The huge, ugly, leaping Asian Carp now threaten the $23 billion fishing-boating economy of the Great Lakes. Five years after Congress ordered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to find the best and fastest way to stop the invasive fish, the Corps could not come up with a solution. Instead … More Clock Ticking on Keeping Asian Carp Out of The Great Lakes »
If anyone else had announced one cold day in early 2004, “We have to save the Great Lakes,” The Wege Foundation staff would have gently nodded and gone about their business. But not when that “anyone” was Peter Wege. They knew him too well. Ellen Satterlee, now CEO of the … More A Rose By Any Other Name… »
Seven representatives of The Wege Foundation, including Trustees Mary Nelson, Peter Wege II, and Ellen Satterlee, attended the 4th Annual Great Lakes Restoration Conference in Milwaukee September 10-12. Most appropriately, the seven Wege Foundation delegates traveled from Grand Rapids to Milwaukee by crossing Lake Michigan on the Lake Express ferry. … More Wisconsin Governor Shares Good News on Saving the Lakes »
HEALING OUR WATERS What began as Peter M. Wege’s vision to save the Great Lakes by inviting 70 environmentalists to a Grand Rapids conference in May 2004 turned into and unprecedented federal commitment within five years. Also supported by the Beldon, Frey, and Mott Foundations, the original meeting Wege convened … More THE SECOND PILLAR: THE ENVIRONMENT »
