5000000 2571 Acres
White Lake
in Michigan
511 Projects
greatlakesimpact.org/mi/whitelake
Sitting along the eastern shore of Lake Michigan is Muskegon County. White Lake was already feeling the ecological toll of an era of heavy industrialization and widespread residential development, when it was placed on the list of the 43 Great Lakes Areas of Concern in 1987. Because of collaborative efforts to clean up the water and surrounding habitat, in October of 2014, White Lake was the first site in Michigan to be removed from the list of Great Lakes Areas of Concern.
2,571 Acres
Funding
$5,000,000
From the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
Significance
Since White Lake’s revitalization, businesses have opened to provide water recreation activities, which would not have been possible without the cleanup of White Lake. Collaboration
Citizens, businesses and community leaders rallied around a cleanup plan for White Lake that laid the groundwork for restoration investments, accelerated progress and an eventual delisting that is paving the way for increased recreational and economic development opportunities for the area.
Great Lakes. Great Impact.
land Area
Great Lakes. Great Impact. greatlakesimpact.org
The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is working. It protects and revitalizes the world’s largest source of fresh surface water, and the region’s greatest economic and environmental resource. A Brookings Institution report shows that every $1 invested in Great Lakes restoration results in at least a $2 return in the form of increased fishing, tourism and home values.
Protecting Our Water. Rebuilding Our Economy. - Investment to date -
$1.6 Billion
43 7
- Funded -
2,080 Projects
In 1987
Areas of Concern* were identified in the Great Lakes *Toxic areas with high levels of pollution or ecological impairment Since 2010
Areas of Concern have been removed from the list
4 in the United States: » Presque Isle Bar, PA » Deer Lake, MI » White Lake, MI
Significance
» Oswego River, NY
The impact of the Great Lakes Restoration
3 in the Canada:
Initiative’s projects are invaluable. From 2010 through 2013, 42 different pollution problems
» Collingwood Harbour, ON
at 17 toxic hot spots were removed. That’s
» Severn Sound, ON
more than four times the amount of hots spots
» Wheatley Harbor, ON
cleaned up in the years prior to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. From 2004 to 2009, the Great Lakes region was the only area in the country to show a gain in wetland acreage. Collaboration To utilize resources from the Great Lakes
35
The Great Lakes Provide
Million Americans with drinking water
Restoration Initiative, government agencies at all levels, non-profits, foundations and concerned citizens have collaborated on projects to restore habitat and wetlands, clean up toxic pollution, combat invasive species and prevent runoff from farms and cities.
$8
The Great Lakes Support
Billion Per year shipping and fishing industries
in Michigan
511 Projects
greatlakesimpact.org/mi/whitelake
Sitting along the eastern shore of Lake Michigan is Muskegon County. White Lake was already feeling the ecological toll of an era of heavy industrialization and widespread residential development, when it was placed on the list of the 43 Great Lakes Areas of Concern in 1987. Because of collaborative efforts to clean up the water and surrounding habitat, in October of 2014, White Lake was the first site in Michigan to be removed from the list of Great Lakes Areas of Concern.
2,571 Acres
Funding
$5,000,000
From the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
Significance
Since White Lake’s revitalization, businesses have opened to provide water recreation activities, which would not have been possible without the cleanup of White Lake. Collaboration
Citizens, businesses and community leaders rallied around a cleanup plan for White Lake that laid the groundwork for restoration investments, accelerated progress and an eventual delisting that is paving the way for increased recreational and economic development opportunities for the area.
Great Lakes. Great Impact.
land Area
Great Lakes. Great Impact. greatlakesimpact.org
The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is working. It protects and revitalizes the world’s largest source of fresh surface water, and the region’s greatest economic and environmental resource. A Brookings Institution report shows that every $1 invested in Great Lakes restoration results in at least a $2 return in the form of increased fishing, tourism and home values.
Protecting Our Water. Rebuilding Our Economy. - Investment to date -
$1.6 Billion
43 7
- Funded -
2,080 Projects
In 1987
Areas of Concern* were identified in the Great Lakes *Toxic areas with high levels of pollution or ecological impairment Since 2010
Areas of Concern have been removed from the list
4 in the United States: » Presque Isle Bar, PA » Deer Lake, MI » White Lake, MI
Significance
» Oswego River, NY
The impact of the Great Lakes Restoration
3 in the Canada:
Initiative’s projects are invaluable. From 2010 through 2013, 42 different pollution problems
» Collingwood Harbour, ON
at 17 toxic hot spots were removed. That’s
» Severn Sound, ON
more than four times the amount of hots spots
» Wheatley Harbor, ON
cleaned up in the years prior to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. From 2004 to 2009, the Great Lakes region was the only area in the country to show a gain in wetland acreage. Collaboration To utilize resources from the Great Lakes
35
The Great Lakes Provide
Million Americans with drinking water
Restoration Initiative, government agencies at all levels, non-profits, foundations and concerned citizens have collaborated on projects to restore habitat and wetlands, clean up toxic pollution, combat invasive species and prevent runoff from farms and cities.
$8
The Great Lakes Support
Billion Per year shipping and fishing industries
