PROTECTING AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
NGC PRESIDENT'S SPECIAL PROJECT
NGC President Shirley Nicolai has selected Protecting Aquatic Ecosystems as one of NGC's Special Projects for 2011 - 2013. This project recognizes that it is of utmost importance and urgency that members of National Garden Clubs, Inc., identify and address critical water issues at local, state, regional and national levels.
It is imperative that we become proactive in preserving our aquatic ecosystems by recognizing and initiating strategies for conservation, improvement and protection of our coastal waters, wetlands, aquifers, watersheds, lakes, rivers, streams, creeks, marshes, bogs, springs, floodplains and ponds; and by developing and implementing specific watershed management plans.
Humans can survive about three weeks without food, but only about 3 days without water.
There's as much water in the world today as there was thousands of years ago - in fact, it is the same water. Water quality and accessibility are two major issues that we must address now if we are to avoid catastrophe in the very near future.
With this special NGC project, Protecting Aquatic Ecosystems, every garden club member, garden club, district, state and region in National Garden Clubs, Inc., has the platform to address water issues - major and minor - in local communities, states and regions. No person and no locale is untouched or unaffected. Each one of us can invest in the future by working to preserve, conserve and protect aquatic ecosystems in our local communities, states and regions.
NGC WATER CONSERVATION PLATFORM
National Garden Clubs, Inc. believes it is imperative that we support and undertake proactive initiatives for the protection, conservation and restoration of the quality of the Nation's coastal waters, wetlands, aquifers, watersheds, lakes, rivers and streams, through educational programs, conservation efforts, increased advocacy and partnerships with related government agencies, and state and national grassroots water coalition.
Adopted 2008 NGC Fall Board Meeting
PROTECTING AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
Water Equals Life
Aquatic EcoSystems
1. Rivers
2. Lakes and Ponds
3. Streams and Creeks
4. Marshes and Bogs
5. Wetlands
6. Coastal Estuaries
7. Aquifers
8. Floodplains
9. Springs