedarville High School students install a monitor in a waterway. Credit: Mi-STEM Network.
ALT Anne Vogel, EPA Region 5 Administrator, stands at podium speaking to conference attendees.
ALT EGLE students stand together in front of EGLE banner at MECC.
ALT EGLE staff, Kasey, Katie and Danielle from DWEHD, stand with "Wellard the Well".
ALT Attendees visit exhibit booths.
ALT EGLE Director Phil Roos addresses the audience at the conference.
ALT EGLE Director Phil Roos standing next to poster on easel at Detroit River Area of Concern event speaking to audience.
ALT Group standing next at Detroit River Area of Concern event.
ALT Environmental Protection Agency Midwestern Regional Director Anne Vogel standing next to poster on easel at Detroit River Area of Concern event speaking to audience.
ALT Norm Fred, founder of Boardman River Clean Sweep, sits in a canoe with a tire removed from the Boardman River at a river cleanup event funded by MiCorps. Credit: Boardman River Clean Sweep.
ALT MiCorps volunteers from the Huron River Watershed Council look at organisms caught as part of their biannual stream monitoring events. Credit: Huron River Watershed Council.
ALT MiCorps volunteers collect water samples to help with monitoring.
ALT EGLE Director Phil Roos addresses the audience at the conference.
ALT ELGE Director Phil Roos stands at the podium speaking to conference attendees.
ALT Cindy Brown, Employer Development Manager from Grand Valley State University, stands at podium speaking to audience at the "Classroom to Career Workshop: Preparing Environmental Professionals."
ALT image of lake in background. Text that says 'MICHIGAN HOME Home TO... 11,000 INLAND LAKES 6.5 million ACRES OF WETLANDS 3,200 MILES OF GREAT LAKES SHORELINE 74,000 ACRES OF COASTAL DUNES. DID YOU KNOW? The Great Lakes hold about 20 percent the world's available freshwater. 660,000 Michigan jobs are directly linked to the Great Lakes. Figures above are approximations Our abundant waters are essential to Michigan's environment, economy, and culture. Everyone can enjoy them, and everyone has a role to protect them for future generations.
ALT Sun sets on Lake Michigan with footprints lining the sandy shoreline.
ALT Kirsten Clemens, EGLE’s scrap tire coordinator (center), receives an award from the Tire Recycling Foundation for the department’s scrap tire market development efforts.
ALT Aerial view of the Ellsworth Road paving project in Washtenaw County that received an award from the National Asphalt Pavement Association.
ALT Green paint-like scum floats on water surface.
ALT Lake Sturgeon with whiskers and vacuum-like mouth being held during a Summer Discovery Cruise. Credit Todd Marsee, Michigan Sea Grant
ALT Michael Size, with EGLE’s Dam Safety Program, stands in front of audience presenting on Michigan’s Dam Safety Law.
ALT Dam workshop participants at first stop, Lake Le Vasseur Dam.
ALT Dam workshop participants at first stop, Lake Le Vasseur Dam.
ALT First Dam visit today with Mason Manuszak, with EGLE’s Dam Safety Program, instructing dam workshop participants.
ALT EGLE Director Phil Roos and Cindy Whittum, EGLE’s recruitment and internship specialist, receive the Internship Non-Profit Employer of the Year award from Troy Farley, director of Grand Valley State University’s Career Center.
ALT Teams together smiling. Text says, "15 teams. 6 months of innovation. 1 big day."
ALT Lake Erie Domestic Action Plan report cover.