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Green Resources
 
 
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Battery Solutions (recycling)
Clean Environment Co. (low toxicity cleaning products)
EarthShell (food service packaging)
ebuild (about building products)
Lamp Recyclers (battery and lamp recycling)
Michigan Soybean Promotion Council
National Biodiesel Board 
Northern Options Energy Center
Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation
Renewable Lubricants (biobased products)
Richcatt Green Solutions (biobased products)
stopwaste.org (Alameda County Waste Management Authority)
Terresolve (biobased products)
United Soybean Board 
United Soybean Board - Biobased Solutions for Government

 
Resources to Download

The Green Industry Guide to Environmental Purchasing
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
download pdf file from DEQ website

Green Cleaning
NPS Greenparks
Environmental Leadership Program
pdf file (2 pages)

HVAC Systems
NPS Greenparks
Environmental Leadership Program
pdf file (2 pages)

Landscaping
NPS Greenparks
Environmental Leadership Program
pdf file (2 pages)

Lighting
NPS Greenparks
Environmental Leadership Program
pdf file (2 pages)

100+ Best Management Practices:
Defining What a Green Park Looks Like
NPS Pacific West Region
pdf file (12 pages)

Environmental Purchasing Guide
NPS Pacific West Region
pdf file (175 pages)

Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Resource Manual
NPS Pacific West Region and EPA
pdf file (182 pages)

Green Janitorial Products & Practices
NPS Pacific West Region
pdf file (12 pages)

Green Office Practices Guide
NPS Pacific West Region
pdf file (23 pages)

Environmental Leadership 
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
PowerPoint program

Solar Well Pumphouse / Kiosk Plans
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
pdf file (14 pages)

 
A Profile in Biobased Success: Michigan National Park Service Facility Manager Promotes Biobased Products to Parks and the Public
United Soybean Board
pdf file (2 pages)

 
For more information about the Environmental Leadership Program at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, please contact:

Chris V. Case, Facility Manager
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
P.O. Box 40
Munising, MI 49862-0040
906-387-2607, ext. 209
e-mail
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Spray Falls drops 70 feet over the Pictured Rocks cliffs into Lake Superior.  

Did You Know?
There are seven named waterfalls within Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, plus several unnamed falls. From west to east, they are Munising, Bridalveil, Miners, Mosquito, Chapel, Spray, and Sable Falls. The sandstone outcrops of the Pictured Rocks escarpment create the many waterfalls in the area.
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Last Updated: April 16, 2008 at 14:20 EST