Fall 2006 Grant Recipient
Applicant:
Northwoods Wilderness Recovery
Douglass Cornett
PO Box 122
Marquette, MI 49855-0122
USA
(906) 226-6649
Email: doug@northwoodswild.org
Website: www.northwoodswild.org
Lake Basin: Lake Superior
Northwoods Media Project
Fall Grant Award: $3,000
Project Summary:
The Northwoods Media Project continues Northwoods Wilderness Recovery’s advocacy for watershed protection in the upper Great Lakes. Their objective of this project is to 1) publish a newsletter to update readers on the metallic sulfide mining issue in the UP, discuss the threat of development from proposed energy company sales of thousands of acres of undeveloped waterfront lands, and provide information on other Great Lakes water issues; 2) continue work on our web site as a source for news on conservation issues in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota; 3) update and expand our mailing database, and; 4) increase public awareness of conservation issues in our region.
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Freshwater Future builds effective community-based citizen action to protect and restore the water quality of the Great Lakes basin. We work toward this goal by providing financial assistance, communications and networking assistance and technical assistance to citizens and grassroots watershed groups throughout the Great Lakes basin. Through these efforts we work with over 1,800 grassroots watershed groups and citizens to protect and restore the rivers, lakes and wetlands in their communities. Freshwater Future, Inc. is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.
For more information, please contact:
info@freshwaterfuture.org
P.O. Box 2479, Petoskey, MI 49770
PH (231) 348-8200