Summer Outing & Fundraiser
Learn firsthand about the health of Lake Michigan and the Waukegan Harbor Cleanup

Cruise and/or lunch
July 12, 2019
Cruise 9 - 11 am  |  Lunch at noon

Join the League of Women Voters Lake Michigan Region and the Waukegan Harbor Citizens' Advisory Group for a guided tour of Waukegan Harbor aboard a research vessel. The W. G. Jackson, launched in 1996, serves researchers and educational groups through the Robert B. Annis Water Resources Institute, Lake Michigan Research Center, Grand Valley State University, Muskegon, MI.  Tour is free but space is limited; preregistration is required.

Sign up for Tour &/or Lunch

Support our watershed education efforts at a fundraising luncheon, featuring a presentation by a representative of the US EPA on the great strides made in cleaning up Waukegan Harbor.

The Chocolate Sanctuary Restaurant
5101 Washington St.
Gurnee, IL
 
(Yes, there will be chocolate!)

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Save the Date for our 2019 Annual Meeting & Conference
October 25 & 26          Lakeside, MI

Historic Lakeside Inn, in Harbour Country

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The League of Women Voters Lake Michigan Region proudly continues the League's water quality advocacy and education work. The League has been working on water issues for nearly a century, over 50 years in the Lake Michigan basin.

In this video, past president Henrietta Saunders shares some of this history.

100 Meetings for 100 Years

Report Here

The League of Women Voters will celebrate its 100th Anniversary in 2020!  LWVLMR and our member Leagues have presented, participated in, or organized over 100 public education meetings on water-related topics to commemorate this milestone. We have committed to keep on going!

Contact us for more information or for help in finding a speaker.

Local Leagues, please help us meet this goal by sending in a brief report on your meetings.

​2018 Palleon Leadership in Advocacy Winner

Suzanne Dixon (right) was presented with the award by board members Marjorie Palleon and Krista Grimm at the Annual meeting in Chicago on June 27, 2018. Suzanne is a long-time board member of the LWV Lake Michigan Region, and a member of the LWV of the Holland, MI Area.

Wisconsin Watershed Fact Sheets Available

League volunteers researched four Lake Michigan watersheds in Wisconsin to update facts sheets that were previously published by the U.S. EPA.

The fact sheets, available on our Watershed Education page, are available for public education and outreach.

Map of the Lower Fox River watershed in Wisconsin