Take Action, Share Your Knowledge!

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Save The Wild UP has introduced a new feature to the website, a bulletin board

We now have a bulletin board for citizens to share their knowledge and opinion with others who visit the site.

We are especially interested in:

  • News from other communities that are facing the same types of challenges
  • Reports of mining and exploration activity around the Upper Peninsula
  • Community events held by local, county and state governments as well as organizational meetings
  • Issues, events, ideas that involve the Great Lakes
  • Bright ideas for new projects or to help improve existing ones
  • Legal or legislative news that will have impact on our Wild UP
  • Resources that may be helpful in our efforts to protect, preserve or conserve the Wild Upper Peninsula.

All comments are subject to our moderation…we ask for respectful and discretionary behavior while writing your posts.

While most user know what that entails, here is a general code of ethics for using this bulletin board:

We reserve the right, but no responsibilty, to review, edit, move, or delete any content submitted by users, in our sole discretion, without notice, including but not limited to the following reasons:

  • Do not post obscene, hateful, offensive, abusive, harassing, threatening or profane material
  • Do not post junk mail, aka Spam
  • Do not engage in personal attacks, but we encourage respectful debate
  • Please consider using your own name for this forum, it keeps everybody honest
  • Nicknames attempting to impersonate other users will be removed
  • Do not post an e-mail address or other contact information belonging to another person.
  • Do not post information that encourages criminal activity of any kind
  • Do not attempt to impersonate others
  • Try to post your messages in the most appropriate category, if you believe that we do not have a category that fits your information, tell us and we may create a new one
  • Do not use multiple user names and do not answer your own posts using another user name
  • DO USE THIS FEATURE TO LEARN, TEACH, DISCUSS!

4 thoughts on “Take Action, Share Your Knowledge!”

  1. The wealth of clean water, land, and air is more valuable than any mine will ever be.

  2. Dear Teresa,
    I hope this reaches you…I’m sorry that I lost your email address.
    This afternoon, April 2,2008, a nice volunteer for the National Wildlife Federation phoned me asking for money (whereupon I told him if I had any real money, I’d give it to Save the Wild UP…). I’m sure he’s sorry he phoned me, but I told him about what’s happening or not happening in my state–and how could I possibly help save my Upper Peninsula considering I haven’t won the Michigan Lottery…Well. A Mr. Fred Granlund (a fundraiser for National Wildlife Federation, a very nice person) suggested that the National Resources Defense Council (in New York City) be contacted, (they’re mostly lawyers apparently). Their number is AC212-727-4506. He also seemed to think that the Nature Conservancy is on the right track in terms of coming up with business type solutions (as in showing how thinking and acting environmentally can spell local dollars, too–such as solar wind power generating electricity and other green ways to either save money or make money locally–ways that are environmentally responsible). He only had an 800 number to give me for the Nature Conservancy folks (ie., 800-628-6860) but he seemed to think that one approach might be to emphasize that being environmentally responsible can also mean dollars delivered to the local economy. He gave me the example of the fishing industry in California learning new ways to approach fishing–ways that helped the fishing industry and also helped the environment. He seemed to think that the Nature Conservancy people have the ability to talk to the Business community in way$ the business community understands…
    You’re in my prayers, Teresa, and I hope things are going okay. This site is awesome!!! I’m so proud of you!!! Keep on keeping on, dear. When we win the lottery, I promise, we’ll share… 🙂
    Lots of love and encouragement,
    Mom Lawrence

  3. These sulfide mines are an emerging scourge of the north country. Here in northern Minnesota sulfide mines are in advanced planning stages at locations near the headwaters of the St. Louis River (another important Lake Superior tributary) and the BWCA. I was in disbelief when I found that my neighbors in the UP are fighting the same sorts of threats. I thank Save the Wild UP for setting up such a well organized resistance to sulfide mining in the Great Lakes region.

    Dan

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