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FRESHWATER SOCIETY
<br />BOARD OF DIRECTORS
<br />Todd R. Bolin, Chairman
<br />Jo Ellen Hurr, Vice-Chairman
<br />Donald Theissen, Ph.D., Secretary
<br />Tom Gapinske, Treasurer
<br />Blyth Brookman,
<br />Vice President of Programs
<br />Bruce Bomier
<br />Richard S. Caldecott, Ph.D.,
<br />Emeritus Director
<br />Kim Carlson
<br />Robert Elde, Ph.D.
<br />Richard G. Gray, Sr., D.Sc.,
<br />Emeritus Director
<br />Stuart E. Grubb P.G.
<br />James W. Hansen
<br />Barbara Luikens, M.D.
<br />John Packard
<br />Mary Safar
<br />Thomas B. Skramstad
<br />Russ Susag
<br />STAFF
<br />Gene Merriam, President
<br />Joan Nephew, Executive Director
<br />Frank Broghammer, Administrator
<br />Jeanne Prok, Managing Editor:
<br />Facets of Freshwater,
<br />Program Manager
<br />Laura West, Administrative Assistant
<br />Patrick Sweeney, biformation Specialist
<br />Cherie Wagner, Information Specialist
<br />Gene B. Hansley, Editorial Consultant
<br />David Gillette, Webmaster
<br />Chris Prok, Operations Manager
<br />Scott Branch, Operations Assistant
<br />Facets of Freahzuater is published
<br />quarterly by the Freshwater Society.
<br />If reprinting this material, please
<br />contact the Society for permission,
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<br />the Freshwater Society, and submit
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<br />Fax: 952/471-7685
<br />For subscription or membership
<br />information, contact us at:
<br />2500 Shadywood Road,
<br />Excelsior, MN 55331 _
<br />or call 952/471-9773.
<br />E-mail: freshwater@freshwater.org
<br />Visit Freshwater Society's web site
<br />at: www.freshwater.org
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<br />{ ~' FACETS December 2007
<br />From the Desk of
<br />Todd l~. Bolin
<br />Chairmen,
<br />Freshwater Society Board of Directors
<br />.~reslaater risi .Initiative
<br />'r', he Freshwater Society (FWS) is embarking on a new initiative
<br />,j~ that will, we trust, have a profound impact on freshwater
<br />resources now and for years to come.
<br />When the Freshwater Society began its journey over 40 years
<br />ago, lakes and rivers were deteriorating. FWS made a decision to
<br />sponsor numerous doctoral scientists to examine the root causes
<br />and consequences, and determine what remedial and preventive
<br />strategies would be necessary to reverse the deterioration.
<br />Today, we generally know what to do in order to conserve,
<br />enhance, and strengthen our freshwater resources. What we need
<br />now is an engaged and knowledgeable citizenry that "sees" water
<br />as the finite resource it is and "embraces" strategies to conserve and
<br />protect it in order to ensure sustainability. In essence, we need a
<br />cultural shift around water resources.
<br />This fresh look, new attitude, and new set of values regarding
<br />our water resources will, hopefully, become as commonplace and
<br />internalized as the need to recycle or wear seatbelts. Guarding water
<br />from fertilizer run-off, supporting alternative water sources for lawn
<br />watering, creating buffer strips on shore land, and a host of other
<br />water protections will pay off immediately and into the future.
<br />To begin this initiative, we have asked a group of highly respected
<br />and committed professionals to assist us in evaluating and prioritizing
<br />the critical water issues before us. Gene Merriam, President of the
<br />Freshwater Society, and former DNR Commissioner and Minnesota
<br />state senator, will lead the Freshwater Guardianship Council in its
<br />efforts to identify areas and practices that will move us along that
<br />cultural shift to renewable, sustainable, and enhanced waters.
<br />Our next Facets issue as well as our soon-to-be remodeled website
<br />will profile the members of the Guardianship Council, as well as the
<br />specific challenges the Freshwater Society is undertaking to improve,
<br />protect, and maintain our water resources.
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<br />Todd R. Bolin
<br />Board Chair
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