COVER PHOTO: NEIL WEAVER 2013 Annual Report 602 W. Ionia Street • Lansing, Michigan 48933 • (517) 487-9539 • www.environmentalcouncil.org 3 100% post-consumer recycled paper MICHIGAN ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL FROM THE PRESIDENT Offense or defense, Defense Whether it’s offense or defense, MEC has been MEC is always in the game Anti-biodiversity. Legislation passed by the State Senate the eyes, the ears and the voice of the environmental proposed to bar the Department of Natural Resources community at our State Capitol for more than three at the State Capitol from designating lands to protect biodiversity. MEC decades. We continue that mission, day in and day out, was the leading group to recognize the gravity of this with a respected team of policy experts who monitor, rotecting poisons thousands of children annually and is legislation and engaged our members and the public to educate and advocate for strong environmental policies. PMichigan’s entirely preventable. testify and speak out against it. An impressive array of Thank you for helping us do what we do best. natural resources in Fracking. For years, MEC and our allies have pushed experts, scientists, activists and regular folks rallied to Sincerely, the legislative arena the Department of Environmental Quality to establish help stall the bill before it reached a vote in the House. sometimes feels stronger regulations to protect Michigan’s waters from the Dunes Permits. MEC predicted an assault on our iconic like a rugby scrum. risks associated with a more intensive wave of natural gas dunes after a 2012 law weakened protections for them. Chris Kolb, President One minute you’re “fracking.” We succeeded in convincing state regulators to The first test of the weaker law surfaced in 2013 with a Chris Kolb moving forward. Then you’re moving backwards, and then modernize some rules. And we continue to advocate for proposed quarter-mile road bisecting a you’re getting spun sideways. Upside down is the worst! closing loopholes and gaps in the law that leave Michigan’s public dunes preserve in West Michigan. That’s why the MEC staff has to be on its toes, water and public health at unnecessary risk. Knowing that this test would set the bar ready to transition quickly when they see the game is Detroit’s Future. MEC’s Sandra Turner-Handy worked for future proposals, we pulled out all the changing. We’re here at the Capitol every day, overseeing diligently to make sure the voices of all Detroiters were stops to identify the legal and technical legislative and administrative actions, ready at a moment’s heard as the Detroit Future City (DFC) planning process shortcomings of the proposed road. We notice to jump into the fray to protect our state’s people moved toward a blueprint for a new Detroit. MEC armed allies with our detailed analysis and and environment. educated Detroiters about the Kresge Foundation–funded submitted verbal and written comments to In 2013 we played a lot of both offense and defense. initiative’s ambitious vision and showed them how to state regulators. The proposal was denied. impact the DFC recommendations. Additionally, MEC was Yard Waste. Like a mole that keeps Offense involved in creating the Detroit Environmental Agenda—a popping its head up, legislation allowing MEC participated in Governor Rick Clean Energy. framework for city leaders to build a more sustainable and yard clippings and other compostable Snyder’s fact-finding meetings regarding Michigan’s healthy Detroit. material back into our landfills keeps energy future. James Clift made a formal presentation Public Land. Faced with legislative momentum to ban coming back, session after session after at one of the seven hearings and MEC helped mem- state acquisition of parkland or other property, MEC led session. And, MEC keeps leading the ber groups and others prepare testimony. The result a coalition that deflected the assault. Instead, legislators charge against it. We killed it again in was reports from the State Energy Office and the Michi- adopted a temporary ban while a state land strategy was 2013, and we will do it again in 2014 gan Public Service Commission confirming the afford- formulated—and MEC was right in the thick of that if necessary. ability and benefits of both energy efficiency and renew- land strategy process by earning an appointment to the Trust Fund. With limited state money able energy. The reports concluded that Michigan Department of Natural Resources Public Land Advisory to meet myriad needs and no appetite to could increase its use of renewable electricity to 30% Committee. raise revenue, the Michigan Legislature by 2035. Governors Summit. MEC was the only state-level continued to look at the fund balance Lead Poisoning Prevention. After years of education environmental organization to sponsor the Great Lakes in the Natural Resources Trust Fund and advocacy at the Capitol, MEC, working through the Governors Summit held on Mackinac Island in June. as its potential ATM machine. MEC, Michigan Alliance for Lead Safe Housing, secured $1.25 This was the first time in 8 years that the Governors and our member groups, Michigan United million in state funding for lead poisoning prevention Canadian Premiers had gathered to discuss Great Lakes Conservation Clubs, and our conservancy programs. This was the first new appropriation in years for issues—providing a foundation for future cooperation and allies fought as a united front to defeat a program that is critical in eliminating a scourge that Great Lakes protection. each attempt to raid the fund.

PHOTO: KERRIN O’BRIEN

2 3 FROM THE PRESIDENT Offense or defense, Defense Whether it’s offense or defense, MEC has been MEC is always in the game Anti-biodiversity. Legislation passed by the State Senate the eyes, the ears and the voice of the environmental proposed to bar the Department of Natural Resources community at our State Capitol for more than three at the State Capitol from designating lands to protect biodiversity. MEC decades. We continue that mission, day in and day out, was the leading group to recognize the gravity of this with a respected team of policy experts who monitor, rotecting poisons thousands of children annually and is legislation and engaged our members and the public to educate and advocate for strong environmental policies. PMichigan’s entirely preventable. testify and speak out against it. An impressive array of Thank you for helping us do what we do best. natural resources in Fracking. For years, MEC and our allies have pushed experts, scientists, activists and regular folks rallied to Sincerely, the legislative arena the Department of Environmental Quality to establish help stall the bill before it reached a vote in the House. sometimes feels stronger regulations to protect Michigan’s waters from the Dunes Permits. MEC predicted an assault on our iconic like a rugby scrum. risks associated with a more intensive wave of natural gas dunes after a 2012 law weakened protections for them. Chris Kolb, President One minute you’re “fracking.” We succeeded in convincing state regulators to The first test of the weaker law surfaced in 2013 with a Chris Kolb moving forward. Then you’re moving backwards, and then modernize some rules. And we continue to advocate for proposed quarter-mile road bisecting a you’re getting spun sideways. Upside down is the worst! closing loopholes and gaps in the law that leave Michigan’s public dunes preserve in West Michigan. That’s why the MEC staff has to be on its toes, water and public health at unnecessary risk. Knowing that this test would set the bar ready to transition quickly when they see the game is Detroit’s Future. MEC’s Sandra Turner-Handy worked for future proposals, we pulled out all the changing. We’re here at the Capitol every day, overseeing diligently to make sure the voices of all Detroiters were stops to identify the legal and technical legislative and administrative actions, ready at a moment’s heard as the Detroit Future City (DFC) planning process shortcomings of the proposed road. We notice to jump into the fray to protect our state’s people moved toward a blueprint for a new Detroit. MEC armed allies with our detailed analysis and and environment. educated Detroiters about the Kresge Foundation–funded submitted verbal and written comments to In 2013 we played a lot of both offense and defense. initiative’s ambitious vision and showed them how to state regulators. The proposal was denied. impact the DFC recommendations. Additionally, MEC was Yard Waste. Like a mole that keeps Offense involved in creating the Detroit Environmental Agenda—a popping its head up, legislation allowing MEC participated in Governor Rick Clean Energy. framework for city leaders to build a more sustainable and yard clippings and other compostable Snyder’s fact-finding meetings regarding Michigan’s healthy Detroit. material back into our landfills keeps energy future. James Clift made a formal presentation Public Land. Faced with legislative momentum to ban coming back, session after session after at one of the seven hearings and MEC helped mem- state acquisition of parkland or other property, MEC led session. And, MEC keeps leading the ber groups and others prepare testimony. The result a coalition that deflected the assault. Instead, legislators charge against it. We killed it again in was reports from the State Energy Office and the Michi- adopted a temporary ban while a state land strategy was 2013, and we will do it again in 2014 gan Public Service Commission confirming the afford- formulated—and MEC was right in the thick of that if necessary. ability and benefits of both energy efficiency and renew- land strategy process by earning an appointment to the Trust Fund. With limited state money able energy. The reports concluded that Michigan Department of Natural Resources Public Land Advisory to meet myriad needs and no appetite to could increase its use of renewable electricity to 30% Committee. raise revenue, the Michigan Legislature by 2035. Governors Summit. MEC was the only state-level continued to look at the fund balance Lead Poisoning Prevention. After years of education environmental organization to sponsor the Great Lakes in the Natural Resources Trust Fund and advocacy at the Capitol, MEC, working through the Governors Summit held on Mackinac Island in June. as its potential ATM machine. MEC, Michigan Alliance for Lead Safe Housing, secured $1.25 This was the first time in 8 years that the Governors and our member groups, Michigan United million in state funding for lead poisoning prevention Canadian Premiers had gathered to discuss Great Lakes Conservation Clubs, and our conservancy programs. This was the first new appropriation in years for issues—providing a foundation for future cooperation and allies fought as a united front to defeat a program that is critical in eliminating a scourge that Great Lakes protection. each attempt to raid the fund.

PHOTO: KERRIN O’BRIEN

2 3 INTRODUCTION IN THE NEWS

2013 Going public: MEC communications team A year of acceleration is the go-to resource for journalists

he year Two Something subtle began to happen though. EC’s reputation for thoughtful, thorough policy TThousand and As we moved forward through 2013, the pace Manalysis makes it the go-to resource for Michigan Thirteen was a quickened. Accelerated. journalists, producers and bloggers seeking guidance year of acceleration By Thanksgiving, 602 West Ionia Street’s halls were on deadline or looking for background on critical for the Michigan bustling with visitors and colleagues from near and environmental issues. Environmental far. Meetings of member groups in town on business, Our communications team is on call 24/7 for reaction Hugh McDiarmid, Jr. Council. Leaving the state agency officials in briefings with stakeholders, to breaking environmental news and our policy experts are Communications Director constricted offices monthly coalition meetings, and an occasional dog or regular contributors to radio talk shows, newspaper stories, on Pere Marquette laughing child. on-camera TV news interviews and opinion pieces. Behind Drive for the spacious and historic building in the shadow By year’s end, the building had matured into an asset the scenes not a week goes by when we’re not conducting of the Capitol, the new digs seemed . . . daunting. for MEC policy staff, whose interactions with colleagues, “off the record” background briefings on issues as vast Gone was the compact, frenetic dynamic of the allies and an occasional adversary broadened and as Great Lakes protection and as specialized as leaking ever-tightening quarters on Pere Marquette with its deepened. MEC’ers accustomed to racing across town for a underground storage tanks. offices wedged together and cubicles practically stacked. day’s worth of workgroup and stakeholder meetings found “You guys are always my first call,” said one veteran Conversations were office-wide broadcasts. Meetings of comfort and advantage in hosting more of them. And our newspaper reporter. “If you don’t know the answer, you more than a dozen were challenging to say the least. coffee bill grew. always know who does.” The new place was quiet—too quiet. Colleagues 602 W. Ionia is home now, not the new building. Our traditional media work is buttressed by were no longer jostling for elbow space, but roaming the We’re making progress toward making it as green as increasingly robust social media outreach, using Facebook hallways, trying to find someone with a copy of the latest possible, and expect to earn LEED Platinum certification and Twitter to amplify key messages and reach broader and legislative guide. Shouting no longer sufficed. in the near future. more diverse audiences. “Michigan has for years been a leader in protecting We’ve been here since late 2012. But This integrated approach pays dividends. Our people from toxic air pollution—so much so that other we’ve been here, at the State Capitol, communications outreach generated significant pressure states have adopted our standards,” Clift said. “And now fighting to protect Michigan’s air, land, on the legislature and executive office to derail terrible we’re pulling back.” water, public health and quality of life “anti-biodiversity” legislation; raised the profile of a James Clift in a Capital News Service story on a plan to reduce the since 1980. troubling plan to ram a road through a township sand number of air toxics regulated by the state We’re not going anywhere. In fact, dune sanctuary and raised the alarm about the waste we’re accelerating. Into an exciting new industry’s (ultimately failed) effort to rescind the statewide “We are asking … that Enbridge, the oil company, era of more sustainable, reliable and ban on yard clippings in landfills. immediately replace this old pipeline with the best and forward-thinking conservation and A sampling of 2013’s media hits shows the breadth of safest technology available.” environmental policies for the Michigan our communications reach: Kate Madigan in an UpNorthLive story on an aging lakebed oil we know and want our children and “The purpose … is to hold those we elect accountable pipeline beneath the Mackinac Bridge grandchildren to know and love. to the residents’ agenda and not one of their own. Many of We’re glad you’re with us as we move the environmental, economic and social injustice issues that “We are looking at fracking wells using 100, 200, even Michigan forward. And if you need a spot Detroiters face can be mitigated through public policies.” 300 times as much fresh water as previous wells used and to rest, refuel or strategize when you’re in that’s a concern.” the Capital City—we’ve got room! Sandra Turner-Handy in a Michigan Citizen story on the Detroit Environmental Agenda Hugh McDiarmid on the Lansing City Pulse live radio show

4 5 INTRODUCTION IN THE NEWS

2013 Going public: MEC communications team A year of acceleration is the go-to resource for journalists

he year Two Something subtle began to happen though. EC’s reputation for thoughtful, thorough policy TThousand and As we moved forward through 2013, the pace Manalysis makes it the go-to resource for Michigan Thirteen was a quickened. Accelerated. journalists, producers and bloggers seeking guidance year of acceleration By Thanksgiving, 602 West Ionia Street’s halls were on deadline or looking for background on critical for the Michigan bustling with visitors and colleagues from near and environmental issues. Environmental far. Meetings of member groups in town on business, Our communications team is on call 24/7 for reaction Hugh McDiarmid, Jr. Council. Leaving the state agency officials in briefings with stakeholders, to breaking environmental news and our policy experts are Communications Director constricted offices monthly coalition meetings, and an occasional dog or regular contributors to radio talk shows, newspaper stories, on Pere Marquette laughing child. on-camera TV news interviews and opinion pieces. Behind Drive for the spacious and historic building in the shadow By year’s end, the building had matured into an asset the scenes not a week goes by when we’re not conducting of the Capitol, the new digs seemed . . . daunting. for MEC policy staff, whose interactions with colleagues, “off the record” background briefings on issues as vast Gone was the compact, frenetic dynamic of the allies and an occasional adversary broadened and as Great Lakes protection and as specialized as leaking ever-tightening quarters on Pere Marquette with its deepened. MEC’ers accustomed to racing across town for a underground storage tanks. offices wedged together and cubicles practically stacked. day’s worth of workgroup and stakeholder meetings found “You guys are always my first call,” said one veteran Conversations were office-wide broadcasts. Meetings of comfort and advantage in hosting more of them. And our newspaper reporter. “If you don’t know the answer, you more than a dozen were challenging to say the least. coffee bill grew. always know who does.” The new place was quiet—too quiet. Colleagues 602 W. Ionia is home now, not the new building. Our traditional media work is buttressed by were no longer jostling for elbow space, but roaming the We’re making progress toward making it as green as increasingly robust social media outreach, using Facebook hallways, trying to find someone with a copy of the latest possible, and expect to earn LEED Platinum certification and Twitter to amplify key messages and reach broader and legislative guide. Shouting no longer sufficed. in the near future. more diverse audiences. “Michigan has for years been a leader in protecting We’ve been here since late 2012. But This integrated approach pays dividends. Our people from toxic air pollution—so much so that other we’ve been here, at the State Capitol, communications outreach generated significant pressure states have adopted our standards,” Clift said. “And now fighting to protect Michigan’s air, land, on the legislature and executive office to derail terrible we’re pulling back.” water, public health and quality of life “anti-biodiversity” legislation; raised the profile of a James Clift in a Capital News Service story on a plan to reduce the since 1980. troubling plan to ram a road through a township sand number of air toxics regulated by the state We’re not going anywhere. In fact, dune sanctuary and raised the alarm about the waste we’re accelerating. Into an exciting new industry’s (ultimately failed) effort to rescind the statewide “We are asking … that Enbridge, the oil company, era of more sustainable, reliable and ban on yard clippings in landfills. immediately replace this old pipeline with the best and forward-thinking conservation and A sampling of 2013’s media hits shows the breadth of safest technology available.” environmental policies for the Michigan our communications reach: Kate Madigan in an UpNorthLive story on an aging lakebed oil we know and want our children and “The purpose … is to hold those we elect accountable pipeline beneath the Mackinac Bridge grandchildren to know and love. to the residents’ agenda and not one of their own. Many of We’re glad you’re with us as we move the environmental, economic and social injustice issues that “We are looking at fracking wells using 100, 200, even Michigan forward. And if you need a spot Detroiters face can be mitigated through public policies.” 300 times as much fresh water as previous wells used and to rest, refuel or strategize when you’re in that’s a concern.” the Capital City—we’ve got room! Sandra Turner-Handy in a Michigan Citizen story on the Detroit Environmental Agenda Hugh McDiarmid on the Lansing City Pulse live radio show

4 5 HEALTH POLICY

MI Air MI Health engages health professionals as Forging strong, messengers to tell policymakers of the profound and disturbing link between air pollution and poor health. persistent coalitions to protect Using the “white coats” as trusted messengers, the goal is to generate strong public health policies that reduce airborne children’s health pollutants, move Michigan toward clean renewable energy sources, and reign in the increased medical and societal costs of dirty and unhealthy air. ealthy homes, funding from the Michigan Legislature in 2013 to stop lead Hclean air hazards from poisoning children in their own homes. Collaborating with DNR for healthier and water, and The funding will have a direct impact. Removing lead state park concessions vibrant thriving paint and other dangers ensures that fewer children will Working with the Michigan Department of Natural communities are suffer lifelong disabilities from lead ingestion, which can Resources, MEC laid the groundwork for an ongoing pieces of the vision permanently lower IQ, damage reproductive and nervous analysis of the health of state park food offerings through Tina Reynolds that drives MEC’s systems, and contribute to aggression and a higher rate a comprehensive on-the-ground survey. The State Park Health Policy Director work to establish of incarceration. Baseline Food Assessment surveyed visitors and analyzed and maintain The allocation followed an all-out effort that concessions to recommend and establish healthier options strong health protections for Michiganders. Working in included extensive legislative engagement; a Capitol that would be welcomed by park visitors and still be coalitions vast and small, MEC is helping leverage smart, Day with constituents from key districts visiting their profitable for vendors. impactful policies that protect and enhance the health of lawmakers; presentations before lead professionals and With obesity as a top public health concern identified Michiganders from the Lake Superior shores to the streets small businesses; soliciting support from landlords; by Gov. Rick Snyder and state health experts, MEC is of the Motor City. discussions with the governor’s helping Michigan put its money—almost literally—where PHOTO: JOY VAN BUHLER staff; and coordination with its mouth is and have our state parks set a positive example. looked at opening up air pollution permit exemptions $1.25 million secured for the Department of Community to small scale emitters. This process allowed polluters lead safe housing Health (DCH). MEC also helped Coordinating green health care conference to sidestep the traditional permit process in certain A relentless, multi-year effort by MEC generate public testimony during More than 150 hospital and other health care situations. MEC pushed for less toxic emissions, lower and the Michigan Alliance for Lead Safe budget hearings, and letters and professionals convened in Detroit’s Greektown in the fall pollution levels, protection of residential areas and Housing (MIALSH) secured $1.25 million in calls from coalition members of 2013 for the Michigan Green Healthcare Conference. stricter reporting. to lawmakers as key votes MEC was integral in coordinating the event and agreed to • As a key player in the Detroit Lead Partnership, MEC approached. be conference planning chair because hospitals are some helped remove barriers to making all Detroit homes The coalition secured of our largest employers. They are top users of energy lead safe and represented the coalition during Lansing support from both political and purchasers of food, cleaning supplies, furnishings policy debates. parties and from all geographic and equipment. Helping educate them about facility • Working through the Michigan Public Service areas of the state to ensure passage and management practices and sustainable, healthy and cost- Commission to put lead-hazard homes at the top of lay a strong foundation for continued effective choices can have far-reaching ripple effects on the list for energy efficiency improvements and window funding in coming years. patients, employees and communities. replacements. Ultimately no funds were found but relationship-building and education on lead poisoning Reducing air pollution And…. is something that will leverage success in the future. MEC was a founding member of Health policy work in 2013 also included: • Engagement through the Green and Healthy Home the new MI Air MI Health Coalition, • Helping organize the Mid Michigan Asthma Collaborative in Detroit to help provide education which launched in 2013 and is the Coalition’s spring and fall health fairs. The events about providing safe and healthy homes to young only coalition in the state working target communities of color with high asthma families. The collaborative helped marshal the on outdoor air quality as it relates to hospitalization rates. resources of the construction industry, public health asthma, cardiovascular disease and • Serving as the only environmental representative in advocates, landlords, local non-profits, service other health impacts. the state’s air exemptions rules process. That process providers, the academic community and others.

6 7 HEALTH POLICY

MI Air MI Health engages health professionals as Forging strong, messengers to tell policymakers of the profound and disturbing link between air pollution and poor health. persistent coalitions to protect Using the “white coats” as trusted messengers, the goal is to generate strong public health policies that reduce airborne children’s health pollutants, move Michigan toward clean renewable energy sources, and reign in the increased medical and societal costs of dirty and unhealthy air. ealthy homes, funding from the Michigan Legislature in 2013 to stop lead Hclean air hazards from poisoning children in their own homes. Collaborating with DNR for healthier and water, and The funding will have a direct impact. Removing lead state park concessions vibrant thriving paint and other dangers ensures that fewer children will Working with the Michigan Department of Natural communities are suffer lifelong disabilities from lead ingestion, which can Resources, MEC laid the groundwork for an ongoing pieces of the vision permanently lower IQ, damage reproductive and nervous analysis of the health of state park food offerings through Tina Reynolds that drives MEC’s systems, and contribute to aggression and a higher rate a comprehensive on-the-ground survey. The State Park Health Policy Director work to establish of incarceration. Baseline Food Assessment surveyed visitors and analyzed and maintain The allocation followed an all-out effort that concessions to recommend and establish healthier options strong health protections for Michiganders. Working in included extensive legislative engagement; a Capitol that would be welcomed by park visitors and still be coalitions vast and small, MEC is helping leverage smart, Day with constituents from key districts visiting their profitable for vendors. impactful policies that protect and enhance the health of lawmakers; presentations before lead professionals and With obesity as a top public health concern identified Michiganders from the Lake Superior shores to the streets small businesses; soliciting support from landlords; by Gov. Rick Snyder and state health experts, MEC is of the Motor City. discussions with the governor’s helping Michigan put its money—almost literally—where PHOTO: JOY VAN BUHLER staff; and coordination with its mouth is and have our state parks set a positive example. looked at opening up air pollution permit exemptions $1.25 million secured for the Department of Community to small scale emitters. This process allowed polluters lead safe housing Health (DCH). MEC also helped Coordinating green health care conference to sidestep the traditional permit process in certain A relentless, multi-year effort by MEC generate public testimony during More than 150 hospital and other health care situations. MEC pushed for less toxic emissions, lower and the Michigan Alliance for Lead Safe budget hearings, and letters and professionals convened in Detroit’s Greektown in the fall pollution levels, protection of residential areas and Housing (MIALSH) secured $1.25 million in calls from coalition members of 2013 for the Michigan Green Healthcare Conference. stricter reporting. to lawmakers as key votes MEC was integral in coordinating the event and agreed to • As a key player in the Detroit Lead Partnership, MEC approached. be conference planning chair because hospitals are some helped remove barriers to making all Detroit homes The coalition secured of our largest employers. They are top users of energy lead safe and represented the coalition during Lansing support from both political and purchasers of food, cleaning supplies, furnishings policy debates. parties and from all geographic and equipment. Helping educate them about facility • Working through the Michigan Public Service areas of the state to ensure passage and management practices and sustainable, healthy and cost- Commission to put lead-hazard homes at the top of lay a strong foundation for continued effective choices can have far-reaching ripple effects on the list for energy efficiency improvements and window funding in coming years. patients, employees and communities. replacements. Ultimately no funds were found but relationship-building and education on lead poisoning Reducing air pollution And…. is something that will leverage success in the future. MEC was a founding member of Health policy work in 2013 also included: • Engagement through the Green and Healthy Home the new MI Air MI Health Coalition, • Helping organize the Mid Michigan Asthma Collaborative in Detroit to help provide education which launched in 2013 and is the Coalition’s spring and fall health fairs. The events about providing safe and healthy homes to young only coalition in the state working target communities of color with high asthma families. The collaborative helped marshal the on outdoor air quality as it relates to hospitalization rates. resources of the construction industry, public health asthma, cardiovascular disease and • Serving as the only environmental representative in advocates, landlords, local non-profits, service other health impacts. the state’s air exemptions rules process. That process providers, the academic community and others.

6 7 CONSERVATION Going toe-to-toe to enhance Michigan’s special places and quality of life

ichigan’s public forests, minerals and recreation lands. MEC’s Brad Garmon PHOTO: ROGER ERIKSSON Mlands took was appointed to serve on the Michigan Department center stage in 2013 of Natural Resources (DNR) Public Land Advisory Dune defense works in as MEC interceded in Committee as the agency moved forward in a contentious West Michigan legislative decisions political atmosphere. MEC submitted official and discussions The DNR strategy includes goals for public land comments and raised public Brad Garmon targeting our forests, access and use, state land acquisition, and the sale of awareness of a nasty dune Director of Conservation & Emerging Issues lakes, rivers and state-owned property. It was finished in the summer and development proposal which outdoor heritage. is expected to go before the legislature for approval in would have allowed a road These resources are our identity. They are critical to 2014. Legislative approval of the plan would remove the through a township sand dune health and quality of life, and the backbone of an economic current cap on state ownership of land and let the state get preserve on the Lake Michigan sector that is inextricably tied to clean, fresh water and back to the business of protecting and providing access to shoreline. It was one of the first outdoor recreation. Standing firm against assaults on these Michigan’s most iconic landscapes. big proposals to be considered resources, and building a framework to more permanently under the revised Critical Dune PHOTO: NEIL WEAVER protect them, are part of the stewardship role that we Standing up for biodiversity law, which was weakened by legislation in 2012. The DNR regulation and biodiversity concerns. The report, carry out at the State Simply awful legislation that sided with MEC’s arguments, rejecting the proposed dune Managing Michigan’s State-owned Forests: Harvest Capitol and wherever would have forbade the DNR desecration—for now. Levels, Market Trends and Revenue Realities, was critical decisions are from protecting public lands for MEC was also awarded a Coastal Zone Management released to coincide with the governor’s “Timber being made. biodiversity purposes was held grant for a project entitled “Bringing the Latest Science Products Summit” in April. It helped paint a more at bay in 2013, with MEC in the to Michigan’s Management of our Coastal Dunes,” which accurate and thoughtful picture of the true drivers of A new public forefront of the opposition. It will convene leading researchers from several universities timber harvests and the realities of the DNR’s forest lands strategy passed the Senate but stalled in to provide a comprehensive, GIS-based look at the state’s management evolution. A sweeping new the House Natural Resources dune system and analyze impacts of recent statutory and • MEC was invited to serve on the state’s new Water strategy for Michigan’s Committee after MEC and our regulatory changes. Cabinet, led by the Office of the Great Lakes, as it public lands unfolded allies hit the media hard and endeavors to create a comprehensive strategy for in 2013 in the Michigan used our Michigan Distilled blog Preserving Michigan’s special places Michigan’s water. Legislature and state to provide detailed analysis and MEC was also working behind the scenes on less • MEC began hosting meetings of the Michigan Climate agencies—and MEC was regular updates on the progress visible issues that were critical to protecting and preserving Coalition at our new offices in mid March. The right in the middle of and pitfalls of SB 78. The advocacy Michigan’s special places: forum is the primary place in the state where agency the debate taking a stand included MEC’s successful • MEC’s Garmon was appointed by DNR Director Keith professionals, academics and advocates come together for public ownership campaign to publicize a letter Creagh to the historic Pigeon River Country Advisory regularly to share information, research and strategies and calling for from more than 100 of Michigan’s Council in 2013. This august group was born out of addressing and adapting to climate. continued investment leading academics calling on Gov. the same oil and gas battles in the 1970s that gave • Garmon assisted in a set of “community assessments” in research, protection Rick Snyder to veto the bill should Michigan the precursor to the Natural Resources Trust of Gladstone in the Upper Peninsula and Bath and ecologically minded it reach his desk. We closed out Fund. Township near Lansing, helping these communities stewardship of the state’s 2013 to a pleasing silence about • MEC authored and released a report pushing back identify their key assets and understand the impact of 4.6 million acres of this ill-conceived public policy. against misconceptions about sustainable forestry, land use and transportation.

PHOTO: BRUCE MONTAGNE

8 9 CONSERVATION Going toe-to-toe to enhance Michigan’s special places and quality of life ichigan’s public forests, minerals and recreation lands. MEC’s Brad Garmon PHOTO: ROGER ERIKSSON Mlands took was appointed to serve on the Michigan Department center stage in 2013 of Natural Resources (DNR) Public Land Advisory Dune defense works in as MEC interceded in Committee as the agency moved forward in a contentious West Michigan legislative decisions political atmosphere. MEC submitted official and discussions The DNR strategy includes goals for public land comments and raised public Brad Garmon targeting our forests, access and use, state land acquisition, and the sale of awareness of a nasty dune Director of Conservation & Emerging Issues lakes, rivers and state-owned property. It was finished in the summer and development proposal which outdoor heritage. is expected to go before the legislature for approval in would have allowed a road These resources are our identity. They are critical to 2014. Legislative approval of the plan would remove the through a township sand dune health and quality of life, and the backbone of an economic current cap on state ownership of land and let the state get preserve on the Lake Michigan sector that is inextricably tied to clean, fresh water and back to the business of protecting and providing access to shoreline. It was one of the first outdoor recreation. Standing firm against assaults on these Michigan’s most iconic landscapes. big proposals to be considered resources, and building a framework to more permanently under the revised Critical Dune PHOTO: NEIL WEAVER protect them, are part of the stewardship role that we Standing up for biodiversity law, which was weakened by legislation in 2012. The DNR regulation and biodiversity concerns. The report, carry out at the State Simply awful legislation that sided with MEC’s arguments, rejecting the proposed dune Managing Michigan’s State-owned Forests: Harvest Capitol and wherever would have forbade the DNR desecration—for now. Levels, Market Trends and Revenue Realities, was critical decisions are from protecting public lands for MEC was also awarded a Coastal Zone Management released to coincide with the governor’s “Timber being made. biodiversity purposes was held grant for a project entitled “Bringing the Latest Science Products Summit” in April. It helped paint a more at bay in 2013, with MEC in the to Michigan’s Management of our Coastal Dunes,” which accurate and thoughtful picture of the true drivers of A new public forefront of the opposition. It will convene leading researchers from several universities timber harvests and the realities of the DNR’s forest lands strategy passed the Senate but stalled in to provide a comprehensive, GIS-based look at the state’s management evolution. A sweeping new the House Natural Resources dune system and analyze impacts of recent statutory and • MEC was invited to serve on the state’s new Water strategy for Michigan’s Committee after MEC and our regulatory changes. Cabinet, led by the Office of the Great Lakes, as it public lands unfolded allies hit the media hard and endeavors to create a comprehensive strategy for in 2013 in the Michigan used our Michigan Distilled blog Preserving Michigan’s special places Michigan’s water. Legislature and state to provide detailed analysis and MEC was also working behind the scenes on less • MEC began hosting meetings of the Michigan Climate agencies—and MEC was regular updates on the progress visible issues that were critical to protecting and preserving Coalition at our new offices in mid March. The right in the middle of and pitfalls of SB 78. The advocacy Michigan’s special places: forum is the primary place in the state where agency the debate taking a stand included MEC’s successful • MEC’s Garmon was appointed by DNR Director Keith professionals, academics and advocates come together for public ownership campaign to publicize a letter Creagh to the historic Pigeon River Country Advisory regularly to share information, research and strategies and calling for from more than 100 of Michigan’s Council in 2013. This august group was born out of addressing and adapting to climate. continued investment leading academics calling on Gov. the same oil and gas battles in the 1970s that gave • Garmon assisted in a set of “community assessments” in research, protection Rick Snyder to veto the bill should Michigan the precursor to the Natural Resources Trust of Gladstone in the Upper Peninsula and Bath and ecologically minded it reach his desk. We closed out Fund. Township near Lansing, helping these communities stewardship of the state’s 2013 to a pleasing silence about • MEC authored and released a report pushing back identify their key assets and understand the impact of 4.6 million acres of this ill-conceived public policy. against misconceptions about sustainable forestry, land use and transportation.

PHOTO: BRUCE MONTAGNE

8 9 GREAT LAKES / WATER

water bodies should be subject to analysis using the assessment tool. Currently only impacts to streams Defending our freshwater heritage: and flowing waters are included in the tool analysis. • Analyzing research to see if there is a more effective protecting our Great Lakes model for predicting the impact of withdrawals on nearby waters, and if such a model should replace the current one. resh water earned partial victories in our drive to strengthen fracking • Facilitating discussions about potential voluntary Fdefines laws; and helped secure funding for green infrastructure watershed planning among large volume water users. Michigan. As the that will reduce toxic sewage discharges into local streams. Cooperatively scheduling withdrawals that don’t only state entirely overlap or putting excess water back into an aquifer are within the Great Water Use Advisory Council reconvenes among the ideas under review. Lakes basin, we are Relentless years-long pressure to reconstitute a key James Clift surrounded by one- statewide water advisory council paid off for MEC in Keeping wetlands protections in Michigan Policy Director fifth of the earth’s 2013 when Governor Rick Snyder agreed with us and MEC fought throughout 2013 to keep state oversight fresh surface water. reconvened the Water Use Advisory Council—disbanded of Michigan’s wetlands program. Michigan is one of two It is drinking water for 40 million people, a cornerstone of since 2009. states that administers its own wetlands program, but some our Pure Michigan economy and the catalyst that drives The Council was instrumental in establishing politicians advocate ceding that control back to the federal PHOTO: BRUCE MONTAGNE our water-dependent industries and businesses. Michigan’s pioneering water withdrawal assessment tool— government or weakening state wetlands laws so drastically closure of regulatory loopholes, better monitoring Fresh water is, and always will be, one of the pillars of which helps track water use and monitor the impacts that the feds will forcibly remove state control. of nearby water sources, more thorough disclosure the Michigan Environmental Council’s efforts to preserve on rivers, streams and aquifers. The newly reconstituted Local control is especially important in the Great Lakes of toxic chemicals, and more timely notification of and enhance the health, enjoyment and quality of life Council, including representation from MEC Policy State—where wetlands help mitigate flooding, provide communities where wells will be drilled. for Michiganders. Director James Clift, immediately went back to work on recreation and wildlife habitat and filter pollutants before • Making the Detroit water treatment plant cleaner and Our work in 2013 helped re-establish a key state improving the assessment tool so that it remains a viable they seep into the Great Lakes and connected waterways. greener. MEC worked with a coalition of environmental water protection council (and gain a seat on it); assisted in and cutting-edge way to protect freshwater resources Legislation passed in 2013, ostensibly to comply with groups to provide input and public testimony keeping oversight of wetlands in state, not federal, hands; in Michigan. federal wetlands rules, actually weakened the state program encouraging efficiencies and green infrastructure Some of the issues so much that federal takeover is a possibility. MEC worked for the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department’s addressed by the with limited success to fix that substandard law, and federal permit renewal in 2013. The permit eventually reconstituted Council continues to work with state and federal agencies to protect incorporated many of the coalition’s suggestions, include: Michigan’s wetland habitats. including a commitment for $50 million in green • Establishing pro- infrastructure projects that will reduce the burden on cedures and proto- Standing strong for fresh water overloaded sewer pipes and treatment facilities. cols for site-specific MEC threw its weight behind good water policy • Monitoring implementation of the Great Lakes reviews of proposed options on a number of other fronts during the Compact. We were in close contact with allies in other water withdrawals. year, including: Great Lakes states as we assessed implementation The reviews are • Pressing state regulators to strengthen rules for of the Compact—the basin-wide water agreement necessary only when gas drilling using advanced hydraulic underground approved in 2008. Particularly, MEC is following the the Assessment Tool fracturing techniques (fracking). A new era of deeper, precedent-setting decision pending on whether the indicates there may be more intensive gas drilling permanently poisons more city of Waukesha, WI—which is outside the Great adverse impacts from than 100 times the fresh water than previous wells did. Lakes basin—should be able to withdraw Lake water withdrawals. The new wells also increase risks to local waterways, Michigan water. nearby residents and first responders. State officials • Assessing whether • Proposing and advocating for closing loopholes that lakes, ponds and have agreed to modernize some rules to keep up with exempt agricultural water from registering irrigation other non-flowing the fracking rush, but MEC is still working for the wells in compliance with state law.

PHOTO: BRUCE MONTAGNE 10 11 GREAT LAKES / WATER

water bodies should be subject to analysis using the assessment tool. Currently only impacts to streams Defending our freshwater heritage: and flowing waters are included in the tool analysis. • Analyzing research to see if there is a more effective protecting our Great Lakes model for predicting the impact of withdrawals on nearby waters, and if such a model should replace the current one. resh water earned partial victories in our drive to strengthen fracking • Facilitating discussions about potential voluntary Fdefines laws; and helped secure funding for green infrastructure watershed planning among large volume water users. Michigan. As the that will reduce toxic sewage discharges into local streams. Cooperatively scheduling withdrawals that don’t only state entirely overlap or putting excess water back into an aquifer are within the Great Water Use Advisory Council reconvenes among the ideas under review. Lakes basin, we are Relentless years-long pressure to reconstitute a key James Clift surrounded by one- statewide water advisory council paid off for MEC in Keeping wetlands protections in Michigan Policy Director fifth of the earth’s 2013 when Governor Rick Snyder agreed with us and MEC fought throughout 2013 to keep state oversight fresh surface water. reconvened the Water Use Advisory Council—disbanded of Michigan’s wetlands program. Michigan is one of two It is drinking water for 40 million people, a cornerstone of since 2009. states that administers its own wetlands program, but some our Pure Michigan economy and the catalyst that drives The Council was instrumental in establishing politicians advocate ceding that control back to the federal PHOTO: BRUCE MONTAGNE our water-dependent industries and businesses. Michigan’s pioneering water withdrawal assessment tool— government or weakening state wetlands laws so drastically closure of regulatory loopholes, better monitoring Fresh water is, and always will be, one of the pillars of which helps track water use and monitor the impacts that the feds will forcibly remove state control. of nearby water sources, more thorough disclosure the Michigan Environmental Council’s efforts to preserve on rivers, streams and aquifers. The newly reconstituted Local control is especially important in the Great Lakes of toxic chemicals, and more timely notification of and enhance the health, enjoyment and quality of life Council, including representation from MEC Policy State—where wetlands help mitigate flooding, provide communities where wells will be drilled. for Michiganders. Director James Clift, immediately went back to work on recreation and wildlife habitat and filter pollutants before • Making the Detroit water treatment plant cleaner and Our work in 2013 helped re-establish a key state improving the assessment tool so that it remains a viable they seep into the Great Lakes and connected waterways. greener. MEC worked with a coalition of environmental water protection council (and gain a seat on it); assisted in and cutting-edge way to protect freshwater resources Legislation passed in 2013, ostensibly to comply with groups to provide input and public testimony keeping oversight of wetlands in state, not federal, hands; in Michigan. federal wetlands rules, actually weakened the state program encouraging efficiencies and green infrastructure Some of the issues so much that federal takeover is a possibility. MEC worked for the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department’s addressed by the with limited success to fix that substandard law, and federal permit renewal in 2013. The permit eventually reconstituted Council continues to work with state and federal agencies to protect incorporated many of the coalition’s suggestions, include: Michigan’s wetland habitats. including a commitment for $50 million in green • Establishing pro- infrastructure projects that will reduce the burden on cedures and proto- Standing strong for fresh water overloaded sewer pipes and treatment facilities. cols for site-specific MEC threw its weight behind good water policy • Monitoring implementation of the Great Lakes reviews of proposed options on a number of other fronts during the Compact. We were in close contact with allies in other water withdrawals. year, including: Great Lakes states as we assessed implementation The reviews are • Pressing state regulators to strengthen rules for of the Compact—the basin-wide water agreement necessary only when gas drilling using advanced hydraulic underground approved in 2008. Particularly, MEC is following the the Assessment Tool fracturing techniques (fracking). A new era of deeper, precedent-setting decision pending on whether the indicates there may be more intensive gas drilling permanently poisons more city of Waukesha, WI—which is outside the Great adverse impacts from than 100 times the fresh water than previous wells did. Lakes basin—should be able to withdraw Lake water withdrawals. The new wells also increase risks to local waterways, Michigan water. nearby residents and first responders. State officials • Assessing whether • Proposing and advocating for closing loopholes that lakes, ponds and have agreed to modernize some rules to keep up with exempt agricultural water from registering irrigation other non-flowing the fracking rush, but MEC is still working for the wells in compliance with state law.

PHOTO: BRUCE MONTAGNE 10 11 TRANSPORTATION

MEC provided follow-up resources and training to help cars were purchased from Chicago’s Metra Rail and Building a transportation system make member groups and other transit advocates more refurbished by Great Lakes Central Railroad. effective in working with policymakers and influencing • Partnering with the Clean Energy Coalition to host that connects people, their decision-making. a forum on electric and alternative-fuels vehicles in Lansing. This event brought together representatives strengthens communities Policy briefings, partnerships from Michigan manufacturers and suppliers of electric and an Odyssey and alternative vehicles. MEC also forged ahead with initiatives including: • Reorganizing the Michigan By Rail team under the odernizing In 2013 we were successful in helping secure fund- • Helping coordinate the second annual Michigan Trans4M banner, with new partners such as Freshwater MMichigan’s ing for additional intercity bus service running the Detroit Transportation Odyssey, where advocates traveled Transit and the Friends of WALLY. transportation Metro Airport/East Lansing/Ann Arbor routes, leveraging from Traverse City to Detroit all by public and non- • Presenting at the Michigan Rails Conference hosted by system to establish money for nonmotorized projects in low-income commu- motorized transportation. The event, and subsequent the Library of Michigan. more diverse, afford- nities, and raising awareness about the folly of expanding media coverage, served as a demonstration of both the able and convenient already-massive highways in Detroit while other—more possibilities and shortcomings of Michigan’s transpor- Tim Fischer traveling options is critical—transportation needs languish in the city. Deputy Policy Director tation network. Participants used bike paths, intercity a prerequisite for bus service, walking trails, passenger rail, and local rebuilding our great Sharing a vision beyond highways mass transit. cities and providing a quality of life that attracts talent and MEC spoke up both in public hearings and key stake- • Working with several other Michigan partners to investment while protecting our natural resources and holder meetings to oppose a trio of expensive highway support low income communities in and around public health. expansions in Detroit during 2013—widening 6.7 miles of Metro Detroit and Battle Creek in seeking funding for That’s why MEC, as part of the Transportation for I-94 in Detroit, 17.7 miles of I-75 in Oakland County, and non-motorized transportation infrastructure. Helping Michigan Coalition (Trans4M), worked to support funding 7.3 miles of US-23 in Washtenaw County. connect workers with jobs, neighborhoods PHOTO: JOY VAN BUHLER for public transportation; fought against highway expansion Bigger highways encourage more traffic congestion with business districts and residents with proposals; and educated planners and policymakers about and related pollution, provide little value to people without recreation and culture is essential work in the benefits of safer, more walkable communities. personal vehicles, and sap money that could otherwise be communities like Detroit, where many resi- At every turn we strived to explain how individual road used for more effective transportation systems. dents have no access to a personal vehicle. projects, transit decisions and the architecture of roadway We outlined a better vision for spending transportation • Hosting a policy briefing for state legislators PHOTO: GARY L HOWE design aren’t made in a vacuum. They fit together to either dollars—one that includes investments in public transpor- on a key federal transportation funding law. create a more effective network of transportation options tation, walkable downtowns and multimodal connections James Corless of Transportation for America for Michiganders, or to perpetuate a status quo that relies between neighborhoods, cities, suburbs and regions. and Kirk Steudle, director of the Michigan almost exclusively on private vehicle travel. Although only one expansion project was put on Department of Transportation (MDOT), high- hold (US-23), our thoughtful presentations educated key lighted the speakers list. officials, generated spirited debate, and gained some support • Partnering with the Michigan Tech Rail from decision makers. We have armed policymakers and Transportation Program to host the second transportation planners with the information they need to annual Michigan Rail Conference in Lansing. make more informed decisions in the future. The conference brought together stakeholders from both freight and passenger rail services, Advocacy days bring residents locally and nationally. to the Capitol • Partnering with Freshwater Transit to host the Working through Trans4M, MEC helped bring more first Move Michigan Youth Transportation than 130 Michigan residents to the State Capitol to meet Debate. The high school debate featured students from with legislators and other decision makers in 2013. Par- Detroit Community High School and University Prep ticipants thanked legislators for establishing the South- High School, addressing transportation funding policy. east Michigan Regional Transit Authority and lobbied for • Co-sponsoring a public static display of MDOT’s increased transportation funding and better policies. commuter rail cars in Hamburg, Michigan. The

PHOTO: GARY L HOWE 12 13 TRANSPORTATION

MEC provided follow-up resources and training to help cars were purchased from Chicago’s Metra Rail and Building a transportation system make member groups and other transit advocates more refurbished by Great Lakes Central Railroad. effective in working with policymakers and influencing • Partnering with the Clean Energy Coalition to host that connects people, their decision-making. a forum on electric and alternative-fuels vehicles in Lansing. This event brought together representatives strengthens communities Policy briefings, partnerships from Michigan manufacturers and suppliers of electric and an Odyssey and alternative vehicles. MEC also forged ahead with initiatives including: • Reorganizing the Michigan By Rail team under the odernizing In 2013 we were successful in helping secure fund- • Helping coordinate the second annual Michigan Trans4M banner, with new partners such as Freshwater MMichigan’s ing for additional intercity bus service running the Detroit Transportation Odyssey, where advocates traveled Transit and the Friends of WALLY. transportation Metro Airport/East Lansing/Ann Arbor routes, leveraging from Traverse City to Detroit all by public and non- • Presenting at the Michigan Rails Conference hosted by system to establish money for nonmotorized projects in low-income commu- motorized transportation. The event, and subsequent the Library of Michigan. more diverse, afford- nities, and raising awareness about the folly of expanding media coverage, served as a demonstration of both the able and convenient already-massive highways in Detroit while other—more possibilities and shortcomings of Michigan’s transpor- Tim Fischer traveling options is critical—transportation needs languish in the city. Deputy Policy Director tation network. Participants used bike paths, intercity a prerequisite for bus service, walking trails, passenger rail, and local rebuilding our great Sharing a vision beyond highways mass transit. cities and providing a quality of life that attracts talent and MEC spoke up both in public hearings and key stake- • Working with several other Michigan partners to investment while protecting our natural resources and holder meetings to oppose a trio of expensive highway support low income communities in and around public health. expansions in Detroit during 2013—widening 6.7 miles of Metro Detroit and Battle Creek in seeking funding for That’s why MEC, as part of the Transportation for I-94 in Detroit, 17.7 miles of I-75 in Oakland County, and non-motorized transportation infrastructure. Helping Michigan Coalition (Trans4M), worked to support funding 7.3 miles of US-23 in Washtenaw County. connect workers with jobs, neighborhoods PHOTO: JOY VAN BUHLER for public transportation; fought against highway expansion Bigger highways encourage more traffic congestion with business districts and residents with proposals; and educated planners and policymakers about and related pollution, provide little value to people without recreation and culture is essential work in the benefits of safer, more walkable communities. personal vehicles, and sap money that could otherwise be communities like Detroit, where many resi- At every turn we strived to explain how individual road used for more effective transportation systems. dents have no access to a personal vehicle. projects, transit decisions and the architecture of roadway We outlined a better vision for spending transportation • Hosting a policy briefing for state legislators PHOTO: GARY L HOWE design aren’t made in a vacuum. They fit together to either dollars—one that includes investments in public transpor- on a key federal transportation funding law. create a more effective network of transportation options tation, walkable downtowns and multimodal connections James Corless of Transportation for America for Michiganders, or to perpetuate a status quo that relies between neighborhoods, cities, suburbs and regions. and Kirk Steudle, director of the Michigan almost exclusively on private vehicle travel. Although only one expansion project was put on Department of Transportation (MDOT), high- hold (US-23), our thoughtful presentations educated key lighted the speakers list. officials, generated spirited debate, and gained some support • Partnering with the Michigan Tech Rail from decision makers. We have armed policymakers and Transportation Program to host the second transportation planners with the information they need to annual Michigan Rail Conference in Lansing. make more informed decisions in the future. The conference brought together stakeholders from both freight and passenger rail services, Advocacy days bring residents locally and nationally. to the Capitol • Partnering with Freshwater Transit to host the Working through Trans4M, MEC helped bring more first Move Michigan Youth Transportation than 130 Michigan residents to the State Capitol to meet Debate. The high school debate featured students from with legislators and other decision makers in 2013. Par- Detroit Community High School and University Prep ticipants thanked legislators for establishing the South- High School, addressing transportation funding policy. east Michigan Regional Transit Authority and lobbied for • Co-sponsoring a public static display of MDOT’s increased transportation funding and better policies. commuter rail cars in Hamburg, Michigan. The

PHOTO: GARY L HOWE 12 13 DETROIT FUTURE CITY AWARDEES

Engaging the community Fresh water defenders: for a better future in Detroit MEC’s 2013 awardees

EC was a Environmental Justice Coalition n enduring lifelong commitment to the world- force for class waters of the Great Lakes ecosystem is M MEC was instrumental in creating the statewide A Bob Andrus stability and a voice Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition in 2013. The the burning passion that connects the Michigan for inclusion in the group is working with the Michigan Department of Environmental Council’s 2013 award winners. midst of tumultuous Environmental Quality to re-address the tenets of the Dave Dempsey—author, historian, policy expert change in Detroit, 2007 executive directive, which calls for a state plan to and activist with decades of experience fighting for Sandra Turner-Handy working to make the protect vulnerable residents and persons of color from the Great Lakes—received the Helen & William Community Outreach Director city healthier, safer disproportionate burdens of pollution. That burden falls Milliken Distinguished Service Award. and more vibrant. heavily on Detroiters and others in Michigan’s densest Bob Andrus, a retired Grayling schoolteacher During 2013 we were a catalyst for engaging residents in urban areas. who devotes thousands of volunteer hours to Detroit’s revitalization plans, for reigniting conversations organizing hands-on habitat improvement for about environmental justice at the state level, and for Michigan’s nationally renowned cold water trout transitioning away from garbage incineration in favor of streams, earned the Petoskey Prize for Environ- recycling and other smarter disposal options. mental Leadership. Dave Dempsey with former Michigan Governer William Milliken The Milliken Award—named after former Detroit Future City: Governor William G. Milliken and his late wife Helen President Bill Clinton appointed Dempsey to the Great Helping residents shape the blueprint Milliken—is bestowed annually on a person who has Lakes Fishery Commission where he served from 1994 MEC’s Sandra Turner-Handy served in multiple made extraordinary contributions to protect Michigan’s to 2001. He is a former member of the Michigan Natural outreach and civic engagement roles as part of a strategic natural resources. The Petoskey Prize is given annually to Resources Trust Fund Board, a policy consultant for Clean framework to revitalize the city that was released early an individual nominated by an MEC member organization Water Action, and former director and policy director for in 2013. The Detroit Future City plan, part of the whose commitment, creativity and courage have inspired the Michigan Environmental Council. Detroit Works Project, offers a vision for the city in areas others to safeguard Michigan’s air, land and water for Dempsey currently is policy advisor at the including health, environment and safety. As a process future generations. International Joint Commission where he helps provide leader, Turner-Handy was relentless in helping her PHOTO: JOY VAN BUHLER Governor Milliken himself—in a gesture of respect policy and scientific guidance to protect and secure the residents and others understand and shape this blueprint Other key urban, environmental and justice issues for his biographer Dempsey—attended the July awards Great Lakes and other boundary waters. for the city’s future. MEC engaged in during the year included: ceremony in Ann Arbor. Turner-Handy also took the lead in organizing • Helping create a nonpartisan voters guide and Andrus, volunteer extraordinaire Denby High School students to research the plan’s Detroit Environmental Agenda to educate voters in Dempsey, Great Lakes defender Bob Andrus has been an active environmental recommendations, map the potential effects on advance of the November 2013 city election. MEC For three decades Dave Dempsey has been among the advocate for 30 years—building river conservation their communities, and implement environmental also moderated a candidate forum on environmental most consistent, forceful and respected voices for strong movements from the ground up and motivating legions recommendations including recycling, stormwater capture issues that was well attended. public policies that protect Michigan’s environment. of volunteers to complete hundreds of restoration and and community gardening. • Advocacy and organizing work that helped secure Dempsey served as environmental policy advisor to protection projects on Michigan’s legendary trout As a Detroit Future City steering committee member, passage of the Detroit Urban Agriculture ordinance, former Michigan Governor Jim Blanchard, and is author fishing waters. Turner-Handy is ensuring that Detroit’s future includes allowing community gardening and small-scale or co-author of seven books, including Ruin and Recovery: Andrus’s ability to motivate volunteers and partner strong, sustainable policies that respect and include all agriculture in the city. Michigan’s Rise as a Conservation Leader—a must-read organizations to accomplish large-scale projects is residents. That effort was a linchpin of our work in 2013 • Appointment to the Southeast Michigan Regional for anyone seeking to understand the historical context of unparalleled, and has resulted in concrete improvements and will continue for the foreseeable future. Transit Authority Advisory Committee. current environmental policy in the Great Lakes State. to Michigan’s trout waters.

14 15 PHOTO: JOY VAN BUHLER DETROIT FUTURE CITY AWARDEES

Engaging the community Fresh water defenders: for a better future in Detroit MEC’s 2013 awardees

EC was a Environmental Justice Coalition n enduring lifelong commitment to the world- force for class waters of the Great Lakes ecosystem is M MEC was instrumental in creating the statewide A Bob Andrus stability and a voice Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition in 2013. The the burning passion that connects the Michigan for inclusion in the group is working with the Michigan Department of Environmental Council’s 2013 award winners. midst of tumultuous Environmental Quality to re-address the tenets of the Dave Dempsey—author, historian, policy expert change in Detroit, 2007 executive directive, which calls for a state plan to and activist with decades of experience fighting for Sandra Turner-Handy working to make the protect vulnerable residents and persons of color from the Great Lakes—received the Helen & William Community Outreach Director city healthier, safer disproportionate burdens of pollution. That burden falls Milliken Distinguished Service Award. and more vibrant. heavily on Detroiters and others in Michigan’s densest Bob Andrus, a retired Grayling schoolteacher During 2013 we were a catalyst for engaging residents in urban areas. who devotes thousands of volunteer hours to Detroit’s revitalization plans, for reigniting conversations organizing hands-on habitat improvement for about environmental justice at the state level, and for Michigan’s nationally renowned cold water trout transitioning away from garbage incineration in favor of streams, earned the Petoskey Prize for Environ- recycling and other smarter disposal options. mental Leadership. Dave Dempsey with former Michigan Governer William Milliken The Milliken Award—named after former Detroit Future City: Governor William G. Milliken and his late wife Helen President Bill Clinton appointed Dempsey to the Great Helping residents shape the blueprint Milliken—is bestowed annually on a person who has Lakes Fishery Commission where he served from 1994 MEC’s Sandra Turner-Handy served in multiple made extraordinary contributions to protect Michigan’s to 2001. He is a former member of the Michigan Natural outreach and civic engagement roles as part of a strategic natural resources. The Petoskey Prize is given annually to Resources Trust Fund Board, a policy consultant for Clean framework to revitalize the city that was released early an individual nominated by an MEC member organization Water Action, and former director and policy director for in 2013. The Detroit Future City plan, part of the whose commitment, creativity and courage have inspired the Michigan Environmental Council. Detroit Works Project, offers a vision for the city in areas others to safeguard Michigan’s air, land and water for Dempsey currently is policy advisor at the including health, environment and safety. As a process future generations. International Joint Commission where he helps provide leader, Turner-Handy was relentless in helping her PHOTO: JOY VAN BUHLER Governor Milliken himself—in a gesture of respect policy and scientific guidance to protect and secure the residents and others understand and shape this blueprint Other key urban, environmental and justice issues for his biographer Dempsey—attended the July awards Great Lakes and other boundary waters. for the city’s future. MEC engaged in during the year included: ceremony in Ann Arbor. Turner-Handy also took the lead in organizing • Helping create a nonpartisan voters guide and Andrus, volunteer extraordinaire Denby High School students to research the plan’s Detroit Environmental Agenda to educate voters in Dempsey, Great Lakes defender Bob Andrus has been an active environmental recommendations, map the potential effects on advance of the November 2013 city election. MEC For three decades Dave Dempsey has been among the advocate for 30 years—building river conservation their communities, and implement environmental also moderated a candidate forum on environmental most consistent, forceful and respected voices for strong movements from the ground up and motivating legions recommendations including recycling, stormwater capture issues that was well attended. public policies that protect Michigan’s environment. of volunteers to complete hundreds of restoration and and community gardening. • Advocacy and organizing work that helped secure Dempsey served as environmental policy advisor to protection projects on Michigan’s legendary trout As a Detroit Future City steering committee member, passage of the Detroit Urban Agriculture ordinance, former Michigan Governor Jim Blanchard, and is author fishing waters. Turner-Handy is ensuring that Detroit’s future includes allowing community gardening and small-scale or co-author of seven books, including Ruin and Recovery: Andrus’s ability to motivate volunteers and partner strong, sustainable policies that respect and include all agriculture in the city. Michigan’s Rise as a Conservation Leader—a must-read organizations to accomplish large-scale projects is residents. That effort was a linchpin of our work in 2013 • Appointment to the Southeast Michigan Regional for anyone seeking to understand the historical context of unparalleled, and has resulted in concrete improvements and will continue for the foreseeable future. Transit Authority Advisory Committee. current environmental policy in the Great Lakes State. to Michigan’s trout waters.

14 15 PHOTO: JOY VAN BUHLER ENERGY

presentations also documented the health care costs and natural resource Michigan’s clean energy damages that are currently ignored by energy markets. Along with allies in the success story: Michigan Energy Michigan Jobs (MEMJ) coalition, MEC made a strong case for continuing the momentum more clean energy as a way to control costs, minimize risk, promote economic o area of share of Michigan’s energy marketplace. But the laws development, and protect public health Npublic policy that jump-started these successes—measures requiring and natural resources. so directly affects 10 percent renewable electricity and targeted efficiency Our efforts got a boost late in the year when an MPSC Michiganders’ gains—plateau in 2015. analysis showed Michigan could generate 30 percent of its quality of life as That’s why in 2013, the Michigan Environmental electricity from clean energy sources by 2035. energy. The health Council doggedly pursued strategies to continue the clean David Gard of our communities energy momentum. Lowering surcharges for renewable energy Energy Policy Director and children; the Working through our intervention in state Public ‘amount due’ on Key stakeholders in energy dialogues Service Commission cases, MEC helped convince the monthly utility bills; the cleanliness of our lakes and MEC was a key participant in Governor Rick state’s largest utilities to drop renewable energy surcharges streams, and the legacy of climate disruption we leave—all Snyder’s 2013 energy fact-finding meetings hosted by for Michigan customers. The charges—initially proposed at are downstream effects from the policies we adopt. Or that the State Energy Office and the Michigan Public Service $3.00/month for residential customers in 2009—have been we fail to adopt. Commission (MPSC). The dialogues gathered facts that slashed as clean energy costs have dropped dramatically. The absence of comprehensive state or federal will inform Snyder’s recommendations to the legislature on By the end of 2013, Consumers Energy had planned to energy blueprints leaves a void that is typically filled by a how to proceed after the energy laws plateau in 2015. eliminate its renewable energy charge completely. Detroit dysfunctional status quo that too often rewards the most MEC encouraged Governor Snyder and decision Edison had dropped its rate to 43 cents. dangerous, outdated and expensive energy choices. makers to continue the clean energy trajectory that has The rate reductions are good for consumers, good for That dynamic is changing and MEC is helping seen renewable energy costs halved since 2008, helped the utilities and good for Michigan’s natural resources. accelerate that change. Cleaner, renewable energy and reduce our dependence on out-of-state coal, created money-saving efficiency programs are gaining a bigger thousands of in-state jobs, and brought an unprecedented Risky pipeline targeted amount of renewable An aging oil pipeline carrying more than 20 million

power to Michigan’s gallons of crude oil daily underneath the iconic Mackinac PHOTO: BRUCE MONTAGNE marketplace. Bridge earned MEC’s attention in 2013. We joined with We testified, allies across the nation and state in calling for replacement • Working to persuade state regulators to modernize coordinated others’ of the 1953 pipe to protect the Mackinac Straits and entire safety standards for extraction of natural gas using testimony, and worked Upper Great Lakes from a catastrophic spill. The pipeline increasingly risky hydraulic underground fracturing behind the scenes is owned and maintained by Enbridge Energy, the company (fracking) techniques. (See more on this in our Great with legislators and responsible for a devastating spill of 840,000 gallons Lakes/Water section on page 11.) gubernatorial staffers. of thick oil sands crude in the Kalamazoo River system • Helping convince Consumers Energy to abandon We highlighted for in 2010. its controversial proposal for a new natural gas plant the governor key We helped organize a rally at the bridge, researched in favor of using existing natural gas capacity to fill studies, including the complicated web of regulations and regulatory agencies its need. data from MEC overseeing pipelines in Michigan, and worked with state • Helping drop Michigan’s expensive imports of out- reports on the relative and federal agencies and officials to pressure Enbridge to of-state coal to fuel power plants to less than 50% in costs of renewable upgrade the pipeline. 2013, down from 65% only a few years earlier. That and non-renewable MEC was also active on numerous energy-related saves $30 million annually on diesel fuel required to energy sources. Our fronts in 2013, including: mine and transport the coal.

16 17 ENERGY

presentations also documented the health care costs and natural resource Michigan’s clean energy damages that are currently ignored by energy markets. Along with allies in the success story: Michigan Energy Michigan Jobs (MEMJ) coalition, MEC made a strong case for continuing the momentum more clean energy as a way to control costs, minimize risk, promote economic o area of share of Michigan’s energy marketplace. But the laws development, and protect public health Npublic policy that jump-started these successes—measures requiring and natural resources. so directly affects 10 percent renewable electricity and targeted efficiency Our efforts got a boost late in the year when an MPSC Michiganders’ gains—plateau in 2015. analysis showed Michigan could generate 30 percent of its quality of life as That’s why in 2013, the Michigan Environmental electricity from clean energy sources by 2035. energy. The health Council doggedly pursued strategies to continue the clean David Gard of our communities energy momentum. Lowering surcharges for renewable energy Energy Policy Director and children; the Working through our intervention in state Public ‘amount due’ on Key stakeholders in energy dialogues Service Commission cases, MEC helped convince the monthly utility bills; the cleanliness of our lakes and MEC was a key participant in Governor Rick state’s largest utilities to drop renewable energy surcharges streams, and the legacy of climate disruption we leave—all Snyder’s 2013 energy fact-finding meetings hosted by for Michigan customers. The charges—initially proposed at are downstream effects from the policies we adopt. Or that the State Energy Office and the Michigan Public Service $3.00/month for residential customers in 2009—have been we fail to adopt. Commission (MPSC). The dialogues gathered facts that slashed as clean energy costs have dropped dramatically. The absence of comprehensive state or federal will inform Snyder’s recommendations to the legislature on By the end of 2013, Consumers Energy had planned to energy blueprints leaves a void that is typically filled by a how to proceed after the energy laws plateau in 2015. eliminate its renewable energy charge completely. Detroit dysfunctional status quo that too often rewards the most MEC encouraged Governor Snyder and decision Edison had dropped its rate to 43 cents. dangerous, outdated and expensive energy choices. makers to continue the clean energy trajectory that has The rate reductions are good for consumers, good for That dynamic is changing and MEC is helping seen renewable energy costs halved since 2008, helped the utilities and good for Michigan’s natural resources. accelerate that change. Cleaner, renewable energy and reduce our dependence on out-of-state coal, created money-saving efficiency programs are gaining a bigger thousands of in-state jobs, and brought an unprecedented Risky pipeline targeted amount of renewable An aging oil pipeline carrying more than 20 million power to Michigan’s gallons of crude oil daily underneath the iconic Mackinac PHOTO: BRUCE MONTAGNE marketplace. Bridge earned MEC’s attention in 2013. We joined with We testified, allies across the nation and state in calling for replacement • Working to persuade state regulators to modernize coordinated others’ of the 1953 pipe to protect the Mackinac Straits and entire safety standards for extraction of natural gas using testimony, and worked Upper Great Lakes from a catastrophic spill. The pipeline increasingly risky hydraulic underground fracturing behind the scenes is owned and maintained by Enbridge Energy, the company (fracking) techniques. (See more on this in our Great with legislators and responsible for a devastating spill of 840,000 gallons Lakes/Water section on page 11.) gubernatorial staffers. of thick oil sands crude in the Kalamazoo River system • Helping convince Consumers Energy to abandon We highlighted for in 2010. its controversial proposal for a new natural gas plant the governor key We helped organize a rally at the bridge, researched in favor of using existing natural gas capacity to fill studies, including the complicated web of regulations and regulatory agencies its need. data from MEC overseeing pipelines in Michigan, and worked with state • Helping drop Michigan’s expensive imports of out- reports on the relative and federal agencies and officials to pressure Enbridge to of-state coal to fuel power plants to less than 50% in costs of renewable upgrade the pipeline. 2013, down from 65% only a few years earlier. That and non-renewable MEC was also active on numerous energy-related saves $30 million annually on diesel fuel required to energy sources. Our fronts in 2013, including: mine and transport the coal.

16 17 OUR MEMBER GROUPS WHO WE ARE New members strengthen the coalition 2013 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OUR STAFF IN 2013 Tina Reynolds, Health Policy Director EC’s influence at the State Capitol flows from the strength and expertise of our member organizations. Legislators Chris Kolb, President Chris Kolb, President & CEO Kim Rustem, know we speak on behalf of an MEC community that represents constituents from the tip of the Keweenaw to the Michigan Environmental Council Judy Bearup, Office Manager & M Special Projects Assistant Ohio border, and that makes all the difference. Christine Green, Chair Assistant to the President In 2013 we welcomed seven new groups to the MEC family with priorities ranging from watershed and sand dune Dan Sommerville, Policy Associate At-Large Member James Clift, Policy Director protection to healthy homes and climate change. The vitality and new perspectives of these organizations, blended Sandra Turner-Handy, Alexander (Sandy) Lipsey, Andy Draheim, with the longstanding support and resources of our veteran members, keeps MEC a vital force in advocating for strong Community Outreach Vice Chair Director of Finance & Development environmental policies at the Capitol. At-Large Member Director New to the coalition in 2013 are Preserve the Dunes, the Au Sable River Watershed Committee, Citizens Climate Elizabeth Fedorchuk, Lobby-Michigan, CLEARCorps/Detroit, Friends of the Au Gres–Rifle Watershed, Friends of the Jordan River Watershed, Terry Miller, Vice Chair Communications Specialist AFFILIATED STAFF Lone Tree Council Inc., and Great Lakes Mediation. Tim Fischer, Deputy Policy Director Anusuya Das, RE-AMP Associate Pamela Smith, Vice Chair Welcome new members, and thank you for working in support of our common goals for the state we love! David Gard, Jeremy Emmi, At-Large Member Energy Program Director Midwest RE-AMP Coordinator OUR MEMBER GROUPS IN 2013 Friends of the Rouge Michigan Nature Association Tom Bissonnette, Treasurer Brad Garmon, Kathryn Gray, Transportation for 4 Towns Citizen Action Team Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa Michigan Nurses Association At-Large Member Director of Conservation & Michigan Coordinator Alliance for the Great Lakes and Chippewa Indians Michigan Organic Food and Christopher Graham, Secretary Emerging Issues Anglers of the Au Sable Great Lakes Mediation Farm Alliance Ahmina Maxey, Michigan Natural Areas Council Kate Madigan, Zero Waste Detroit Organizer Arab Community Center for Economic HARBOR Inc. Michigan Recycling Coalition Lisa Brush Northern Michigan Representative and Social Services (ACCESS) Huron River Watershed Council Michigan Trails and Greenways Jeff Prygoski, Alliance Stewardship Network & Energy Specialist Au Sable River Watershed Committee Kalamazoo Environmental Council Transportation for Michigan Fellow Center for Automotive Research – Kalamazoo River Cleanup Coalition Michigan Trout Unlimited Rick Bunch Hugh McDiarmid, Jr., Kajal Ravani, Automotive Communities Partnership Lapeer Land Conservancy Michigan Waterfront Alliance At-Large Member Communications Director Transportation for Michigan Fellow Citizens for Alternatives to Chemical League of Michigan Bicyclists Mid-Michigan Environmental Keith Cooley Andrew McGlashen, Contamination Action Council League of Women Voters of Michigan At-Large Member Development & Elizabeth Treutel, Citizens Climate Lobby – Michigan Legacy Land Conservancy Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance Communications Associate Transportation for Michigan Fellow Rachel Hood Clean Water Fund Muskegon Save Our Shoreline Liaison for Inter-Neighborhood West Michigan Environmental CLEARCorps/Detroit Cooperation NAACP – Michigan State Conference Action Council Clinton River Watershed Council Lone Tree Council Northern Michigan Environmental Gloria Rivera, IHM Concerned Citizens of Acme Township Michigan Association of Action Council Sisters, Servants of the ConservAmerica Education Fund Railroad Passengers Preserve the Dunes Immaculate Heart of Mary Detroit Audubon Society Michigan Audubon Society Romulus Environmentalists Care About People Detroit RiverFront Conservancy Michigan Botanical Club Phil Roos Scenic Michigan Dwight Lydell Chapter of the Izaak Michigan Citizens Against At-Large Member Sierra Club, Michigan Chapter Walton League of America Toxic Substances Jamie Scripps East Michigan Environmental Michigan Citizens for Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate At-Large Member Action Council Water Conservation Heart of Mary Grenetta Thomassey Ecology Center Michigan Coalition on the Six Rivers Regional Land Conservancy Environment and Jewish Life Tip of the Mitt Watershed Environment Michigan Research & Southeast Michigan Land Conservancy Council Policy Center Michigan Energy Options Stewardship Network Environmentally Concerned Citizens Michigan Interfaith Power and Light Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council Yvonne White of South Central Michigan Michigan Land Trustees Transportation Riders United NAACP – Michigan State Friends of the Au Gres – Rifle Watershed Michigan Land Use Institute Upper Peninsula Environmental Conference Friends of the Cedar River Watershed Michigan League of Conservation Coalition Lisa Wozniak Friends of the Detroit River Voters Education Fund Voices for Earth Justice Michigan League of Friends of the Jordan River Michigan Mountain Biking Association West Michigan Environmental Conservation Voters Watershed, Inc. Michigan Natural Areas Council Action Council Education Fund

18 19 PHOTO: BRUCE MONTAGNE OUR MEMBER GROUPS WHO WE ARE New members strengthen the coalition 2013 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OUR STAFF IN 2013 Tina Reynolds, Health Policy Director EC’s influence at the State Capitol flows from the strength and expertise of our member organizations. Legislators Chris Kolb, President Chris Kolb, President & CEO Kim Rustem, know we speak on behalf of an MEC community that represents constituents from the tip of the Keweenaw to the Michigan Environmental Council Judy Bearup, Office Manager & M Special Projects Assistant Ohio border, and that makes all the difference. Christine Green, Chair Assistant to the President In 2013 we welcomed seven new groups to the MEC family with priorities ranging from watershed and sand dune Dan Sommerville, Policy Associate At-Large Member James Clift, Policy Director protection to healthy homes and climate change. The vitality and new perspectives of these organizations, blended Sandra Turner-Handy, Alexander (Sandy) Lipsey, Andy Draheim, with the longstanding support and resources of our veteran members, keeps MEC a vital force in advocating for strong Community Outreach Vice Chair Director of Finance & Development environmental policies at the Capitol. At-Large Member Director New to the coalition in 2013 are Preserve the Dunes, the Au Sable River Watershed Committee, Citizens Climate Elizabeth Fedorchuk, Lobby-Michigan, CLEARCorps/Detroit, Friends of the Au Gres–Rifle Watershed, Friends of the Jordan River Watershed, Terry Miller, Vice Chair Communications Specialist AFFILIATED STAFF Lone Tree Council Inc., and Great Lakes Mediation. Tim Fischer, Deputy Policy Director Anusuya Das, RE-AMP Associate Pamela Smith, Vice Chair Welcome new members, and thank you for working in support of our common goals for the state we love! David Gard, Jeremy Emmi, At-Large Member Energy Program Director Midwest RE-AMP Coordinator OUR MEMBER GROUPS IN 2013 Friends of the Rouge Michigan Nature Association Tom Bissonnette, Treasurer Brad Garmon, Kathryn Gray, Transportation for 4 Towns Citizen Action Team Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa Michigan Nurses Association At-Large Member Director of Conservation & Michigan Coordinator Alliance for the Great Lakes and Chippewa Indians Michigan Organic Food and Christopher Graham, Secretary Emerging Issues Anglers of the Au Sable Great Lakes Mediation Farm Alliance Ahmina Maxey, Michigan Natural Areas Council Kate Madigan, Zero Waste Detroit Organizer Arab Community Center for Economic HARBOR Inc. Michigan Recycling Coalition Lisa Brush Northern Michigan Representative and Social Services (ACCESS) Huron River Watershed Council Michigan Trails and Greenways Jeff Prygoski, Alliance Stewardship Network & Energy Specialist Au Sable River Watershed Committee Kalamazoo Environmental Council Transportation for Michigan Fellow Center for Automotive Research – Kalamazoo River Cleanup Coalition Michigan Trout Unlimited Rick Bunch Hugh McDiarmid, Jr., Kajal Ravani, Automotive Communities Partnership Lapeer Land Conservancy Michigan Waterfront Alliance At-Large Member Communications Director Transportation for Michigan Fellow Citizens for Alternatives to Chemical League of Michigan Bicyclists Mid-Michigan Environmental Keith Cooley Andrew McGlashen, Contamination Action Council League of Women Voters of Michigan At-Large Member Development & Elizabeth Treutel, Citizens Climate Lobby – Michigan Legacy Land Conservancy Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance Communications Associate Transportation for Michigan Fellow Rachel Hood Clean Water Fund Muskegon Save Our Shoreline Liaison for Inter-Neighborhood West Michigan Environmental CLEARCorps/Detroit Cooperation NAACP – Michigan State Conference Action Council Clinton River Watershed Council Lone Tree Council Northern Michigan Environmental Gloria Rivera, IHM Concerned Citizens of Acme Township Michigan Association of Action Council Sisters, Servants of the ConservAmerica Education Fund Railroad Passengers Preserve the Dunes Immaculate Heart of Mary Detroit Audubon Society Michigan Audubon Society Romulus Environmentalists Care About People Detroit RiverFront Conservancy Michigan Botanical Club Phil Roos Scenic Michigan Dwight Lydell Chapter of the Izaak Michigan Citizens Against At-Large Member Sierra Club, Michigan Chapter Walton League of America Toxic Substances Jamie Scripps East Michigan Environmental Michigan Citizens for Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate At-Large Member Action Council Water Conservation Heart of Mary Grenetta Thomassey Ecology Center Michigan Coalition on the Six Rivers Regional Land Conservancy Environment and Jewish Life Tip of the Mitt Watershed Environment Michigan Research & Southeast Michigan Land Conservancy Council Policy Center Michigan Energy Options Stewardship Network Environmentally Concerned Citizens Michigan Interfaith Power and Light Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council Yvonne White of South Central Michigan Michigan Land Trustees Transportation Riders United NAACP – Michigan State Friends of the Au Gres – Rifle Watershed Michigan Land Use Institute Upper Peninsula Environmental Conference Friends of the Cedar River Watershed Michigan League of Conservation Coalition Lisa Wozniak Friends of the Detroit River Voters Education Fund Voices for Earth Justice Michigan League of Friends of the Jordan River Michigan Mountain Biking Association West Michigan Environmental Conservation Voters Watershed, Inc. Michigan Natural Areas Council Action Council Education Fund

18 19 PHOTO: BRUCE MONTAGNE YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN

STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS MEC supporters: The foundation For the 12 Months Ended December 31, 2013 December 31, 2013 of our 33 years of success at the Capitol UNRESTRICTED OPERATIONS ASSETS REVENUE Unrestricted Cash Assets $487,901 Grant Support $2,240,484 Total Temporarily Restricted Assets $1,006,172 he financial supporters who make our work possible are For that, we can’t thank you enough—whether we do it Annual Giving $115,530 Unrestricted Property Net Assets (Bldg & Equipment) $523,226 listed—as they are each year—at the very back of our at the top, bottom, beginning, end or middle of our annual Events $116,136 Endowment Net Assets at Fair Market Value $2,261,166 T Endowment Support $137,688 Annual Report. Maybe they should be in front. reports. Your backing of MEC is making a big difference for Action Fund Assets at Fair Market Value $63,252 Great Lakes Endowment Support $7,500 Prepaid Expense After all, contributions are where everything begins for Michigan’s future. $6,804 Member Dues $19,718 TOTAL ASSETS $4,348,521 MEC. Every bit of the important work chronicled in this Interest and Miscellaneous $29,045 report was brought to life by the exceptional generosity of TOTAL REVENUE $2,666,101 LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS the charitable foundations, businesses and individuals who TOTAL REVENUE $2,666,101 TOTAL UNRESTRICTED LIABILITIES $476,099 appear on pages 22 and 23. EXPENSE Total Temporary Restricted Net Assets $1,006,172 But consider another perspective. If you set our annual Member Dues Compensation $1,222,656 Great Lakes $19,718 (0.7%) Professional Fees $81,678 Total Endowment Net Assets $2,261,167 report down—cover up—our donors are at the bottom. Endowment Support Interest and MEC Payments to Member Organizations $307,350 Total Action Fund Net Assets $63,251 That’s fitting because they are the foundation from which $7,500 (0.3%) Miscellaneous $29,045 (1.1%) Non-Member Sub-Grant Contractors $323,789 Total Unrestricted Net Assets $541,832 the rest of MEC is built. Endowment Support MEC Energy Policy Passthrough $330,278 TOTAL NET ASSETS $3,872,422 Thanks to you and your consistent assistance, MEC’s $137,688 (5.2%) Office Expenses $166,797 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $4,348,521 financial foundation is strong with operating revenues Events Travel, Seminars and Events $164,563 exceeding $2.5 million last year. We not only balanced our $116,136 (4.4%) TOTAL EXPENSE $2,597,111 budget again in 2013—we realized a $60,000 operating UNRESTRICTED OPERATIONS $68,990 Annual Giving PERE MARQUETTE FUND surplus that will serve as a buffer against future challenges. $115,530 (4.3%) EXCESS REVENUE Our endowment also rode a strong year in the stock market ENDOWMENT ACTIVITY TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED OPERATIONS December 4, 2000 through December 31, 2013 to post significant gains, ensuring that it will continue to Grant Support boost MEC’s capacity to protect our environment for years $2,240,484 Awarded Grant Revenue $1,582,661 BEGINNING BALANCE $0 to come. (84.0%) Endowment Giving $941 ADDITIONS We’re using your dollars wisely, building a financial base Endowment Net Earnings $353,505 Transfers from MEC unrestricted net assets $300,000 Action Fund Giving $0 that is as functional as it is strong. The grants—large and Contributions: Cash $1,601,790 Action Fund Net Earnings $11,424 small—from our foundation partners provide a resilient base Contributions: Pledges $260,000 Transfers to Unrestricted Operations -$2,001,978 for our core issues: energy, water, health, transportation, TOTAL EXPENSES $2,597,111 Earnings and Capital Appreciation $930,716 TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED OPERATIONS -$53,447 natural resources and our targeted work in Detroit. Travel, Seminars and Events EXCESS REVENUE DEDUCTIONS Our more than $330,000 in unrestricted operating $164,563 (6.3%) Management Fees $69,434 revenues complements that grant support perfectly. In Office Expenses $166,797 (6.4%) Transfers to support MEC unrestricted activities $761,905 addition to distributions from our endowment, that sum ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION ENDING BALANCE $2,261,167 comes in the form of annual gifts from generous individuals FUND ACTIVITY and businesses. When foundation priorities shift, that MEC Energy Policy February 22, 2005 through December 31, 2013 flexible financial support allows us to keep existing Passthrough Compensation $330,278 (12.7%) BEGINNING BALANCE $0 programs running full steam while we recruit new grant $1,222,656 funders. It also enables us to invest in new environmental (47.1%) ADDITIONS issues that foundations have yet to embrace, and respond to Non-Member Transfers from MEC unrestricted net assets $0 urgent environmental opportunities and challenges that are Sub-Grant Contributions: Cash $175,300 not covered in our grants. Contractors Contributions: Pledges $105,000 $323,789 (12.5%) In other words, your gifts make it possible for MEC Earnings and Capital Appreciation $40,824 to be MEC—an informed and respected voice in the State MEC Payments to DEDUCTIONS Capitol with a unique ability to both raise issues that are Member Organizations Professional Fees Management Fees $5,561 $81,678 (3.1%) still off on the horizon and react nimbly when unanticipated $307,350 (11.8%) Transfers to support MEC unrestricted activities $252,312 threats endanger Michigan’s prized natural resources and ENDING BALANCE $63,251 the Great Lakes. 20 21 YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN

STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS MEC supporters: The foundation For the 12 Months Ended December 31, 2013 December 31, 2013 of our 33 years of success at the Capitol UNRESTRICTED OPERATIONS ASSETS REVENUE Unrestricted Cash Assets $487,901 Grant Support $2,240,484 Total Temporarily Restricted Assets $1,006,172 he financial supporters who make our work possible are For that, we can’t thank you enough—whether we do it Annual Giving $115,530 Unrestricted Property Net Assets (Bldg & Equipment) $523,226 listed—as they are each year—at the very back of our at the top, bottom, beginning, end or middle of our annual Events $116,136 Endowment Net Assets at Fair Market Value $2,261,166 T Endowment Support $137,688 Annual Report. Maybe they should be in front. reports. Your backing of MEC is making a big difference for Action Fund Assets at Fair Market Value $63,252 Great Lakes Endowment Support $7,500 Prepaid Expense After all, contributions are where everything begins for Michigan’s future. $6,804 Member Dues $19,718 TOTAL ASSETS $4,348,521 MEC. Every bit of the important work chronicled in this Interest and Miscellaneous $29,045 report was brought to life by the exceptional generosity of TOTAL REVENUE $2,666,101 LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS the charitable foundations, businesses and individuals who TOTAL REVENUE $2,666,101 TOTAL UNRESTRICTED LIABILITIES $476,099 appear on pages 22 and 23. EXPENSE Total Temporary Restricted Net Assets $1,006,172 But consider another perspective. If you set our annual Member Dues Compensation $1,222,656 Great Lakes $19,718 (0.7%) Professional Fees $81,678 Total Endowment Net Assets $2,261,167 report down—cover up—our donors are at the bottom. Endowment Support Interest and MEC Payments to Member Organizations $307,350 Total Action Fund Net Assets $63,251 That’s fitting because they are the foundation from which $7,500 (0.3%) Miscellaneous $29,045 (1.1%) Non-Member Sub-Grant Contractors $323,789 Total Unrestricted Net Assets $541,832 the rest of MEC is built. Endowment Support MEC Energy Policy Passthrough $330,278 TOTAL NET ASSETS $3,872,422 Thanks to you and your consistent assistance, MEC’s $137,688 (5.2%) Office Expenses $166,797 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $4,348,521 financial foundation is strong with operating revenues Events Travel, Seminars and Events $164,563 exceeding $2.5 million last year. We not only balanced our $116,136 (4.4%) TOTAL EXPENSE $2,597,111 budget again in 2013—we realized a $60,000 operating UNRESTRICTED OPERATIONS $68,990 Annual Giving PERE MARQUETTE FUND surplus that will serve as a buffer against future challenges. $115,530 (4.3%) EXCESS REVENUE Our endowment also rode a strong year in the stock market ENDOWMENT ACTIVITY TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED OPERATIONS December 4, 2000 through December 31, 2013 to post significant gains, ensuring that it will continue to Grant Support boost MEC’s capacity to protect our environment for years $2,240,484 Awarded Grant Revenue $1,582,661 BEGINNING BALANCE $0 to come. (84.0%) Endowment Giving $941 ADDITIONS We’re using your dollars wisely, building a financial base Endowment Net Earnings $353,505 Transfers from MEC unrestricted net assets $300,000 Action Fund Giving $0 that is as functional as it is strong. The grants—large and Contributions: Cash $1,601,790 Action Fund Net Earnings $11,424 small—from our foundation partners provide a resilient base Contributions: Pledges $260,000 Transfers to Unrestricted Operations -$2,001,978 for our core issues: energy, water, health, transportation, TOTAL EXPENSES $2,597,111 Earnings and Capital Appreciation $930,716 TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED OPERATIONS -$53,447 natural resources and our targeted work in Detroit. Travel, Seminars and Events EXCESS REVENUE DEDUCTIONS Our more than $330,000 in unrestricted operating $164,563 (6.3%) Management Fees $69,434 revenues complements that grant support perfectly. In Office Expenses $166,797 (6.4%) Transfers to support MEC unrestricted activities $761,905 addition to distributions from our endowment, that sum ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION ENDING BALANCE $2,261,167 comes in the form of annual gifts from generous individuals FUND ACTIVITY and businesses. When foundation priorities shift, that MEC Energy Policy February 22, 2005 through December 31, 2013 flexible financial support allows us to keep existing Passthrough Compensation $330,278 (12.7%) BEGINNING BALANCE $0 programs running full steam while we recruit new grant $1,222,656 funders. It also enables us to invest in new environmental (47.1%) ADDITIONS issues that foundations have yet to embrace, and respond to Non-Member Transfers from MEC unrestricted net assets $0 urgent environmental opportunities and challenges that are Sub-Grant Contributions: Cash $175,300 not covered in our grants. Contractors Contributions: Pledges $105,000 $323,789 (12.5%) In other words, your gifts make it possible for MEC Earnings and Capital Appreciation $40,824 to be MEC—an informed and respected voice in the State MEC Payments to DEDUCTIONS Capitol with a unique ability to both raise issues that are Member Organizations Professional Fees Management Fees $5,561 $81,678 (3.1%) still off on the horizon and react nimbly when unanticipated $307,350 (11.8%) Transfers to support MEC unrestricted activities $252,312 threats endanger Michigan’s prized natural resources and ENDING BALANCE $63,251 the Great Lakes. 20 21 THANK YOU FOR Marianne Udow-Phillips Judy & Tom Croxton Mitchell Irwin Lynn & Ron Olson Donna & Frederick Winters Michael Eliasohn Dr. Maurice & & Bill Phillips Chuck & Pat Cubbage Wallie & Janet Jeffries Brian Peters Pamela Withrow Helen Emmons Leanor Reizen United Auto Workers Dale Dailey Donald Johnson Georgia Peterson Arthur & Shirley Wolfe Jasen Farmer Ann Rogers Supporting Our Work in 2013 Melvin & Gloria Visser Richard Dalebout Peggy Johnson Craig & Kristin Phillips Joan Wolfe Connie Ferguson Theresa Rowe & James & Judith Warner Ken & Isabelle Davidson Lynn Jondahl & Judy Martin Peter Plastrik E. Gabriel Works Ken & Penny Fischer Thomas Baker Grant Supporters Rosina Bierbaum Debra & John Griswold Western Michigan Timothy Dickinson Larry Junck & Robbi Duda John Pollack Lisa Wozniak Bruce Forni Jon Russell Clean Energy Coalition Lauren Bigelow Paul & Nancy Hillegonds University Mary Dobson Tess & Kip Karwoski Frederick Pope III David Wright Twink Frey & Jim McKay Benjamin Sanford Community Foundation for Joan Binkow John Hunting Tom & Anne Woiwode Tracy Dobson Jean & Arnold Kluge Paul Pratt & Denise Chrysler Roger Wykes William Frey John Sarver BISSELL Inc. Anthony Hurst Leo & Genevieve Dorr James Kosteva Bill Rastetter & Cary Weed Scott Zimostrad Christopher Fries Larry & Pat Schnettler Southeast Michigan $100 – $499 Energy Foundation Tom & Molly Bissonnette Issue Media Group, LLC Dorrell Farms Foundation Ann & Richard Kraft Tina & Walter Reynolds Jens & Frances Zorn Fae Fuerst Bill Secrest & Misty Callies Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Hon. James Blanchard & ITC Holdings Corp. Porter & Anita Abbott Jean Doss Alan & Jean Krisch Mark & Susan Richardson Barbara Fuller David & Kate Share Janet Blanchard Drs. Mary & Kent Johnson Mitch Adelman Jim Dulzo Jann & Gary Krupa Robert Richardson Additional Generous Al & Karen Gallup Mary Shaughnessy & Family Foundation Supporters Ford Foundation Blue Cross Blue Shield of Judy Judd Carol & Carl Akerlof Gregory Eaton Lacks Enterprises, Inc. Richner & Richner, LLC Lawrence Glazer Don Maiolatesi Joyce Foundation Michigan Rachel & Stephen Kaplan Richard Altherr Elfriede Engel John Langdon Gloria Rivera Bonnie & Charles Adair Nancy & Laurence Goldstein Bob & Sylvia Shrauger W.K. Kellogg Foundation Janis Bobrin Olivia Maynard & Anonymous Cheryl Farmer Barbara Lapham Jack & Aviva Robinson John Allison & Julia Miller Bob Grese Linda Shuster Kresge Foundation Don & Mary Brown Olof Karlstrom Dr. Rudi & Elisabeth Ellen Fischer & Maria Asis Jeannine LaPrad & Julie Rogers Augustine Amaru Joan Harris B. Miller Siegel Minnesota Environmental Dr. Bunyan Bryant & Jeanie & Murray Kilgour Ansbacher Joe Fitzsimmons David Dickinson Scott & Rae Ann Rorah Harvey & Mary Amoe Judith Harris Tom & Ruth Small Partnership Jean Carlberg Thomas Kinnear Suzanne Antisdel Marty Fluharty Myra Larson Kenneth Rosenman Anonymous Vicky Henry & John Kerr John & Therese Smith Charles Stewart Mott Thomas Buhr Chris Kolb & Ken John Austin Betsy Foote & Ted & Wendy Lawrence Wendy Sylvester-Rowan & Christine Armbrecht Heidi & Steve Herrell Russell Smith Foundation Jonathan & Trudy Bulkley Witherspoon Shirley & Don Axon Thomas Gebhardt Manny Lentine Jake Rowan Gail Barber & Rose Homa Russell & Tina Soyring Patagonia, Inc. Byrum Fisk Advocacy Martha & David Krehbiel Ed & Gail Bagale John E. & Susan A. Gannon Nancy Livermore Dr. Nathaniel Rowe Marlene Davis Edith Hurst Mary Stadel RE-AMP Communications Hon. Alexander Lipsey & Catherine Ballard Patricia Ganter Elizabeth Welch Lykins Laura Rubin Stephen & Judy Bemis Mark & Cheryl Jenness Charity Steere Rockefeller Family Fund James Clift & Wendi Tilden Anne Wend Lipsey Gretchen Barr David Gard Carol Magee Frank Ruswick Terese Bertcher Leelyn Johnson Marilyn & George Stephan Sally Mead Hands Columbia Asset Elaine Ludwig Richard Barron Jan Garfinkle & Katy Maiolatesi & Eric & Nancy Schertzing Scott Bertschy & Lawrence W. Jones Stewart Swift Foundation Management Louise & David Lutton Stuart Batterman & Michael O’Donnell Andy McGlashen Mary Sue Schottenfels Jeanne Hansen Sue Julian Jeff Tomboulian Smart Growth America Consumers Energy Jim & Chris MacInnes Gloria Mason Brad & Jennifer Garmon Stephen & Caroll Jamie & Dan Scripps Adella Blain Professors Fritz & Paul Tomboulian Tri-County Regional Martha Darling & Maner Costerisan Lorne Beatty David Gates Manchester Elvera Shappirio Elizabeth Blair Monica Kaenzig Dave & Jen Trumpie Planning Commission Gilbert Omenn Bob Martel & Lisa Sessa Becky & Darin Beauregard Lois Gehring Irwin & Fran Martin Nancy Shiffler Edith Bletcher Margaret Kauffman Sandra Turner-Handy Dr. Orin & Charlette Ahmina Maxey John Shreves Dave & Ada Kidd Kim Waldo Wege Foundation Lois R. DeBacker Sally & Bill Martin Jim Bergman & James Boyd Michael Dempsey MASCO Corporation Penny Hommel Gelderloos Marty Mayo & John Sickler Elizabeth Brater Elizabeth Kinney Anna Warren & $10,000 & Above Suzzanne & Jack Dempsey Foundation Gordon Bieske & Hon. James Giddings Irwin Goldstein Charles Silas Kathleen Brennan & Rob Kolb John Warren, Jr. AT&T Michigan Detroit RiverFront Hugh & Karen McDiarmid James Veurink Louis Glazer Janice McDiarmid Alice Simsar Ronald Rubin Robert Krzewinski & William Warren Vivian W. Day & Conservancy Meijer Ilene & William Birge Emily & Frank Gobright Griff & Pat McDonald Alma Wheeler Smith Marceline Bright Sally Lunn Price & Jane Watts John W. Stroh III Hon. John Dingell & Michigan Association Brent & Terry Blackwelder George Googasian Lorna McEwen Hon. Conan Smith & Glenn Brown Gayle Larson Frances Weeks The ServiceMaster Company Debbie Dingell for Justice Martha & Peter Blom Susan Greenberg Terry McGovern & Carol Hon. Rebekah Warren Nadine Brown Pamela & Lee Larson Bob & Mary Jo Weise Steve & Judy Dobson Michigan State University Joyce Braithwaite-Brickley Jim Gregart Paine-McGovern Pamela Smith Earl Brown Gordon & Maryln Lawrence Tom Weisskopf & $2,500 – $9,999 Sandy & Jerry Draheim Midwest Strategy Group Mark Brewer David & Dottie Gubow James H. McIntosh & Robert Smith Bill & Mary Browning Judie & Jerry Lax Susan Contratto DTE Energy Company Shanna & Andy Draheim Hon. William G. Milliken Valerie Brugeman Kurt Guter Elaine K. Gazda Richard Soble & Douglas Burns Carol Linteau & Nancy Wheeler General Motors Del & Nancy Dunbar The Mosaic Foundation Linda Bruin Dick & Sandy Hansen Brian & Oonagh McKenna Barbara Kessler Eunice Burns Robert Lathrop Janice Wheelock Sheila & Steven Hamp Stephen & Janine Easter (of R. & P. Heydon) Frances Bull Madelon Hassberger Lineve McKie Dr. Robert & Susan Soderstrom Pamela Byrnes & Mary Lirones Deanah & John White Indian Trails, Inc Jeremy Emmi & Muchmore Harrington Chris Bunch Rebecca Head & Nelson & Catherine Meade Sandra Sorini Elser Kent Brown Bruce Manny Robert & Marina Whitman Jerry & Eve Jung Karen Meagher Smalley & Associates, Inc. Richard & Bettie Buss David Stead Sylvia Meagher Thomas Stanton James Campbell Michael Masterson Courtney Wisinski Betty Jo Kolb EQ - The Environmental Thomas & Jill Newhouse Margaret Buttenheim James Hewitt Philip & Connie Micklin Norman & Susan Stewart Wayne Cavanaugh Rebecca Mehall Patricia Woollcott Olson, Bzdok & Howard Quality Company Carol & Wade Peacock David & Susan Campbell Frederick Hoffman & Terry Miller Julie Stoneman Philip Chamberlain Brenda Millett Betty Wurtz Lana & Henry Pollack Elizabeth & Matt Fedorchuk Michael Penskar & Jean Campbell Jim Stokes William Milliken, Jr. Kathleen Straus & Rebecca Chudacoff Peter Morman Robert Zbiciak Quicken Loans Thomas & Carolyn Maureen Martin Barbara Carr Andrew & Terry Hogarth Bernard Mindell Walter Shapero Ken Clark & Jodi Mullet David & Marilyn Nichols Ben Zimont Jim & Bonnie Reece Fehsenfeld Petoskey Plastics Robert Carstens David Holtz Charles Monsma Mary Lou & John Tanton Brian Clarke Kerrin O’Brien Paul & Jean Zugger Phil & Kate Roos Triford Foundation Don Inman & Margaret Carter Rachel Hood Robert Morris Mark A. Tessler Loren Thomas Clift John Ortega Leonard & Margaret Weber (Susan S. Ford) Virginia Pierce Cascade Engineering Heather Hopkins Robert & Anita Naftaly Thomas Trautmann Katie Coleman James & Emily Ostrowski If a donor has asked us at Mr. & Mrs. William Porter Family Foundation Center for Automotive Richard Horvitz Robert & Joan Nassauer Lauren Vansteel Susan Conger Mark W. Paddock * any time in the past not to $500 – $2,499 Clay Ford, Jr. Phil & Kathy Power Research Peter & Rose Houk Rory Neuner Bill & Carrie Venema Alan Connor Aviva Panush publish his/her name, we Vic & Michelle Adamo Dale & Bruce Frankel Public Sector Consultants Richard Chamberlain Hon. Marcia Hovey-Wright Phillip & Eleanor Newman Donna Victoria Anne Couture Joan Park continue to honor that request Anglers of the Au Sable Beverly Ghesquiere St. Michael Catholic Dick & Sue Chase Cheryl Howe Jan Nies Bethany Wagner Kenneth Dahlberg Walter Pascal until the donor affirmatively Anonymous Elizabeth Goodenough & Community Judith Kay M. Chase David Howell Emily Nietering Norman Welch Lillian Dean Stephanie Pavlica Joey Arbaugh James (Gil) Leaf Lyke Thompson Mark Clevey Dohn Hoyle John Nitschke & Jean Marilyn Wheaton Elizabeth Dell Parker Pennington indicates we can publish Essel & Menakka Bailey Christopher & TMRW Fund Carla Clos Joseph Hudson McLaren Shirley White-Black Rowena DeMio Marcia Perry his/her name. If you are a 2013 Lisa & Jim Baker Elaine Graham Grant & Mary Trigger Robert & Diane Collier Rebecca Humphries Kat Nolan & Charles Wilbur Joseph Devereaux Sue & Bob Peterson donor who is not listed above Doug Bauer Christine & Philip Green Laura & Tom Trudeau Dr. & Mrs. Michael Colman Dave Irish Doug Kelbaugh Guy Williams Thomas & Barbara Dierwa Ethel Potts and you would like to be listed Margaret & Bradley Baxter Cynthia Greig & University of Michigan Keith Cooley Hon. Jeff Irwin Arthur Nusbaum Bruce Wilson & Suzanne Dixon Barbara Reed & in future publications, please Rich & Judy Bearup Richard Smith U.S. Steel Susan Cooley Kyle & Win Irwin John & Gwen Nystuen Carol Hollenshead John & Katherine Edgren Philip Zazove let us know.

22 23 THANK YOU FOR Marianne Udow-Phillips Judy & Tom Croxton Mitchell Irwin Lynn & Ron Olson Donna & Frederick Winters Michael Eliasohn Dr. Maurice & & Bill Phillips Chuck & Pat Cubbage Wallie & Janet Jeffries Brian Peters Pamela Withrow Helen Emmons Leanor Reizen United Auto Workers Dale Dailey Donald Johnson Georgia Peterson Arthur & Shirley Wolfe Jasen Farmer Ann Rogers Supporting Our Work in 2013 Melvin & Gloria Visser Richard Dalebout Peggy Johnson Craig & Kristin Phillips Joan Wolfe Connie Ferguson Theresa Rowe & James & Judith Warner Ken & Isabelle Davidson Lynn Jondahl & Judy Martin Peter Plastrik E. Gabriel Works Ken & Penny Fischer Thomas Baker Grant Supporters Rosina Bierbaum Debra & John Griswold Western Michigan Timothy Dickinson Larry Junck & Robbi Duda John Pollack Lisa Wozniak Bruce Forni Jon Russell Clean Energy Coalition Lauren Bigelow Paul & Nancy Hillegonds University Mary Dobson Tess & Kip Karwoski Frederick Pope III David Wright Twink Frey & Jim McKay Benjamin Sanford Community Foundation for Joan Binkow John Hunting Tom & Anne Woiwode Tracy Dobson Jean & Arnold Kluge Paul Pratt & Denise Chrysler Roger Wykes William Frey John Sarver BISSELL Inc. Anthony Hurst Leo & Genevieve Dorr James Kosteva Bill Rastetter & Cary Weed Scott Zimostrad Christopher Fries Larry & Pat Schnettler Southeast Michigan $100 – $499 Energy Foundation Tom & Molly Bissonnette Issue Media Group, LLC Dorrell Farms Foundation Ann & Richard Kraft Tina & Walter Reynolds Jens & Frances Zorn Fae Fuerst Bill Secrest & Misty Callies Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Hon. James Blanchard & ITC Holdings Corp. Porter & Anita Abbott Jean Doss Alan & Jean Krisch Mark & Susan Richardson Barbara Fuller David & Kate Share Janet Blanchard Drs. Mary & Kent Johnson Mitch Adelman Jim Dulzo Jann & Gary Krupa Robert Richardson Additional Generous Al & Karen Gallup Mary Shaughnessy & Family Foundation Supporters Ford Foundation Blue Cross Blue Shield of Judy Judd Carol & Carl Akerlof Gregory Eaton Lacks Enterprises, Inc. Richner & Richner, LLC Lawrence Glazer Don Maiolatesi Joyce Foundation Michigan Rachel & Stephen Kaplan Richard Altherr Elfriede Engel John Langdon Gloria Rivera Bonnie & Charles Adair Nancy & Laurence Goldstein Bob & Sylvia Shrauger W.K. Kellogg Foundation Janis Bobrin Olivia Maynard & Anonymous Cheryl Farmer Barbara Lapham Jack & Aviva Robinson John Allison & Julia Miller Bob Grese Linda Shuster Kresge Foundation Don & Mary Brown Olof Karlstrom Dr. Rudi & Elisabeth Ellen Fischer & Maria Asis Jeannine LaPrad & Julie Rogers Augustine Amaru Joan Harris B. Miller Siegel Minnesota Environmental Dr. Bunyan Bryant & Jeanie & Murray Kilgour Ansbacher Joe Fitzsimmons David Dickinson Scott & Rae Ann Rorah Harvey & Mary Amoe Judith Harris Tom & Ruth Small Partnership Jean Carlberg Thomas Kinnear Suzanne Antisdel Marty Fluharty Myra Larson Kenneth Rosenman Anonymous Vicky Henry & John Kerr John & Therese Smith Charles Stewart Mott Thomas Buhr Chris Kolb & Ken John Austin Betsy Foote & Ted & Wendy Lawrence Wendy Sylvester-Rowan & Christine Armbrecht Heidi & Steve Herrell Russell Smith Foundation Jonathan & Trudy Bulkley Witherspoon Shirley & Don Axon Thomas Gebhardt Manny Lentine Jake Rowan Gail Barber & Rose Homa Russell & Tina Soyring Patagonia, Inc. Byrum Fisk Advocacy Martha & David Krehbiel Ed & Gail Bagale John E. & Susan A. Gannon Nancy Livermore Dr. Nathaniel Rowe Marlene Davis Edith Hurst Mary Stadel RE-AMP Communications Hon. Alexander Lipsey & Catherine Ballard Patricia Ganter Elizabeth Welch Lykins Laura Rubin Stephen & Judy Bemis Mark & Cheryl Jenness Charity Steere Rockefeller Family Fund James Clift & Wendi Tilden Anne Wend Lipsey Gretchen Barr David Gard Carol Magee Frank Ruswick Terese Bertcher Leelyn Johnson Marilyn & George Stephan Sally Mead Hands Columbia Asset Elaine Ludwig Richard Barron Jan Garfinkle & Katy Maiolatesi & Eric & Nancy Schertzing Scott Bertschy & Lawrence W. Jones Stewart Swift Foundation Management Louise & David Lutton Stuart Batterman & Michael O’Donnell Andy McGlashen Mary Sue Schottenfels Jeanne Hansen Sue Julian Jeff Tomboulian Smart Growth America Consumers Energy Jim & Chris MacInnes Gloria Mason Brad & Jennifer Garmon Stephen & Caroll Jamie & Dan Scripps Adella Blain Professors Fritz & Paul Tomboulian Tri-County Regional Martha Darling & Maner Costerisan Lorne Beatty David Gates Manchester Elvera Shappirio Elizabeth Blair Monica Kaenzig Dave & Jen Trumpie Planning Commission Gilbert Omenn Bob Martel & Lisa Sessa Becky & Darin Beauregard Lois Gehring Irwin & Fran Martin Nancy Shiffler Edith Bletcher Margaret Kauffman Sandra Turner-Handy Dr. Orin & Charlette Ahmina Maxey John Shreves Dave & Ada Kidd Kim Waldo Wege Foundation Lois R. DeBacker Sally & Bill Martin Jim Bergman & James Boyd Michael Dempsey MASCO Corporation Penny Hommel Gelderloos Marty Mayo & John Sickler Elizabeth Brater Elizabeth Kinney Anna Warren & $10,000 & Above Suzzanne & Jack Dempsey Foundation Gordon Bieske & Hon. James Giddings Irwin Goldstein Charles Silas Kathleen Brennan & Rob Kolb John Warren, Jr. AT&T Michigan Detroit RiverFront Hugh & Karen McDiarmid James Veurink Louis Glazer Janice McDiarmid Alice Simsar Ronald Rubin Robert Krzewinski & William Warren Vivian W. Day & Conservancy Meijer Ilene & William Birge Emily & Frank Gobright Griff & Pat McDonald Alma Wheeler Smith Marceline Bright Sally Lunn Price & Jane Watts John W. Stroh III Hon. John Dingell & Michigan Association Brent & Terry Blackwelder George Googasian Lorna McEwen Hon. Conan Smith & Glenn Brown Gayle Larson Frances Weeks The ServiceMaster Company Debbie Dingell for Justice Martha & Peter Blom Susan Greenberg Terry McGovern & Carol Hon. Rebekah Warren Nadine Brown Pamela & Lee Larson Bob & Mary Jo Weise Steve & Judy Dobson Michigan State University Joyce Braithwaite-Brickley Jim Gregart Paine-McGovern Pamela Smith Earl Brown Gordon & Maryln Lawrence Tom Weisskopf & $2,500 – $9,999 Sandy & Jerry Draheim Midwest Strategy Group Mark Brewer David & Dottie Gubow James H. McIntosh & Robert Smith Bill & Mary Browning Judie & Jerry Lax Susan Contratto DTE Energy Company Shanna & Andy Draheim Hon. William G. Milliken Valerie Brugeman Kurt Guter Elaine K. Gazda Richard Soble & Douglas Burns Carol Linteau & Nancy Wheeler General Motors Del & Nancy Dunbar The Mosaic Foundation Linda Bruin Dick & Sandy Hansen Brian & Oonagh McKenna Barbara Kessler Eunice Burns Robert Lathrop Janice Wheelock Sheila & Steven Hamp Stephen & Janine Easter (of R. & P. Heydon) Frances Bull Madelon Hassberger Lineve McKie Dr. Robert & Susan Soderstrom Pamela Byrnes & Mary Lirones Deanah & John White Indian Trails, Inc Jeremy Emmi & Muchmore Harrington Chris Bunch Rebecca Head & Nelson & Catherine Meade Sandra Sorini Elser Kent Brown Bruce Manny Robert & Marina Whitman Jerry & Eve Jung Karen Meagher Smalley & Associates, Inc. Richard & Bettie Buss David Stead Sylvia Meagher Thomas Stanton James Campbell Michael Masterson Courtney Wisinski Betty Jo Kolb EQ - The Environmental Thomas & Jill Newhouse Margaret Buttenheim James Hewitt Philip & Connie Micklin Norman & Susan Stewart Wayne Cavanaugh Rebecca Mehall Patricia Woollcott Olson, Bzdok & Howard Quality Company Carol & Wade Peacock David & Susan Campbell Frederick Hoffman & Terry Miller Julie Stoneman Philip Chamberlain Brenda Millett Betty Wurtz Lana & Henry Pollack Elizabeth & Matt Fedorchuk Michael Penskar & Jean Campbell Jim Stokes William Milliken, Jr. Kathleen Straus & Rebecca Chudacoff Peter Morman Robert Zbiciak Quicken Loans Thomas & Carolyn Maureen Martin Barbara Carr Andrew & Terry Hogarth Bernard Mindell Walter Shapero Ken Clark & Jodi Mullet David & Marilyn Nichols Ben Zimont Jim & Bonnie Reece Fehsenfeld Petoskey Plastics Robert Carstens David Holtz Charles Monsma Mary Lou & John Tanton Brian Clarke Kerrin O’Brien Paul & Jean Zugger Phil & Kate Roos Triford Foundation Don Inman & Margaret Carter Rachel Hood Robert Morris Mark A. Tessler Loren Thomas Clift John Ortega Leonard & Margaret Weber (Susan S. Ford) Virginia Pierce Cascade Engineering Heather Hopkins Robert & Anita Naftaly Thomas Trautmann Katie Coleman James & Emily Ostrowski If a donor has asked us at Mr. & Mrs. William Porter Family Foundation Center for Automotive Richard Horvitz Robert & Joan Nassauer Lauren Vansteel Susan Conger Mark W. Paddock * any time in the past not to $500 – $2,499 Clay Ford, Jr. Phil & Kathy Power Research Peter & Rose Houk Rory Neuner Bill & Carrie Venema Alan Connor Aviva Panush publish his/her name, we Vic & Michelle Adamo Dale & Bruce Frankel Public Sector Consultants Richard Chamberlain Hon. Marcia Hovey-Wright Phillip & Eleanor Newman Donna Victoria Anne Couture Joan Park continue to honor that request Anglers of the Au Sable Beverly Ghesquiere St. Michael Catholic Dick & Sue Chase Cheryl Howe Jan Nies Bethany Wagner Kenneth Dahlberg Walter Pascal until the donor affirmatively Anonymous Elizabeth Goodenough & Community Judith Kay M. Chase David Howell Emily Nietering Norman Welch Lillian Dean Stephanie Pavlica Joey Arbaugh James (Gil) Leaf Lyke Thompson Mark Clevey Dohn Hoyle John Nitschke & Jean Marilyn Wheaton Elizabeth Dell Parker Pennington indicates we can publish Essel & Menakka Bailey Christopher & TMRW Fund Carla Clos Joseph Hudson McLaren Shirley White-Black Rowena DeMio Marcia Perry his/her name. If you are a 2013 Lisa & Jim Baker Elaine Graham Grant & Mary Trigger Robert & Diane Collier Rebecca Humphries Kat Nolan & Charles Wilbur Joseph Devereaux Sue & Bob Peterson donor who is not listed above Doug Bauer Christine & Philip Green Laura & Tom Trudeau Dr. & Mrs. Michael Colman Dave Irish Doug Kelbaugh Guy Williams Thomas & Barbara Dierwa Ethel Potts and you would like to be listed Margaret & Bradley Baxter Cynthia Greig & University of Michigan Keith Cooley Hon. Jeff Irwin Arthur Nusbaum Bruce Wilson & Suzanne Dixon Barbara Reed & in future publications, please Rich & Judy Bearup Richard Smith U.S. Steel Susan Cooley Kyle & Win Irwin John & Gwen Nystuen Carol Hollenshead John & Katherine Edgren Philip Zazove let us know.

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