Recap of Great Lakes Commission Semiannual Meeting in Washington, D.C., March 5-7
The Great Lakes Commission (GLC) and its partners attracted hundreds of Great Lakes policymakers to Capitol Hill earlier this month, despite a snowy weather forecast and the effects of sequestration beginning to impact U.S. federal budgets and agencies. Read more...

GLC Executive Director Tim Eder addresses the Commissioners on March 5.

Longtime Great Lakes advocate Sen. Carl Levin (MI) was joined by seven congressmen at the March 7 breakfast. Levin announced later that afternoon that he would be retiring and not seeking re-election to the Senate in 2014.

New mapper: “Great Lakes Restoration at Work”
The GLC has unveiled a new website “Great Lakes Restoration At Work” that maps close to 1,000 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) projects that are underway in the region. Read more...

Upcoming Events

• Meeting of the Great Lakes Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species
  May 7-9, 2013
  Duluth, MN
  Contact: Erika Jensen, ejensen@glc.org



• U.S. Offshore Wind Market and Supply Chain Workshop
  May 8, 2013
  Chicago, IL
  Contact: Victoria Pebbles, vpebbles@glc.org



• 2013 Great Lakes Commission Annual Meeting
  In conjunction with Great Lakes Week
  September 9, 2013
  Milwaukee, WI
  Contact: Tim Eder, teder@glc.org

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