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Hang Ten for Lake Michigan

[caption id="attachment_2102" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="From Vince Deur"][/caption]Surf’s up Dude, well, it could be very soon at five Lake Michigan beaches in the Chicago Area thanks to HOW’s very own surf enthusiast Vince Deur. Deur has been lobbying the city for some time to decriminalize lake surfing.

“There has been a lot of resistance to surfing in Chicago, going back more than 20 years,” Deur, of Grand Rapids, Mich., told the Chicago Sun-Times.

Surfing has been outlawed in Chicago for decades. “Now that we have a toe in the water, so Read More » »

Healing Our Waters Great Lakes Coalition - 100 Strong

The Healing Our Waters (HOW) Great Lakes Coalition reached a milestone recently, growing to over 100 groups throughout the Great Lakes region. The HOW Coalition continues to grow and diversify. This growth symbolizes the importance of restoring the health of the Great Lakes, which are essential to the economic and cultural identity of our region.

HOW Coalition members recognize we have manageable solutions contained in the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Strategy to Restore and Protect the Great Lakes. It is time to use them. Every day we wait, the problems get worse and the solutions get more costly. Read More » »