Annual Report

2016 Annual Report

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Cover Photo: John McCormick, Michigan Nut Photography From the PRESIDENT

wo of the Michigan Environmental hire our first-ever agriculture policy TCouncil’s signature achievements director. That means we’ll have greater in 2016 made it clear that, as President capacity to promote state, local and Calvin Coolidge put it, “Nothing federal policies that support Michigan in this world can take the place of in growing a diverse abundance of persistence.” food while promoting the long-term James Clift, our policy director, well-being of our water, wildlife and spent five years doing everything he climate. We’ve long worked to make could to block a state plan to deregulate agriculture more sustainable, but this air emissions of 500 toxic chemicals. is the first time we’ve had a program At times, it looked like a lost cause. But dedicated solely to farm issues. James and MEC never let up, and in Generous financial support March, state officials announced they also made possible a new initiative were dropping the plan. launched in late 2016 to ensure Likewise, our tenacity was key in that families across Michigan enjoy achieving important clean energy safe, affordable drinking water. reforms in the final days of 2016. We’re reaching out to water experts, Lawmakers put forward some Chris Kolb, President community leaders and residents to worrisome proposals during more than learn about the challenges they face two years of negotiations, legislative and the resources they need to advance hearings and bill introductions. drinking water safety and affordability. (Remember the idea to count scrap tires and railroad ties as Their insights and ideas will guide our work in 2017 and “renewable” fuels?) But through it all, we never lost sight of beyond. You can expect a progress report on these new our goals for Michigan’s energy system: keep it affordable initiatives in our next annual report. and reliable, protect families and businesses from future price I won’t venture any bold predictions about the future—I spikes and minimize the impacts on human health and the threw my crystal ball in the recycling bin on November environment. By sticking with it until just hours before the 9, 2016—but here’s one you can take to the bank: With clock ran out on the legislative session, we played a major role your continued support, MEC will keep working with grit in passing laws that accomplish those goals. and persistence to achieve strong protections for Michigan Victories of this sort require huge amounts of research, families and a healthy environment. analysis and planning. Lots of strategy sessions. Countless pots Thank you for making our work possible. of coffee. Without donors like you, we simply would not have the resources it takes to win. We can’t thank you enough. Recognizing the vital role we play in the Capitol, MEC’s financial supporters in 2016 made it possible for us to

1 From the PRESIDENT

1 POWERING CHANGE in Michigan’s Energy Policy

t’s hard to overstate From the earliest Ihow important talks until the final energy policy is to votes were tallied, the health of our MEC was in the mix. environment, our We were asked to families and our serve on a Senate economy. Fortunately— energy work group throughout more than in 2014, shared two years of nonstop convincing legislative advocacy made possible testimony and by supporters like compelling media you—MEC played a messages in 2015, major role in achieving provided insights positive energy reforms and alternatives that became law throughout 2016 to in December. keep the bills moving Among other key Sarah Mullkoff, James Clift and Sean Hammond wait in the House in a productive provisions, the new laws: lobby as state representatives vote on a package of bills that ramp up direction and stayed at Michigan’s investment in clean energy. • Require utilities to the negotiating table ramp up their use of in the final hours renewable energy from their current level of 10 percent to before the bills passed. With your help, we were able to 12.5 percent by 2019, and 15 percent by 2021. turn back dangerous proposals—including a plan to scrap renewable energy and energy efficiency programs—and • Continue the requirement that utilities improve efficiency move Michigan forward. by at least 1 percent per year for electricity and .75 percent It was a big victory, but it doesn’t mean our energy for natural gas, and remove a cap on how much they can program is slowing down. We are ramping up efforts to hold invest in efficiency. utilities accountable for making investments that benefit their • Create a new program for customers who want more of customers and not just their shareholders—investments, that their power to come from renewable sources. is, in affordable clean energy. We’re also working to drive • Maintain the net metering program that allows customers to renewable energy projects at the local level and helping reduce their electric bills by generating clean energy at home. improve energy efficiency in multi-family housing.

3 POWERING CHANGE in Michigan’s Energy Policy

3 Keeping Factory Fish Farms out of the GREAT LAKES

actory fish farms have no place in our Great Lakes, and 2016 yielded Fimportant progress in our efforts to keep them out. Canadian companies have proposed net-pen aquaculture—cramming thousands of fish into floating cages and fattening them on food pellets—near Rogers City and Escanaba. These commercial operations pose a serious risk to wild fish populations, water quality and recreational value of our greatest natural resource. And they would create just 44 jobs, compared to 38,000 jobs supported by recreational fishing in Michigan. In February—on the same day we testified in support of bills to ban net- pen aquaculture in Michigan’s Great Lakes waters and opposed legislation that would roll out a welcome mat for the industry—a statewide poll revealed that nearly seven in 10 Michiganders want to keep fish farms out of the Great Lakes. In March, a trio of state agencies recommended that Michigan do just that. MEC and our partners kept a close eye on this issue and the year wound down without legislative action on fish farms. We were happy to pour cold water on these proposals in 2016, and we’re confident we can achieve a permanent ban on Great Lakes aquaculture in 2017.

MEC used scientific and economic arguments to successfully fight proposals for net-pen aquaculture in the Great Lakes. A state science panel found that net-pen aquaculture would dump untreated waste directly into the Great Lakes, provide a breeding ground for diseases that could spread to wild fish, and allow interbreeding that could encourage the weakening of genetic diversity and traits that help wild fish survive.

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5 LEADING LOCALLY in STANDING STRONG for Climate Fight Clean Air

n December, Traverse City made a bold commitment to EC notched a hard-won, long-fought victory for I clean energy with a resolution to power city operations— MMichigan families in April when the Department of including city buildings, streetlights, traffic signals and Environmental Quality abandoned a plan to deregulate air water treatment facilities—entirely with clean energy by emissions of some 500 toxic chemicals. The rule change 2020. The resolution also set a goal of launching two would have allowed unchecked emissions of 250 chemicals greenhouse gas-reduction projects each year and that have never been tested for their impact on human called for a plan to make all of Traverse City—not health and could be cancer-causing. Polluters also would just city operations—carbon-neutral by midcentury. have been allowed to emit any quantity of another 250 MEC climate and energy specialist Kate Madigan, chemicals that are known to be somewhat toxic, despite the a Traverse City resident, was instrumental in this fact that, at high enough levels, even mildly toxic chemicals exciting victory. As director of the Michigan Climate can have serious health impacts. Action Network, Kate met regularly with city Financial support from friends like you gave MEC the leaders and officials from the local electric utility tools we needed to battle this bad idea over the long haul— and brought in outside experts to help make the about five years, all told. You helped us to build a strong case for going fully renewable. With your help, by scientific case against deregulation, alert journalists to the the end of 2018, Kate aims to increase to 10 the proposal, publish op-eds opposing the plan in the state’s number of Michigan communities with 100 percent biggest newspapers and—most importantly—stick with it, clean energy commitments. Along with Traverse day after day, month after month and City, Grand Rapids and Northport have year after year. The result: cleaner air already made such pledges. for Michigan families.

Workers install solar panels at Traverse Heights Elementary School. Kate Madigan, MEC’s energy and climate specialist and Policy Director James Clift repeatedly director of the Michigan Climate Action testified — and was often a lone voice — Network, was instrumental in bringing solar against deregulating toxic air chemicals. power to the school, and has been a leader The fight for clean air ended with a major in Traverse City’s transition to 100 percent win for Michigan families. renewable energy. Photo: Neil Weaver

6 7 LEADING LOCALLY in STANDING STRONG for Climate Fight Clean Air n December, Traverse City made a bold commitment to EC notched a hard-won, long-fought victory for I clean energy with a resolution to power city operations— MMichigan families in April when the Department of including city buildings, streetlights, traffic signals and Environmental Quality abandoned a plan to deregulate air water treatment facilities—entirely with clean energy by emissions of some 500 toxic chemicals. The rule change 2020. The resolution also set a goal of launching two would have allowed unchecked emissions of 250 chemicals greenhouse gas-reduction projects each year and that have never been tested for their impact on human called for a plan to make all of Traverse City—not health and could be cancer-causing. Polluters also would just city operations—carbon-neutral by midcentury. have been allowed to emit any quantity of another 250 MEC climate and energy specialist Kate Madigan, chemicals that are known to be somewhat toxic, despite the a Traverse City resident, was instrumental in this fact that, at high enough levels, even mildly toxic chemicals exciting victory. As director of the Michigan Climate can have serious health impacts. Action Network, Kate met regularly with city Financial support from friends like you gave MEC the leaders and officials from the local electric utility tools we needed to battle this bad idea over the long haul— and brought in outside experts to help make the about five years, all told. You helped us to build a strong case for going fully renewable. With your help, by scientific case against deregulation, alert journalists to the the end of 2018, Kate aims to increase to 10 the proposal, publish op-eds opposing the plan in the state’s number of Michigan communities with 100 percent biggest newspapers and—most importantly—stick with it, clean energy commitments. Along with Traverse day after day, month after month and City, Grand Rapids and Northport have year after year. The result: cleaner air already made such pledges. for Michigan families.

6 7 INSPIRING YOUNG LEADERS in Detroit

long with shaping statewide policy at the Capitol, MEC also had a Asignificant on-the-ground impact in Detroit in 2016. Since 2013, Community Engagement Director Sandra Turner-Handy has been among the leadership team for a program that challenges Denby High School students to identify, plan and implement projects to stabilize and transform their neighborhood. As part of that effort, students have been planning the revitalization of an abandoned playfield adjacent to the school. Sandra helped lead Denby students in making that vision a reality through a partnership with Life Remodeled, a Detroit-based nonprofit that brings an influx of cash, labor and materials into a different neighborhood each year. Life Remodeled brought a stunning 10,700 volunteers to the Denby community for a $5 million neighborhood renovation funded by businesses, community organizations, individuals and state grants. Skinner Park now features basketball, pickleball and volleyball courts; a solar-powered performing arts pavilion; and green infrastructure elements to capture and filter stormwater. In addition to improving the park, volunteers—including a team from MEC—removed blight from more than 300 city blocks, boarded up 362 houses and made repairs at 80 others. Sandra was instrumental throughout this process, including helping students craft their plans for Skinner in 2013, speaking with the media at the project launch, leading volunteers and, even doing the hands-on work of preparing park facilities for the winter. Photos: (bottom left) James Ribbron; middle right) Brendon Ross

The Denby Neighborhood Project puts youth leadership at the center of community revitalization efforts. The $1.4 million Skinner Park project transformed the playfield next to Denby High School into a community gathering place. It includes a solar-powered performing arts pavilion with a rain catchment system.

Bottom left: Leadership team members Charles Cross of the Detroit Collaborative Design Center (left) with Hakeem Weatherspoon and Sandra Turner-Handy.

Bottom right: Sandra Turner-Handy with Life Remodeled CEO Chris Lambert and Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan. 8 9 INSPIRING YOUNG LEADERS in Detroit

Bottom left: Leadership team members Charles Cross of the Detroit Collaborative Design Center (left) with Hakeem Weatherspoon and Sandra Turner-Handy.

Bottom right: Sandra Turner-Handy with Life Remodeled CEO Chris Lambert and Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan. 8 9 DEFENDING PUBLIC LANDS and Our Outdoor Heritage

ur supporters enabled MEC and allies to block a sneak attack on OMichigan’s public lands and wildlife in 2016. The Senate bills packaged together several anti-science, anti-forest and anti-public land provisions, including a few we had shot down in recent years. They featured, for instance, a proposal to prohibit public land management to preserve biological diversity—a measure opposed by more than 100 Michigan scientists and which Gov. Snyder had already vetoed once before. The bills also would make it harder to protect ecologically sensitive areas from off- road vehicles, require a minimum annual timber harvest on state forests and make it easier to put Michigan’s public forestland up for sale. Working with our conservation partners, MEC shared our concerns with lawmakers, testified before legislative committees and met with Snyder administration officials to discuss how the bills jeopardized Michigan’s outdoor heritage. The session wrapped up without a House vote on the bills, but they cleared the Senate, and we expect to face them again. This is time- intensive, research-heavy work that is only possible with the help of our financial supporters.

Brad Garmon, director of conservation and emerging issues, lead our work to combat anti-public lands legislation. The legislation would have required a minimum annual timber harvest on state forests and made it easier to put Michigan’s public forestland up for sale.

11 Photo: Joy Van Buhler DEFENDING PUBLIC LANDS and Our Outdoor Heritage

11 Photo: Joy Van Buhler DELIVERING ACCOUNTABILITY in Flint

n March, MEC Gov. Rick Snyder looks IPresident Chris Kolb on as MEC President stood before a crowd Chris Kolb announces of journalists from the findings of the Flint Water Advisory across the country Task Force, which and delivered a clear he co-chaired. The message: The Flint panel found that water crisis was a state government case of environmental was to blame for injustice, and state “failure, intransigence, unpreparedness, government was delay, inaction and chiefly responsible. environmental injustice” Chris was speaking in the Flint water crisis. as co-chair of the Flint Water Advisory Photo: Daniel Mears, The Detroit News Task Force, which Gov. Snyder created additional policies, programs and investments to investigate the crisis and recommend steps are needed to help them deliver safe drinking to prevent similar disasters. Since serving on water to residents. We continued to advocate the task force, he has shared his perspective for expanded lead testing of Michigan with White House science advisors, a children and greater state investment in national gathering of water engineers and proven programs to prevent lead poisoning. several other groups, challenging them with And we held our annual meeting of MEC the reality that a Flint-like catastrophe can member groups in Flint, where heart- happen any place where policymakers fail wrenching stories from local activists and to invest in safe drinking water or take it for lawmakers drove home the magnitude of granted. human suffering triggered by the crisis. Throughout 2016, MEC advocated for Providing Flint residents the support they policy reforms identified in the task force need and working to make drinking water report, such as making Michigan’s Lead and safe statewide will be important priorities for Copper Rule for drinking water the strongest MEC in the coming years. It’s another way in the country. We also began reaching out to our financial supporters will make a real communities around the state to learn what difference in the lives of Michigan residents.

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13 FEEDING FAMILIES and HONORING Supporting Small Farmers Outspoken Environmental Champions

EC and partners launched a promising pilot project ur Annual Environmental Awards M in 2016 that we hope will prove effective in tackling OCelebration is not only an important hunger and childhood obesity while supporting sustainable source of funding for MEC’s programs. It’s also farmers. About one in four children in our state suffer from a chance to catch up with old friends, make new hunger, and about a third are overweight or obese, often ones and soak up inspiration and motivation because of poor access to healthy foods. In a state with the from our honorees. In July we were proud to nation’s second-highest diversity of food crops, we can fix honor two individuals who are the embodiment this problem with the right policies and investments. of dedication, courage and public service. Supported by a grant from the Michigan Health Mona Hanna-Attisha is a hero of the Flint Endowment Fund, this initiative will provide fresh, local water crisis. A pediatrician steeped in principles fruits and vegetables for 120 families struggling with food of environmental justice, she analyzed public insecurity. The food will come from growers who operate health records and discovered a doubling Community Supported Agriculture subscription programs of blood-lead levels after Flint switched its Mona Hanna-Attisha and MEC President in the Lansing, Detroit and Ann Arbor areas, and will be drinking water source. When state officials tried Chris Kolb delivered to participants in a weekly “veggie box.” If this to discredit her, Hanna-Attisha stood by her approach proves to be as effective as we think it will in data and became a prominent, unwavering expanding healthy food access, we will apply the lessons we voice for Flint residents. learn during the pilot phase and work with partners on the Volunteering on a full-time basis with ground to expand the program statewide. Environmentally Concerned Citizens of South This initiative is just part of our work Central Michigan, Pam Taylor has made it through the Healthy Kids Healthy Michigan impossible to ignore the links between industrial coalition, whose aim is to reduce childhood agriculture and the degradation of water obesity. With support from friends like you, resources. She used Freedom of Information we are making important strides toward Act requests to build the first comprehensive a future in which all Michigan children database of factory farms in the Western Lake have ample and consistent access to healthy Erie Basin, confirming her suspicion that manure foods that nourish their growth, learning from industrial feedlots was a major, largely Pam Taylor and development. overlooked driver of Lake Erie’s algae problem. That effort also highlighted the huge federal subsidies pouring into the region’s megafarms, even as they violated the Clean Water Act. Some 78 organizations and 170 households generously Health Policy Director Tina Reynolds leads our work with the Healthy Kids Healthy Michigan supported the event through sponsorships, donations, admissions, Coalition to increase access to healthy food and auction contributions and purchases, making the celebration a for Michigan families and children in financial success—and a lot of fun! underserved areas. 14 15 FEEDING FAMILIES and HONORING Supporting Small Farmers Outspoken Environmental Champions

EC and partners launched a promising pilot project ur Annual Environmental Awards M in 2016 that we hope will prove effective in tackling OCelebration is not only an important hunger and childhood obesity while supporting sustainable source of funding for MEC’s programs. It’s also farmers. About one in four children in our state suffer from a chance to catch up with old friends, make new hunger, and about a third are overweight or obese, often ones and soak up inspiration and motivation because of poor access to healthy foods. In a state with the from our honorees. In July we were proud to nation’s second-highest diversity of food crops, we can fix honor two individuals who are the embodiment this problem with the right policies and investments. of dedication, courage and public service. Supported by a grant from the Michigan Health Mona Hanna-Attisha is a hero of the Flint Endowment Fund, this initiative will provide fresh, local water crisis. A pediatrician steeped in principles fruits and vegetables for 120 families struggling with food of environmental justice, she analyzed public insecurity. The food will come from growers who operate health records and discovered a doubling Community Supported Agriculture subscription programs of blood-lead levels after Flint switched its Mona Hanna-Attisha and MEC President in the Lansing, Detroit and Ann Arbor areas, and will be drinking water source. When state officials tried Chris Kolb delivered to participants in a weekly “veggie box.” If this to discredit her, Hanna-Attisha stood by her approach proves to be as effective as we think it will in data and became a prominent, unwavering expanding healthy food access, we will apply the lessons we voice for Flint residents. learn during the pilot phase and work with partners on the Volunteering on a full-time basis with ground to expand the program statewide. Environmentally Concerned Citizens of South This initiative is just part of our work Central Michigan, Pam Taylor has made it through the Healthy Kids Healthy Michigan impossible to ignore the links between industrial coalition, whose aim is to reduce childhood agriculture and the degradation of water obesity. With support from friends like you, resources. She used Freedom of Information we are making important strides toward Act requests to build the first comprehensive a future in which all Michigan children database of factory farms in the Western Lake have ample and consistent access to healthy Erie Basin, confirming her suspicion that manure foods that nourish their growth, learning from industrial feedlots was a major, largely Pam Taylor and development. overlooked driver of Lake Erie’s algae problem. That effort also highlighted the huge federal subsidies pouring into the region’s megafarms, even as they violated the Clean Water Act. Some 78 organizations and 170 households generously Health Policy Director Tina Reynolds leads our work with the Healthy Kids Healthy Michigan supported the event through sponsorships, donations, admissions, Coalition to increase access to healthy food and auction contributions and purchases, making the celebration a for Michigan families and children in financial success—and a lot of fun! underserved areas. 14 15 LEARNING TOGETHER: WHO WE ARE Flint Water Experts Featured Speakers at MEC Annual Meeting

ichigan Environmental Council member groups from These leaders—as well as MEC member group panelists and 2016 Board of Directors Macross the state gathered in September 2016 for our annual other special guests—made for a full and interesting agenda. The meeting—this time in Flint. They had the opportunity to hear annual meeting offers opportunities to hear about the great work Chris Kolb, President directly from key experts regarding Flint’s drinking water, including other member groups are doing; give input on policy priorities Michigan Environmental Council Virginia Tech researcher Marc Edwards; Flint Water Advisory for the 2017-18 legislative session; and make connections with Christine Green, Chair Task Force co-chair Ken Sikkema; Dr. Laura Sullivan, professor of organizations from across the state to combine forces, further our At-Large Member Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University and member of missions, and be inspired. Christopher Graham, Secretary the Flint Water Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee; and Senate At-Large Member Minority Leader Jim Ananich (D-Flint). Keith Cooley, Treasurer ACCESS Groundwork Center for Resilient Muskegon Save Our Shoreline At-Large Member 4 Towns Citizen Action Team Communities NAACP – Michigan State Conference Alliance for the Great Lakes Huron River Watershed Council Northern Michigan Environmental Lisa Brush, Vice Chair Alliance to Halt Fermi 3 Kalamazoo Environmental Council Action Council Stewardship Network Anglers of the Au Sable Kalamazoo River Cleanup Coalition Preserve the Dunes Alexander (Sandy) Lipsey, Vice Chair Au Sable River Watershed Committee Kalamazoo River Watershed Council Scenic Michigan At-Large Member Center for Automotive Research – Automotive Lapeer Land Conservancy Sierra Club, Michigan Chapter Communities Partnership League of Michigan Bicyclists Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Terry Miller, Vice Chair Citizens for Alternatives to League of Women Voters of Michigan Heart of Mary Lone Tree Council Chemical Contamination Legacy Land Conservancy Six Rivers Regional Land Conservancy Rick Bunch Citizens for Oil-Free Backyards Liaison for Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation Southeast Michigan Land Conservancy At-Large Member Citizens’ Climate Lobby – Michigan Lone Tree Council Stewardship Network Kajal Ravani, Clean Water Fund Michigan Association of Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council Bryan Burroughs Our Staff in 2016 Transportation Associate CLEARCorps/Detroit Railroad Passengers Transportation Riders United Michigan Trout Unlimited Chris Kolb, President & CEO Clinton River Watershed Council Michigan Audubon Society Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition Rachel Hood Tina Reynolds, Health Policy Director Concerned Citizens of Acme Township Judy Bearup, Office/Building Manager & Michigan Botanical Club Voices for Earth Justice West Michigan Environmental ConservAmerica Education Fund Michigan Citizens Against Toxic Substances West Michigan Environmental Assistant to the President Elizabeth Treutel Callin, Action Council Policy Associate Detroit Audubon Society Michigan Coalition on the Environment and Action Council Joe Bower, Director of Development Detroit RiverFront Conservancy Jewish Life Tyler Nickerson Sandra Turner-Handy, Dwight Lydell Chapter of the Izaak Walton Michigan Energy Options At-Large Member James Clift, Policy Director Community Engagement Director League of America Michigan Interfaith Power and Light Andy Draheim, Director of Finance East Michigan Environmental Michigan Land Trustees Cedric Richner III Tom Zimnicki, Action Council Michigan League of Conservation Voters At-Large Member Elizabeth Fedorchuk, Editor Agriculture Policy Director Ecology Center Education Fund Laura Rubin Environmentally Concerned Citizens of Michigan Nature Association Brad Garmon, Director of Conservation Huron River Watershed Council & Emerging Issues South Central Michigan Michigan Nurses Association Affiliated Staff Friends of the Au Gres – Rifle Watershed Michigan Organic Food and Farm Alliance Jack Schmitt Sean Hammond, Deputy Policy Director Friends of the Cedar River Watershed Michigan Recycling Coalition Michigan League of Conservation Voters Laurel Burchfield, Transportation for Friends of the Detroit River Michigan Trails and Greenways Alliance Education Fund Kate Madigan, Northern Michigan Michigan Coordinator Representative & Energy Specialist Friends of the Jordan River Watershed, Inc. Michigan Trout Unlimited Grenetta Thomassey Galen Hardy, Zero Waste Detroit Friends of the Rouge Michigan Waterfront Alliance Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council Andrew McGlashen, Community Outreach Coordinator Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Mid-Michigan Environmental Virginia Tech researcher Marc Edwards spoke via Communications Director Chippewa Indians Action Council teleconference to MEC Member Groups during a Yvonne White Hakeem Weatherspoon, Denby Playfield Great Lakes Mediation Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance panel discussion on Flint’s drinking water. NAACP – Michigan State Conference Sarah Mullkoff, Energy Program Director Youth Engagement Associate

16 17 LEARNING TOGETHER: WHO WE ARE Flint Water Experts Featured Speakers at MEC Annual Meeting ichigan Environmental Council member groups from These leaders—as well as MEC member group panelists and 2016 Board of Directors Macross the state gathered in September 2016 for our annual other special guests—made for a full and interesting agenda. The meeting—this time in Flint. They had the opportunity to hear annual meeting offers opportunities to hear about the great work Chris Kolb, President directly from key experts regarding Flint’s drinking water, including other member groups are doing; give input on policy priorities Michigan Environmental Council Virginia Tech researcher Marc Edwards; Flint Water Advisory for the 2017-18 legislative session; and make connections with Christine Green, Chair Task Force co-chair Ken Sikkema; Dr. Laura Sullivan, professor of organizations from across the state to combine forces, further our At-Large Member Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University and member of missions, and be inspired. Christopher Graham, Secretary the Flint Water Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee; and Senate At-Large Member Minority Leader Jim Ananich (D-Flint). Keith Cooley, Treasurer ACCESS Groundwork Center for Resilient Muskegon Save Our Shoreline At-Large Member 4 Towns Citizen Action Team Communities NAACP – Michigan State Conference Alliance for the Great Lakes Huron River Watershed Council Northern Michigan Environmental Lisa Brush, Vice Chair Alliance to Halt Fermi 3 Kalamazoo Environmental Council Action Council Stewardship Network Anglers of the Au Sable Kalamazoo River Cleanup Coalition Preserve the Dunes Alexander (Sandy) Lipsey, Vice Chair Au Sable River Watershed Committee Kalamazoo River Watershed Council Scenic Michigan At-Large Member Center for Automotive Research – Automotive Lapeer Land Conservancy Sierra Club, Michigan Chapter Communities Partnership League of Michigan Bicyclists Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Terry Miller, Vice Chair Citizens for Alternatives to League of Women Voters of Michigan Heart of Mary Lone Tree Council Chemical Contamination Legacy Land Conservancy Six Rivers Regional Land Conservancy Rick Bunch Citizens for Oil-Free Backyards Liaison for Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation Southeast Michigan Land Conservancy At-Large Member Citizens’ Climate Lobby – Michigan Lone Tree Council Stewardship Network Kajal Ravani, Clean Water Fund Michigan Association of Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council Bryan Burroughs Our Staff in 2016 Transportation Associate CLEARCorps/Detroit Railroad Passengers Transportation Riders United Michigan Trout Unlimited Chris Kolb, President & CEO Clinton River Watershed Council Michigan Audubon Society Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition Rachel Hood Tina Reynolds, Health Policy Director Concerned Citizens of Acme Township Judy Bearup, Office/Building Manager & Michigan Botanical Club Voices for Earth Justice West Michigan Environmental ConservAmerica Education Fund Michigan Citizens Against Toxic Substances West Michigan Environmental Assistant to the President Elizabeth Treutel Callin, Action Council Policy Associate Detroit Audubon Society Michigan Coalition on the Environment and Action Council Joe Bower, Director of Development Detroit RiverFront Conservancy Jewish Life Tyler Nickerson Sandra Turner-Handy, Dwight Lydell Chapter of the Izaak Walton Michigan Energy Options At-Large Member James Clift, Policy Director Community Engagement Director League of America Michigan Interfaith Power and Light Andy Draheim, Director of Finance East Michigan Environmental Michigan Land Trustees Cedric Richner III Tom Zimnicki, Action Council Michigan League of Conservation Voters At-Large Member Elizabeth Fedorchuk, Editor Agriculture Policy Director Ecology Center Education Fund Laura Rubin Environmentally Concerned Citizens of Michigan Nature Association Brad Garmon, Director of Conservation Huron River Watershed Council & Emerging Issues South Central Michigan Michigan Nurses Association Affiliated Staff Friends of the Au Gres – Rifle Watershed Michigan Organic Food and Farm Alliance Jack Schmitt Sean Hammond, Deputy Policy Director Friends of the Cedar River Watershed Michigan Recycling Coalition Michigan League of Conservation Voters Laurel Burchfield, Transportation for Friends of the Detroit River Michigan Trails and Greenways Alliance Education Fund Kate Madigan, Northern Michigan Michigan Coordinator Representative & Energy Specialist Friends of the Jordan River Watershed, Inc. Michigan Trout Unlimited Grenetta Thomassey Galen Hardy, Zero Waste Detroit Friends of the Rouge Michigan Waterfront Alliance Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council Andrew McGlashen, Community Outreach Coordinator Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Mid-Michigan Environmental Virginia Tech researcher Marc Edwards spoke via Communications Director Chippewa Indians Action Council teleconference to MEC Member Groups during a Yvonne White Hakeem Weatherspoon, Denby Playfield Great Lakes Mediation Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance panel discussion on Flint’s drinking water. NAACP – Michigan State Conference Sarah Mullkoff, Energy Program Director Youth Engagement Associate

16 17 STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS BUILDING A LEGACY For the 12 Months Ended December 31, 2016 December 31, 2016 For a Thriving Michigan UNRESTRICTED OPERATIONS ASSETS REVENUE Unrestricted Cash Assets $379,511 Grant Support $1,831,415 Cash/Certificates of Deposit/Money Market $853,620 Annual Giving ur staff’s persistence was an essential ingredient in Your support also sent an encouraging message that $101,074 Grant Receivable $720,340 Events $119,465 Total Temporarily Restricted Assets $1,573,960 MEC’s achievements last year. So were the backing you believe in MEC and our mission. Without you, we O Endowment Support $154,103 Unrestricted Property Net Assets and trust of supporters like you. could not have completed our 37th year of advocating in Great Lakes Endowment Support $7,500 (Bldg & Equipment) $494,366 All year long, hundreds of donors, volunteers, partners the State Capitol and across Michigan on behalf of our MEC Action Fund Support $0 Endowment Assets at Fair Market Value $2,104,163 Member Dues and member groups generously contributed funds, talents environment and the well being of our fellow residents. $12,950 Action Fund Assets at Fair Market Value $70,973 Interest and Miscellaneous $23,177 Prepaid Expense $8,665 and expertise. Every one of these contributions supported We hope the accounts in this report reinforce your TOTAL REVENUE $2,249,684 TOTAL ASSETS $4,631,638 our pursuit of policy solutions—some of which were conviction that MEC represents a strong investment in EXPENSE LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS realized in 2016, others that will be attained in the future shaping Michigan’s future. And we hope we can count on Compensation $1,185,195 and all of which will protect Michigan families and your continued partnership. Together, we can make our Professional Fees $49,981 TOTAL UNRESTRICTED LIABILITIES $324,906 natural resources for decades. state an even better place to live, work and thrive. MEC Payments to Member Organizations $121,935 Total Temporary Restricted Net Assets $1,573,960 Non-Member Sub-Grant Contractors $352,964 Total Endowment Net Assets $2,104,163 MEC Energy Policy Passthrough $266,649 Total Action Fund Net Assets $70,973 Office Expenses $153,186 Unrestricted Net Assets $321,660 Travel, Seminars and Events $122,375 Unrestricted Property Assets $235,976 TOTAL EXPENSE $2,252,285 Total Unrestricted Net Assets $557,636 UNRESTRICTED OPERATIONS -$2,601 TOTAL NET ASSETS $4,306,732 TOTAL REVENUE $2,249,684 TOTAL EXPENSES $2,252,285 EXCESS REVENUE TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $4,631,638 TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED OPERATIONS Member Dues PERE MARQUETTE FUND Great Lakes $12,950 (.6%) Travel, Seminars and Events Awarded Grant Revenue $2,310,416 ENDOWMENT ACTIVITY Endowment Support Interest and $122,375 (5.4%) Endowment Giving $0 $7,500 (0.3%) Miscellaneous Office Expenses Endowment Net Earnings $121,476 December 4, 2000 through December 31, 2016 $23,177 (1%) $153,186 (6.8%) Action Fund Giving $0 Endowment Support BEGINNING BALANCE $0 Action Fund Net Earnings $3,342 $154,103 (6.8%) MEC Energy Policy Transfers to Unrestricted Operations -$1,668,225 ADDITIONS Events Passthrough TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED OPERATIONS $767,009 Transfers from MEC unrestricted net assets $300,000 $119,465 (5.3%) $266,649 (11.8%) EXCESS REVENUE Contributions: Cash $1,601,890 Compensation Contributions: Pledges $260,000 Annual Giving $1,185,195 ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION FUND ACTIVITY Earnings and Capital Appreciation $1,133,315 $101,074 (4.5%) (52.6%) February 22, 2005 through December 31, 2016 DEDUCTIONS Grant Support BEGINNING BALANCE $0 Management Fees $98,429 MEC Payments to Transfers to support MEC unrestricted activities $1,092,613 $1,831,415 Members & Partners ADDITIONS ENDING BALANCE $2,104,163 (81.4%) $474,899 (21.1%) Transfers from MEC unrestricted net assets $0 Contributions: Cash $175,800 Contributions: Pledges $105,000 Professional Fees Earnings and Capital Appreciation $48,943 $49,981 (2.2%) DEDUCTIONS Management Fees $6,458 Transfers to support MEC unrestricted activities $252,312 18 ENDING BALANCE $70,973 19 STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS BUILDING A LEGACY For the 12 Months Ended December 31, 2016 December 31, 2016 For a Thriving Michigan UNRESTRICTED OPERATIONS ASSETS REVENUE Unrestricted Cash Assets $379,511 Grant Support $1,831,415 Cash/Certificates of Deposit/Money Market $853,620 Annual Giving ur staff’s persistence was an essential ingredient in Your support also sent an encouraging message that $101,074 Grant Receivable $720,340 Events $119,465 Total Temporarily Restricted Assets $1,573,960 MEC’s achievements last year. So were the backing you believe in MEC and our mission. Without you, we O Endowment Support $154,103 Unrestricted Property Net Assets and trust of supporters like you. could not have completed our 37th year of advocating in Great Lakes Endowment Support $7,500 (Bldg & Equipment) $494,366 All year long, hundreds of donors, volunteers, partners the State Capitol and across Michigan on behalf of our MEC Action Fund Support $0 Endowment Assets at Fair Market Value $2,104,163 Member Dues and member groups generously contributed funds, talents environment and the well being of our fellow residents. $12,950 Action Fund Assets at Fair Market Value $70,973 Interest and Miscellaneous $23,177 Prepaid Expense $8,665 and expertise. Every one of these contributions supported We hope the accounts in this report reinforce your TOTAL REVENUE $2,249,684 TOTAL ASSETS $4,631,638 our pursuit of policy solutions—some of which were conviction that MEC represents a strong investment in EXPENSE LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS realized in 2016, others that will be attained in the future shaping Michigan’s future. And we hope we can count on Compensation $1,185,195 and all of which will protect Michigan families and your continued partnership. Together, we can make our Professional Fees $49,981 TOTAL UNRESTRICTED LIABILITIES $324,906 natural resources for decades. state an even better place to live, work and thrive. MEC Payments to Member Organizations $121,935 Total Temporary Restricted Net Assets $1,573,960 Non-Member Sub-Grant Contractors $352,964 Total Endowment Net Assets $2,104,163 MEC Energy Policy Passthrough $266,649 Total Action Fund Net Assets $70,973 Office Expenses $153,186 Unrestricted Net Assets $321,660 Travel, Seminars and Events $122,375 Unrestricted Property Assets $235,976 TOTAL EXPENSE $2,252,285 Total Unrestricted Net Assets $557,636 UNRESTRICTED OPERATIONS -$2,601 TOTAL NET ASSETS $4,306,732 TOTAL REVENUE $2,249,684 TOTAL EXPENSES $2,252,285 EXCESS REVENUE TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $4,631,638 TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED OPERATIONS Member Dues PERE MARQUETTE FUND Great Lakes $12,950 (.6%) Travel, Seminars and Events Awarded Grant Revenue $2,310,416 ENDOWMENT ACTIVITY Endowment Support Interest and $122,375 (5.4%) Endowment Giving $0 $7,500 (0.3%) Miscellaneous Office Expenses Endowment Net Earnings $121,476 December 4, 2000 through December 31, 2016 $23,177 (1%) $153,186 (6.8%) Action Fund Giving $0 Endowment Support BEGINNING BALANCE $0 Action Fund Net Earnings $3,342 $154,103 (6.8%) MEC Energy Policy Transfers to Unrestricted Operations -$1,668,225 ADDITIONS Events Passthrough TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED OPERATIONS $767,009 Transfers from MEC unrestricted net assets $300,000 $119,465 (5.3%) $266,649 (11.8%) EXCESS REVENUE Contributions: Cash $1,601,890 Compensation Contributions: Pledges $260,000 Annual Giving $1,185,195 ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION FUND ACTIVITY Earnings and Capital Appreciation $1,133,315 $101,074 (4.5%) (52.6%) February 22, 2005 through December 31, 2016 DEDUCTIONS Grant Support BEGINNING BALANCE $0 Management Fees $98,429 MEC Payments to Transfers to support MEC unrestricted activities $1,092,613 $1,831,415 Members & Partners ADDITIONS ENDING BALANCE $2,104,163 (81.4%) $474,899 (21.1%) Transfers from MEC unrestricted net assets $0 Contributions: Cash $175,800 Contributions: Pledges $105,000 Professional Fees Earnings and Capital Appreciation $48,943 $49,981 (2.2%) DEDUCTIONS Management Fees $6,458 Transfers to support MEC unrestricted activities $252,312 18 ENDING BALANCE $70,973 19 Thank You for Heather Allen Anthony DeFulio Barbara King Jennifer Poteat Jane & Price Watts Michael Eliasohn Noel & Nicole Mullett SUPPORTING OUR WORK IN 2016 Anglers of the Au Sable Rowena DeMio Jeffrey Kingzett Philip & Kathleen Power Neal & Susan Weinberg Helen Emmons David & Marilyn Nichols Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Maria & Joe Bower Brian Athey & Deborah Walker David Dempsey Jean & Arnold Kluge Henry J. Prebys Zelma Weisfeld Eric Engel Jan O’Connell Grant Supporters Cheryl Farmer Pamela Ortner Community Foundation for Janis Bobrin & Michael Allemang Richard & Mary Bower John Austin Detroit Audubon Society Douglas Koop Cynthia Price Elizabeth Welch Connie Ferguson James & Emily Ostrowski Southeast Michigan Columbia Asset Management Don & Mary Brown Shirley Axon Sybil Diccion James Kosteva Public Policy Associates Ryan Werder Kimberly Flynn Mark W. Paddock City of Detroit Matthew Davis & Lisa Brush Josey Ballenger & Scott Tucker Suzanne Dixon Ann & Richard Kraft Leslie E. Quint Marilyn Wheaton Twink Frey Deborah Aviva Panush & Detroiters Working for Lakshmi Halasyamani Jonathan & Trudy Bulkley Gretchen Barr Mary Dobson Samuel Krimm Claudia Rast William & Stephanie Whitbeck William & Constance Frey Mitch Silverman Environmental Justice Sandy & Jerry Draheim Byrum & Fisk Advocacy Richard & Nancy Barr Denise Duffield in honor of Alan & Jean Krisch Bill Rastetter & Cary Weed Andrew & Kristen White Fae Fuerst Joan Park Ecology Center Elizabeth & Matt Fedorchuk Communications Stuart Batterman & Gloria Mason her father Dennis L. Duffield Jann & Gary Krupa Barbara Reed & Philip Zazove Robert Whitman Carol Furtado Laura Parra Energy Foundation Mr. & Mrs. William Clay Ford, Jr. Dr. Bunyan Bryant & Jean Carlberg Lorne & Kathi Beatty Jeremy Emmi Marty Kushler Mark & Susan Richardson Charles Wilbur Carol Coston & Elise Garcia Walter & Shirley Pascal The Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Dale & Bruce Frankel Liesl Clark Margaret Bennett Lawrence & Mary Epstein Joan La Mourie Robert Richardson Guy Williams Karla & Jim Gerds Janet Patrick Family Foundation Paul & Anne Glendon James Clift & Wendi Tilden Bercini Family Foundation Claudine Farrand John Langdon Elizabeth & Chris Riggs Bruce Wilson & Carol Hollenshead Michael Gillman Parker Pennington Healthy Homes Coalition of Elizabeth Goodenough & James Leaf Martha Darling & Gilbert Omenn Linda Bergles Joe & Beth Fitzsimmons Myra Larson Julie Rogers Pamela Withrow Nancy & Larry Goldstein Roger & Joanne Pohl West Michigan Christopher & Elaine Graham Tracy Dobson & Oscar Kent Jim Bergman & Penny Hommel Betsy Foote & Tom Gebhardt Ted & Wendy Lawrence John Rogers Arthur & Shirley Wolfe Deborah Grether Ethel K. Potts The Joyce Foundation Granger Shanna & Andy Draheim Terese Bertcher Bruce Forni Gordon & Maryln Lawrence Rae Ann Rorah Philip & Trisha Woollcott Katherine Gross Tim & Sally Putney The Kresge Foundation GreenStone Farm Credit Services Stephen & Janine Easter Ilene & William Birge David Gard E. Gabriel Works Vicki Levengood Kenneth Rosenman Nancy Guregian Sr. Gloria Rivera, IHM Cynthia Greig & Richard Smith Ecology Center Hon. Patricia L. Birkholz Jan Garfinkle & Michael O’Donnell Lisa Wozniak Michigan Department of Carol Linteau & Bob Lathrop Kelly Rossman-McKinney Mr. Aaron Handelsman Kyle Rorah Steven & Sheila Hamp EQ-The Environmental Tom & Molly Bissonnette Brad & Jennifer Garmon Roger Wykes Environmental Quality Eric Mackres Jon Russell William Hansen Jacque Rose Hillegonds Family Fund Quality Company Mary Black Michael Gebhard Jens & Frances Zorn Michigan Health Endowment Fund Carol Hahn Magee Frank & Diane Ruswick Judith Harris Nicholas Roumel John Hunting Thomas & Carolyn Fehsenfeld Edith & Thomas Bletcher Lois Gehring The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Stephen & Caroll Manchester Harriet & Alvin Saperstein Additional Generous Robert Hess June Rusten Anthony Hurst Tim & Tara Fischer Hon. Liz Brater Hon. James Giddings Natural Resources Defense Council Irwin & Fran Martin Jack Schmitt Supporters Rachel Hood Petroelje John Sarver Indian Trails, Inc. Tom & Beverly Ghesquiere Kathleen Brennan & Ronald Rubin Louis Glazer Patagonia Marty Mayo & Irwin Goldstein Pete & Libby Seaver Jennifer & Jorge Acevedo Julie Hovinga Chris & Michele Shafer ITC Holdings Corp. Glass Recyclers Inc. Mark Brewer Emily & Frank Gobright The Pierce Family Janice McDiarmid Bill Secrest & Misty Callies John Allison Mr. Ted Huston Danielle Shapiro Chris Kolb & Ken Witherspoon Doug & Sabrina Gross James & Sheila Bridenstine Phyllis & George Googasian Charitable Foundation Hugh McDiarmid, Jr. Elvera Shappirio Augustine Amaru Sandra & John Idema Mary Shaughnessy & Don Maiolatesi Martha & David Krehbiel “JIFFY” Mix Linda L. Bruin Laurie Goshorn Porter Family Foundation & Karen McDiarmid David & Kate Share James Anderson Barbara Israel Cliff & Ingrid Sheldon Elaine Ludwig Lynn Jondahl & Judy Martin Margaret Buttenheim Whit & Svea Gray Rockefeller Family Fund Griff & Pat McDonald Fred Shell Suzanne Antisdel Gilda Jacobs Catherine Sleight Louise & David Lutton Judy Judd Barbara & Albert Cain Jim Gregart Sally Mead Hands Foundation Terry & Carol McGovern Nancy Shiffler Christine Armbrecht Leelyn Johnson Tom & Ruth Small William & Sally Martin Larry Junck & Robbi Duda James Campbell Sisters, Servants of the Bob & Susan Grese James H. McIntosh & Elaine K. Gazda John Shreves Eric Arner Sue Julian John Smith Pat & Carolyn McNamara Rachel & Stephen Kaplan Bradley Cardinale Immaculate Heart of Mary David & Dottie Gubow Lineve McKie Laura Ashlee Jeff Kart John Springer Meijer Jeannine La Prad & David Dickinson Mike Shriberg The Solutions Project Barbara M. Carr Kurt Guter Justin Baker Ada & Dave Kidd Robert & Freda St. John The Mosaic Foundation Hon. Alexander Lipsey & John Nitschke & Jean McLaren John Sickler & Kimberly VanHoek State of Michigan Robert Carstens Sean Hammond Joan E. Bauer Elizabeth Kinney Bill & Charity Steere (of R. & P. Heydon) Anne Wend Lipsey Sylvia R. Meagher Irene Sidor Smith University of Detroit Mercy Margaret Ann Carter Mark Hanna Rebecca Baylor Robert & Jami Kolb Julie Stoneman Michigan State University College Katy Maiolatesi & Andy McGlashen Hugh & Connie Mehaffie Susan Silagi Joan Chadde Richard G. Hansen Janice Beecher Mitchell Koory Susan Supanich $5,000 & Above of Human Medicine Maner Costerisan, PC Rebecca Mehall Robb & Chrissy Smith Logan Chadde Kurt & Madelon Hassberger Stephen & Judy Bemis Christine Kosmowski Megan Szkatulski AT&T Michigan Arthur S. Nusbaum Robert Martel & Lisa Sessa Michigan Botanical Club Dr. Robert & Susan Soderstrom Philip Chamberlain Lynne & Phillip Heasley Scott Bertschy & Jeanne Hansen Phillip Krill Timon Tesar The Gardner-Pokempner Dennis Pace Libby Maynard & Olof Karlstrom Susan & Charles Millar Dan Sommerville Julia Chambers Joe Hemming Elin Betanzo Robert Krzewinski Mary & Ronald Tonneberger Charitable Fund Evan Pratt Michigan Trout Unlimited Terry Miller Sandra Sorini Elser Dick & Sue Chase Vicky Henry & John Kerr Adella Blain Rex La More Cynthia Visscher & Jerrold & Eve Jung Public Sector Consultants Muchmore Harrington Smalley William Milliken Russell & Tina Soyring Kay Chase Heidi & Steve Herrell Richard Brewer & Katy Takahashi Lynn Larson Matthew Swanson Tom Kinnear Richner & Richner & Associates, LLC Charles Monsma John Spitzer & Anne Blatchford Barbara & Gabe Cherem Jim Hewitt Marceline Bright Pamela & Lee Larson Gail Walter Olson, Bzdok & Howard, P.C. Phil Roos Thomas & Jill Newhouse Robert K. Morris Thomas Stanton Hon. John Cherry & Hon. Pam Faris Joseph Ho Glenn Brown Marilyn Latterman Amy Pattullo & Steve Walters Thomas Porter Schupan Recycling Tyler Nickerson & Brittany Dernberger Colleen Mulligan David Stead Vicki Chessin Linda Hoff Nadine Brown Judie & Jerry Lax Anna Warren TOMRA North America Triford Foundation Mark & Suzann Ogland-Hand Martha Mullkoff Marilyn & George Stephan Steven Chester Andrew & Terry Hogarth Bill & Mary Browning Mary Lirones Sara Weaver TruGreen Tom & Laura Trudeau Robert Murillo Craig & Nicolette Straley Carol & Wade Peacock Citizens for Environmental Inquiry Richard Horvitz Douglas & Susan Burns Rita Loch-Caruso Philip Wells Marianne Udow-Phillips & Bill Phillips Robert & Anita Naftaly Kathleen Straus & Walter Shapero $2,500 – $4,999 Michael Penskar & Maureen Martin Kenneth Clark Peter D. Houk Bryan Burroughs James Lombus Janice Wheelock The University of Michigan: Lois R. DeBacker Petoskey Plastics Loren T. Clift David Howell Dr. & Mrs. Alexander Nakeff Wendy Sylvester-Rowan & Jake Rowan James & Hilary Callaghan Sarah Lyon-Callo Deanah & John White Government Relations & SNRE Steve & Judy Dobson Denis Pierce Robert & Diane Collier Dohn & Sally Hoyle The Nature Conservancy Betty Tableman Vincent & Rita Caruso Kate Madigan Kim Winchell Leonard & Margaret Weber DTE Energy Foundation Doug Rahaim Michael D. & Janis L. Colman Barbara & Joel Huber Mr. & Mrs. Phillip B. Newman III Tanton Family Fund Betty Challis Robert & Judith Marans Robert Zbiciak Western Michigan University Christine & Philip Green Eric Rothstein Keith Cooley Huron River Watershed Council Jan M. Nies & Tom A. Yarnall Mark Tessler Rebecca Chudacoff Michael Masterson Ben Zimont Betty Jo Kolb Horst Schmidt John Covert Edith Hurst Emily Nietering Marlene & Bill Thomas Mark H. Clevey Lorna D. McEwen Celeste McClellan & Barbara Zmich Lana & Henry Pollack $500 – $999 Pam Taylor Vic & Michelle Adamo William Henry Craig Dave Irish Novi Energy Steve Tobocman Katie Coleman Sharon S. Meadows James & Judith Warner Stanley Towers Mark & Meg Alberts Richard & Penelope Crawford Win & Kyle Irwin John & Gwen Nystuen Alice & Paul Tomboulian Alan N. Connor James G. Meenahan If a donor has asked us at any time Hon. Gretchen Whitmer US Ecology Dr. & Mrs. Rudi Ansbacher Chuck & Pat Cubbage Mitch Irwin Margaret O’Dell Thomas R. Trautmann Susan Contratto & Tom Weisskopf Kimberly Melvin Thomas Wilczak in the past not to publish his/her Joanne N. Arbaugh Marcia Curran Wallie & Janet Jeffries Brent Oeschger Sandra Turner-Handy Lillian Dean Philip & Connie Micklin name, we continue to honor that $1,000 – $2,499 Tom & Anne Woiwode 5 Lakes Energy LLC Essel & Menakka Bailey Kenneth Dahlberg Mark & Cheryl Jenness Ron & Lynn Olson Kathryn Upton Emanuela DeCenso Brenda Millett request until the donor affirmatively Lisa & Jim Baker Richard & Judy Bearup $100 – $499 Dale & Karen Dailey Peggy Johnson Sam Passmore Anne Vaara Elizabeth Dell Sue Monaghan indicates we can publish his/her Larry & Shannon Bell Rosina Bierbaum Porter & Anita Abbott Richard Dalebout Prof. Fritz & Prof. Monica Kaenzig Patricia Pelizzari Marion Vander Veen Raymond Detter Peter Morman name. If you are a 2016 donor who BFK Foundation Matthew Bilicic ACCESS Kenneth & Isabelle Davidson Lois & Gordon Kane Brian Peters James Veurink & Gordon Bieske Joseph Devereaux Megan L. Morrill is not listed above & you would like Joan Binkow Governor Jim Blanchard Bonnie Adair Charles Davis Tess & Kip Karwoski Don Inman & Virginia Pierce Kim Waldo Lisa Disch Connie Morse to be listed in future publications, BISSELL Inc. Ermy & Gordon Bonfield Carol & Carl Akerlof John M. DeCicco Richard Soble & Barbara Kessler John Pollack Allan Newman & Roddy Wares John & Katherine Edgren Ben & Janee Muha please let us know.

20 21 Thank You for Heather Allen Anthony DeFulio Barbara King Jennifer Poteat Jane & Price Watts Michael Eliasohn Noel & Nicole Mullett SUPPORTING OUR WORK IN 2016 Anglers of the Au Sable Rowena DeMio Jeffrey Kingzett Philip & Kathleen Power Neal & Susan Weinberg Helen Emmons David & Marilyn Nichols Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Maria & Joe Bower Brian Athey & Deborah Walker David Dempsey Jean & Arnold Kluge Henry J. Prebys Zelma Weisfeld Eric Engel Jan O’Connell Grant Supporters Cheryl Farmer Pamela Ortner Community Foundation for Janis Bobrin & Michael Allemang Richard & Mary Bower John Austin Detroit Audubon Society Douglas Koop Cynthia Price Elizabeth Welch Connie Ferguson James & Emily Ostrowski Southeast Michigan Columbia Asset Management Don & Mary Brown Shirley Axon Sybil Diccion James Kosteva Public Policy Associates Ryan Werder Kimberly Flynn Mark W. Paddock City of Detroit Matthew Davis & Lisa Brush Josey Ballenger & Scott Tucker Suzanne Dixon Ann & Richard Kraft Leslie E. Quint Marilyn Wheaton Twink Frey Deborah Aviva Panush & Detroiters Working for Lakshmi Halasyamani Jonathan & Trudy Bulkley Gretchen Barr Mary Dobson Samuel Krimm Claudia Rast William & Stephanie Whitbeck William & Constance Frey Mitch Silverman Environmental Justice Sandy & Jerry Draheim Byrum & Fisk Advocacy Richard & Nancy Barr Denise Duffield in honor of Alan & Jean Krisch Bill Rastetter & Cary Weed Andrew & Kristen White Fae Fuerst Joan Park Ecology Center Elizabeth & Matt Fedorchuk Communications Stuart Batterman & Gloria Mason her father Dennis L. Duffield Jann & Gary Krupa Barbara Reed & Philip Zazove Robert Whitman Carol Furtado Laura Parra Energy Foundation Mr. & Mrs. William Clay Ford, Jr. Dr. Bunyan Bryant & Jean Carlberg Lorne & Kathi Beatty Jeremy Emmi Marty Kushler Mark & Susan Richardson Charles Wilbur Carol Coston & Elise Garcia Walter & Shirley Pascal The Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Dale & Bruce Frankel Liesl Clark Margaret Bennett Lawrence & Mary Epstein Joan La Mourie Robert Richardson Guy Williams Karla & Jim Gerds Janet Patrick Family Foundation Paul & Anne Glendon James Clift & Wendi Tilden Bercini Family Foundation Claudine Farrand John Langdon Elizabeth & Chris Riggs Bruce Wilson & Carol Hollenshead Michael Gillman Parker Pennington Healthy Homes Coalition of Elizabeth Goodenough & James Leaf Martha Darling & Gilbert Omenn Linda Bergles Joe & Beth Fitzsimmons Myra Larson Julie Rogers Pamela Withrow Nancy & Larry Goldstein Roger & Joanne Pohl West Michigan Christopher & Elaine Graham Tracy Dobson & Oscar Kent Jim Bergman & Penny Hommel Betsy Foote & Tom Gebhardt Ted & Wendy Lawrence John Rogers Arthur & Shirley Wolfe Deborah Grether Ethel K. Potts The Joyce Foundation Granger Shanna & Andy Draheim Terese Bertcher Bruce Forni Gordon & Maryln Lawrence Rae Ann Rorah Philip & Trisha Woollcott Katherine Gross Tim & Sally Putney The Kresge Foundation GreenStone Farm Credit Services Stephen & Janine Easter Ilene & William Birge David Gard E. Gabriel Works Vicki Levengood Kenneth Rosenman Nancy Guregian Sr. Gloria Rivera, IHM Cynthia Greig & Richard Smith Ecology Center Hon. Patricia L. Birkholz Jan Garfinkle & Michael O’Donnell Lisa Wozniak Michigan Department of Carol Linteau & Bob Lathrop Kelly Rossman-McKinney Mr. Aaron Handelsman Kyle Rorah Steven & Sheila Hamp EQ-The Environmental Tom & Molly Bissonnette Brad & Jennifer Garmon Roger Wykes Environmental Quality Eric Mackres Jon Russell William Hansen Jacque Rose Hillegonds Family Fund Quality Company Mary Black Michael Gebhard Jens & Frances Zorn Michigan Health Endowment Fund Carol Hahn Magee Frank & Diane Ruswick Judith Harris Nicholas Roumel John Hunting Thomas & Carolyn Fehsenfeld Edith & Thomas Bletcher Lois Gehring The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Stephen & Caroll Manchester Harriet & Alvin Saperstein Additional Generous Robert Hess June Rusten Anthony Hurst Tim & Tara Fischer Hon. Liz Brater Hon. James Giddings Natural Resources Defense Council Irwin & Fran Martin Jack Schmitt Supporters Rachel Hood Petroelje John Sarver Indian Trails, Inc. Tom & Beverly Ghesquiere Kathleen Brennan & Ronald Rubin Louis Glazer Patagonia Marty Mayo & Irwin Goldstein Pete & Libby Seaver Jennifer & Jorge Acevedo Julie Hovinga Chris & Michele Shafer ITC Holdings Corp. Glass Recyclers Inc. Mark Brewer Emily & Frank Gobright The Pierce Family Janice McDiarmid Bill Secrest & Misty Callies John Allison Mr. Ted Huston Danielle Shapiro Chris Kolb & Ken Witherspoon Doug & Sabrina Gross James & Sheila Bridenstine Phyllis & George Googasian Charitable Foundation Hugh McDiarmid, Jr. Elvera Shappirio Augustine Amaru Sandra & John Idema Mary Shaughnessy & Don Maiolatesi Martha & David Krehbiel “JIFFY” Mix Linda L. Bruin Laurie Goshorn Porter Family Foundation & Karen McDiarmid David & Kate Share James Anderson Barbara Israel Cliff & Ingrid Sheldon Elaine Ludwig Lynn Jondahl & Judy Martin Margaret Buttenheim Whit & Svea Gray Rockefeller Family Fund Griff & Pat McDonald Fred Shell Suzanne Antisdel Gilda Jacobs Catherine Sleight Louise & David Lutton Judy Judd Barbara & Albert Cain Jim Gregart Sally Mead Hands Foundation Terry & Carol McGovern Nancy Shiffler Christine Armbrecht Leelyn Johnson Tom & Ruth Small William & Sally Martin Larry Junck & Robbi Duda James Campbell Sisters, Servants of the Bob & Susan Grese James H. McIntosh & Elaine K. Gazda John Shreves Eric Arner Sue Julian John Smith Pat & Carolyn McNamara Rachel & Stephen Kaplan Bradley Cardinale Immaculate Heart of Mary David & Dottie Gubow Lineve McKie Laura Ashlee Jeff Kart John Springer Meijer Jeannine La Prad & David Dickinson Mike Shriberg The Solutions Project Barbara M. Carr Kurt Guter Justin Baker Ada & Dave Kidd Robert & Freda St. John The Mosaic Foundation Hon. Alexander Lipsey & John Nitschke & Jean McLaren John Sickler & Kimberly VanHoek State of Michigan Robert Carstens Sean Hammond Joan E. Bauer Elizabeth Kinney Bill & Charity Steere (of R. & P. Heydon) Anne Wend Lipsey Sylvia R. Meagher Irene Sidor Smith University of Detroit Mercy Margaret Ann Carter Mark Hanna Rebecca Baylor Robert & Jami Kolb Julie Stoneman Michigan State University College Katy Maiolatesi & Andy McGlashen Hugh & Connie Mehaffie Susan Silagi Joan Chadde Richard G. Hansen Janice Beecher Mitchell Koory Susan Supanich $5,000 & Above of Human Medicine Maner Costerisan, PC Rebecca Mehall Robb & Chrissy Smith Logan Chadde Kurt & Madelon Hassberger Stephen & Judy Bemis Christine Kosmowski Megan Szkatulski AT&T Michigan Arthur S. Nusbaum Robert Martel & Lisa Sessa Michigan Botanical Club Dr. Robert & Susan Soderstrom Philip Chamberlain Lynne & Phillip Heasley Scott Bertschy & Jeanne Hansen Phillip Krill Timon Tesar The Gardner-Pokempner Dennis Pace Libby Maynard & Olof Karlstrom Susan & Charles Millar Dan Sommerville Julia Chambers Joe Hemming Elin Betanzo Robert Krzewinski Mary & Ronald Tonneberger Charitable Fund Evan Pratt Michigan Trout Unlimited Terry Miller Sandra Sorini Elser Dick & Sue Chase Vicky Henry & John Kerr Adella Blain Rex La More Cynthia Visscher & Jerrold & Eve Jung Public Sector Consultants Muchmore Harrington Smalley William Milliken Russell & Tina Soyring Kay Chase Heidi & Steve Herrell Richard Brewer & Katy Takahashi Lynn Larson Matthew Swanson Tom Kinnear Richner & Richner & Associates, LLC Charles Monsma John Spitzer & Anne Blatchford Barbara & Gabe Cherem Jim Hewitt Marceline Bright Pamela & Lee Larson Gail Walter Olson, Bzdok & Howard, P.C. Phil Roos Thomas & Jill Newhouse Robert K. Morris Thomas Stanton Hon. John Cherry & Hon. Pam Faris Joseph Ho Glenn Brown Marilyn Latterman Amy Pattullo & Steve Walters Thomas Porter Schupan Recycling Tyler Nickerson & Brittany Dernberger Colleen Mulligan David Stead Vicki Chessin Linda Hoff Nadine Brown Judie & Jerry Lax Anna Warren TOMRA North America Triford Foundation Mark & Suzann Ogland-Hand Martha Mullkoff Marilyn & George Stephan Steven Chester Andrew & Terry Hogarth Bill & Mary Browning Mary Lirones Sara Weaver TruGreen Tom & Laura Trudeau Robert Murillo Craig & Nicolette Straley Carol & Wade Peacock Citizens for Environmental Inquiry Richard Horvitz Douglas & Susan Burns Rita Loch-Caruso Philip Wells Marianne Udow-Phillips & Bill Phillips Robert & Anita Naftaly Kathleen Straus & Walter Shapero $2,500 – $4,999 Michael Penskar & Maureen Martin Kenneth Clark Peter D. Houk Bryan Burroughs James Lombus Janice Wheelock The University of Michigan: Lois R. DeBacker Petoskey Plastics Loren T. Clift David Howell Dr. & Mrs. Alexander Nakeff Wendy Sylvester-Rowan & Jake Rowan James & Hilary Callaghan Sarah Lyon-Callo Deanah & John White Government Relations & SNRE Steve & Judy Dobson Denis Pierce Robert & Diane Collier Dohn & Sally Hoyle The Nature Conservancy Betty Tableman Vincent & Rita Caruso Kate Madigan Kim Winchell Leonard & Margaret Weber DTE Energy Foundation Doug Rahaim Michael D. & Janis L. Colman Barbara & Joel Huber Mr. & Mrs. Phillip B. Newman III Tanton Family Fund Betty Challis Robert & Judith Marans Robert Zbiciak Western Michigan University Christine & Philip Green Eric Rothstein Keith Cooley Huron River Watershed Council Jan M. Nies & Tom A. Yarnall Mark Tessler Rebecca Chudacoff Michael Masterson Ben Zimont Betty Jo Kolb Horst Schmidt John Covert Edith Hurst Emily Nietering Marlene & Bill Thomas Mark H. Clevey Lorna D. McEwen Celeste McClellan & Barbara Zmich Lana & Henry Pollack $500 – $999 Pam Taylor Vic & Michelle Adamo William Henry Craig Dave Irish Novi Energy Steve Tobocman Katie Coleman Sharon S. Meadows James & Judith Warner Stanley Towers Mark & Meg Alberts Richard & Penelope Crawford Win & Kyle Irwin John & Gwen Nystuen Alice & Paul Tomboulian Alan N. Connor James G. Meenahan If a donor has asked us at any time Hon. Gretchen Whitmer US Ecology Dr. & Mrs. Rudi Ansbacher Chuck & Pat Cubbage Mitch Irwin Margaret O’Dell Thomas R. Trautmann Susan Contratto & Tom Weisskopf Kimberly Melvin Thomas Wilczak in the past not to publish his/her Joanne N. Arbaugh Marcia Curran Wallie & Janet Jeffries Brent Oeschger Sandra Turner-Handy Lillian Dean Philip & Connie Micklin name, we continue to honor that $1,000 – $2,499 Tom & Anne Woiwode 5 Lakes Energy LLC Essel & Menakka Bailey Kenneth Dahlberg Mark & Cheryl Jenness Ron & Lynn Olson Kathryn Upton Emanuela DeCenso Brenda Millett request until the donor affirmatively Lisa & Jim Baker Richard & Judy Bearup $100 – $499 Dale & Karen Dailey Peggy Johnson Sam Passmore Anne Vaara Elizabeth Dell Sue Monaghan indicates we can publish his/her Larry & Shannon Bell Rosina Bierbaum Porter & Anita Abbott Richard Dalebout Prof. Fritz & Prof. Monica Kaenzig Patricia Pelizzari Marion Vander Veen Raymond Detter Peter Morman name. If you are a 2016 donor who BFK Foundation Matthew Bilicic ACCESS Kenneth & Isabelle Davidson Lois & Gordon Kane Brian Peters James Veurink & Gordon Bieske Joseph Devereaux Megan L. Morrill is not listed above & you would like Joan Binkow Governor Jim Blanchard Bonnie Adair Charles Davis Tess & Kip Karwoski Don Inman & Virginia Pierce Kim Waldo Lisa Disch Connie Morse to be listed in future publications, BISSELL Inc. Ermy & Gordon Bonfield Carol & Carl Akerlof John M. DeCicco Richard Soble & Barbara Kessler John Pollack Allan Newman & Roddy Wares John & Katherine Edgren Ben & Janee Muha please let us know.

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