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Here are some links to other web sites we think you'll find useful.
Central Lake Superior Land Conservancy
The mission of the Central Lake Superior Land Conservancy is to promote the protection of natural, agricultural, recreational, historic, and scenic lands through the use of conservation easements, land donations, and education.
Friends of the Land of the Keweenaw
FOLK is an organization dedicated to protecting the unique natural resources of the Keweenaw.
Global Warming 101
The Will Steger Foundation is promoting change through education and advocacy. Established in January 2006, the Foundation is dedicated to creating programs which foster international leadership and cooperation through environmental education and policy.
The first initiative is Global Warming 101.
Great Lakes Center for Youth Development
The Great Lakes Center for Youth Development (GLCYD) is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the youth environment by strengthening the organizations that serve youth.
Great Lakes Information Network
The Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN) is a partnership that provides one place online for people to find information relating to the binational Great Lakes-St. Lawrence region of North America.
Michigan Audubon Society
Michigan Audubon connects birds and people for the benefit of both.
Michigan Bird Conservation Initiative
The Michigan Bird Conservation Initiative was founded with the idea that birds can be conserved better if the people who conserve them communicate, cooperate, and coordinate their efforts. This web site is intended to act as a clearinghouse for information on birds and bird conservation in Michigan. MiBCI's subcommittees and chapters are intended to form a network of resource professionals and enthusiastic amateurs who can draw on each other to advance small scale and large scale bird conservation projects.
The Superior Watershed Partnership is an active partner with the MiBCI.
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
The Department of Environmental Quality is a regulatory agency. Its purpose is environmental protection, which is facilitated through many interactive and data driven environmental online services.
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is committed to the conservation, protection, management, use and enjoyment of the State's natural resources for current and future generations.
Michigan Interfaith Power and Light
MiIPL is a coalition of congregations and their partners across the State of Michigan whose mission is to "involve communities of faith as stewards of God's creation by promoting and implementing energy efficiency, renewable energy and related sustainable practices".
Michigan River Alliance
The Michigan River Alliance is the only conservation organization focused entirely on protecting Michigan's Rivers.
MichiganGREEN
This group of energy companies and energy consultants, together with government agencies and schools, colleges, and universities, has joined forces to champion the cause of renewable energy and energy efficiency in Michigan. The expertise of the Michigan GREEN collaboration, will mark an important step forward in Michigan's effort to become America's epicenter for alternative energy development.
Michigan GREEN grew out of an energy program that began four years ago. In 2002, the M-TEC at Bay College submitted a grant proposal to the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) to establish a revolving loan program for energy efficiency projects at schools and local governments. Now, three grants (totaling $2.95 million) and forty eight energy projects later, the M-TEC at Bay College has ended its Northern Lights Energy Program (NLEP).
Moosewood Nature Center
To promote understanding, stewardship, and love of the natural world; and to encourage ways of living in harmony with nature through education, action and celebration.
Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working to protect the most ecologically important lands and waters around the world for nature and people.
Northern Initiatives
Northern Initiatives is one of the leading rural Community Development Financial Institutions (CDIFs) in the Midwest. They provide customers with information and financial services that support entrepreneurs by enhancing the competitiveness of their business enterprises.
Northern Options
Northern Options is the Upper Peninsula office for Urban Options (based in Lansing) and is a non-profit community agency that provides energy and environmental information and services. Urban Options seeks to improve the environmental quality of our Urban Spaces. Northern Options fulfills this mission through educational programs and demonstrations of practical and healthful home and yard improvements.
River Network
River Network is a national nonprofit organization working for clean and healthy waters. While rivers are our focal point, we are interested in the quality of all fresh waters and the health of all people and ecosystems dependent upon them. We are unique among national organizations, because our very reason for being is to support grassroots groups working for watershed protection.
Save the Wild UP
Save the Wild UP is a Marquette-based, grassroots organization with deep concerns about the economic, social, and environmental impacts of nonferrous mining. Save the Wild UP is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
The Great Waters
Nature's adventures where Huron, Michigan and Superior meet. The Great Waters, spanning five counties and bounded by three Great Lakes, offers unparalleled opportunities to enjoy its unspoiled beauty, unique history and off-the-beaten-track flavor all within a three-hour drive.
The Voelker Foundation
John Voelker lived his life as most of us wish we could -- on his own terms. He was a renowned novelist and outdoor writer, an eminent member of the bench and bar, and a skilled fly fisherman. Author of 11 books (and a 12th posthumous book, Traver on Fishing) and numerous stories, including Anatomy of a Murder, a Michigan Supreme Court Justice who wrote over 100 finely crafted opinions, and self-proclaimed "U.P. Cribbage Champ," John Voelker made many contributions that live on today. The Foundation's mission is to pay tribute to John Voelker, the ideals for which he stood, and the values that his life and writings exemplified. Our three principal initiatives include:
1) The Native American Scholarship Program
2) The Robert Traver Fly Fishing Fiction Award
3) The Trout Habitat Program
U.P. Environmental Education Opportunities & Resources
The mission of the Upper Peninsula Environmental Education Network is to share information about environmental education programs, events, opportunities, funding, and resources provided by and for agencies, organizations, centers, and individuals in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Find information on every topic ranging from federal clean air standards and enforcement to water resources and wetlands.
