For immediate release: May 1, 2015 | Download News Release PDF
Application allows internet users to visualize the impact of dams and dam removal on sea lamprey populations in Great Lakes tributariesAnn Arbor, Mich. – The Great Lakes Fishery Commission and the Great Lakes Commission today launched a ... Read More »
For immediate release: April 22, 2015 | Download News Release PDF
Ann Arbor, Mich. – The Great Lakes Commission welcomes legislation introduced yesterday by Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) and co-sponsored by Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) that formally authorizes funding for a comprehensive restoration program for the Great Lakes. The ... Read More »
Tim Eder was appointed as the fifth executive director of the Great Lakes Commission on July 10, 2006. With more than 25 years of experience in natural resources policy development and advocacy, Eder is in charge of the Commission’s day-to-day operations and advancing the shared interests of the Commission membership ... Read More »
For immediate release: March 26, 2015 | Download News Release PDF
Muskegon, Mich. – The Great Lakes Commission has received new funding to support ecological restoration efforts in Muskegon Lake by removing sediments that contain harmful levels of phosphorus, restoring natural water flow and creating wetlands in Bear ... Read More »
A new international committee of the Great Lakes Commission is digging for solutions to the problem of harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie. The Lake Erie Nutrient Targets (LENT) Working Group includes representatives from the U.S. states of Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania and the province of Ontario, ... Read More »
For immediate release: February 26, 2015 | Download News Release PDF
Ann Arbor, Mich. – The Great Lakes Commission supports legislation, introduced today by Rep. Candice Miller (R-Mich.) and Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), directing federal agencies to take immediate actions to prevent the spread of Asian carp and ... Read More »
For immediate release: February 25, 2015 | Download News Release PDF
Washington, D.C. – New strategies for addressing large-scale problems like nutrient pollution were highlighted at the Semiannual Meeting of the Great Lakes Commission, which concluded today in Washington, D.C.
Congressman David Joyce (R-Ohio), in addressing the Commission ... Read More »
Priorities for Sustaining Great Lakes Restoration and Economic Revitalization
Download PDF | Published February 2015
The Great Lakes are a vital environmental and economic asset for the eight states and two provinces of the Great Lakes region. With 90 percent of our nation’s supply of fresh surface water, the Great ... Read More »
Download PDF | Published February 2015
This document outlines the near-term priorities for the Great Lakes as identified by an alliance that includes the Great Lakes Commission, the mayors of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, the Healing Our ... Read More »
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