Next PDM: Thursday, Dec. 8

Annual Meeting 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Weber's Inn
3050 Jackson Road, Ann Arbor

Summary:
- Outstanding Environmental Professional of the Year Award
- Special Presentation by Robert Burns, Detroit Riverkeeper and Project Coordinator of the Friends of the Detroit River:
The Detroit River: Historical Impacts and Current Restoration Efforts - 2011 Environmental Education Grant Awards
- Recognition of 2011 President
- Introduction of 2012 Board of Directors

Cost:
*NO CHARGE TO MAEP MEMBERS
$40 for Non-Members
*If you must cancel your reservation, please be courteous and cancel by Monday, December 5, 2011.
Members who register but do not attend will be invoiced $40.00.

You can download the flyer and registration form here.

WE NEED YOUR HELP!
SPONSORSHIPS NEEDED FOR MAEP’S 2011 ANNUAL MEETING ON DECEMBER 8, 2011 AT WEBER’S INN, ANN ARBOR

Sponsors will be announced at the event, listed in the printed program and in future publications of MAEP. If your company would like to be a sponsor and underwrite the Annual Meeting in full or in part, please contact Lynne Kohon, MAEP Executive Director, at 517.349.1970 or exec-dir@maep.org.

You can download the sponsor form here.

Joint Environmental Conference

2011 Joint Environmental Conference sponsored by the East & West Michigan Chapters of the Air & Waste Management Association & The Environmental Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan. November 10, 2011 in Lansing, Michigan You can download the fler here and register for the event here.

New Jobs Postings

Several new positions have been posted to the Jobs Webpage.

Thank You MAEP Golf Outing Sponsors & Golfers

The MAEP Board of Directors would like to thank our sponsors and golfers for helping to make the 13th Annual MAEP Charity Golf Outing a huge success. Thanks to their generosity, the outing raised $12,750 for the MAEP Environmental Education Grant Fund. THANK YOU!!!

Click here for the Thank You message.

Vapor Intrusion Documents

You can now download two documents from the recent PDM on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 entitled: "The Vapor Intrusion Risk Pathway: Regulatory Updates and Practical Strategies for Assessing the Pathway".

Vapor Intrusion Risk Pathway: Overview, Regulatory Updates, Practical Assessment Strategies by Blayne Hartman

VI in Michigan Cleanup Programs Utilizing the ITRC Training by Matt Williams

Visiting Partners Program in Occupational & Environmental Health & Safety

The Visiting Partners Program in Occupational & Environmental Health & Safety (VPP-OEHS, or VPP for short) at the University of Michigan Center for Occupational Health and Safety Engineering offers a novel opportunity for busy mid-career professionals to collaborate with experienced UM research faculty on projects addressing OEHS issues relevant to their work. This program is part-time, non-residential, and each VP is eligible to receive a total of $2000 in direct project support over the year of appointment, dependent on satisfactory progress. The VPP designed to benefit:

Educators at university, college, and high school levels;

Practitioners of OEHS in businesses, labor unions, and governmental agencies; and

Writers, photographers, or artists, who want to integrate OEHS topics into their work.

Website: http://sitemaker.umich.edu/cohse/visiting_partners

Job Webpage Updated: May 25, 2011

A new employment post has been added to the MAEP Jobs Webpage.

Announcing the 2011 MAEP Environmental Education Grants: May 1, 2011

Environmental education is important to MAEP! MAEP promotes environmental education for members by providing continuing education and Professional Development Meetings about current environmental issues. In addition to these educational initiatives for the practicing environmental professional, MAEP extends its environmental education initiatives to other areas, such as K-12 schools, community colleges, universities, and community organizations by awarding Environmental Education Grants. The Environmental Education Grants are funded by proceeds from the Annual Golf Outing. These grants are awarded to groups that provide environmental education through school curricula or through environmental projects or programs.

Awardees have used these grants to support practical applications to solve environmental problems, or to collect data to analyze environmental issues. Previous grant recipients include: Ann Arbor Open School, Bach Elementary School, Central High School, Clinton River Watershed Council, Friends of the Rouge, Greening of Detroit, Howell Public Schools, Huron River Watershed Council, Macomb MSU Extension, Michigan Loon Preservation Association, River Raisin Institute, Roeper School, the Student Environmental Association at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, the City of Monroe, Ottawa Hills High School, Buhr Park Children's Wet Meadow Project, Corunna High School Environmental Studies, Science and Engineering Fair of Metro Detroit, Central Michigan University, Schoolcraft College Environmental Technology Program,the Summer Science Adventure Day Camp Program at Grand Valley State University, Thornapple Kellogg High School, Two Rivers Coaliton, Waldon Middle School, and Wildlife Recovery.

Last year was a very successful year! In 2010, MAEP awarded 9 Environmental Education Grants! The grant recipients were: Ann Arbor Open, Clinton River Watershed Council, Detroit Science Center, Friends of the Rouge, Gilkey Elementary School, Huron River Watershed Council, Pinkney Elementary School, Ronald Brown Academy, and Western U.P. Center for Science, Math, and Education.

The Environmental Education Grants will be awarded at the MAEP Annual Meeting on December 8, 2011. All interested persons are invited to apply for this year's grant. Applications will be accepted until October 14, 2011. A description of the 2011 Environmental Education grant recipients will be given during the 2011 Annual Meeting.

Go to the Education Grant webpage for more information and the application form.

Welcome to the Homepage of the Michigan Association of Environmental Professionals (MAEP).  This website is designed to keep our membership as well as those interested in the relevant environmental issues of today, abreast of our organization's activities and provide useful information about the MAEP.  Feel free to browse through our website.  If you are interested in receiving information regarding the MAEP or membership, please look through our Information Webpage and our Membership Webpage, respectively.  If you wish to contact the MAEP, call Ms. Lynne Kohon, the MAEP Executive Director, at (517) 349-1970 or write to us at MAEP, P.O. Box 4760, E. Lansing, Michigan 48826-4760.  You can also email Ms. Kohon at exec-dir@maep.org.