2006 PHASE THREE

Next summer marks the third year of our wild rice initiative. Wild rice has been a part of the Great Lakes landscape for thousands of years. Unregulated logging practices, dams and housing developments have dramatically altered the quality of wetlands and streams.

Thanks to a start up grant in 2004 from Lon and Lynn Emerick, and carried forward with help from the Max and Phyllis Reynolds Family Foundation, the CTI is working with the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community and youth volunteers from Marquette County Juvenile Court to plant 2,000 pounds of wild rice over three years in seven lakes and wetlands. Carl Lindquist, director of the Central Lake Superior Watershed Partnership, serves as the key partner with this project providing technical support and strategic counsel.

We invite you to join us in this effort during 2006 with a gift of $100. Your donation will help underwrite this project as well as the other pro bono work of the CTI. You'll receive from us, as with all projects, a report of volunteers, dates of service and photos of our efforts. All gifts are tax deductible.

The Earth says "THANK YOU" (MEGWICH)

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