DCEC Expands Web Site with Ecological Maps & Resources The Door County Environmental Council (DCEC) announced today the expansion of its web site to include rare ecological maps and other important environmental resources. The announcement was made at Crossroads at Big Creek during DCEC's seminar on created wetlands last week. Fifteen maps, compiled in the 1990's by Dr. James Zimmerman under commission from DCEC and the county of Door, represent a complete ecological picture of each of the county's townships. DCEC assembled the remaining complete set of these maps, and had been seeking a means to preserve them. With funding from the Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership (LNRP), they were able to preserve the Zimmerman maps electronically and make them available to anyone for viewing or wishing to download full-scale, high-resolution copies at no charge. Anyone wishing to see or download the Zimmerman maps can visit www.dcec-wi.org and click on "view the Zimmerman maps." Also with LNRP funding, DCEC was able to scan several publications that they had been distributing solely at their events. These publications range from guides for small wastewater systems to maps of the ancient Silurian Sea that once covered Door County. Publications can be found at www.dcec-wi.org by clicking on the "publications" button. "We want our web site to be the first choice for environmental information, past and current, about Door County," explained Jerry Viste, executive director of DCEC. "In addition to being concerned that the valuable information contained in the Zimmerman maps would be lost to time, we worried that they were not easily accessible to people. Now they are, along with several of our publications." For further information, contact DCEC at (920) 743-6003 or info@dcec-wi.web via email. The Door County Environmental Council is a 38-year-old not-for-profit organization dedicated to preserving Door County¹s environment for the generations to come. Visit DCEC at www.dcec-wi.com on the web.