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Healthy Pine River group requests funding; commissioners approve $2,500 contribution

2747220 · March 18, 2025
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Healthy Pine River presented 20 years of water testing showing elevated nutrients and E. coli; commissioners voted to contribute $2,500 to the group's Friends campaign, potentially matched by a United Way challenge.

Healthy Pine River briefed the Gratiot County Board of Commissioners on two decades of water-testing and restoration work and requested continued county support. Commissioners approved a $2,500 contribution to the group's Friends campaign.

The presenter (identified in meeting materials and by commissioners as Chuck Sandro) summarized 20 years of testing showing persistent nutrient pollution—primarily phosphorus and nitrogen—and elevated E. coli counts at several monitoring sites. He said the group funds testing, septic-liaison work, internships and…

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