Wednesday, September 25, 2013

EPA Regional Administrator Visits the Memoninee Reservation

September 13th was a big day for the Menominee Tribe as the Environmental Protection Agencies Region 5 Administrator Susan Hedman came to Menominee.  The purpose of the visit was to meet with the Tribe and tour the reservation and see some of the projects being funded by Clean Water Act Section 106 funding the Tribe receives.  After a lunch which included the Tribal Chairman Craig Corn welcoming the EPA staff the Environmental Services Dept. led a tour which had stops at Legend Lake, Keshena Falls and Upper Bass Lake.  The EPA enjoyed the tour and the Environmental Services staff had the oppportunity to demonstrate the successes of the work done in preventing pollution as well as relay any upcoming concerns.  The picture below is courtesy of Susan Hedman's Twitter feed. Twitter Link