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Strategic plan targets invasive species
The Superior Daily Telegram (11/17)
Douglas County’s Land Conservation Committee is forwarding a plan to the county board that takes aim at invasive species.
Mich. Clean Marina Program: Public-private partners work together to improve water quality
Grand Rapids Environmental News Examiner (11/9)
Partners from the public and private sector in Michigan are working together in a voluntary program to improve the quality of the Great Lakes.
Researchers seek funding for wind test site in Lake Michigan
Grand Rapids Environmental News Examiner (11/7)
In a recent article in The Muskegon Chronicle, it was reported that researchers at Grand Valley State University’s Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center (MAREC) cited a lack of year-around data (on wind platform testing) needed by prospective development companies.
COMMENTARY: Senate needs to pass clean energy act to help Michigan
The Grand Rapids Press (10/26)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was absolutely correct with his recent proclamation about the current condition of the Great Lakes State: "The State of Michigan," Reid declared from the Senate Floor, with a copy Time Magazine in his hand, "is in trouble."
First Nation women 'walk the environmental talk'
WeNews (10/23)
Tomorrow's global day of climate activism aims for media and political attention. First Nation women have another way. Since 2003, they've walked the shoreline of a Great Lake or major river, meditating on the needs of an unborn generation.
City making big push for water school
The Business Journal (10/23)
The push is on to convince the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee that the best location for its new School of Freshwater Sciences is near the university’s existing Great Lakes Water Institute on East Greenfield Avenue.
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3 | Sigurd Olson (1899-1982)
Sigurd Olson, a self-described conservationist, is remembered as an environmental philosopher. His principal subject matter was wilderness and, for many, his ardent support of wilderness preservation bordered on religion. Olson believed wilderness enabled people to feel the timeless, creative force of the universe. His own serene experiences canoeing on the Minnesota-Ontario border were incomparable treasures. A longtime resident of Ely, Minn., he fought developers and logging interests who sought to exploit the nearby Superior National Forest. His success resulted in lasting protection of the 1,000,000-acre Boundary Waters Canoe Area and designation of Voyageurs National Park. Through his writings, including The Singing Wilderness, as well as his environmental activism, he developed a national reputation. He became president of the National Parks Association and lobbied for the Wilderness Act, signed in 1964. He maintained a cabin on nearby Burntside Lake, a place that inspired the book, Listening Point.
Graphic: Listening Point on Burntside Lake in northern Minnesota.
More information: Minnesota Authors Biographies Project
