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A press conference with Michigan Lt. Governor John Cherry and federal, state and local officials will be held on Friday, July 11, at 10:00 a.m. EDT at the Grand Trunk boat launch at Lakeshore Dr. and McCracken St. in Muskegon.Muskegon, Mich. – With the summer vacation...

Ann Arbor, Mich. – Passage by Congress of the 2008 Farm Bill (H.R. 2419) means some good news for the Great Lakes. Provisions of the bill will help efforts to control soil erosion in the Great Lakes basin, and support research on a deadly fish virus in the lakes,...

Ann Arbor, Mich. – More than 120 Great Lakes policymakers and business leaders interested in development of wind energy attended the first annual meeting of the Great Lakes Wind Collaborative, which concluded today in Buffalo, N.Y.“The Great Lakes Wind Collaborative...

Report Estimates $15 billion in Local Spending as Officials Warn Feds That Continued Funding Shortages Will Jeopardize the Future of the ResourceWASHINGTON, D.C. (February 27) -- A report released today by the Great Lakes Commission and the Great Lakes and St....

In unveiling its FY2009 federal legislative priorities today, the Great Lakes Commission is urging Congress and the administration to join Great Lakes states, cities, Tribal governments, industry, environmental organizations and others by increasing federal investment...

Syracuse Research Corporation (SRC) has produced an online, interactive modeling application for predicting the fate of chemicals within the Great Lakes environment. The project, led by Dr. Mario Citra of SRC, set out to produce an easy-to-use application that would...