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The Lake Michigan Biodiversity Conservation Strategy is a multi-agency initiative designed to identify specific strategies and actions to protect and conserve the native biodiversity of Lake Michigan. This is one of the five biodiversity conservation strategies, or blueprints, The Nature Conservancy produced for the Great Lakes.

Michigan's Wildlife Action Plan is a partner-developed strategic framework to cooperatively conserve wildlife and their habitats. The 2015 revised plan focuses on priority habitats, and uses rare and common wildlife as measures of progress towards achieving the plan's goals. The partner-identified priorities link with existing programs and plans such as the Michigan Waterfowl Legacy, the Lake Sturgeon Rehabilitation Strategy, the Kirtland's Warbler Recovery Plan and the Pheasant Restoration Initiative.

The Lake Erie Biodiversity Conservation Strategy is a binational initiative designed to support the efforts of the Lake Erie LaMP by identifying specific strategies and actions to protect and conserve the native biodiversity of Lake Erie.This is one of the five biodiversity conservation strategies, or blueprints, produced for the Great Lakes.

The Wisconsin Wildlife Action Plan (WWAP) is the comprehensive resource for the conservation of rare and declining species and their habitats in Wisconsin. The overall mission of state wildlife action plans such as this one is to identify Species of Greatest Conservation Need and their habitat and describe conservation actions to respond to the issues and threats that affect them.

This plan summarizes existing water quality conditions, while also outlining and prioritizing major watershed pollutants and offering recommendations on how to reduce the impact and amount of pollution entering the Lake Leelanau Watershed in Michigan. It also provides a description of the watershed including such topics as geologic and human history, population, land use, government jurisdictions, water quality trends and data, and recreational activities.

The Lake Charlevoix Watershed Management Plan is intended to support efforts to protect the high quality water resources in the watershed. This plan describes the watershed, analyzes its water quality, reviews management strategies, and sets goals and strategies.

The Kalamazoo River Watershed Management Plan presents a unifying vision for water resources planning and management for the Kalamazoo River in Michigan.

This coalition addresses invasive species in Michigan. This open to anyone or any group interested in invasive species control in Michigan.

The St. Clair-Detroit River System (SCDRS) Initiative Partners share a common vision: the restoration of portions of southern Lake Huron, the St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, the Detroit River, and western Lake Erie to a thriving ecosystem with science-based management and broad social support that provides environmental services for the region and the Great Lakes basin. The SCDRS Initiative is a bi-national collaborative partnership with more than 30 organizations, including U.S.