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2019 Coastal Resiliency Grant
2019 Coastal Resiliency Grant Marquette, Michigan: The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) has awarded a $2.5 million coastal resiliency grant to the Superior Watershed Partnership (SWP) to assist the City of Marquette in restoring almost a mile of severely eroding Lake Superior shoreline within the city limits. The Lake Superior Coastal Resiliency Project includes…
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SWP Land Conservancy Working to Protect Over Four Miles of the Sturgeon River March 21, 2019 The Superior Watershed Partnership Land Conservancy (SWP) is announcing a new program to permanently protect over 4 miles of the wild Sturgeon River in the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan. This unique 944 acre parcel includes over 21,000 linear…
Read MoreLake Superior Buoys and Webcams
Lake Superior Buoys and Webcams The Lake Superior coastline is rugged, wild, and notorious for shipwrecks that attest to the combined dangers of water, wind, and waves. Until recently, the 185-mile (300-km) section of shoreline from the Huron Islands to Whitefish Point was without any modern offshore equipment to provide critical coastal storm data such…
Read MoreMarquette Area Climate and Health Adaptation
Marquette Area Climate and Health Adaptation Guidebook Volume I: Stakeholder Engagement and Visual Design Imaging A project to build climate adaptive capacity at the local level by integrating public health considerations into existing community and climate adaptation planning initiatives, the Marquette Area Climate and Health Adaptation Guidebook – Volume I establishes the community’s concerns and…
Read MorePiping Plover Habitat Protection
Piping Plover Habitat Protection PIPING PLOVER PROTECTION The Great Lakes Piping Plover is a federally listed endangered species and is at risk of becoming extinct. This small bird species is a member of the plover family and is a summer resident in the Great Lakes region from mid-April to mid-August. During the winter, Piping Plovers…
Read MoreHousehold Stormwater Part III
Household Stormwater Part III Projects > Stormwater Management > Household Stormwater Part III Water conservation, rain gardens, and rain barrels. Water conservation is a big part of improving your impact on the stormwater system, and thus local water quality. Of course, making an effort to conserve water also pays off when the water bill arrives.…
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Household Stormwater Part II Projects > Stormwater Management > Household Stormwater Part II The top cause of poor water quality results for Lake Superior and its watersheds is stormwater runoff pollution. Stormwater runoff happens when rain or snowmelt washes chemicals, debris, household and pet waste and other pollutants into storm drains, and from there into…
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Household Stormwater Part I Projects > Stormwater Management > Household Stormwater Part I Stormwater runoff is the major cause of water quality issues in urban and suburban areas, and is a topic of some concern around Marquette and other Upper Peninsula cities. While your city is responsible for stormwater infrastructure, there is still a lot…
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Stormwater Education K-12 Projects > Stormwater Management > Stormwater Education K-12 Fixing our problems with stormwater pollution is usually an effort taken on by adults, but it’s just as important to teach the next generation how to prevent and reduce their impact on the Great Lakes. To that end, the Superior Watershed Partnership has worked…
Read MoreSTORMWATER: CIGARETTE BUTTS
STORMWATER: CIGARETTE BUTTS Projects > Stormwater Management > Stormwater: Cigarette Butts Everybody’s seen discarded cigarette butts in the street and not thought much of it – a tiny piece of trash. We’ve all also seen them on the beaches lining Lake Superior, but what do you think when you see that? Maybe that people shouldn’t…
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