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Water quality.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Dead River Regional Documents Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RDC-002
Scope and Contents

This collection contains government documents relating to the dams and other hydroelectric projects on the Dead River in Marquette County, Michigan, with a focus on the environmental impact of these projects and the programs in place for monitoring and assessing effects on the environment. Another prominent topic in the collection is the 2003 failure of the Silver Lake Dam.

Dates: 2002 - 2017

Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition (UPEC) records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-408
Scope and Contents Box one (36 folders) includes Meeting Minutes and Agendas, Financial Statements, Bulletins, Notes taken by Jon Saari, an organization Constitution and record, and Lawsuits and Appeals that UPEC was involved in. This box also contains information regarding Upper Peninsula Mining projects (Copperwood Project, Eagle Mine, Keweenaw Mining (Copper Range Co., Great Lakes Minerals, SLAPP Suit)), Wolf reintroduction (Timber Wolf Alliance, Recovery, News), and toxic pollutants (Chlorine, Dioxin -...
Dates: 1975 - 2014

ABOUT THIS COLLECTION GUIDE

This collection guide includes collections from member organizations of UPLINK (the Upper Peninsula Digital Network) as well as the Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives. UPLINK collections document the history of the Upper Peninsula broadly, while the Central UP & NMU Archives focuses on such topics as Northern Michigan University history, the local iron mining industry, and the politics, economics, religion, environment, and culture of the Central Upper Peninsula region.


These finding aids will give you an overview of the contents and context of each collection. Finding aids only exist for collections that each organization has shared with UPLINK or (in the case of the NMU Archives) for processed collections. For a more comprehensive list of collections that might help with your research, please contact the relevant heritage organization(s) directly.


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