This report presents a comprehensive literature review of innovative in-stream best management practices used throughout the United States and Canada to reduce nonpoint source pollution and phosphorus loadings.
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Archived project materials
Priorities for Reducing Phosphorus Loadings and Abating Algal Blooms in the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence River Basin: Opportunities and Challenges for Improving Great Lakes Aquatic Ecosystems. A report of the Phosphorus Reduction Task Force to the Great Lakes Commission.
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The Great Lakes Commission sponsored a binational scientific synthesis effort through its U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-funded Great Lakes Air Deposition (GLAD) program. The purpose was to foster binational collaboration among mercury researchers and resource managers to compile a wide variety of mercury data for the Great Lakes region, and to address key questions concerning mercury contamination.
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Great Lakes Monitoring Inventory and Gap Analysis
Summary of Current Water Conservation Practices in the Public Water Supply Sector of the Great Lakes Region
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An Analysis of Conservation Districts’ Changing Responsibilities: The District Role in Conserving and Protecting Great Lakes Land and Water Resources
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An informational brochure focusing on federal and state agencies and the major petroleum companies initiative to protect the Great Lakes from oil spills.
The Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative: Cost Effective Measures to Enhance Environmental Quality and Regional Competitiveness
The Great Lakes Commission has undertaken a “modal shift” study for the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence River commercial navigation system. Through a method of shifting selected waterborne commodity movements to alternative surface modes, the study was designed to assess the comparative energy usage, emission impacts and safety risks of one transportation mode in relation to others.
This booklet highlights soil erosion and sedimentation problems in the Great Lakes Basin, examines their environmental and economic implications, reviews current programs, and identifies agencies and organizations that can provide advice and assistance.
Improving and Protecting Water Quality Through Erosion and Sedimentation Control: The Need for a Great Lakes Basin Program
Published 1990