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Great Lakes Commission Legislative Priorities for FY 2011

On behalf of its eight member states, the Great Lakes Commission has developed a set of legislative priorities to protect and enhance the quality of our region’s environment and economy. These priorities are presented to Congress at Great Lakes Day 2010, held in Washington DC on February 24, 2010. The Commission’s priorities respond to and will advance the recommendations of the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Strategy (www.glrc.us). The Commission endorses the recommendations of the Council of Great Lakes Governors to Congress; the recommendations herein complement the governors’ requests.

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

President Obama’s proposed FY2010 budget includes a Great Lakes Restoration Initiative that will accelerate Great Lakes restoration by investing $475 million to confront some of the most serious threats to the region, including invasive species, nonpoint source pollution and toxic sediments. It represents a significant down payment on a multi-year effort to restore the Great Lakes and help revive the region’s struggling economy. The Great Lakes Commission applauds this effort and calls on Congress to support the inclusion of $475 million in the EPA FY2010 budget for the multiagency initiative.


  • Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Website (GLRI)
  • USEPA GLRI Website
  • GLRI Action Plan FY2010 - FY 2014
  • GLRI Interagency Funding Guide

  • Current Funding Opportunities:


    Materials from Congressional Staff Briefing (June 2, 2009):


    Other Materials and Information:


    Track the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative on GLIN

    Asian Carp Prevention

    The Great Lakes region remains under constant threat that Asian carp will migrate through the Illinois River system and past or around the electric dispersal barrier system in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (CSSC) into Lake Michigan. Recent eDNA evidence of Asian carp has heightened the region's concern. The Commission recogonizes the efforts that have been undertaken to date; however, the threat of an invasion by this voracious feeder demands an even greater response and allocation of resources.

    Track Asian carp prevention legislation on GLIN


    Past Advocacy Activities

  • Great Lakes Commission Advocacy Activities in 2009
  • Great Lakes Commission Advocacy Activities in 2008


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