A new partnership for clean-water
A new partnership called the Greater Lakes Promise is working to improve water quality around the Great Lakes.
An initiative made possible by the Great Lakes Protection Fund and the nonprofit Freshwater, the Greater Lakes Promise is working with land trusts to select high priority lands for conservation. This includes raising funds to add perennial vegetation with the goal of trapping carbon emissions and preventing run-off.
Carrie Jennings, Freshwater research and policy director for the project said, “There are many geologic, economic and societal commonalities across the Great Lakes states that allow us to expand the geographic reach of our efforts to improve water quality.”
The three main goals of the Greater Lakes Promise are:
- Working with five land trusts as partners to continue these clean-water initiatives.
- Creating a technical advisory committee to prioritize the highest levels of phosphorus reduction.
- Generating funding for outreach, land stewardship, and land purchase to improve Great Lakes water quality.
To learn more about the Greater Lakes Promise, visit greaterlakespromise.org.
