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Great Lakes Water Safety Conference

Great Lakes Water Safety Conference

by boxcar-admin | Mar 15, 2018 | Events, Extension, Hazards>Dangerous Currents, News, Ronald Kinnunen, water safety, Workshop

Great Lakes drownings down 11 percent in 2017 – conference will focus on education, prevention and intervention to help continue trend. By Ron Kinnunen Are you ready for a safer 2018 in and around the big lakes? The Great Lakes Water Safety...
Great Lakes waves can make lake viewing dangerous

Great Lakes waves can make lake viewing dangerous

by boxcar-admin | Dec 18, 2017 | Climate, Coastal Communities, Education, Elliot Nelson, Extension, Hazards>Dangerous Currents, News, water safety

Don’t get swept away this winter while sightseeing near the Great Lakes. By Elliot Nelson Winter is a spectacular time to visit Great Lakes shorelines. Intense storms lead to massive waves crashing over breakwaters and lighthouses with stunning dark skies as...

How can we stop drownings in the Great Lakes?

by boxcar-admin | Apr 10, 2017 | Hazards>Dangerous Currents, News, Ronald Kinnunen, water safety, Weather, Workshop

Water safety conference to address ways to improve safety, education and more by Ronald Kinnunen The Great Lakes Water Safety Consortium is bringing together water safety organizations and advocates committed to end drowning in the Great Lakes, through education,...

Mackinac County Water Safety Review Team efforts continue to save lives

by boxcar-admin | Oct 7, 2016 | Education, Extension, Hazards>Dangerous Currents, News, Ronald Kinnunen

After son’s death, family remains committed to Great Lakes dangerous current education. By Ronald Kinnunen Twelve-year-old Travis Brown’s death in the summer of 1998 followed a similar pattern of other drownings at the Hiawatha National Forest Service Campground, and...

GL Water Safety Consortium Conference, Grand Haven

by boxcar-admin | Mar 15, 2016 | Education, Events, Hazards>Dangerous Currents, News, News Release, Workshop

THE event for ALL water safety advocates & professionals #NoMoreDrowning #GLWSCGrandHaven16 The Great Lakes Water Safety Consortium is the new umbrella group for all water safety organizations and advocates committed to ending drowning in the Great Lakes, through...

GL Water Safety Consortium Conference, Cleveland

by boxcar-admin | Mar 15, 2016 | Education, Events, Hazards>Dangerous Currents, News, News Release, Workshop

THE event for ALL water safety advocates & professionals #NoMoreDrowning #GLWSCCleveland16 The Great Lakes Water Safety Consortium is the new umbrella group for all water safety organizations and advocates committed to ending drowning in the Great Lakes, through...
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