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Title: PROMOTING STEWARDSHIP OF THE GREAT LAKES


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PROMOTING STEWARDSHIPOFTHE GREAT LAKES
  • A Project of
  • INLAND SEAS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
  • MDEQ COASTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

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INLAND SEAS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
  • PROTECTING THE GREAT LAKES
  • THROUGH EDUCATION

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Our Mission
  • To promote stewardship of lakes and freshwater
    resources.

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Our Mission
  • To encourage young people to pursue education,
    especially the sciences.

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The Great Lakes Watershed
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Choose Freshwater Forever
  • The Great Lakes Watershed holds 20 or one-fifth
    of the worlds available freshwater.
  • Each year rainfall and snowfall replenish only
    about 1 of the water in lakes, rivers and
    aquifers.
  • The other 99 is finite and nonrenewable.

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Lake Michigan Watershed
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Protect Lake Michigan
  • Human and industrial use of water can accelerate
    lower lake levels.
  • The products we buy use water
  • Loaf of bread 10.5 gallons
  • Hamburger 623 gallons
  • Tee shirt 1,083 gallons

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Grand Traverse Bay Watershed
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Grand Traverse Bay Watershed
  • Area 973 square miles
  • Volume 9.9 trillion gallons
  • Shoreline 132 miles
  • Sub-watersheds 9
  • Jurisdictions
  • 4 counties
  • 44 townships
  • 11 municipalities

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Where Do You Live?
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Great Lakes Coastal Education Project
  • Presentations at the Inland Seas Education Center
  • Hands-on activities aboard the schooner
    Inland Seas
  • Partnerships for local projects

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1 THREATNutrients
  • From our lawns

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1 THREATNutrients
  • By removing plants and trees along the shore

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2 THREATInvasive Species
  • From our boats

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2 THREATInvasive Species
  • From our yards

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3 THREATSediments
  • From eroding shorelines

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3 THREATSediments
  • From our streets

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What Can You Do?
  • Install a shoreline buffer

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What Can You Do?
  • Install erosion control

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What Can You Do?
  • Install a rain garden

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Who Can Help?
  • GOVERNMENTS
  • Local
  • State
  • National
  • AGENCIES
  • Conservation Districts
  • MDEQ
  • MDNR
  • U.S. EPA

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Who Can Help? PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
  • BUSINESSES
  • Local businesses
  • Nurseries
  • Landscapers
  • Banks
  • Corporations
  • NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
  • Lake Associations
  • Conservation Organizations
  • Civic Groups
  • Garden Clubs
  • MSU Extension

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Where Does Stewardship Begin?
  • Inspiring and teaching the young

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Where Does Stewardship Begin?
  • 5,000 learners of all ages participate in Inland
    Seas Education Association programs each year --
    over 73,000 since 1989

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Where Does Stewardship Begin?
  • Over 140 communities state wide participate in
    Inland Seas Education Association programs each
    year
  • Shouldnt YOUR community and YOUR school be
    among them?

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For More InformationPlease Visit
  • Inland Seas Education Association
  • http//www.schoolship.org
  • Michigan DEQ Coastal Management
  • http//www.michigan.gov/deq

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PROTECT THE GREAT LAKES FOR OUR FUTURE
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