Douglas Lake eNews 12/14/2013

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December 14, 2013

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FYI - Aging pipeline in the Straits
Deb Hansen is a DLIA member and TC 350 spokesperson who has been spreading the word about an aging pipeline in our area and collecting signatures for a petition for action. The next DL Newsletter contains a report from Deb, and she just passed along some new informative links.

She says that there appears to be some movement in the willingness of Michigan's U.S. Senators to voice concern publicly about the threat of Enbridge's aging Mackinac Line. Deb encourages people to keep the pressure on with letters to the editor and calls of thanks to Senators Levin and Stabenow with gratitude to Beth Wallace of the National Wildlife Federation, Jim Lively of the Michigan Land Use Institute, the citizens action group TC 350, Petoskey and Cheboygan Audubon -- and many others too numerous to mention.

http://www.freep.com/article/20131211/NEWS06/312110085/Michigan-Enbridge-oil

http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/12/sens_carl_levin_debbie_stabeno_1.html

http://michiganradio.org/post/us-senators-want-more-info-enbridge-pipeline-running-through-straits-mackinac (This link contains the Sunken Hazard video.)

Feel free to contact Deb for additional information at debhansenmail@gmail.com.

What to get? What to get? The clock is ticking.
Douglas Lake Merchandise is available On-Line.
Click here to do your last minute shopping.
Order by December 18^th.
Questions? Contact Marilyn Kelemen at kelemenm44@gmail.com

We are a volunteer organization and want to thank all the volunteers for your time and labor in 2013. Your efforts help us to accomplish our mission to improve the environmental quality of Douglas Lake and its watershed so that we can all enjoy the benefits of a healthy lake and its surroundings. The byproduct of all you do is providing a great sense of community.
Thank you to all the DL Volunteers!

Looking for an unusual Christmas gift?
How about a Bio Station mini-course?

Art in Nature, Fungi, Birds of Northern Michigan, Great Lakes Oceanography ...
On-line mini-course registration begins
Friday, January 3^rd, 2014.

Use this link for more information.
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/umbs/events/minicourses

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