WFHB Bloomington Community Radio
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She was the first hire of the new nonprofit in early 2021. The executive director of the Lake Monroe Water Fund, Michelle Cohen, hit the ground running and already has started programs to help upstream landowners control erosion and runoff that affects the waters of the lake. One of 48 such fundraising and activist organizations around the world. the Water Fund was brought to life by The Nature Conservancy. One of Cohen’s goals is to help the 9000-plus homeowners within the Lake Monroe watershed who have aging septic systems repair or replace the human waste devices. Inefficient septic systems are a big contributor to pollution in Lake Monroe.
Host Michael Glab chats with Bloomington’s most fascinating people.
