SOLEC Success Story Nominations

 The State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference requires your assistance!

Click here to download the SOLEC Success Story nomination form (Word)

Since 1996, the State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference Steering Committee has honoured various organizations and agencies with a SOLEC Success Story award. In preparation for SOLEC 2008, the steering committee is soliciting Success Story nominations. Each nominated project must exemplify a strong commitment to improving the environment within the Great Lakes basin by demonstrating all of the following criteria:

SOLEC uses the following definition of “integrity” with regards to the Great Lakes:

“Biological, physical or chemical integrity is the capacity to support and maintain a balanced, integrated and adaptive biological system having the full range of elements (the form) and processes (the function) expected in a region’s natural habitat.” – by James Karr, modified by Doug Dodge

Nomination Process:
The attached form should be completed when submitting nominations. Descriptions of the nominee and the proposed environmental results should include sufficient information for the selection committee to evaluate each of the elements of the criteria. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Nominees can be chosen from the following sectors: academia, industry, non-profit, non-governmental organizations, First Nations/Tribes, or government. Recipients of this award will receive a suitable recognition from the Canadian and American Consuls General. Please note:  nominations including government agencies will only be considered when there is a community collaborative component to the project.

Written nominations should be forwarded to Jackie Adams (adams.jacqueline@epa.gov; 312-353-7203) or Stacey Cherwaty (Stacey.Cherwaty@ec.gc.ca; 905-336-6458).

Submissions are requested by August 1, 2008.

Past SOLEC Success Story Recipients

SOLEC 2006

• Earth Keepers (Upper Peninsula, MI)
• EcoSuperior (Lake Superior Basin)
• Menomonee Valley Partners, Inc. (Milwaukee, WI)
• Michigan Pulp & Paper Environment Council – Pulp, Paper & Product Pollution Prevention Program (State of Michigan)
• Northern Wood Preservers Alternative Remediation Concept (NOWPARC) (Thunder Bay, ON)
• Oswego River Area of Concern Remedial Action Committee (RAC) and the City of Oswego, New York (Oswego, NY)
• Ruddiman Creek Great Lakes Legacy Act Sediment Remediation Project (Muskegon, MI)

SOLEC 2004

• DTE Energy Monroe Power Plan Lake Sturgeon Habitat and Education Project (Detroit, MI)
• The Junction Creek Stewardship Committee (Sudbury, ON)
• The Michigan Dunes Alliance (Sawyer, MI)
• The Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation of Ontario (Blyth, ON)
• Mercury Pollution Prevention Initiative: International Steel Group Burns Harbor, LLC, Ispat Inland Inc., Indiana Harbor Works, United States Steel Gary Works (Indiana)

SOLEC 2002

• Chicago Wilderness (Chicago, IL)
• Humber Bay Shores Project(s) (Toronto, ON)
• Lachine Rapids Coordinating Committee (Montreal, QC)
• National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Inc - Eastern Wildlife Program (MI and Great Lakes region)
• Nicolet Hardwood Corporation (Laona, WI)
• Springfield Township (Oakland County, MI)
• Special award to Cleveland RAP (Cleveland, OH)

SOLEC 2000

• Ontario’s Environmental Farm Plan (Ontario)
• Saginaw Bay Watershed Initiative Network (Saginaw Bay, MI)
• Rural Water Quality Program (Waterloo, ON)
• Ontario Power Generation - Carbon Sequestration and Biodiversity Management Program (Ontario)
• Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council (Michigan)
• Xerox (Great Lakes region)
• Hamilton Harbour RAP (Hamilton, ON)

SOLEC 1998

• Brantford Division of Union Gas Limited (Brantford, ON)
• The City of Buffalo (Buffalo, NY)
• Buffalo River Habitat Restoration Sites (Erie County, NY)
• Rondeau Bay Rehabilitation Program (Chatham, ON)
• The Waukegan Harbor Citizens Advisory Group (Waukegon Harbor, IL)

SOLEC 1996

• Grand Traverse Bay Watershed Initiative (Grand Traverse Bay, MI)
• Ojibway Park and Nature Centre (Windsor, ON)
• Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) (Merrillville, IN)
• The Friends of Second Marsh (Oshawa, ON)
• Cleveland: The city, the county and the RAP (Cleveland, OH)
• Task Force to Bring Back the Don (Toronto, ON)
• The Ontario Dune Coalition (Eastern Lake Ontario, NY)