Great Lakes beaches are vital to our economy, ecology and way of life. Keeping beaches healthy is our responsibility. Great Lakes Restoration funding is critical for improving our beaches by providing dollars for public education, monitoring to pinpoint pollution sources, projects to eliminate pollution sources, and monitoring to ensure restoration success.
18. Public Concerns Photo Courtesy of Julie Kinzelman “ Debris” “ Basin may ruin the beach” “ Maintenance” This project will improve all of these concerns
19. Public Education “ You mean this goes directly to the Beach and Lake?” Resident who attended an outreach event
20. Public Education – Outside GLRI Collaborated Effort Source: http://www.enviroscapes.com/nonpoint-source.html Photo Courtesy of Root-Pike WIN Southeast Wisconsin Clean Water Network – 17 Communities joining together for public education