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The Great Lakes Commission received the Larry Flowers Award for Outstanding Leadership in recognition of its efforts supporting the Great Lakes Wind Collaborative (GLWC). The award was received on behalf of the Great Lakes Commission by Victoria Pebbles at the Wind...

Press release from Sen. Collins’ officeText of the Senate bill (S. 1183)Capitol Hill Briefing: Mercury Pollution: Impacts, Sources and Tracking (June 14, 2011)GLC Mercury ResolutionYesterday, Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) re-introduced a bill to establish a...

$66 million in economic benefits over ten years—a 6-to-1 return on investment—and nearly 65,000 new visitors annuallyA large-scale coastal restoration project on Muskegon Lake, located in West Michigan on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, will generate more than $66...

In a letter to Congress, Great Lakes Commission Chairman Jim Tierney has provided a series of recommendations for improving implementation of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) and asked that it be incorporated as guidance in the Fiscal Year 2012...

Ann Arbor, Mich. - The Great Lakes Commission calls on Congress to adopt legislation introduced today that would accelerate efforts to prevent the movement of aquatic invasive species -- especially Asian carp -- between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River...

Washington, D.C. - Citing the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River system as an "environmental and economic asset of vital importance to the nation," the Great Lakes Commission called today for an ongoing federal commitment to the $2.2 billion Great Lakes Restoration...