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Alliance for the Great Lakes
Register today! Take Part in the World’s Largest Shoreline Cleanup
Join thousands of people in caring for our Great Lakes during the Alliance’s September Adopt-a-Beach™ Event, part of the International Coastal Cleanup.
Saturday, Sept. 25, 9am-noon (dates & times may vary by location)
To register for events in Illinois,... Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin visit www.greatlakesadopt.org. To find out how you can get involved in Ohio contact April Mather, Alliance outreach coordinator, at amather@greatlakes.org.
The Great Lakes are home to some of the most beautiful beaches in the world! It's our responsibility to ensure their health. Join thousands of volunteers for the September Adopt-a-Beach event Saturday, September 25, 2010 from 9:00 a.m. to noon. (Dates and times may vary based on location.) To learn...
Alliance for the Great Lakes Muskegon Save Our Shoreline, Barefoot Wines and the Alliance for the Great Lakes Adopt-a-Beach event on August 28 at Pere Marquette Park brought out 35 volunteers that removed over 110 pounds of trash from the shoreline. Barefoot Wine held a special celebration for volunteers at Captain Jack's after the cleanup.
Alliance for the Great Lakes
Join an Adopt-a-Beach™ clean-up this week:
Michigan: Wednesday, September 1 at Tiscornia Beach in Berrien County
Wisconsin: Saturday, September 4 at Sand Bay Beach 1 in Sturgeon Bay; Sunday September 5 at Sand Bay Beach 1 in Sturgeon Bay
Don’t see an event near you? Contact the Alliance about organizing your own Adopt-a...-Beach™ team for your favorite Great Lakes beach or shoreline!
Below is a list of ongoing Adopt-a-Beach™ events that are open to the public. To join an event near you simply send a note to the team leader by clicking on the link for the event.
Alliance for the Great Lakes West Michigan’s July 26 oil spill was a wake-up call for the Great Lakes. Please support the Alliance’s work watchdogging oil pipeline, refinery and drilling expansion. Donate today.
Alliance for the Great Lakes
"Beach Adopters Needed to Aid West Michigan Trash Cleanup"
For the second time in two years, the Alliance is calling on its beach adopters and any other volunteers to clear debris and collect information that could help pinpoint the source of a major trash washup on west Michigan shores.
Food wrappers, cigar tips, tampons, syringes and woody debris have been found on beaches in a déjà vu from June 2008, when tons of “mystery trash” washed up along the the west Michigan coastline.
Alliance for the Great Lakes
Want to volunteer with Adopt-a-Beach™? Join a cleanup scheduled this week near you!
Illinois: Sunday, August 29 at Juneway Terrace Park Beach in Chicago
Indiana: Friday, August 27 at Jeorse Park Beach in Lake County
Michigan: Saturday, August 28 at Pere Marquette Beach in Muskegon County
The Michigan event will be follo...wed by an after party courtesy of Barefoot Wine and CJ's on the Beach.
Below is a list of ongoing Adopt-a-Beach™ events that are open to the public. To join an event near you simply send a note to the team leader by clicking on the link for the event.
Alliance for the Great Lakes
"Dumping into the Lake" - Alliance Opinion - Chicago Tribune
Anyone experiencing flooding — or worse, a sewage hiccup — in his or her basement during recent downpours may wonder whatever happened to Chicago's Deep Tunnel Project meant to handle such excess flow. (Scroll to bottom of page to find letter)
Letters to the editor from readers of the Chicago Tribune
Gail Law Terrific letter to the Muskegon Chronicle from Jamie Cross today!
Alliance for the Great Lakes Read this commentary from Gary Wilson at The Great Lakes Town Hall about the importance of holding government and business accountable to the letter and spirit of the Great Lakes Compact.
greatlakestownhall.org
A few months after the Great Lakes Compact became law in 2008, I attended a Compact related event and struck up a conversation with an environmental advocate who had worked for its passage.
Karen Holland Anyone know how I could donate a craft item to AGL for an auction or something? I want to enter a contest, and one of the rules is that I donate to the charity of my choice... since my craft uses something I find along the Great Lakes, that's what I would want the prize money to go to!
Triple Bottomline
what is up with this control over the great lakes? http://ppjg.wordpress.com/2010/08/19/nat
Alliance for the Great Lakes
Join us this weekend for Adopt-a-Beach™ events with after parties sponsored by Barefoot Wine!
Chicago, IL: Saturday, Aug. 21, 10am-12pm at North Avenue Beach. Check in at the Barefoot Wine purple tent.
Put-in-Bay, OH: Sunday, Aug. 22, 10am-12pm at Put-in-Bay Bathing Beach.
Milwaukee, WI: Sunday, Aug. 22, 10am-12pm at B...radford Beach. Check in at the Barefoot Wine purple tent.
For more information visit www.greatlakes.org/adoptabeach/openevent
Below is a list of ongoing Adopt-a-Beach™ events that are open to the public. To join an event near you simply send a note to the team leader by clicking on the link for the event.
Alliance for the Great Lakes
Tell President Obama: Stop Asian Carp Now, Before It's Too Late
Help us reach 5,000 signatures on the petition to President Obama. Sign and share with your friends today!
takeaction.greatlakes.org
Dear President Obama: Asian carp threaten the Great Lakes ecosystem, the $7 billion Great Lakes sport and commercial fishing industry, and the recreational activities of countless residents and tourists. Failure to stop Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes will be devastating to the environment ...
