Commission applauds accelerated study on options to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes
A recent announcement by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that it would accelerate the presentation to Congress and the public of options for permanently preventing Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes from the Mississippi River watershed was welcomed by the Great Lakes Commission. Read more...

Great Lakes, Northeast panels on aquatic nuisance species meet jointly in Rochester
The spring meeting of the Great Lakes Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species was held jointly this week in Rochester, N.Y., with the Northeast Aquatic Nuisance Species Panel (NEANS). Read more...

“Wind and Waterfronts Workshop” set for June 21 in Muskegon
Registration is now open for the Great Lakes Wind Collaborative’s Wind and Waterfronts Workshop to be held at the Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center in Muskegon, Mich., on Thursday, June 21, 2012. Read more...

Mobile beach app version 2.0 to be released May 31
The Great Lakes Commission, in partnership with LimnoTech and the Great Lakes states, is nearing completion of its myBeachCast application (app) for Android that provides mobile access to beach advisories and other environmental information. Read more...

Amanda Sweetman named 2012 GLC-Sea Grant Fellow
Amanda Sweetman has been named the Great Lakes Commission’s 2012-13 Sea Grant Fellow. The one-year Sea Grant fellowship is an ongoing cooperative program between the Commission and the Great Lakes Sea Grant Network. Read more...

Upcoming Events

• Muskegon Lake AOC Habitat Restoration Project Webinar
  June 5, 2012
  Webinar - Online
  Contact: Heather Braun , hbraun@glc.org



• Hog Island Habitat Restoration Project webinar
  June 21, 2012
  Webinar - Online
  Contact: Heather Braun, hbraun@glc.org



• Great Lakes Wind Collaborative Wind and Waterfronts Workshop
  June 21, 2012
  Muskegon, MI
  Contact: Becky Pearson, bpearson@glc.org



• 2012 Great Lakes Commission Annual Meeting (part of Great Lakes Week)
  Sept. 10-11, 2012
  Cleveland, OH
  Contact: Tim Eder, teder@glc.org



• Great Lakes Wind Collaborative 5th Annual Meeting
  Sept. 25-26, 2012
  Erie, Pennsylvania
  Contact: John Hummer, jhummer@glc.org



• 12th Annual Great Lakes Beach Association Conference
  Oct. 16-18, 2012
  Mackinac Island, Michigan
  Contact: Christine Manninen, manninen@glc.org

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