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September 14, 2021
As part of National Drone Safety Awareness Week, today's MI Environment story looks at how EGLE uses drones to carry out its mission.
The drone program at the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) has successfully avoided eagles for the past year, while continuing to assess and protect Michigan's environment in new and innovative ways, reports Art Ostaszewski, EGLE's drone program coordinator.
Several EGLE divisions are now using drones for aerial reconnaissance:
Now in its fifth year, the drone program at EGLE continues to do landfill inspections, stream and sediment assessment, wetland identification, scrap tire use/site review, and research and development into uses such as water sampling.
The use of drones for processing imagery is growing. It offers new tools and techniques to help staff identify issues of concern on large acreage sites, where a walkthrough or access is not be feasible, but critical for assessment purposes.
Ostaszewski notes that drone operators continue to help EGLE divisions determine if drones could assist with their mission to protect public health and the environment. "Together we soar - as far away from eagles as feasible," he says.
How to avoid an eagle-drone attack
EGLE has taken a number of actions to minimize the risk of having another bald eagle attack on one of its drones, including:
Photo caption: Tom Gauthier of EGLE's AQD staff using a drone to measure site specific meteorological data.
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A group of ten volunteers spent just over four hours cleaning up the grounds of the veterans cemetery in Grand Rapids.
A vacant and contaminated site in Detroit will be cleaned up, thanks to approval of a reimbursement plan by EGLE.
The Fresh Coast Maritime Challenge is enabling the future of boating by electrifying Northwest Michigan’s waterways.
Ferndale is making rain barrel kits available at a reduced price, thanks to an EGLE grant.
A Lansing-based nonprofit is making kits available for waterway cleanups, featuring everything from boats to grappling hooks to first-aid supplies.
EGLE joins in cautioning Michiganders about the danger of fires under current weather conditions.
EGLE’s Drinking Water Laboratory recently announced that it is now able to test for PFAS in drinking water using the newest U.S. EPA testing methodology known as Method 533.
The U.S. EPA has confirmed that southeast Michigan has met all federal standards for the national health-based standard for ozone.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has confirmed that southeast Michigan has met all federal standards for the national health-based standard for ozone. Ground-level ozone, one of the most monitored pollutants in Michigan, has shown steady improvements in the greater Detroit area since the 1990s, culminating in the region now being designated as “in attainment” with the EPA’s national ambient air quality standards.
