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Adopt-a-Beach™
Year-Round Program

 

You can make the Great Lakes healthier, and have fun doing it, by adopting a beach year round and committing to multiple visits per year.

 

How? During each beach visit you will:

 

• Investigate beach health: Answer questions that help identify possible pollution sources at your beach.

• • Improve beach conditions: Collect litter, record  your findings on our standardized form, then recycle or dispose of the trash.

• Check the water: Investigate bacteria levels in the water using a simple water quality test. High bacteria levels can cause beach closings and swimming bans.

• Enter results online: Enter results into our Adopt-a-Beach™ online system.

 

Adopt-a-Beach™ teams are from all walks of life -- individuals, families, businesses and community groups. Join us!

 

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Adopt-a-Beach™ in Action Adopting a beach is easy and can make a big difference in the health of your favorite beach.   see video >

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Questions about the program?

Contact your state coordinator: 

 

Illinois and Indiana
Katie Larson: klarson@greatlakes.org
312-445-9726, ext. 9726

 

Michigan and Minnesota
Jamie Cross: jcross@greatlakes.org
616-850-0745 ext. 12

 

Southeast Michigan
Sam Lovall: slovall@greatlakes.org
313-462-2323

 

New York
Nate Drag: ndrag@greatlakes.org
716-261-9393

 

Ohio
Hyle Lowry: hlowry@greatlakes.org
216-630-8140

 

Wisconsin
Todd Brennan: tbrennan@greatlakes.org
414-559-0317

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