Director's Notes: Great Lakes
Stormwater
by Jill Ryan
This edition of
the Great Lakes
Aquatic Habitat
News is dedicated
to stormwater
issues in the Great
Lakes Basin. This is
GLAHNF’s third
year of focusing on
annual themes to highlight issues and
tools of interest to grassroots advocates
as one way of coordinating our voices
for “collective success.”Our 2006 theme
is Stormwater: From Runoff to Renewal.
I hope you will find this newsletter, as
well as the other stormwater materials
that we will make available this summer,
useful in your local river, lake and
wetland protection work. Because
stormwater is everywhere, this theme
probably touches every aspect of aquatic
habitat protection in one way or
another.
GLAHNF will be partnering with other
groups to provide you with stormwater
materials that we hope you will find
useful in your local work. In addition,
we will be publishing a “Stormwater”
edition of our annual report of
success stories to provide examples of
outstanding projects focused on
stormwater. We will add these
materials to our website,
www.glhabitat.org, where you can
still find our past theme materials on
wetland issues and communications.
Thank you for all of the wonderful work
you are doing throughout the Great
Lakes Basin. I look forward to hearing
your thoughts on this theme and any
ideas for future themes.
An empowered movement is one in
which individuals have the knowledge,
skill, desire, and opportunity to
personally succeed in a way that
leads to collective success.
– Paraphrased from Stephen R. Covey,
Principle-centered Leadership.
Disclaimer:
The interpretations and conclusions presented in this newsletter represent the opinions of the individual authors. They in no way represent the views of the Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council, the C.S. Mott Foundation, subscribers, donors, or any organization mentioned in this publication.
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