2001 announcement archives

• Holiday greetings from the Great Lakes Commission!

• Great Lakes Beach Conference: All proceedings, presentations, and summaries of breakout sessions are now online!



• New projects will advance Great Lakes environmental and economic prosperity



• Congress urged to revive domestic steel industry



• A new large lock at the Soo -- a step closer to reality



• Donahue appointed to Corps' Environmental Advisory Board

• Resolutions adopted at the Great Lakes Commission Annual Meeting, held October 10-11 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin



• Photo highlights! 2001 Annual meeting of the Great Lakes Commission



• Wisc. Governor McCallum proclaims Oct. 7-13 as Great Lakes Commision Week: "I will continue to work toward environmental and economic prosperity for the Great Lakes region," says Governor



• GLIN Daily News announces new partnership with the Great Lakes Radio Consortium: Joint production broadens GLIN Daily News exposure, sustains initiative



• Building links between rural preservation and urban redevelopment: Bridges report outlines strategies



• Great Lakes states commit to new Soo Lock: Funds secured from Michigan, Illinois, and Pennsylvania



• Protecting our waters: The Ballast Water Policy Statement, a special insert to this month's Advisor



• Lt. Gov. Farrow, Mayor Norquist to address Great Lakes Commission: Beach closings, water exports, invasive species on agenda for GLC Annual Meeting in Milwaukee

• To Our Friends and Colleagues in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C.



• Advisor: The Last Word by Nathaniel E. Robinson, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Great Lakes Commission.



• Great Lakes Sustainable Land Use: Linking Brownfields Redevelopment and Greenfields Protection for Sustainable Development (PDF)



• Prevention and control: The Great Lakes Panel on ANS adopts the Ballast Water Policy Statement. (PDF) Also see the new ANS Briefing Paper on Great Lakes Nonindigenous Invasive Species. (PDF)

• Commission gains new regional coordinator

• Governors, Premiers Join Forces to Combat Aquatic Nuisance Species: Great Lakes Action Plan (PDF) and Addendum (PDF)

• Commission gains new fellows, research associate

• Kevin Yam awarded 2001 Carol A. Ratza Memorial Scholarship



• Resolutions adopted at the Great Lakes Commission Semiannual Meeting, held May 15-16 in Ann Arbor, Michigan



• Photo Highlights! from the Great Lakes Commission Semiannual Meeting



• Final Report: Risk Perception Mapping Demonstration Project by John Stone, 2000 Great Lakes Commission-U.S. EPA Anthropology Fellow



• The Great Lakes Circle Tour arrives online!

• Robinson announces new Commission initiatives to ensure the region’s environmental and economic prosperity



• Water quantity, oil / gas drilling among featured issues at Great Lakes Commission Semiannual Meeting



• Commission grants to improve water quality through soil erosion, sediment control



• Binational Panel Calls for ballast management program to control the introduction and spread of aquatic nuisance species



• Inventory of Great Lakes toxic air emissions released



• Great Lakes Program: Commission priorities to "Restore the Greatness" to the Great Lakes

• The Great Lakes Program: Commission priorities to "Restore the greatness" to the Great Lakes
  
  
• Commission staff updates
  
  
• The sum of the parts
  
  
• GLC welcomes new Canadian delegations

• Great Lakes Information Network honored as "Outstanding Great Lakes Cultural Web Site"

• Great Lakes Day to feature priorities for 107th Congress
  
  
• States, provinces work to ensure prosperity for the region: 2001 Semiannual Meeting of the Great Lakes Commission, May 15-16
  
  
• Great Lakes Commission to lead large-scale Great Lakes coastal wetlands monitoring initiative
  
  
• Beach closures prompt new regional initiative
  
  
• Great Lakes Sustainable Land Use web site