Dan Egan, author of our first recommended book, The Death and Life of the Great Lakes, will be doing a presentation at Horizon Books, downtown Traverse City, on Thursday, July 12, 2018 from 12:00pm to 2:00 pm.

    The public is most welcome. 

We'll be posting the latest information here that we think will fascinate you, as it does us! Events, book reviews, and news.

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When we host or hear about a great event that will affect our northern Michigan environment, we'll post it here!

Sprawl Makes a Comeback

NMEAC voiced opposition to the ill-conceived plans for the 81 on East Bay development on the Old Mission Peninsula and helped support a new group called Preserve Old Mission. The development site includes steep ridges along East Bay and a spectacular woods running along the tops of those steep ridges. The developer wants to level the ridges to gain views of the Bay. We are also monitoring future developments and will be working to be sure setbacks from the Bay and the Boardman River are enforced.

Interlochen Wetlands

NMEAC has been involved in challenging an MDEQ permit which allows wetlands to be filled for a small development near Interlochen. We joined together with Interlochen Center for the Arts and local residents to challenge the permit in circuit court. We have been part of this issue since 2007.