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


Thank You to All of Our 1st Quarter 2008 Donors

Contributor ($ 1 – 49)

  • Andy Buchsbaum
  • Steven and Perpetua Crawford
  • Don Gunning
  • Emily Hartz
  • Marv and Bert Howell
  • Bruce Jones
  • Lolly Popps Kamerschen

Member ($50 – 99)

  • Anonymous
  • Marcy Cella
  • Caroline Crandall
  • Carol Drake
  • Katie Duggan
  • Brian Fredrickson
  • Donald Geiger
  • Torfinn Hansen
  • Brad Jensen and Rebecca Benson
  • Patricia Krebs
  • Charles Lamb
  • Deanne Lee
  • Conor Mihell
  • Becky Norlien
  • Scott Parker
  • Marilynn Smith
  • Kim Whitmore

Supporter ($100 - 249)

  • Gary Belan
  • Bonnie Danni
  • Jim Gregson
  • Steve Huyser-Honig
  • Jeffrey Landon
  • Robert and Susan Marshall

Sponsor ($250 – 499)

  • Edwin Landon

Friend of the Lakes ($500 - 999)

  • Anonymous
  • Cheryl Mell

Sustainer’s Circle Pledge ($84 or more per month)

  • Sydney Lea

Organizations

  • Biodiversity Project
  • Canandaigua Lake Watershed Alliance
  • Centre for Sustainable Watersheds
  • Citizens Concerned for Michipicoten Bay
  • Clean Water Fund
  • Ecojustice Canada
  • Friends of the Crooked River
  • Friends of the Detroit River
  • Friends of the Jordan River Watershed
  • Friends of the St. Joe River Association
  • Houghton Lake Lake Association
  • Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation
  • Minnesota Environmental Partnership
  • Munuscong River Watershed Association
  • Niagara River Area Property Owners Group
  • Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
  • Northwoods Wilderness Recovery
  • Paradise Lake Association
  • River Sides Stewardship Alliance
  • Saugatuck Dunes Coastal Alliance
  • Save the Wild UP
  • Sierra Club-Great Lakes Project
  • University of Toronto at Mississauga Library
  • Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation

Thank You to All Those Who Made Our 2008 Grassroots Symposium a Success:

Symposium Sponsors:

  • John G. Shedd Aquarium
  • National Wildlife Federation
  • Healing Our Waters® - Great Lakes Coalition
  • Ohio Environmental Council
  • First Community Bank
  • Waldvogel Insurance

We would also like to thank Cabela's for their donations for our raffle.

And a special thank you to Katherine Luscher of River Network and the staff of Sawmill Creek Resort for their logistical support.

Thank You to Our Spring Volunteers:

Thank you to the following Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) volunteers from Emmet and Charlevoix Counties for helping with our Spring mailings:

  • Barbara Blackmore
  • Sharon Brown
  • Tillie Cone
  • Doris Fedus
  • Alice Hill
  • Gloria Krusell
  • Betty Luebke
  • Maxine McDowell
  • Effie Stevens
  • Lester Stevens
  • Josefa Tamez

Thank you to Our Spring Advocate Mentors:

  • Joan Sturtevant, Ohio Coastal Resource Management Project
  • April Fideli, Residents for Responsible Government
  • Terry Swier, Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation
  • Cynthia Pryor, Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve
  • Marilyn John, Watershed Watchers
  • Paul Bruce, Indian Mission Conservation Club
  • Elaine Marsh, Friends of Crooked River
  • Pat Krebs, Friends of Sheldon Marsh
  • Janet May, Ontario Smart Growth Network

Thank You To All Those Who Made the Great Lakes Restoration Toolkit Possible:

  • David Syring
  • Jamie Cross
  • Michelle Rich
  • Ed Houghton
  • Gail Krantzberg
  • Ed Hauser
  • Peter Griesinger
  • Gary Noble
  • Prein & Newhof
  • Andrew Slade
  • Susan Bookbinder
  • John Wilson
  • Kevin Church
  • Sugarloaf: The North Shore Stewardship Association
  • Friends of Whiskey Island
  • Muskegon River Watershed Assembly
  • Bring Back the Don Task Force
  • Citizens Environment Watch
  • Marlye Barbe'

Funders:

  • The Joyce Foundation
  • Healing Our Waters Coalition
  • Alliance for the Great Lakes
  • C.S. Mott Foundation
  • Prince Charitable Trusts
  • Legacy Foundation
  • Unity Foundation of LaPorte County


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.

For more information, please contact:

info@freshwaterfuture.org
P.O. Box 2479,
Petoskey, MI 49770
PH (231) 348-8200;