E-M:/ Lee Botts in Ann Arbor April 9

[Mike Garfield <michaelg@ecocenter.org>]

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Enviro-Mich message from Mike Garfield <michaelg@ecocenter.org>
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Great Lakes advocate Lee Botts will keynote the annual membership 
meeting of the Ecology Center on Sunday, April 9, 2006, from 2:00 to 
4:00 p.m., at the Michigan Union, at 530 S. State St., on the 
University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor.

Recognized around the world for her work to restore and protect the 
Great Lakes, Lee Botts has been active in conservation and 
environmental policy since the 1960s as a citizen advocate and 
government official. She founded the citizen organization Lake Michigan 
Federation in 1970, was appointed by former President Jimmy Carter to 
chair the Great Lakes Basin Commission in 1978, served as director of 
and consultant to the City of Chicago’s Department of the Environment, 
and has been a leader in the conservation of the Indiana Dunes National 
Lakeshore. In 2002, the 1400-member national Clean Water Network named 
her as one of the 30 persons who had made the most difference under the 
pioneering federal 1972 Clean Water Act.

The Ecology Center annual meeting also includes program updates, 
environmental awards, and election of the Center's Board of Directors.  
At the end of the meeting, Botts will sign copies of her new book, 
Evolution of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.  The meeting is 
open to the general public, and admission is free.  For more 
information, please call (734) 761-3186 ext. 110.
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Mike Garfield
Director
Ecology Center
117 N. Division
Ann Arbor, MI  48104
(734) 761-3186 ext. 104
michaelg@ecocenter.org
www.ecocenter.org


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