• Lake Superior in a stormy mood. Photo copyright Craig Blacklock

    Pictured Rocks

    National Lakeshore Michigan

Alger Energy Savers

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Alger Energy Savers - 2011

With funding from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and Superior Watershed Partnership and Land Trust teamed on an energy saving program called Alger Energy Savers. This program sought to help community members save money by reducing energy use while helping to protect public lands.

Through this community-based energy retrofit approach, the program helped show that energy efficiency can save individuals money, improve the comfort of their homes, and reduce the impacts of climate change on national parks such as Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.

For more information ...

Assessing Household Energy Use and Global Warming Opinion, Alger County 2010 (September 2010)

News Release - Energy Savings Program Comes to Alger County (January 2011)

www.algerenergysavers.org

News Release - Alger Energy Savers Program Concludes (January 2012)

Case Study - Engaging Communities to Address Climate Change: The Alger Energy Savers Program (December 2011)

Did You Know?

The light tower and flagpole of the Au Sable Light Station stand proudly.

Located within Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, the Au Sable Light Station is on the National Register of Historic Places. Constructed in 1874, the station beacon still shines over Lake Superior's frigid waters. The lamp is now solar powered. More...