Fall 2007 Grant Recipient
Applicant: Save the Wild UP
Scott Bouma
P.O. Box 562
Marquete, MI 49855
US
(906) 228-4444
Website: www.savethewildup.org
Lake Basin: Superior
Protecting U.P. Aquatic Resources by Protecting Surface Landowner Rights
Fall 2007 Project Grant Award: $3,500
Project Summary:
The prospect of multiple nonferrous metallic mining operations in the Upper Peninsula poses major risks to the health of some of the Great Lakes region's most precious groundwater and surface water habitats. This project will research the legal mechanisms landowners can utilize to control mining exploration or mining activity under their surface land ownership and protect habitat. Results will be used to help educate the public on mineral rights ownership and their role in protecting aquatic ecosystems. The grant will provide funds for the analysis and mapping, publishing and disseminating a report and workshops and outreach to local landowners.
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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