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Reps. Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Don Beyer (D-VA), and Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ), led 92 House Democrats today urging President Obama to veto any Republican attempts to strip Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections from any authorizing or spending bills. “The Endangered Species Act protects some of our most iconic lands and wildlife, and… Read more »

U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today released the following statement regarding the Republican Continuing Resolution that fails to include aid for the Flint water crisis. “It is unconscionable that the Republican plan to fund the government through December fails to include a dime for the people of Flint. The 9,000 children impacted by this crisis and their families have… Read more »

U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12), ranking member of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, today sent a letter to subcommittee chairman Louie Gohmert (TX-01) requesting an oversight hearing to examine the economic and ecological impacts of Asian carp on the Great Lakes. Asian carp is an invasive species that threatens the health and vitality of… Read more »

Today, U.S. Representatives Candice Miller (MI-10) and Debbie Dingell (MI-12) issued the following statement after the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative requested a hearing to examine the merits of Waukesha, Wisconsin’s water diversion request, which was approved by the Great Lakes Compact Council in June:  “We applaud the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities… Read more »

U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today released the following statement in celebration of the National Park Service’s Centennial.  “Today marks 100 years since President Woodrow Wilson signed into law the act creating the National Park Service with the goal of protecting our natural wonders for the enjoyment of people all across this country. A century later,… Read more »

Local leaders gathered at the Washtenaw Food Hub in Ann Arbor Charter Township for a press conference to discuss the need to reauthorize the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act Tuesday morning. Last month, Congresswomen Debbie Dingell (D–Mich.), Candice Miller (R–Mich.) and Darin LaHood (R–Ill.) introduced the bill for reauthorization. The act, which was first… Read more »

U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today joined Ducks Unlimited and local conservation leaders at the Washtenaw Food Hub to tour a wetland restoration project and call for the reauthorization of the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act.  Dingell, a member of the House Natural Resources Committee, introduced the bipartisan Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration… Read more »

Two years ago, work began to return 82 acres of land that was once heavily farmed back to its natural pre-settlement state. Now in the second growing season, the prairie grasslands along the south side of Joy Road — on both sides of U.S. 23 in Ann Arbor Township — are getting taller, and soon work will begin on restoring 14-plus acres of wetlands there. "The prairies… Read more »

U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-12) and Tim Walberg (MI-07) today joined local officials in announcing a land donation from the Port of Monroe to the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to expand the River Raisin National Battlefield Park and the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge. The donation will expand the Battlefield by 33 acres and the… Read more »

Founded in 2001, the Detroit River International Refuge remains the only land conservation project of its kind in North America. Thanks to a donation from the Port of Monroe, the refuge will grow by an additional 35 acres. The refuge is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The land being added to the existing 5,834 acres in the U.S. is part of the Port of Monroe Marsh Tract. It… Read more »