<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div>Hi BRCS volunteer, <br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">With your help, 2012 was a great year for the BRCS organization.</div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">We did 17 cleanups on 12 different rivers with over 250 volunteers helping us. We took a lot of trash out of our rivers this summer. A lot! We are making a big difference to the cleanliness of our river here in NW
Michigan.<br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Also, the BRCS obtained 4 canoes and a trailer that we used 4 times and we did lots of other things that we had never done before, thanks to you.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">I hope this year will be just as exciting.<br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new
york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">The projects planned for this year (2013) are as follows:<br></div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">June 8 - BRCS - Combined project<br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">June 11 - Upper Platte</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">June 15 - Betsie CS - Combined project<br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px;
font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">June 20 - N Br AuSable</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">July 5 - BRCS - NCF - Combined project<br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">July 12 - Jordan</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">July 18 - S Br AuSable<br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">July 25 - Little Manistee </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px;
font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Aug 9 - Upper Betsie</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Aug - 24 - 5 Rivers in 1 day - Combined project<br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Sept 21 - Upper Manistee - Combined project<br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Oct 3 - Main Br AuSable<br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:
18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">With the Boardman so damaged by the flood of Oct 6th, we will plan some cleanups in that Brown Bridge to Beitner section later when we can assess the damage better. </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Thanks again and again for a great 2012 season.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color:
transparent; font-style: normal;">Norm</div></div></body></html>