These natural resources belong to all of us and to none of us. We may borrow the lakes from our children but what they provide for us today in the way of economic and environmental benefits are fragile and tenuous offerings. Their careful stewardship now lies in our hands and no others. We simply must preserve their integrity in order to pass it on whole. We follow the science wherever it may lead us.
Education is our approach.
The more we know the better off we will be for today and tomorrow. Yet science cannot express the full range and multi-faceted importance of our lakes and our landscape. That is why the arts, religion, and policy play an important role in the mission of the Maine Lakes Conservancy Institute. We believe in multi-disciplinary curricula and we seek to encompass the breadth and depth of our own humanity in relation to the natural world around us. We invite you to become a member of MLCI to help us advance our mission.