A complete list of all programs within the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE)
Community involvement and public participation are an essential part of EGLE’s mission, vision, and values.
Resources and information on utilizing RRD's data exchange and the Inventory of Facilities.
An interactive map displaying contaminated sites throughout Michigan regulated under Parts 213, 201, and 211.
This system allows water well drilling and pump installation contractors to submit water well records.
EGLE's interactive calendar is designed to provide timely information on decisions before the Director, proposed settlements of contested cases, administrative rules promulgation, public hearings, meetings and comment deadlines, and environmental conferences, workshops and training programs.
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The long-term monitoring of Michigan’s waters is essential for understanding, protecting, and restoring our abundant lakes and streams. To collect this valuable data, the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) engages with residents statewide through the Michigan Clean Water Corps (MiCorps).
MiCorps is a network of volunteer water quality monitoring programs in Michigan. MiCorps provides technical assistance and other support to local units of government, nonprofit entities, and other volunteers around the state in the management of their three core programs.
MiCorps is comprised of three core programs that actively engage volunteers statewide.
Provides grants to local governments to enable them to host stream cleanups of humans trash (like tires, plastics, and other human caused rubbish.)
These grants are under specific constraints and can only go to local units of governments, and can not pay for staff labor but can pay for equipment, supplies, and other material needs.
Provides sampling methods, training workshops, technical support, quality control, and laboratory assistance for volunteers to monitor their lakes.
The primary purpose of this cooperative program is to help citizen volunteers monitor indicators of water quality in their lake and document changes in lake quality over time.
Provides grants, technical assistance, and training to volunteer stream monitoring groups in Michigan to ensure that they are collecting reliable, high-quality data.
This program includes a competitive grants program for macroinvertebrate monitoring and habitat assessment in wadable streams and rivers.
One of the key components of the MiCorps program is the MiCorps Data Exchange (MDE) platform, which provides online access to volunteer monitoring data through a searchable database.
This includes lake water quality, aquatic plant and invasive species, lake shoreline habitat, stream macroinvertebrate community, and stream habitat data.
The Michigan Clean Water Corps (MiCorps) was created in 2004 through Michigan Executive Order #2003-15 to assist the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) in collecting and sharing water quality data for use in water resources management and protection programs.
However, Michigan has maintained a volunteer lake monitoring program since 1974 (originally known as the Self-Help Program, now referred to as the Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program or CLMP), making it the second oldest volunteer lake monitoring program in the nation. The CLMP is now a core component of MiCorps (along with the Volunteer Stream Monitoring Program or VSMP).
MiCorps is administered by Michigan State University Extension under the direction of EGLE and in partnership with the Huron River Watershed Council and Michigan Lakes and Streams Association.
Tamara Lipsey, LipseyT@Michigan.gov 517-342-4372
