Holiday Greetings from the Great Lakes Commission!

GLRI-backed sediment reduction projects started in Ohio, Indiana watersheds
Kickoff events were recently held for two major sediment reduction efforts funded by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI). The Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District received a $400,000 grant for a project in Ohio’s Rocky River Watershed, and the Elkhart, Indiana, Soil & Water Conservation District received $397,900 for work in the Elkhart River Watershed. Read more...

Registration now open for Great Lakes Day 2012 in Washington, D.C.
Online registration is now available for the Great Lakes Commission Semiannual Meeting and Great Lakes Day events scheduled for February 27-29, 2012, in Washington, D.C. Read more...

GLC’s Manninen honored by Michigan Technological University
Christine Manninen, communications director for the Great Lakes Commission, has been named to the Michigan Technological University Presidential Council of Alumnae (PCA). She was inducted into the Council Sept. 16, 2011, by Michigan Tech President Glen Mroz. Read more...

Upcoming Events

• Release of Chicago Area Waterway System (CAWS) report
  Jan. 31, 2012
  Chicago, IL
  Contact: Tim Eder, teder@glc.org



• Great Lakes Commission Semiannual Meeting and Great Lakes Day in Washington
  Feb. 27-29, 2012
  Washington, D.C.
  Contact: Tim Eder, teder@glc.org



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



• Great Lakes Week
  Sept. 10-14, 2012
  Cleveland, OH
  Contact: Dave Knight, dknight@glc.org

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