Freshwater Future’s Ongoing Commitment to Inclusion and Diversity
Freshwater Future remains committed to our efforts to ensure we are serving and working with diverse people, organizations, and communities in all we do. When we invest in the outcomes of everyone, we universally benefit, and when some of us are mistreated, we all bear the brunt. We celebrate the many types of diverse communities and individuals with whom we work because together we are much better able to create needed solutions for the waters and people of the Great Lakes. Our commitment to being an organization that values respect and inclusion is appropriate and necessary to our success and that of our communities. Now more than ever, we remain committed to helping those being targeted and disrespected, and those without access to resources. – Freshwater Future Staff
Tell Congress to Keep Critical Lead in Drinking Water Protections!
A bill introduced this month (House Joint Resolution 18) has one goal: remove a drinking water rule that helps protect millions of American families from lead poisoning. The Lead and Copper Rule Improvements went into effect last October with much-needed improvements to lead in drinking water regulations such as requiring the removal of all lead service lines within 10 years. Now, our House representatives are considering a motion to reverse these new protections. There is no safe amount of lead in water. Please send a message to your representative using this simple form, urging them to reject the repeal of lead in drinking water protections!
Early-bird Registration Ends Today: Join Us in Rochester, NY for All About Water on March 27th!
Since 2017, All About Water convenings have gathered grassroots water activists from across the Great Lakes region to learn, strategize, and collectively advocate on pressing water justice issues. This year, you are cordially invited to join Freshwater Future for the All About Water 2025 Convening on March 27th, in Rochester, NY! Limited funds to assist with travel costs are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Don’t wait to sign up – The early-bird registration and discounted pricing ends today!
Register HERE!
Date: Thursday, March 27th, 2025
Time: 9:00 am-4:00 pm | registration begins at 8:00 am | Breakfast & lunch provided with registration
Location: Rochester Institute of Technology Inn
Agenda: Available here!
Tomorrow Begins the Black Lake Sturgeon Season
The region’s shortest fishing season begins tomorrow and ends as soon as a handful of the Great Lakes’ iconic Lake Sturgeon are caught from Michigan’s Black Lake. These gentle giants (also known as Nmé by the Anishinaabe) can grow up to eight feet long and 300 pounds and live an average 55-80 years. Lake sturgeon populations in Black Lake have rebounded thanks to nearly two decades of concerted conservation efforts to reduce poaching and improve habitat for spawning. Wisconsin and Minnesota have limited seasons for spearing Lake sturgeon on select inland lakes with catch and release in rivers.
Photo Credit: Adam Lintz, Blue Visions Media – michiganseagrant
