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Seven Great Lakes communities collaborate on cleanup effort
(Detroit Metro Times) Some Michiganders are part of a multi-state effort this week to clean up and protect the Great Lakes.
The volunteer campaign involves seven Great Lakes communities, and is made possible through $300,000 in funding from the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
Heather Smith, Grand Traverse baykeeper for The Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay, explained each of the communities involved has been conducting its own annual cleanups, but the EPA Trash Free grant allows for broad collaboration.
"This is unique in that we have a number of organizations working across the basin," Smith noted. "So we're getting a lot of momentum to remove of the trash on our area beaches and in our near-shore waters that is certainly threatening habitat and drinking water sources." .................(more)
https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2021/04/27/seven-great-lakes-communities-collaborate-on-cleanup-effort