Flow Water Advocates

This auction is more than a chance to win beautiful art and local gifts. It’s a chance to stand up for our water, our wetlands, and our future.

Right now, Flow Water Advocates is fighting to stop a proposed potash and salt mine in rural Osceola County that threatens some of Michigan’s most fragile and pristine wetlands. If built, the mine would withdraw over two million gallons of freshwater every day and inject brine underground—posing serious risks to drinking water, wildlife habitat, and public health.

Even more troubling? The company behind the project has no production track record and is asking the public to foot the bill. With a billion-dollar federal loan request pending, we have a short window to raise awareness, build public pressure, and pursue action that could help stop this destructive project in its tracks.

That’s where you come in. Our goal is to raise $7,500 through this silent auction to support our legal, policy, and advocacy work to protect Michigan’s water and wetlands. Every bid you place helps us take action at this critical moment.

Your participation helps safeguard the waters that bring so many of us together and define and sustain this region. The auction is open through September 15, 2025—so bid early, bid often, and help us send a clear message: The wetlands, and our future, are not for sale.

Bid generously. Share widely. Protect what you love.

With gratitude,
The Flow Water Advocates Team

Flow Water Advocates’ mission is to ensure the waters of the Great Lakes Basin are healthy, public, and protected for all. Our mission encompasses all waters in the Basin, including groundwater, wetlands, rivers, streams, and inland lakes. 

We operate at the intersection of environmental justice, public health, and climate resilience, using law, policy, and advocacy to protect public water rights.