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The Michigan Messenger: It hit him in a dream: use Mother Nature to cleanse water runoff

  • Minehaha Forman · 1 year ago
    Great work! This story made my day! Great video, too. Lindemann's dream came true! This is proof that if you get the right people in the right positions, there's still hope.
  • LoRayne Apo-Joynt · 1 year ago
    It is pretty cool, isn't it? This watershed/catch basin has become park-like; my kids would love to see the Blanding's turtles in their natural habitat, since they've only seen them in exhibits.


    Hard to believe this is in such an urban area, too; have to wonder how much air pollution these green spaces absorb in addition to pollution from water runoff.

  • Todd A. Heywood · 1 year ago
    air pollution An interesting stat that Commissioner Lindemann shared with me was that the lilypads and arrowhead plants in the areas evaporated 10,000 gallons of water a day, through the process of photosynthesis. That much evaporation certainly adds to capturing particle pollution and bringing it down to the earth, to be caught in the ponds.