Great
Lakes and Fresh Water Week a time to explore, enjoy state’s water heritage
Life in Michigan – whether you live, work or play here – has always been tied
to our abundance of rivers, lakes and streams. Next month, as Michigan celebrates
Great Lakes and Fresh Water Week, June 2-10, it’s the right time to learn
more about the world’s largest collection of fresh-water resources and ways
to enjoy and protect them.
Michigan’s dunes, wetlands, rivers, lakes and coasts are
defining features of the state’s environment, economy and culture. Michigan
continues to lead the way – through tools like the Michigan
Water Strategy – in work to prevent aquatic invasive
species, revitalize waterfront communities, and connect people to water resources
by expanding public access and water trails.
“Michigan’s Great Lakes and fresh-water resources are part of
our heritage,” said Jon W. Allan, Director of the Michigan Office of the
Great Lakes. “Nowhere else in the world offers our volume and quality of fresh
water to swim, fish, paddle and play in, and we must protect it for future
generations.”
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