Contact: Christine Manninen E-mail: manninen@glc.org

For immediate release November 28, 2000

The Great Lakes Commission is proud to unveil a new suite of Great Lakes Daily News services on the Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN).

Search Great Lakes-St. Lawrence headlines!
All stories within the GLIN Daily News archive are now completely searchable by keyword, news source and publication date. All articles contained in the database focus on recent coverage of Great Lakes-related issues by media in the United States and Canada.

Contribute to the Great Lakes Press Room! (note: demonstration page)
Find out how your organization can become a GLIN Daily News sponsor and submit press releases, meeting announcements, research highlights and related news to the Great Lakes Press Room. The intent of the Press Room is to provide a single gateway to news from agencies and organizations that focus on issues and activities associated with the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence region. Once posted, the items would be publicly archived and searchable by date, keyword and agency name.

Receive Great Lakes Daily News via e-mail!
Opened to the public on Oct. 9, 2000, this e-mail list brings daily Great Lakes headlines to the inboxes of subscribers. By subscribing to the Daily News listserv, you will only receive one message/day from the GLIN Project Team. This is not a discussion list. The GLIN Daily News section is updated Monday-Friday by noon.

Online since 1993, GLIN has been recognized as the primary gateway on the Web to Great Lakes-related news, issues, organizations and activities. Its usage has grown remarkably and now averages 2 million hits per month. In addition to environmental data, GLIN provides information about the regional economy, a thriving tourism industry, state and provincial demographics, and educational resources.

The Great Lakes Commission, chaired by Nathaniel E. Robinson (Wisconsin), is a nonpartisan, binational compact agency created by state and U.S. federal law and dedicated to promoting a strong economy, healthy environment and high quality of life for the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence region and its residents. The Commission consists of state legislators, agency officials and governors' appointees from its eight member states. Associate membership for Ontario and Quebec was established through the signing of a "Declaration of Partnership." The Commission maintains a formal Observer program involving U.S. and Canadian federal agencies, tribal authorities, binational agencies and other regional interests. The Commission offices are located in Ann Arbor, Michigan.