State & Federal Resources

Your state and federal senators and representatives need to hear from you! You can make a difference by taking action on the Current Legislation and Current Issues. Together we can succeed in preserving our up north heritage - a tradition built around our magnificent waters.

Michigan Executive

• Gov. Jennifer Granholm
• Lt. Gov. John Cherry

Michigan State Legislature

• Senator Jason Allen
• Rep. Andy Neumann 
• Rep. Kevin Elsenheimer
• Rep. Gary McDowell
• Michigan House of Representatives
• Michigan State Senate
• How does a bill become a law?
• Publius - Non-partisan information for Michigan Voters

State Agencies

• Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment (MDNRE) homepage
• MDNRE Coastal and Inland Waters Permit Information System (CIWPIS) page - This is where you can find permit applications.  On the top left side of this site there is a link for New Applications. Click on that and you will see all the new applications by date received. However, if you click on the column that says Waterbody, it will sort by the water location. When you sort that way, the first items are blank because they don’t specify a waterbody (like work on culverts by road commissions, for example, that might not need to specify a water body). But, keep scrolling down and you’ll see the lakes and rivers begin to appear by application, alphabetically.
• MDNRE joint permit application site
• MDNRE Wetlands site
• MDNRE Marinas site

Additional State Resources

• Health Department of Northwest Michigan
• Northeast Michigan Council of Governments
• Michigan Association of County Drain Commissioners

Michigan's Federal Delegation

• Michigan in the 111th Congress
• Senator Carl Levin
• Senator Debbie Stabenow
• Representative Bart Stupak

Federal Agencies

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) homepage
• EPA Water page
• EPA Wetlands page
• EPA Michigan Watersheds page
• EPA Michigan Stormwater page
• Library of Congress
• National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
  CoastWatch Great Lakes page
• NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
• US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) homepage
• USACE Detroit District
• US Geological Survey (USGS) homepage
• USGS Michigan Water Science Center