Land-Use Planning Resources

Lake Superior Basin Indicators

SOLEC Great Lakes Basin Indicators

Recycling/Composting Information

Environmental Consultant Directory

Watershed and Groundwater Facts

Wellspring Newsletter Reprints

GIS Services

Geographic Information Systems

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) store and manage spatial (location-based) data. The Ecological Monitoring and Mapping Laboratory, located in the U.J. Noblet School of Forestry and Wood Products, provides GIS services for the GEM Center for Science and Environmental Outreach. A GIS database developed for the entire Upper Peninsula aids GEM clients in making informed land-use decisions of all kinds. The Center also provides GIS-related technical assistance and custom data analysis and maps to the public. The following are some GEM GIS projects:

• Training of and assistance to U.P. health departments for the Michigan Source Water Assessment Program
• Production of maps for a coastal zone planning atlas of five western U.P. counties
• Assistance to an ecological mapping project in the eastern U.P.
• Publication of Vulnerability of the Spring Creek Aquifer to Pollution for the City of Ironwood, Ironwood Charter Township, and Big Powderhorn Lodging Association

• Western Upper Peninsula Planning & Development Region
• Western Upper Peninsula District Health Department
• Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
• GEM Centers at the Marquette County and the Delta-Menominee District Health Department
• Bay Mills Indian Community
• Marquette County Resource Management

If you wish you may browse the Catalog of Spatial Data Holdings assembled by GEM staff