Weakening Wetland Protection

In September 2009, the Michigan Senate passed SB 785, which guts much of the wetland protection law first enacted in 1979 to halt wetland destruction, but keeps wetland regulation authority in Michigan. The bill was a weak attempt by legislators to rectify a shortsighted proposal by Governor Granholm to terminate Michigan’s outstanding wetland protection in an effort to save $2 million per year out of a billion-dollar state deficit. A NO vote was a vote for the environment.