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European countries are looking beyond investments in T&T's energy sector but are keeping an eye on what EU Delegation Charge d'Affairs Daniela Tramacere describes as "transparent public procurement rules to attract foreign capital." Tracmacere spoke on the issue recently during Europe Day observances in Port-of-Spain.
According to the EU representative, Europe has an interest in T&T having "a competitive, open, transparent economy and accountable governance, because these are the bases for trade and foreign investments to grow...and for a partnership to flourish."
EU countries account for a major share of T&T's foreign direct investment and, over the past seven years, have contributed more than $850 million in grant funding for projects in the country. Elections for the European Parliament take place between May 22 - 25 in the 28 member states. Tramacere described the event as "an important exercise of democracy, whose outcome will be particularly meaningful, as taking place after a few years of harsh economic and financial crisis."
She said the Eurozone has "overcome one of the most serious financial crises since its coming into existence and is now fully focusing on improving prospects for employment and growth." Lithuania is expected to join the Eurozone soon while Latvia was another new-comer in January. "The recent crisis," said Tramacere, "was a turning point" since it revealed "the depth of our economic and financial interdependence."
"Despite the economic difficulties of the past years," she added. "Europe has not disengaged on the international aid scene." She cited the fact that EU member states are collectively the largest donors of international development aid. The EU maintains six delegations in the Caribbean and has identified up to one billion euros in grants to the region under the 11th European Development Fund for the period 2014-2020.


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- Commissioners testify against bill to reshape UMC governance (4-10-2013)
- Commissioners OK plan to consider change of UMC governance (1-8-2013)
- County votes to disband UMC Hospital Advisory Board (12-4-2012)
- County puts off UMC vote; union leader warns, 'I'm going to fight you' (11-14-2012)
- County may look into forming hospital district to help fund UMC (11-7-2012)
Debate over how to fix the bleak financial outlook for University Medical Center — which is projected to lose $87 million next year — has divided the Clark County Commission in recent months.
On Wednesday, commissioners briefly set aside their differences during a presentation on UMC's budget, which is projected to be $550 million next year. But they laid the groundwork for what could be a contentious debate in two weeks when they will discuss changes to the hospital's governance and a potential countywide tax to help pay for hospital operations.
About half of the hospital's $87 million shortfall will be offset by federal funding, but the county will still have to contribute at least $31 million and possibly more to make ends meet, CEO Brian Brannman told county commissioners Wednesday.
That subsidy comes on top of the $100 million in funding the county already contributes each year to UMC.
Brannman attributed the hospital's perpetual losses to a variety of factors, including serving a high number of uninsured patients and bad reimbursement contracts negotiated with insurance providers under a previous administration.
UMC's perilous position will only worsen going forward as the Affordable Care Act is implemented, which is expected to lead to the expansion of Medicaid as well as reductions of reimbursement rates, which will cost the hospital more than $30 million over the next five years.
The large increase in access to health insurance will force UMC to compete with other local hospitals for patients, Brannman said, which will require increased capital investment.
The hospital has more than 700 pieces of equipment that are past their useful life and will need $78.1 million to fund equipment purchases, facilities upgrades and building projects over the next five years, he said.
Commissioners agree that strong action is needed to put UMC on more solid financial footing, but disagree on how to best accomplish that goal.
Commission Chairman Steve Sisolak said he thinks the hospital should be overseen by a group of medical and business experts instead of county commissioners.
Although a bill that would have allowed such a governance change died in the Legislature earlier this month amid opposition and harsh words from three other commissioners, Sisolak requested the board discuss other ways to involve experts in the hospital's management at their May 7 meeting.
Also scheduled for discussion at that meeting is a proposal to consider a countywide tax to help fund hospital operations.
Commissioners Chris Giunchigliani, Tom Collins and Lawrence Weekly — who all oppose the governance change — argued Wednesday that the hospital's problems won't be solved until a dedicated funding source is established.
Weekly, who chairs UMC's board of trustees, said he wants to see UMC find ways to increase its internal revenues, but at the end of the day, the hospital must be funded, even if that means a subsidy from the county.
If the county can show it will use the money responsibly, Weekly said he thinks taxpayers will be receptive to paying a bit more to keep UMC strong.
"If you're making sure you're using taxpayer dollars responsibly and not spending them frivolously, taxpayers will support something like this," he said. "People support doing the right thing for those (in need) as long as government doesn't take advantage of them."

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22 December 2015
Apostolos suos and Episcopal Conferences
Groupings of Particular Churches, as Vatican II taught, may for practical and prudential reasons be highly valuable or of venerable antiquity, such as the Patriarchates. But they are not by Divine Law essential. See Communionis notio AAS 85 (1992).
This is why our Holy Mother the Church has been circumspect with regard to Episcopal Conferences. In Apostolos suos she allowed Conferences to have a doctrinal competence, but only if (1) the vote is unanimous (in which case the teaching is the teaching of each individual bishop) or (2) where the vote is not unanimous but is confirmed by the Holy See (in which case the teaching is that of the Universal Church). She is apprehensive about the weakening of the Magisterium of the Bishop in his own Particular Church (i.e. diocese), and the influence of bureaucracies.
The duty of a local bishop is to ask himself whether a particular idea is in accordance with what has been handed down to him by his predecessors in his See and coheres with the Magisterium of the Church. It is not to ask "Is this a brilliant idea of an amazingly fantastic theologian?", or "Is this roughly in line with what my colleagues bishops X, Y, and Z thought last time we had a chat about it?", or "Can I really go against this when the the Episcopal Conference's ABCDEF Commission has considered it long and hard and come to a definite conclusion expressed in a big Document impressively supported by innumerable footnotes?"
There is a real risk that "autonomy and doctrinal Competence for Episcopal Conferences" may be the next major error to assault the whole State of Christ's Church Militant here in Earth. It is the very self-same principle which has corrupted and destroyed the Anglican Communion. It is a Diabolical threat with which those of us with 'Anglican Previous' lived and suffered for decades. Believe me, we know all about it. This is a problem which matters. It is most clearly a strategy elaborated at the very depths of the Lowerarchy.
Here are some recent remarks, very revealing, from a German bishop, Bishop Voderholzer of Regensburg, who seems to have his head screwed on the right way. He speaks of a document of the German Episcopal Conference which
"was released in the name of the Conference of Bishops, of which I am a member, without my having seen its contents, much less having approved it". He goes on to speak of his having "accepted the torch of belief and pastoral responsibility from his forerunners, including S Wolfgang." (In other words, not from Cardinal Marx or the Episcopal Conference. A Bishop and his diocese are not a department of a National Organisation.)
Exactly. S Irenaeus would have shaken Bishop V warmly by the hand.
Provincial Autonomy (the crisp title by which all this unpleasant stuff is known among Anglicans) is perfectly designed to become a forum within which innovating and unscrupulous bullies will be endowed with the procedural and personal mechanisms to subjugate an orthodox Bishop. And this is not just a problem about bullies: do not underestimate the danger that good and orthodox men might be worn down by a sense that they have a duty of solidarity with their episcopal colleagues. In English English, we call this "clubbing somebody". I am not sure whether this means 'hitting them with a big stick' or 'making them feel warm and comfortable members of a cosy club whose consensus they dread to break'. The practical consequences are much the same.
An earlier post touching upon Conferences is repeated immediately under this one.
12 comments:
- viterbo said...
Love of universal as particular, or particular as universal? Protestants are experts.
- 22 December, 2015
- roberts said...
Those who push for this kind of thing. Those who adopt it. Even those in the Vatican, whoever they might be, who promulgate it are no longer teaching the Catholic Faith.
The Good Lord permitted the Anglican Communion to exist precisely to show Catholics certain errors in the Faith - including this whole autonomous diocesan doctrine nonsense.
"For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect."
To think: the Great Deception of the Evil One hasn't even got underway in full earnestness yet - and look at the confusion that's already ruined the faith in whole swathes of the Church...
I have long been mystified by this verse in that apocalyptic passage from Matthew 24:
"Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather."
But I understand better now. The corpse is where the body of Christ, His Church, has become sclerotic, necrotic and dead. Over that corpse, the vultures do gather. Sometimes in episcopal robes.
- 22 December, 2015
- William Tighe said...
"S Irenaeus would have shaken Bishop V warmly by the hand."
So would St. John Fisher. This episode recalls to my mind another of ca. 1530 or 31 when a document petitioning the papacy to grant Henry VIII the annulment of his marriage to Katherine of Aragon which he was seeking was produced bearing the seals of all the English bishops at the time, in response to which the future martyr and saint, John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, indignantly denied that he had himself sealed the petition or had authorised anyone to do so on his behalf, and went on to repudiate the notion that the king's and queen's marriage wain any way invalid or defective. Bishop Voderholzer is keeping good episcopal company, which is more than can be said for all but four or five of his colleagues.
- 22 December, 2015
- Highland Cathedral said...
The Church in Germany recently approved the employment of people in situations which the universal church does not approve of. Three German Bishops said, "Not in my diocese!" They were the bishops of Eichstaett, Passau and Regensburg.
- 22 December, 2015
- Victor said...
It might be a matter of coincidence - but Passau and Regensburg encompass exactly the region where Good Pope Benedict XVI was born and raised, and where he worked as a professor. Eichstaett - well that's just good luck. Their Bishop Gregor Maria is the former benedictine abbot of Plankstetten. Three hoorays for Bavaria!
- 22 December, 2015
- Thomas said...
"I am not sure whether this means 'hitting them with a big stick' or 'making them feel warm and comfortable members of a cosy club whose consensus they dread to break'."
It's usually a matter of trying out the latter to test how biddable the victim is, but if they show signs of resistance then it's time to bring out the former! It's the way of the World (the capitalization is deliberate). Sadly it also seems to become the way of the Church sometimes, or at least those parts that become infected with the World's thinking.
- 22 December, 2015
- Matthew Roth said...
I don't think it is. Although his home diocese is not free from trouble, Cardinal Müller was previously bishop of Regensburg, so I think Benedict took interest in the appointment.
There is a post on the NLM blog about the bishop of Eichstaett.
- 22 December, 2015
- Rose Marie said...
How delicious to see Cardinal Marx getting a taste of his own. As President of the German Bishops' Conference, he declared that they need not wait for authoritative word on the matter of Holy Communion for the divorced and remarried. "We are not a subsidiary of Rome." Now the good bishop of Regensburg has rightly declared that he is not a subsidiary of the German Bishops' Conference.
- 22 December, 2015
- GOR said...
Indeed Father, you and the other members of the Ordinariate in Britain are uniquely
placed to attest to the inherent dangers of 'Provincial Autonomy' as evidenced in the
CofE. Those of us on the outside viewed it as a recipe for doctrinal confusion, disunity
and, ultimately, disaster. But you had to live through it and somehow 'keep your heads'.
Thank God you did! Now you can bear witness to the diabolical nature of the initiative
and perhaps enlighten those Catholic hierarchs who fail to see it, before it is too late.
- 23 December, 2015
- geneticallycatholic said...
Another wonderful Bavarian was Karl Adam (preVatican II), a theologian who wrote The Spirit of Catholicism. Make that four hoorays for Bavaria!!!!
- 23 December, 2015
- Mike Hurcum said...
It used to be this way. When the Pope teaches the Magisterium or on faith or morals he is infallible. When the Bishops teach what the Pope teaches they are infallible. When the priests teach what the bishops teach then they are infallible and when the Laity teach what the priests teach they are infallible. A bit simple minded I agree but in the St JP2 catechism it seems the bishops who wrote it can even declare what the Pope teaches if he does not agree with them He is wrong. They have put the cart before the horse,
- 23 December, 2015
- Boko Fittleworth said...
Evangelii Gaudium 32 proposes an ecclesiology of episcopal conferences other than that of Apostolos Suos. And then cites AS as support!
- 24 December, 2015


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Standing Strong for Clean Water
In the last 5 months HRWC has been regularly expressing our concern on changes to federal policy, legislation, and the budget. I want to share with you a few of these letters and comments and assure you that HRWC is there to face new challenges coming while continuing our work to protect and restore the river for healthy and vibrant communities.
The Healing Our Waters Coalition (HOW) composed a letter defending the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) which, under the President's budget, would be cut completely. HRWC signed on to this letter that stated, "The potential wide-ranging budget cuts impact many agencies that are critical to the success of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, as well as those that ensure people throughout the country have access to safe air and clean drinking water. Millions of people in the Great Lakes region and across the country—including many communities which have borne the brunt of racial, environmental and economic injustice—will pay a steep price if Congress does not reject the proposed cuts to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and agencies like U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and others."
HOW Coalition's letter pushing back against the Trump Administration's proposed budget cuts and in support of funding Great Lakes programs attracted a record 152 groups that signed on to the letter that sent a strong message to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees to fund these important programs.
In response to President Trump's regulatory reform efforts, HRWC signed on to 3 letters and participated in a national video.
One letter outlined HRWC's objections to this proposed regulatory reform. "We object to the false premise that public safeguards are holding back our nation. In reality, environmental protections have saved lives, improved health, conserved resources and spurred innovation, all while allowing for economic growth and providing far more in benefits that they cost". In addition, HRWC signed on to a regional Great Lakes letter that outlined environmental and economic reasons for environmental protections in the Great Lakes region and highlights the importance of policies like the Clean Water Act in protecting vulnerable communities.
I was also interviewed for a video compiled by the Clean Water Network and the River Network that includes leading river protection groups talking about the importance of federal legislation on regional clean water efforts. This video was compiled at National River Rally in May in Grand Rapids, a conference for over 600 river and water champions.
The Alliance for Water Efficiency led the charge on another very important program facing budget cuts. EPA's highly successful WaterSense® program is a voluntary public-private partnership that has saved American consumers more than $33 billion (in 2015 dollars) on their water and energy bills over the past decade. WaterSense is a voluntary program, not a regulatory one, and it costs less than $2 million dollars a year to administer. It is universally supported by consumers, manufacturers and the public and private agencies charged with supplying water to American households and businesses. Since its inception in 2006, it has been immensely successful at achieving its goal of reducing water consumption. An estimated 1.5 trillion gallons have been saved using WaterSense-labeled products.
While of lesser significance to HRWC, we also signed on to letter opposing efforts to repeal or undermine protections for national parks and monuments spearheaded by the National Parks Conservation Association.
Finally, HRWC has been providing stories of our success with federal funding, legislation, and policies to national groups, policy makers, and legislators. These on the ground examples are being used to illustrate the importance of federal grants and programs and to provide concrete water quality improvement stories.
HRWC is lending its voice and success stories to the national dialogue on federal environmental policies, budgets, and legislation. We believe this is an example of how to Stand Strong for Clean Water.
Make a Difference… Be a Scientist on Earth Day
Earth Day falls on April 22 this year, and not accidentally, so does HRWC's spring River Roundup. Perhaps the idea of Earth Day may strike you as a little disheartening this year, in our current political climate of science and environmental budget cuts, and widespread doubt in scientific data. Are we making a difference at all? Or is our country reverting back to an era of rivers catching on fire? What is so disheartening to me personally is not a looming Federal budget that will remove funding for the Great Lakes and environmental regulation (though that is terrible, don't get me wrong, but I'm not surprised by this), but to see so many people who agree with this course of action. Still, there is room for hope in our future, and that hopes lies in you—the many people who want clean water and clean land and who stand strong with HRWC to work for it.
Consider volunteering with us. Every participant makes an immediate difference at our local level. HRWC volunteers collect scientific data in southeast Michigan, primarily in Oakland, Livingston, Washtenaw, and Wayne Counties. For the upcoming River Roundup on Earth Day, volunteers will be looking for aquatic insects that tell us about the health of the Huron River and its tributaries, and ultimately about the health of all the land that drains into the Huron. This information gives HRWC the knowledge to conduct effective river management projects and the authority to speak intelligently on water quality issues with local, state, and federal government, landowners, and other decision-makers.
And in the process of collecting scientific data, HRWC volunteers are learning and teaching others. It is always so exciting to see the adult HRWC volunteers interacting and teaching children, teens, and college students about river systems, insects, and the environment. And in as many cases, to see the kids teaching the adults! This is the type of education that will create the long term cultural change needed in our country.
Make a difference locally by acting now to help HRWC collect scientific information that informs our management decisions and local policies; change the future by teaching the younger generation in the process. The River Roundup is on Earth Day, April 22. Learn more about the River Roundup and register at http://www.hrwc.org/volunteer/roundup/
How Science-y Are HRWC Scientists? Very.
We have a very large whiteboard in the conference room at HRWC, and the holidays prompted some doodling across its vast expanse. Suddenly, the Huron River was populated with all sorts of creatures having some winter fun, skating away…you know, like they do.
The scientists loved it – mostly. Just a few quibbles, really, and what struck me was that the concerns were NOT that the scene included Santa and his reindeer, a snowman, and that all the watershed animals were on skates. Oh, no. That was all fine! The two issues were:
- the crayfish was skating forward and not backward as nature intended
- there was a bear in the scene, and there are no bears in the watershed
The ensuing conversation, while amusing (the 2011 black bear sighting at Hudson Mills was submitted, and rejected, as evidence as it seems he/she was "just passing through"), showed the depth and breadth of scientific inquiry that is the norm at HRWC. We take a good hard look at everything, and that is to the advantage of the river, the watershed and all the creatures in it.
You just can't get away with fake news at HRWC. A skating bear on the Huron is going to get fact-checked in all directions. A crayfish with forward momentum is simply not right, and all the
scientists on staff are going to let you know this (nicely, of course!), and then you are going to get to examine the crayfish poster (yes, we have a crayfish poster!) for information, and the conversation spirals off into what are common to the watershed (virile, northern clearwater and others) and can you eat them like crawdads (yes) and what kind of crayfish are crawdads anyway (red swamp crayfish – invasive to Michigan).
And when you have that level of examination over a cartoon crayfish, you can imagine what happens here on the more serious issues. Impacts of 1,4 dioxane on aquatic life? We are searching globally for the latest science. PAH content of "synthetic" coal tar sealants? We're on it.
Because that's how we do things here.
To learn more about the science behind our work, please join us on Thurs, Jan 19, 6-8pm for our Volunteer Appreciation and Season Results Presentation. Through the lens of the Huron's many creeksheds, HRWC staff will share stories and lessons learned from our 2016 field season at this fun annual event. We will feature 2016 highlights and 2017 plans from our Bioreserve, Fish Habitat, River Bug Studies, and Water Quality programs. NEW Center, 2nd Floor, 1100 North Main Street, Ann Arbor. Register by email: firstname.lastname@example.com.
–Rebecca Foster, Development Associate
Follow the Huron Water Trail to adventure…
Fish, paddle, or play at the Bell Road access point
Located slightly north of the intersection of Huron River Drive and North Territorial, this Huron River access site has it all. The river is absolutely lovely here, with lush forested riparian zones, shallow rocky riffles, deep pools, and a path that stretches upstream and downstream along the river.
The parking area is a little confusing. It is at the end of a dead-end road and there is no parking lot and you can't see the river. The site is officially a DNR access point though, so parking is allowed here. Park at the end of the road and walk fifty yards down the path to get to the river.
I now call this location my "swimming hole" and regularly take my six year old son to play in the river, tube up and down the small rapids, throw rocks, and jump off logs and the small rock dam. It is also on a section of the river known for a superb smallmouth bass population (please catch and release!), and many people use it as a starting point for paddling instead of the busier Hudson-Mills Metropark slightly downstream.
Stonefly Search: Lots of searching, not so many stoneflies
January 23rd was a beautiful day for the annual Stonefly event. The weather hovered around 30 degrees and the sun shone nicely throughout the volunteers' time outside. They were searching for stoneflies, an insect that only lives in the healthiest creeks and rivers. The absence and presence of stoneflies, and the trends in their population that we see after visiting a location over and over again, give us clues as to how the water is changing over time.
Strange Weather
Unfortunately for the purposes of data analysis and clear-cut answers, stoneflies are affected by more than water quality, however. Strange weather can also play havok on their ecosystems, causing populations to drop off. Our volunteers came back with very low amounts of stoneflies this year, and while we can't be certain, it is possible that our variable Michigan weather is to blame. You may recall that December was unseasonably warm in 2015, and wonder how that might affect the insects. However, in this case, it wasn't a warm December that hurt the stoneflies, but instead February 2015, a month that was extremely cold. In fact, it was one of the coldest February's on record. When streams and rivers are covered by thick ice, oxygen levels decline, which is bad for all aquatic life but particularly bad for stoneflies, who have high oxygen requirements. Also, February and early March are when winter stonefly adults are emerging, mating, and depositing eggs; all activities hampered by extreme cold and ice cover. In summary, the cold 2015 winter had direct consequences for the stoneflies in 2016.
Volunteers did not find stoneflies at many places this year, but five locations in particular that did not have stoneflies were noteworthy as all of them have a long (10+ years) history of always holding stoneflies. In addition, all of these locations have great insect populations at our other events and there are no indications of water quality issues, further strengthening the argument that this year was a weather-related population decline. These five locations were three places on the main branch of the Huron (White Lake, Zeeb, and Bell Roads), Arms Creek at Walsh Road, and Boyden Creek at Delhi Road. Many other locations had reduced numbers or family counts.
Those interested in all results can see them here: PDF report.
Other Results:
Prior to the event, I laid out several examples of things that we would watch for this year:
Davis Creek at Pontiac Trail: Stoneflies have been dropping off here for the past decade. Volunteers did come back with stoneflies this year, though not the winter stoneflies but rather a family that is more widely available. Still, this is good news.
Honey Creek at Wagner Road: Stoneflies were missing here in 2014 for the first time, and unfortunately volunteers did not find them this year either.
Woods Creek at Lower Huron Metropark: Just like Honey Creek at Wagner Road, stoneflies were not found here for the second year in a row.
Insect populations are resilient and can bounce back with good water quality and suitable weather conditions. While this year was disappointing, the mild winter we are experiencing right now may result in a bumper crop in 2017. Come next January, HRWC and its volunteers will be ready to check it out!
Answering Questions with Bugs: The Stonefly Search
It is January, which means that one of HRWC's favorite events, the Stonefly Search, is right around the corner.
Stoneflies are interesting because they are the most pollution intolerant group of aquatic insects that we have in Michigan. They can only thrive in the cleanest water with high levels of dissolved oxygen. When they are found at a location it is a confirmation of high water quality, and when they disappear from a stream it is a warning sign that water quality has degraded.
It might seem strange to many that we hunt for stoneflies in the winter. This is because two of the stonefly families, the Capniidae and the Taeniopterygidae, change from aquatic nymphs to terrestrial adults in the late winter and early spring. This means that we can't find them during the normal April River Roundup, and so we have to look for them earlier in the year!
The Stonefly Search always produces interesting results. Let's take a look at some of the findings in recent years.
Stonefly Successes!
Reported in 2013: Four sites had the best stonefly samples that had ever been seen at those locations: Chilson Creek at Chilson Road, Fleming Creek at Galpin Road, the Huron River at Flat Rock, and Woodruff Creek at Buno Road. At each of these sites, the stoneflies normally found at the location were there, but also new stonefly families were found that had never been seen there before! A greater diversity of stoneflies indicates greater stream health. These are promising results and hopefully it will continue into longer term trends.
Reported in 2011: Since 2007 and up through last year, our volunteers have found 4 families of stoneflies in Mann Creek. This includes 2 stonefly families that can be found in creeks year round (Perlidae & Perlodidae), and the 2 stonefly families that are only found in the winter (Capniidae & Taeniopterygidae). Even in the Huron's healthiest streams, it is unusual to find more than 2 families of stoneflies during the Stonefly Search. So, Mann Creek is special indeed. Mann Creek flows through a residential neighborhood- but one really interesting thing about Mann Creek is that there is a very wide natural riparian zone surrounding the creek. This riparian area provides habitat and food for stoneflies as branches and leaves fall into the creek. To see Mann Creek and its impressive riparian zone, click here.
Stonefly Failures!
Reported in 2015: Davis Creek at Pontiac Trail (near South Lyon) is a location where the stonefly population has dropped over time. This change is concerning because it happened slowly over the last ten years and our spring and fall samples show a very similar pattern. In the early 2000s we regularly found one or two stonefly families at the creek, but they started to drop off and now have not been found since 2009.
Reported in 2015: The team searching for stoneflies in Honey Creek at Wagner Road (Ann Arbor) were unable to find stoneflies. This site has been sampled 14 times since 1995, and this is the first time that stoneflies could not be found. This is a site with lots of turbulent highly oxygenated water and should be a great place for stoneflies. Taken in isolation, the absence of the stoneflies at Wagner Road would not be concerning given that this is a single sample. However, two upstream Honey Creek Adopt-a-Stream sites used to have stoneflies but haven't in years. Stoneflies haven't been seen in Honey Creek at Jackson Road since 2008; they haven't been at Honey Creek at Pratt Road since 2003. All of the pieces combined indicates that the overall quality of Honey Creek is degrading over the last decade.
Reported in 2013: The team searching for stoneflies in Woods Creek in Belleville came back disappointed. Wood's Creek at the Lower Huron Metropark has been sampled 12 times since 1997, and this is the first time that stoneflies could not be found. The problem likely comes from the thick ice and difficult conditions rather than pollution or disturbed stream habitat, but we will keep an eye on Wood's Creek next year.
What will we find in 2016?
Will Mann Creek continue to reign as the king of Huron River stoneflies? Will we find stoneflies where they have never been before?
Will we find stoneflies this year at Davis, Honey, and Woods Creek, or has the water quality there continued to decline?
We will see you on January 23 and we will answer these questions together!
Winter Stoneflies in Arctic Michigan
A Celebration of a Very Cold Event
by Dr.David Wilson
We don our coats and boots, go forth to break the ice
In frigid, frosty weather that no one could say is nice
We flounder through the streams in search of a great prize
Taeniopterids and Capniids, precious winter stoneflies
Winter stones are quite the thing
Though one surely might be wondering
How these tiny creatures could ever be so bold
As to live and thrive in this bitter winter cold
Paul tells us that in winter these critters really thrive
Cold water holds the oxygen to keep them all alive
And winter is helpful in another major way
The cold keeps fierce predators so very far away
Quite sensitive to any water pollution,
Winter stones provide a quick solution
If we find 'em we can be sure
That the stream is sweet and pure
The critters are small and rather dark
In this frigid weather they have a lark
Scamper about in the ice and snow
There's no other place for them to go
To ID them here's what you do
Look for wingpads four and cerci two
Along the flanks no gills are found
And on each leg two claws astound
The ice is thick, the water chills,
With cold I'm fed up to the gills
But none could say that we are quitters
We'll search 'til we find those little critters
Believe me, I know whereof I speak
You'll find out fast if your waders leak
One hears screams of pain from the bravest jocks
When that icy water hits their socks
Collectors and runners can stay in motion
Stay warmer thus, I have a notion
But picking requires that one stand still
Can be quite bleak, cause many a chill
Don't go on ice unless waders you wear
If you're not wearing waders your weight it won't bear
If you should venture this dumb thing to do
I guarantee you'll surely break through
Let me warn you right now; listen up and take heed
Bring twice the wraps you think that you'll need
That usually turns out to be about right
So that you are not left in a piteous plight
A jug of warm water is always quite pleasing
Helps to keep that D-net from freezing
And stout rubber gloves keep collectors' hands dry
Help a great deal when frostbite is nigh
On these trips a truly most gracious amenity
May help the participants keep some of their sanity
A big jug of cocoa sure hits the spot
Beloved by all if it's nice and hot.
Stonefly Search is coming January 23! Registration and info here.
About the author:
Dave Wilson is a HRWC volunteer and trained collector who has attended 9 Stonefly Searches and countless other HRWC events.
A Watershed Moment
This year HRWC celebrated our 50th anniversary with music, recreation, food and drink, and poetry. Thank you for marking this milestone with us.
For the past 50 years, we've been working hard to improve our watershed and we are seeing great results. More people are enjoying the recreational opportunities that our river provides. Their experiences are possible because of the improvements we've made in clean water, access, fish and bird diversity, local, state, and regional protections and laws, strong master plans, enforcement, restoration, and parks in river towns! Some of the signs of a vibrant and healthy 'shed are the busiest canoe livery in the state, thousands of acres of protected high quality natural areas, a reputation as the cleanest urban river, active trails and trail towns, a national Water Trail designation, phosphorus reductions and a statewide phosphorus ban on residential lawn fertilizers, and some forward-thinking stormwater protection ordinances and rules.
That's not to say our work is done. We have a lot more to do and the HRWC board and staff have developed some guiding principles to get us there. As our accomplishments have shown, HRWC protects and restores the river for healthy and vibrant communities. Our vision is a future of clean and plentiful water for people and nature where citizens and government are effective and courageous champions for the Huron River and its watershed. To achieve that, we:
- work with a collaborative and inclusive spirit to give all partners the opportunity to become stewards;
- generate science-based, trustworthy information for decision makers to ensure reliable supplies of clean water and resilient natural systems; and
- passionately advocate for the health of the river and the lands around it.
So, what is next? We will be out in the watershed monitoring our river and streams and natural areas. We will use that information to engage stakeholders and partners in taking actions to protect and restore the watershed. We will use that information to prioritize our outreach and education and other programs. Finally, we will inspire others to get to the river, enjoy the river, have a new experience, love it as much as we do, and care about its future.
We also have a few key opportunities we need to seize upon:
- As more people engage with the river, we need to instill a river stewardship ethic and provide clear options for action;
- In order to develop a collaborative environment that encourages different ideas, perspectives, and experiences, we need to attract and retain volunteers, members, and stewards that represent the diversity of socioeconomic, gender, race, religion, and sexual orientation that are representative of the watershed; and
- We need to celebrate innovative and effective solutions that are coming from the bottom up and work to build strong local leadership in support of them.
We have far-reaching goals and we need you to get them done. Please reflect on what inspires you to be a part of HRWC and where you can have an impact. And then join us as we all jump in to make the next 50 years as successful as the past 50.
Geomorphologists Assemble!
HRWC recently hosted the first Michigan Aquatic Restoration Conference (MARC) with partners at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service, Michigan Departments of Environmental Quality and Natural Resources, as well as business sponsors Stantec, North State Environmental, Inter-Fluve, and Spicer Group. Located at the retreat setting of the Kettunen Center, the MARC brought together over 120 agency and academic scientists and engineers and industry professionals from all over Michigan as well as several other Great Lakes states. Much of the conference focused on geomorphology, or the study of the processes that shape a river channel and produce the habitat that exists in its present state.
The MARC was led off with a workshop on "Woody Debris Management" by one of the founding fathers of geomorphology, Dr. David Rosgen from Wildland Hydrology. He also provided a keynote presentation on lessons he has learned from more than two decades of stream restoration work. National restoration expert Will Harman from Stream Mechanics discussed a popular conceptual framework he developed — the "Functional Pyramid" — and discussed how restoration practitioners should seek to provide rivers and streams with "functional lift."
Other presentations and discussions focused on the various and sundry nuances of stream restoration in practice throughout Michigan, the Great Lakes region, and parts south and west. There was a genuine excitement in the air throughout the conference as participants engaged in vibrant discussion about how to apply principles (some theoretical at this point) to stream restoration, in what is a relatively new applied science.
Local TV news coverage of the MARC
If you missed the conference this year, check out the MARC website for a sampling of the presentations and discussions, and keep your eye out for an announcement of the next iteration.
Conservation Stewards Leadership Training
Looking for a way to expand your knowledge about ecosystems, rx invasives, and the history of conservation in Michigan?
The Michigan Conservation Stewards program has been brought back to Washtenaw County by a collaboration of HRWC and peer organizations. We hope you, capsule as a supporter of the Huron, will take the opportunity to strengthen your knowledge and thus ability to advocate for our natural resources. This 6-week course covers all the basics of conservation, tadalafil introduces participants to a wide-array of topic experts, and is a great networking opportunity.
Click here for details and to register.


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Hahn pressing for port help in WRDA - A look at the 'all-powerful' bike lobby - Undocumented immigrant licenses on the rise - Highway panel shuffle
Featuring Byron Tau, Caitlin Emma, Kevin Robillard and Kathryn A. Wolfe
HAHN'S PORT WISH LIST: T&I member and ports advocate Janice Hahn has three main goals in the House's upcoming WRDA bill. She delivered a simple wish list to Water Resources ranking member Tim Bishop on the House floor Friday: "Full spending of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, a guaranteed minimum that goes to ports and if ports have already undergone dredging, a possible expansion of the use of the harbor maintenance tax," Hahn told MT on the steps outside the Capitol. The California Democrat said that some ports have taken it upon themselves to dredge deeper and she wants to ensure they can use federal money for things like the "last mile" connections that are vital to getting goods into and out of ports. "I think there's some appetite from [T&I Chairman Bill] Shuster and others," Hahn said about the issue. "I have felt some camaraderie on that issue of finally using the tax for the purpose it was collected for. I think we're going to go farther in the House version than in the Senate."
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Suit yourself: Hahn also said the recent Supreme Court ruling striking down two parts of the Port of Los Angeles's truck restrictions won't have major impacts on the program. "It didn't seem like the ruling fundamentally changed the program. … It seemed to me like they had a problem with the port placing a criminal penalty on both of those violations," she said of the truck placard and off-street parking parts of the plan. "It seemed like the port was becoming this agency of the law as opposed to a landlord." Hahn noted that the program has been "so successful" and helped reduce emissions by 85 percent.
THE ALL-POWERFUL BIKE LOBBY: The bicycle lobby is real. Sure, it isn't an "all-powerful enterprise," as Wall Street Journal editorial board member Dorothy Rabinowitz infamously put it. Cars — and the infrastructure needed to accommodate them — still receive the overwhelming percentage of federal, state and local transportation dollars. But a scrappy band of bicycle manufacturers, smart-growth advocates and cycling nonprofits is increasingly fighting — and winning — battles at all levels of government. They've helped birth the proliferation of bikeshare systems across the country, thousands of miles of newly paved or painted bike lanes, new laws to protect riders and a vocal constituency of die-hard activists and voters. Now those activists are increasingly branching into politics — forming PACs, backing bike-friendly politicians and donating money on behalf of their cause. POLITICO's Byron Tau and Caitlin Emma: http://politi.co/11imZZ1
MONDAY ISN'T FUNDAY. Thanks for reading POLITICO's Morning Transportation, your daily tipsheet on trains, planes, automobiles and zombies. If it moves, it's news. Hit me up with tips, news, rumors and more: firstname.lastname@example.com. And follow me on Twitter: @ AdamKSnider.
"Without a jet plane, this is how I get away staying in town …" http://bit.ly/176cnkp
DRIVE ON: Several governors with potential 2016 ambitions are speeding ahead with plans to give driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants, nearly six years after the issue tripped up Hillary Clinton's presidential hopes. Maryland's Martin O'Malley, Vermont's Peter Shumlin, Colorado's John Hickenlooper and Nevada's Brian Sandoval have all signed legislation granting driving privileges to at least some illegal immigrants, part of a wave of seven states adopting similar laws so far this year. But six short months ago, only four states had such laws in place. Supporters say licenses promote safety by getting the immigrants to comply with traffic safety laws, meet insurance requirements and pay the necessary fees. "This is not about politics," Sandoval said last month. "This is about making roads safer." Opponents charge that the laws turn driver's licenses into a reward for being in the country illegally. Kevin takes a look: http://politi.co/13MkKgh
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DeFAZIO'S DOMINOES: If T&I member Peter DeFazio is successful in his bid for the top Democratic job at Natural Resources (assuming Ed Markey wins the Senate race, that is), there's a long line of members behind him for the highway and transit panel job — but you might have to go pretty far down the list to find somebody who will take it. Eleanor Holmes Norton seems to be the favorite, but she might decide her public buildings post is more important to D.C. The next members down the seniority line all have other issues that might prevent them from making the jump, too. Jerry Nadler likes his Judiciary subcommittee job. Corrine Brown has been big on rail issues but is "considering" a switch, a spokesman said. Eddie Bernice Johnson's office said "no, no, no" when asked if she'd give up her Science panel job. Elijah Cummings already has a full committee ranking membership, and Rick Larsen seems content in his aviation panel gig that's important to Washington. If everybody opts out, it could fall to Michael Capuano, who's ninth in committee seniority. Kathryn for Pros: http://politico.pro/11B9Qps
BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO: Sen. Jim Inhofe told MT that he's going to quite stay active in transportation — evidenced by his recent plan to use general fund dollars to pay for the next transportation bill. "There's this thought that once you change over and become the ranking member, as am on Armed Services, that I'm not going to be concerned about that, but I am," the former EPW chairman and ranking member told MT in a chat about his transportation work. "I'm very much and will be very active on this. I say that over and over again because there are a lot of groups that would have preferred I stayed there."
NEW MT POLL — Meet me in the lobby: All the recent talk of the bike lobby got MT thinking — what's the most effective lobby in the transport world? Not just the biggest in term of people and dollars — what mode do you think best uses its resources, limited or great, to get lawmakers on its side? Vote before Sunday at noon: http://bit.ly/15bjL75
YOU'VE BEEN SERVED: Carnival Cruise Lines is suing BAE Systems for $12.6 million, contending it was at fault after the moorings holding the crippled Carnival Triumph gave way in April and allowed the ship to float away from its berth. Carnival, whose ship had been towed to the pier in the Mobile River after its infamous "poop cruise," said in its claim that BAE's equipment at the Alabama shipyard was "outdated, severely deteriorated, defective, and unsuitable." The Triumph, whose power systems were completely out, drifted into and across the Mobile River and crashed into several other vessels and structures before it could be brought under control, according to the suit. The suit comes just as the Triumph is set to sail again after an expensive renovation. Pros can read the lawsuit: http://politico.pro/11FAGxI
MISSED THE TRAIN: A majority of MT readers don't think Congress can pass an Amtrak bill — even next year, after it's due. Sixty-five percent say it won't pass both chambers, though more think the Senate will act (27 percent compared to 15 for the House). Twenty-eight percent think it will be enacted as part of next year's surface transport bill or even before then as a stand-alone law. Only 4 percent think it will get passed and signed before the Oct. 1 deadline.
- Out today: FHWA decides not to split the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices into two parts. Federal Register: http://1.usa.gov/19HZnkV
- A solar plane landed at Dulles early Sunday, will complete the last leg of its SF-to-NY trip in July. AP: http://wapo.st/17RR6dD
- DOT IG looks at MTA's East Side Access Project and how FTA can improve oversight of remaining stimulus grants. http://1.usa.gov/14EJR5y
- Road projects are coming to the parts of Georgia that approved a 1 cent transportation tax last year. Atlanta Business Chronicle: http://bit.ly/17RxdUc
- FRA's Railroad Safety Advisory Committee makes crashworthiness recommendations for high-speed rail. http://1.usa.gov/12CcyBe
THE COUNTDOWN: It's been 50 days since President Barack Obama announced the nomination of Anthony Foxx as Transportation secretary. DOT funding and passenger rail policy both run out in 106 days. Surface transportation policy is up in 474 days and FAA policy in 836 days. The mid-term elections are in 505 days.
CABOOSE — A Ford and a Lincoln: You know your MT host loves his puns, and this picture from Ford's Ashley Duncan, taken at last week's Congressional Baseball Game, fits the bill. Now only if there were a Gerald Ford racing president. http://politico.pro/1631bR0
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So I'm wondering ... why does Rob still have that rather thick accent, and his sister does not?
So I'm wondering ... why does Rob still have that rather thick accent, and his sister does not?
I think it's cute.
can even the Rob fans admit that it will be best after this season if he just retires off into the sunset with Am-buh and we never have to see him again?
I see the dream and I see the nightmare, and I believe you can't have the dream without the nightmare. - Tori Amos
I agree, this definitely should be his swan song on Survivor, but I enjoy watching him and would love to see his new show. It sounds interesting.
He really is good at Survivor though, and I will admit, I would even watch him on an all-stars version if they dared to bring him back on. Couldn't imagine all the groans, moans, and eyerolls if they do that that though!!
I hope Rob stays in front of the camera too. I agree that he should be done with Survivor, however I am very much looking forward to watching his new show. Does anyone know when it premieres?


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The world's premier boat racing tour will splash San Diego's waters again, this time promising to provide locals a better view of competition.
Eleven 44-foot carbon fiber boats, each weighing less than 8,000 pounds and hauling an eight-person crew, will compete in the Oracle RC44 from Wednesday to Sunday in the San Diego Bay.
This is the first major international regatta San Diego has hosted since the 1995 America's Cup, an event it also hosted in 1992 and 1988.
"The public is welcome to come down and watch," said J.J. Fetter, the first woman inducted into the Sailing World Hall of Fame. "Unlike the America's Cup races that were here that were way off shore, the racing is going to take place right off of Broadway Pier, and you can watch from the Maritime Museum to Shelter Island — all along."
Fetter added the Broadway Pier would be "the best place," and there is no charge for spectators.
Kevin Burnham, a 2004 United States Olympic Gold Medalist in the 470 Class, is among the who's who-list of RC44 competitors. Others include four-time America's Cup winner Russell Coutts and decorated yachtsman and sailor Paul Cayard.
"The boat accelerates with each puff of wind very quickly, and they're extremely exciting boats to sail and watch," Burnham said. "It's a tight course … It's well synchronized, (but) there are some wipeouts that happen."
Wednesday's first warning signal for Match Racing is set to start at 11:30 a.m. The entire five-day schedule and Bay-side race course are outlined on the event website.


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finally had a day off with school and work being so crazy so Capt Vern treated me to a trip.
started off at the 3 mile and sabiki'd up pins, blue runners, pig fish, sardines...you name it
were going to run out to 100 or so in search of some big fire trucks but we found a bottom chunk we couldnt pass up. Several gag grouper in the large and larger range were caught. RGs got in the action as well with bringing 4 keepers home...between 20-23".
the highlight of the day was watching Vern struggle to bring in a MONSTER gag on light tackle only to have mr toothy nail it at the boat
here are a few pictures