The Advisor is a quarterly newsletter that serves as the Commission's voice in the Great-Lakes / St. Lawrence region while providing regular updates on Commission policy positions and programs, regional events and binational issues.

• April 2012 (PDF)


• Special Insert: Great Lakes Mercury Connections: The Extent and Effects of Mercury Pollution in the Great Lakes Region - 4-page Summary
• More information on Great Lakes Mercury Connections, including the full report
• Commissioners' Corner, GLC Vice Chair Kari Bennett

• January 2011 (PDF)


• Special Insert: Fall/Winter 2010 ANS Update
• Perspectives: Ongoing ballast treatment research at GSI will require sustained funding by Allegra Cangelosi, President and CEO of the Northeast-Midwest Institue.

• October 2010 (PDF)


• Special Insert: Great Lakes Commission Legislative Priorities for FY2011
• Perspectives: Sharing the Great Lakes story: Tourism’s role in supporting the Great Lakes economy by Melinda Huntley, tourism program director for Ohio State University Sea Grant Extension and executive director of the Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail.

• February 2010 (PDF)


• Special Insert: Fall/Winter 2009 ANS Update
• Perspectives: Great Lakes and St. Lawrence cities show willingness to partner in restoration by Mayor Lynn Peterson, City of Thunder Bay, Ontario.

• September 2009 (PDF)


• Perspectives: Wisconsin study: Energy efficiency can save money, improve air quality and create jobs by Eric Callisto, Chairperson of the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC).


• June 2009 (PDF)


• Special Insert: Great Lakes Commission Legislative Priorities for FY2010
• Perspectives: The Seaway at 50: Looking back, and ahead by Dale Bergeron, Minnesota Sea Grant.

• Fall 2008 (PDF)


• Special Insert: LaMPs 2008: Lakewide Management Plan Updates for the Great Lakes
• Perspectives: Minnesota’s new ballast discharge permit reflects priority to protect Lake Superior by Mary Jean Fenske, P.E., Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

• Summer 2008 (PDF)


• Special Insert: Spring/Summer 2008 ANS Update
• Perspectives: Compact acknowledges Great Lakes as a national treasure by David Naftzger, Council of Great Lakes Governors

• Winter 2008 (PDF)


• Special Insert: Great Lakes Commission Legislative Priorities for FY 2009
• Special Insert: Local Investment in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence
• Perspectives: Invasive species are destroying Native American livelihoods by Jane TenEyck, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority

• Fall 2007 (PDF)


• Perspectives: Time to make the Great Lakes a national priority by Sen. Carl Levin (MI) and Sen. George Voinovich (OH), co-chairs of the Great Lakes Senate Task Force

• Summer 2007 (PDF)


• Special Insert: The Great Lakes: A recreational boating powerhouse
• Perspectives: There are no small ports

• Spring 2007 (PDF)


• Special Insert: Great Lakes Commission Legislative Priorities for FY 2008
• Perspectives: Great Lakes revival

• Fall 2006 (PDF)


• Special Insert: Clearing the Air - Reducing Air Toxic Deposition to the Great Lakes
• Perspectives: Great Lakes short sea shipping

• Summer 2006 (PDF)


• Special Insert: Strengthening Great Lakes Monitoring and Assessment
• Perspectives: Supreme Court wetlands ruling

• Spring 2006 (PDF)


• Special Insert: Supporting Great Lakes Restoration: Great Lakes Commission Priorities for FY 2007
• Perspectives: Remote monitoring of the Great Lakes

• Winter 2006 (PDF)


• Perspectives: Wind power - has its time arrived?

• Fall 2005 (PDF)


• Special Insert: Developing Indicators for Balanced Growth: Measuring the effects of land use on watershed health
• Perspectives: Removing obsolete dams

• Summer 2005 (PDF)


• Perspectives: Is Lake Huron draining faster?

• March/April 2005 (PDF)


• Special Insert: 2005 Great Lakes Program to Ensure Environmental and Economic Prosperity

• November/December 2004 (PDF)


• Point-Counterpoint: Fish consumption advisories - good science or bad rap? (PDF)
• Special Insert: Lake St. Clair Coastal Habitat study (PDF)
• September/October 2004 (PDF)


• Point-Counterpoint: Beach access: Should the Great Lakes shore be open to all? (PDF)
• July/August 2004 (PDF)


• Special Insert: Lakewide Management Plans (LaMPs) 2004 Update (PDF)
• May/June 2004 (PDF)


• Point-Counterpoint: Sewage blending: Solution or problem? (PDF)
• Special Insert: Great Lakes Observing System (PDF)
• March/April 2004 (PDF)


• Point-Counterpoint: Will EPA's Utility Mercury Reduction Rule clear the air? (PDF)

• November/December 2003 (PDF)


• Point-Counterpoint: Groundwater use: Are stronger laws needed? (PDF)
• September/October 2003 (PDF)
  
  • Point-Counterpoint: Should a permit be required for ballast water discharges? (PDF)
  • Special Insert: Clearing the Air - Reducing Air Toxic Deposition in the Great Lakes (PDF)
• July/August 2003 (PDF)


• Point-Counterpoint: Should personal watercraft be allowed in national parks? (PDF)
• May/June 2003 (PDF)
  
  • Point-Counterpoint: Should trash be an export item? (PDF)
  • Special Insert: WRMDSS - Toward a Water Resources Management Decision Support System for the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin (PDF)
• March/April 2003 (PDF)
  
  • Point-Counterpoint: Will EPA's new trading policy improve water quality? (PDF)

• November/December 2002 (PDF)
  
  • Point-Counterpoint: Should water be managed as a commodity? (PDF)
• September/October 2002 (PDF)
  
  • Point-Counterpoint: Private beach or emerging wetland? (PDF)
    
  • Special Insert: Nat Robinson: A Salute to the Outgoing Chairman of the Board (PDF)
    
• July/August 2002 (PDF)
  
  • Point-Counterpoint: Sending nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain: is it safe to transport through the Great Lakes region? (PDF)
  • Special Report: Lakewide Management Plans: Update 2002 (PDF)
• May/June 2002 (PDF)
  
  • Point-Counterpoint: Cormorants: Are aggressive controls needed? (PDF)
    
  • Special Report: Restoring Great Lakes Areas of Concern: Delisting Principles and Guidelines, (PDF) adopted by the U.S. Policy Committee
    
• March/April 2002 (PDF)
  
  • Point-Counterpoint: How best to manage nonpoint pollution from animal feedlots? (PDF)
    
  • Special Insert: Great Lakes Program to Ensure Environmental and Economic Prosperity (PDF)
    

• November/December 2001 (PDF)
  
• Point-Counterpoint: Are new steel import controls needed?


• Special insert: Great Lakes, Great Waterways: An Enduring Legacy


• September/October 2001 (PDF)


• Point-Counterpoint: Should government do more to protect farmland?


• Special insert: Recommendations of the Policy Statement on Ballast Water Management by the Great Lakes Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species
• July/August 2001 (PDF)
  Point-Counterpoint: Bottling basin water: Is there cause for concern? (PDF)


• May/June 2001 (PDF)
  Point-Counterpoint: Should we drill for oil and gas under the Great Lakes? (PDF)
• Safe oil drilling in lakes is possible by Michael J. Barratt, former president, Michigan Oil and Gas Association (Audio link provided by the Great Lakes Radio Consortium)


• Drilling not worth risk by Cameron Davis, Executive Director, Lake Michigan Federation (Audio link provided by the Great Lakes Radio Consortium)


• March/April 2001 (PDF)
  Selected French Translation: Plan d'action Saint-Laurent : la navigation

• November/December 2000 (PDF)
  Includes a feature on New Commission projects to benefit the region (PDF)


• September/October 2000 (PDF)
  Includes a feature on Recreational Boating and the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Region (PDF)


• July/August 2000 (PDF)
  Includes a feature on A Strategic Plan for the Great Lakes Commission (PDF)


• May/June 2000 (PDF)
  Includes a feature on Lakewide Management Plans, the LaMPs (PDF)


• March/April 2000 (PDF)
  Includes a feature on Ontario and Québec (PDF)

• November/December 1999 (PDF)
• September/October 1999 (PDF)
• July/August 1999 (PDF)
• May/June 1999 (PDF)
• March/April 1999 (PDF)
  Includes an overview of the Commission's FY2000 legislative and appropriations priorities for the 106th Congress, First Session (PDF)

• November/December 1998 (PDF)
• September/October 1998 (PDF)
  Includes a feature on Geographic Information Systems (PDF)
• July/August 1998 (PDF)
• May/June 1998 (PDF)
• March/April 1998 (PDF)