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Rebecca Millican on Rotary Charities Crisis Support Team
Posted in Firm News 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Rebecca Millican has accepted a position to serve on the Rotary Charities of Traverse City's COVID-19 Crisis Support Team. She will be available to provide local non-profit organizations legal advice on COVID-19 related topics.
Read more... / 0 commentsDNR Killed Gray Wolves in the UP Using Exaggerated and Fabricated Stories As Proof
Posted in FOIA , Freedom of Information Act 1 year, 3 months ago
Gray wolves have been on the endangered species list since 1978 and cannot be hunted or killed unless in defense of human life or if a wolf is posing a "demonstrable but non-immediate threat to human safety". In Michigan's Upper Peninsula, there were accounts of wolves attacking livestock near people, prowling around a daycare center, and standing fearlessly at someone's back door. These are uncharacteristic behaviors of the gray wolf, and all accounts were found to be false or exaggerated, but the accusations led to the DNR sanctioning the murder of the wolves in question.
OBH Client Metamora Land Preservation Alliance Instrumental in Defeating Gravel Power Grab
Posted 2 years, 2 months ago
Among the flurry of recent lame-duck activity in the Michigan Legislature was SB 1210, a bill sponsored by Senator Tom Casperson (R – Escanaba), which was aimed squarely at the tiny, pastoral township of Metamora, located near the center of Michigan’s thumb. Under Metamora’s glacially-formed, gently rolling hills lies a significant deposit of gravel and other aggregates, coveted by mining companies for decades. Gravel mining has long been present in the township; four separate mines are currently operating. But in 2015, aggregates giant Levy Company sought township approval for a new mine more than 500 acres in size, the approval ...
Read more... / 0 commentsOlson, Bzdok & Howard files Line 5 Challenge on behalf of Citizens Group
Posted in Firm News 2 years, 9 months ago
On Monday, May 21, 2018 Olson, Bzdok & Howard attorneys filed a formal contested case petition on behalf of citizens group Straits of Mackinac Alliance challenging the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality’s issuance of a permit to Enbridge Energy to install 22 anchor supports along Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac. The contested case petition contends that MDEQ and state officials have failed to enforce the Great Lakes Submerged Lands Act and other environmental laws, putting the Straits at risk of a Line 5 rupture.
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