Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat News

The Newsletter of Freshwater Future

The Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat News is the newsletter of Freshwater Future, published four times per year. The News is intended to provide a forum for the free exchange of ideas among citizens and organizations working to protect aquatic habitats in the Great Lakes Basin.

Volume 16, Number 2 • Summer 2008


Welcome Lauren to the Freshwater Staff

Lauren Hinchman has joined Freshwater Future's staff as our new Office Manager. Lauren earned a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Principia College in Illinois and then a Masters of Arts in Teaching Science from Webster University in St. Louis and a Masters of Science in Science Education from Montana State University. She's been an adjunct Biology instructor at North Central Michigan College since 2001 and continues to enjoy teaching there during the evenings. Before moving to Michigan she spent 7 summers working at an outdoor education residential summer camp where she met her husband Geoff. They have two little ones, Annabel and Bridger.


Disclaimer: The interpretations and conclusions presented in this newsletter represent the opinions of the individual authors. They in no way represent the views of the Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council, the C.S. Mott Foundation, subscribers, donors, or any organization mentioned in this publication.


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 is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization.

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