MEC is building a record of Michigan's progress from resource
destruction and pollution to renewal and cleanup over the 163 years
since statehood. The results of the research have been compiled
in a book, Ruin and Recovery, and stories developed from research undertaken for the book can be accessed by clicking at the left.


Here are a few pages of Michigan's History:

Lew Batts: Key Player In Michigan's Environmental Turnaround

Herb Wagner: Revered Professor Left Lasting Imprint

Bernard Bloomfield: Michigan's Air Pollution Control Pioneer

Ruin and Recovery Tells Story of Michigan's Rise to Greatness

After WWII, A Pollution Deluge

The Battle for Bridgman South:
How Citizens Rallied to Hold Back the Dune Miners

The Kalamazoo River

Soot Buried SE Michigan

Words from the Past

MEC's Environmental History Project Gains Steam

Charles Garfield: Citizen Pioneer in Michigan Forestry

Protecting Inland Lakes and Streams: Citizens Succeed

Saving the Porcupine Mountains

Labor a Leader in Cleaning Up Michigan's Environment

Enacting the Bottle Deposit: The People Prevail

 


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