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The Educational Files consist of WMEAC committee records, as well as information pertaining to the various causes and issues the group has adopted over the years. In these files, there are important documents relating to the Pigeon River State Forest oil drilling controversy, the problem of solid waste disposal, land and water use, transportation, and urban renewal and growth.

Within the Educational Files, also, are the papers of other organizations and groups allied with or involved with the WMEAC. These are included in the transportation, solid wastes, housing and zoning, and water committees' files. These organizations include the Community Development Citizen's Committee of Grand Rapids; the Kent County Road Commission; Citizens for the Improvement of M-37; the Grand Rapids and Environs Transportation Study; the Michigan Environmental Review Board; the Statewide Coalition for Balanced Transportation; the Environmental Protection Agency; the Michigan Coalition for Better Waste Management; Michigan Committee for Environmental Information; Recycle Unlimited; the West Michigan Regional Planning Commission; the West Michigan Shoreline Regional Development Commission; the Committee on Urban Homesteading of Grand Rapids; the Grand Rapids Riverbank Committee; the Grand Rapids Watershed Council; the Michigan Sea Grant Program; and the Michigan Water Quality Standards and Drain Commission.