What: Great Lakes ‘Walk, Paddle, and Roll’ Fundraising Event
Wilderness Orienteering
When: Saturday, July 12, 2009, 12:00 noon
Where: Big Bay, MI
To Join a Team visit www.firstgiving.com/freshwaterfuture
To donate and help support the SWUP team, visit www.firstgiving.com/savethewildup
For More Information Contact:
Save the Wild UP
Kristi Mills 228-4444
Website: www.savethewildup.org
Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve
Emily Whittaker, 345-9223
Website: [...]
The annual Kirtland’s Warbler singing male survey of the US Fish & Wildlife Service will be conducted June 6th through June 15th for the entire Upper Peninsula.
Interested volunteers for the Yellow Dog Plains survey can contact Nancy Moran by calling the Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve at 906-345-9223. Surveyors will meet daily at 7:00 am at [...]
Wednesday, April 22
11:00 am - 5:00 pm
413 N Third Street in Marquette
Save the Wild UP invites you to celebrate historical Earth Day ‘09, Wednesday, April 22 by stopping by our office in Marquette. Register for door prizes, sign a banner, taste a fruit smoothie, and chat with other visitors about green solutions to our global [...]
March 31, 2009 – 12:41 pm
A coalition of Northern Michigan University student and area community organizations invite you to join regional water luminaries, local legends, world-class Michigan musicians and students from Northern and all over the state for a weekend of music, food, community, panels, workshops, a marshland parade, dances, and celebration to protect our water locally and address global [...]
Celebrate the U.P.!
Join the Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition in a FREE celebration of what’s great about the U.P. on
Saturday, March 28th, 2009
at the three corners where Ridge and Front Sts. intersect in downtown Marquette, MI.
Here’s what we have on tap:
At The Peter White Public Library - Community Room:
10:15-11:15 “An Author’s Journey to Advocacy: A Memorable [...]
March 13, 2009 – 12:14 pm
Join us for The Annual Environmental Awards Banquet of the Chappee Rapids Chapter of the Audubon Society and an evening with award-winning author, and noted hiker Eric Hansen. He will present a slide tour of the Upper Peninsula’s best hikes and offer his thoughts on the land, its compelling themes and its almost mythic place [...]
By SCOTT STREATER, Greenwire
One of the nation’s longest-running environmental eyesores is poised to become a critical jobs engine for the rural West under the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Together, the Interior and Agriculture departments expect to set off a hiring boom among idled industry and agricultural workers whose charge will be to clean [...]
Author Eric Hansen will present a slide tour of the U.P.’s best hikes, waterfalls and scenic vistas in Lansing March 7. His theme is:
The Poetry and Practicalities of Hiking Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
Hansen, an award-winning environmental essayist, is the author of Hiking Michigan’s Upper Peninsula - A Guide to the Greatest Hiking Adventures in the U.P. [...]
January 30, 2009 – 4:36 pm
Concerned citizens will get a chance on February 18 to voice their opinions on Kennecott’s plans to re-open the old Humboldt Mill at a public meeting hosted by Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality
Kennecott Minerals bought the property last September with plans to process ore from its proposed Eagle Project. Without legal permits to develop Eagle, [...]
