As of now (!) the Michigan Clean Water Corps (MiCorps) and the Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program will officially come to an end on September 30th, 2018 unless we act immediately to renew it!!! We need everyone who cares about Michigan and our vast treasure of magnificent inland lakes that contribute billions of dollars to our state’s economy to (again) call, e-mail, and/or write a snail mail letter to your state Senate and House Representatives to encourage their support for the continuation of this outstanding collaborative partnership-based inland lakes stewardship program! This will be your last opportunity to save this beneficial, cost effective program!!!
Preserve and protect Michigan’s vast treasure of inland lake gems for the future! Our inland lakes need you to step up to the plate now on their behalf!!!
Please immediately contact your Michigan State Senator and House Representatives to encourage them to support funding for MiCorps and the Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program.
Fiscal year 2019 budget negotiations are occurring right now in Lansing, we have only a short window of opportunity to secure funding for this extraordinary inland lakes focused collaborative partership-based program. You and your lake association can play an important role in saving this unique program!
Without your help, MiCorps and the Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program will come to an end on September 30th, 2018.
Whether this outstanding program survives to support another inland lakes water quality monitoring season is entirely up to you!
Please don’t delay, use the resources we have provided below to call, e-mail, and/ or snail mail your State Senator and Representatives about the importance of providing funding for this outstanding inland lakes focused program!
To view a summary of Michigan Clean Water Corps (MiCorps) accomplishments, click here https://www.mymlsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Michigan-Clean-Water-Corps-summary.pdf
To download a sample letter of support for MiCorps,
and the Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program
click here https://www.mymlsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Final-MiCorps-CLMP-Letter-of-Support.pdf
Please visit www.micorps.net for more information
about MiCorps, and the Cooperative Lakes
Monitoring Program
To view a list of Mi House and Senate Natural Resources
and Appropriations Committee members, click here https://www.mymlsa.org/mi-senate-and-house-of-rep-committees/
To find out the name and contact info
for your State Senator, click here http://www.senate.michigan.gov/fysbyaddress.html
To find out the name and contact info for your
State Representatives, click here http://www.house.mi.gov/MHRPublic/frmFindARep.aspx
Download a PowerPoint slideshow to train your community volunteers to monitor the health of local Michigan streams and lakes: VSMP-PowerpointDevelopmentTool