By Andrew Blok / Capital News Service
LANSING — The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, on the shores of one of the world’s largest freshwater lakes, is petitioning the federal government to hand it control of setting water quality standards.
It would become the first tribe in Michigan to receive that right, joining 60 other U.S. tribes already granted that authority. Tribes argue that an increased role in setting water regulation allows them to tailor standards to protect important plants and wildli