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ivn us how we fuwc nlailLU Wiilcr problems in ; rrcshuuUcr t'ouiulntion a7% the Society ♦ » I ' S ' ‘ k . ri Foundation Board of Directors and Society staff with Minnesota Goeernor Al Quie at the proclamation of the Minnesota Year of Water /Atcareness The Freshwater Foundation's efforts in distributing information, facilitating education, and motivating the public to act are coordinated by the Society of the Freshwater Foundation, formed in January. 1978. The Society coordinates the efforts and energies of people who want to be involved in freshwater issues. Membership is open to everyone. The impact of the Society s accomplishments over the past five years ranges from local to international. Some examples are the following: ■ Organized the Minnesota Year of Water Awareness in 1979. The year-long program coordinated efforts of 22 state agencies and organizatiotis in focusing attention on a precious resource people take for granted. ■ Coordinated a statewide “Wetlands Awareness Week." which involved 35 organizations and reached almost a million people. B Sponsored four national conferences: The first directed public attention to water. The second focused allention on a critical water issue: health. It was the first conference held in the Midwest to address the health effects of water pollution. The third developed a process be which both the private and public sectors could prepare lor the changes In use suppliesnecessary lor managing our limited water The fourth analyced the political, legal, economic ami ^.vironmental ranrificatlons of diverting water from the other regt:. ■ Wrote and distributed 25.tHK) copies of a shoreline brochure, which told what people who live near lakes cm "The maintenance of our freshwater supplies needs the support of a well- informed general public, and the Freshwater Society is the only organization which offers thb opportunity." —Dr. Joseph T. Ling, vice president. 3M Company The Society develops impartial programs from the information generated through research to facilitate education in an attempt to motivate people to act — the three-step process necessary for change to occur. Category ....... do to maintain a lake ’s water quality. Helped plan water awareness projects in other states and Canada. Provided information and perspective for three television documentaries, two local and one national, aired in 1980: WTCN-TV’s “A Hard. Hard Rain." WCCO-TV’s “The Quiet Crisis." and public television's NOVA segment “The Water Crisis." which reached an estimated seven million viewers. Also provided similar help to Boston TV station WNAC. Provides audio-visual programs on water issues. Helps groups produce radio and television programs and conferences. Writes or helps write numerous features for magazines and newspapers. Distributes Facets of Freshwater, an in-house newsletter published quarterly as an update of Foundation and Institute activities. Publishes the annual Journal of Freshwater for members of the Society. Written for the lay reader, it analyzes freshwater problems and solutions, and encourages appreciation of the freshwater environment. Provides ongoing assistance in setting government policy on state, regional, and national levels. Provides speakers for organizations throughout the country. Conducts hundreds of public tours of the Institute, personally acquainting thousands of people with the Foundation and its programs. Responds to hundreds of individual calls and letters each year requesting help or sharing concerns about water. the Founds Monies Receive Contributions (unrestricted use) Contributions (restricted Membership Interest Miscellaneous DOI / Total dollars contribute by the Freshwater $4,281.2 ‘beginning with the dona Total dollars contribute by the Freshwater $494.52 Historically, the Fresf catalyst, bringing toge issues of mutual intere fBW ir-n:.:":.;: -. ' : a ,v. mmMM