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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…

June 26, 2018 Houghton, Michigan: The Superior Watershed Partnership (SWP) deployed additional crews from the Great Lakes Conservation Corps (GLCC) to assist the flood-ravaged communities of the Keweenaw Peninsula this week. Currently a total of 16 GLCC crew members (4 crews) are assisting the communities of Houghton, Hancock and Ripley. The SWP deployed the first GLCC…

This summer the Superior Watershed Partnership (SWP) in cooperation with the City of Marquette and other project partners is launching a two-year, 19 acre restoration project along the Iron Ore Heritage Trail/North Country Trail between the Marquette Welcome Center and the mouth of the Carp River. This project is funded by a grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife…

MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN: The Superior Watershed Partnership (SWP) is announcing the expansion of the Great Lakes Conservation Corps (GLCC) with the addition of the Climate Conservation Corps (CCC). The Great Lakes Corps has been steadily growing over the years and now has summer crews working in the Lake Superior, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron watersheds. GLCC crews…

The Partnering for Watershed Restoration (PWR) group is a collaborative effort of Federal, Tribal, State and local agencies, academic institutions, non-profits, citizen groups and industry to accelerate watershed restoration through sharing information and pursuing projects of shared interest throughout the central and western Upper Peninsula. A steering committee for PWR was formed in April, 2013,…

The Superior Watershed Partnership is excited to announce the expansion of the Great Lakes Conservation Corps (GLCC). The GLCC serves as a vector of positive change for the Upper Peninsula’s watersheds, forests, and trail systems. Projects will be completed by several crews this summer. The crews will focus on U.P. wide conservation and will conduct…

Located on a shallow, rocky shoal in Lake Superior over 40 miles due north of Marquette, Michigan, the Stannard Rock Lighthouse is considered the most remote lighthouse in North America; located further from shore than any other lighthouse on the Great Lakes, the East Coast or the West Coast. The federal government recently transferred ownership…