Citizens Campaign for the Environment

Dear Friend of the Great Lakes,

You are cordially invited to the third annual New York Healing Our Waters Coalition conference - NY’s Great Lakes Communities: Leadership and Action for Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives on Saturday, October 4, at the Port of Rochester in Rochester, NY.

The Great Lakes are essential to the economic and cultural identity of our region. Forty-two million people depend on the Great Lakes for their drinking water. Today, the health of our Lakes is seriously threatened by problems such as untreated sewage and invasive species.

The good news is we have manageable solutions to these problems. The Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Strategy is a comprehensive plan to modernize sewage treatment, clean-up polluted harbors, restore wetlands, and prevent unwanted, new species from invading the lakes. Each of these steps is essential if we are to restore the lakes and safeguard our Great Lakes way of life.

It is time we use these solutions, because every day we wait, the problems get worse and the solutions get more costly. We must act now to restore the health of the Great Lakes, and you can be a part of the solution. The Healing Our Waters – Great Lakes Coalition is working to advance Great Lakes restoration efforts in New York and Washington, and we need your help.

At this conference, activists, government representatives, and interested citizens learn about important state and federal measures to protect and restore the lakes, as well as local initiatives to spur the green economy. This conference will also provide participants with the opportunity to hear about Great Lakes priorities from Congressional candidates running in the 25th, 26th, and 29th districts (invited), as well as a keynote address by Representative Louise Slaughter, co-chair of the Great Lakes Congressional Task Force. We have scheduled an informal meet and greet the Friday night before the conference for additional networking, at the Clarion Riverside Hotel in Rochester.

Get plugged in, let others know about initiatives in your part of the state, and do your part to protect these Great Lakes. Please consider attending the third annual New York State Healing Our Waters Coalition Conference - NY’s Great Lakes Communities: Leadership & Action for Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives, Saturday, October 4, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Registration and lunch are free.  Register today from this website or contact Sarah Eckel at (315) 472-1339.

We hope to see you at the conference.

Albert E. Caccese, Executive Director, Audubon New York
Adrienne Esposito, Executive Director, Citizens Campaign for the Environment
Robert Moore, Executive Director, Environmental Advocates of New York
Chris Grubb, Healing Our Waters – Great Lakes