News and Announcements

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GREAT LAKES RESTORATION: ONE COMMUNITY AT A TIME TOOLKIT AVAILABLE NOW

Freshwater Future is thrilled to announce the release of our latest toolkit focused on Great Lakes Restoration. Restoring the Great Lakes happens--One Community at a Time. Every community that undertakes a project to restore the health of the lakes, rivers, wetlands, and shorelines brings great benefits.

This resource packet is designed to provide resources to help those working on or interested in working on such restorations in their communities by providing:

1. Examples of five successful projects that incorporated meaningful citizen input into the process;
2. A summary of why restoration is needed and solutions and the benefits that can accrue to communities undertaking such efforts;
3. A resource manual to help citizens participate in and plan restoration projects of all types.

Click here to go to the toolkit.

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Plan to attend River Network’s National River Rally 2008 in Huron, Ohio, May 2-5, 2008. Please visit http://www.rivernetwork.org/rn/rally/registration#scholarships for more information.

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EPA'S GREAT LAKES 2008 EARTH DAY CHALLENGE: A PRESCRIPTION FOR HEALTHY GREAT LAKES

Chicago (March 12, 2008) --U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes region invites the public to join the Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge to collect at least 1 million pounds of electronic waste and 1 million pills. EPA is encouraging organizations, businesses and communities in the Great Lakes region to protect the environment by sponsoring collections of unwanted medicines and electronic waste around Earth Day, April 22. Click here to learn more.

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Take Action

Great Lakes Protections Are Making Waves!

In an effort to prevent sending Great Lakes water to far off places and make sure we are using water responsibly, the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact and companion Agreement were developed of over four years of negotiations between the eight Great Lakes Governors and Premiers of Ontario and Quebec. With input of a 39-member advisory panel and thousands of citizens, the Compact and Agreement provide guidelines for sound water management, preventing harm to our magnificent water resources and stopping far off diversions. Find out what is happening and what can you do!

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Fall Symposium 2007: Presentation materials available!

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Protecting Wetlands

Wisconsin Wetlands Association offers online tools to help turn concern for wetlands into informed and effective action for wetland protection. Explore these pages to gain a better understanding of strategies and actions you can take to reduce the destruction of wetlands in your community.
http://www.wisconsinwetlands.org/protectingwetlands.htm

Watershed Advocate Toolkit

River Alliance of Wisconsin's online Watershed Advocate Toolkit has a new addition, Reducing the Impacts of Construction Site Activities in Your Watershed. This tool highlights actions local groups and citizens can take to help prevent the impacts of construction activities on water resources.
http://www.wisconsinrivers.org/index.php?page=content&mode=view&id=129