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Welcome to the Great Lakes Commission's collection of sustainable land use web resources. Links to recent relevant news stories are below and you can search the Great Lakes Information Network news archives by using the box at the bottom of the page. Follow the links on the left for issue-specific resources organized by state or province. Local governments hold the power of wind projects Muskegon Chronicle (5/3) As state legislators and the governor grapple with alternative energy policies governing such technologies as wind turbines, no doubt local officials also will face several thorny wind issues. Owner, city at odds over value of land Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (4/30) The owner of a property that the city of Waukesha, Wis., may seize to acquire the valuable clean ground water beneath places the value of the parcel at more than double the price offered by the city. Builders urged to give Great Lakes some space The Toronto Star (4/24) People are building homes and cottages too close to Lake Ontario and the other Great Lakes, environmentalists say. Brownfields 2008 (4/23) The National Brownfields Conference, May 5-7, 2008, is the largest, most comprehensive conference focused on cleaning up and redeveloping abandoned, underutilized, and potentially contaminated properties in the nation. Michigan Wildlife Conservancy (4/21) The Michigan Wildlife Conservancy provides the technical and financial assistance that landowners and managers need to restore and maintain wildlife habitat on their own land. Sleeping Bear doesn't have cash for land Traverse City Record-Eagle (4/10) Fritz Barratt had only one real offer when he listed for sale his family's 190-acre farm in Leelanau County's Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Project contact: Victoria Pebbles, vpebbles@glc.org |
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