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News from the Keweenaw Peninsula Posted February 28, 2002 Text © 2002 Keith Schneider, Michigan Land Use Institute news Photo © 2002 Michigan Land Use Institute news, by Patrick Owen Published with permission

Granholm calls for better zoning, Great Lakes water protection

GRAND RAPIDS -- Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Jennifer Granholm said Michigan needs strengthened zoning to protect its world-class rivers and wetlands from sprawling development, improved sewage management to keep beaches free of fecal bacteria and laws that promote more efficient use of water.

Andy Guy, a journalist with the Michigan Land Use Institute, reports on Granholm's recent speech at the annual banquet of the Izaak Walton League in Grand Rapids. Guy says Granholm's 10-point plan, as well as her remarks on the need to develop a new attitude about environmental protection -- and new statutes to put it into effect -- were the most comprehensive yet by any of the Democratic or Republican candidates for governor.

The article also offers a list of Web sites for the gubernatorial candidates. With the report on Granholm's campaign visit to Grand Rapids, the Institute introduces its coverage of the 2002 Michigan race for governor. From now until November, the Institute will regularly offer on its Web site coverage of candidates from both parties.

Read Andy Guy's article on the Michigan Land Use Institute Web site.

The Michigan Land Use Institute has also prepared and posted a timeline of events associated with this year's strikingly one-sided votes in the state House and Senate to ban Great Lakes drilling. The last date -- Governor Engler's signature on the new law -- is still to be added. Read the Great Lakes drilling timeline.

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Editor's Note: Gubernatorial candidate David Bonior, during a recent visit to Houghton, said his plan as governor would include recruiting high-tech environmental companies to clean up pollutants and create new jobs in Michigan. Read the Michigan Tech Lode's coverage of Bonior's visit.