Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat News

The Newsletter of the Great Lakes
Aquatic Habitat Network and Fund

The Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat News is the newsletter of the Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Network and Fund, published five times per year. The News is intended to provide a forum for the free exchange of ideas among citizens and organizations working to protect aquatic habitats in the Great Lakes Basin.

Volume 15, Number 4 • Winter 2007

Susie Schreiber wins 2007 Advocate Award

Susie Schreiber has some good advice for grassroots citizen efforts, “Be nice. Be patient. Be persistent.” This approach has gotten Susie far. It also got her the 2007 Grassroots Advocate Award from the Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Network and Fund, presented at the Grassroots Symposium on October 19.

For over a decade Susie has led the Waukegan Harbor Area of Concern Citizen’s Advisory Group. Through her leadership much has been accomplished to clean up Waukegan Harbor including the removal of tremendous amounts of contaminated sediments from the harbor and adjacent industrial sites. But Susie has extended her work to the community – by successfully developing and implementing hands-on service learning educational projects with local elementary schools to build awareness and appreciation of local waterways. Her work has connected students in Waukegan to the incredible resource in their backyard – Lake Michigan and across the world to Lake Baikal in Russia, where a partnership allows the students to share results from research projects.

“Susie truly deserves this award for her infinite energy and resolve to protect, restore, and educate about Waukegan, Illinois waterways,” stated Jill Ryan, Executive Director of Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Network and Fund when giving the award.

Susie’s kindness, patience, and persistence have reached out beyond the students including their families, elected officials and businesses. Susie is an incredible champion for both the people and the water resources in her community. Congratulations to Susie for her well-deserved award!

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.

The Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Network and Fund builds effective community-based citizen action to protect and restore the water quality of the Great Lakes basin. We work toward this goal by providing financial assistance, communications and networking assistance and technical assistance to citizens and grassroots watershed groups throughout the Great Lakes basin. Through these efforts we work with over 1,800 grassroots watershed groups and citizens to protect and restore the rivers, lakes and wetlands in their communities. The Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Network and Fund, Inc. is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization.

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