Monitoring for phytoplankton .

Welcome to Our Next Meeting!

"Successful Land Restoration And Citizen Environmental Monitoring"

1 to 4:30 p.m., Friday, September 17, 2010, Alvord Theater, Northland College

ASHLAND, WISCONSIN

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT THE NEED TO PRE-REGISTER

This session is intended for Northern Wisconsin residents, local elected officials, community leaders, tribal and agency natural resource managers, educators and anyone who wants to learn how land restoration programs are helping to protect the natural environment in the Lake Superior basin. Special emphasis will be placed on volunteer environmental monitoring opportunities.

MORE INFORMATION AND A FULL AGENDA WILL BE POSTED AS SOON AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. 

                              Become a Lake Superior Steward today.

Join a growing group of people committed to protection and restoration of the Lake Superior ecosystem. Tell the Forum, in a simple questionnaire,  how you may contribute to this important effort.  As a Lake Superior Steward you will learn about issues and support public input about the Lake Superior Management Plan or LaMP. If you choose, you will receive an electronic Newsletter and make worthwhile connections to help assure this great lake receives critical attention. Click the logo above to reach the Lake Superior Stewards registration page. All information provided will remain confidential.

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The Lake Superior Binational Forum

The Lake Superior Binational Forum is composed of twelve Canadian and twelve American stake-holders representing industrial, Tribal/First Nations,  business, environmental, recreational, tourism, health, labor, and academic interests. The purpose of the Lake Superior Binational Forum is to further consultation and participation among government, industry and environmental stakeholders towards restoration and protection of Lake Superior and the environment of the surrounding basin.

The Lake Superior Binational Forum is part of the broader Lake Superior Binational Program to Restore and Protect the Lake Superior Basin as agreed to by all state and provincial governments around Lake Superior as well as by the federal governments of Canada and U.S.A. The program is focused on the entire ecosystem of Lake Superior, its air, land, water, human life and wildlife. Funding for the Binational Forum is provided by Environment Canada and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Lake Superior is unique. It is a vast resource of fresh water that has not experienced the same levels of development, urbanization and pollution as the other Great Lakes. Because of this uniqueness, the International Joint Commission recommended that Lake Superior be designated as a demonstration area where discharges and emissions of toxic substances that are long-lived in the environment and build up in the bodies of humans and wildlife, not be permitted. The Lake Superior Binational Forum, as part of the broader Lake Superior Binational Program, is engaged in efforts to achieve this goal.

The photo at the very top of this page was taken by Lori-Fox Rossi. The photo is of Pebble Beach at Marathon, Ontario.