GLIN==> Clean Marinas are key to healthy Great Lakes

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Keeping it Clean
>From the Port Huron Times Herald:

During a Clean Marina Program open house Monday at MacRay Harbor in Harrison Township, U.S. Rep. Candice Miller emphasized the key role marinas can play in keeping our waterways clean. The open house was covered in the Port Huron Times Herald.
Miller, whose father owned marinas on the Clinton River in Harrison Township, said the four-year-old program is important to the region and state.
"...It is an important thing, most of all for educational purposes so they are educating their customers, and younger people as well, that everybody needs to be part of the solution for keeping and protecting our Great Lakes."

Elizabeth LaPorte, Michigan Sea Grant Director of Communications, also spoke to the Times Herald on how the Clean Marina Program helps marinas incorporate best management practices once they take the pledge to become certified.
"There are over 700 marinas in the state," she said. "Marinas want to do the right thing -- they just need the education and support to do that."

Read the full story:
http://www.thetimesherald.com/article/20090929/NEWS01/909290306

For more information on the program:
http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/cmp/index.html

For a list of certified Clean Marinas in Michigan and an interactive map:
http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/cmp/designated/index.html

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Stephanie Ariganello, Editor
Michigan Sea Grant | www.miseagrant.umich.edu
(734) 615-0400 | Email: stephaa at umich.edu
440 Church St., ST Dana Bldg.-1041
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1041
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