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Title: GLIN: What's New and Notable

What's New & Notable, 18 June 2003

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Water level news and maps on GLIN www.glin.net/levels With water levels on the Great Lakes continuing a downward trend, GLIN is offering new online services to aid the shipping community, shoreline property owners, boaters and all other recreational users of the lakes. The new regional data portal for water level observations is made possible through a partnership with NOAA’s National Ocean Service (NOS) – Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS). NOS manages a suite of premier web tools for acquiring and distributing vital environmental measurements, including water levels, currents, winds, air and water temperature, and related hydrologic and meteorological data. Navigation tips: On www.glin.net/levels, right-click your mouse on the maps to access view options like zoom! Then hold down your left mouse button to navigate the map and click on areas of interest.	Revisiting some "great" web sites! In honor of GLIN's 10th anniversary year, we're highlighting some of our past Site of the Month honorees. These sites have grown along with GLIN and are the key partners that make the regional network a success! Great Lakes Sport Fishing Council New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Michigan Sea Grant U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources of the United States Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Wisconsin's Great Lakes Shipwrecks Enhanced site! www.glpf.org Formed in 1989 by the governors of the Great Lakes states, the Great Lakes Protection Fund is a permanent environmental endowment that supports collaborative actions to improve the health of the Great Lakes ecosystem.
Great Lakes Environmental Journalism Training Institute http://environmental.jrn.msu.edu/institute.html The Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University is hosting the Great Lakes Environmental Journalism Training Institute June 17-21, 2003. During this intense 4 1/2-day workshop 25 environmental journalists from the U.S. and Canada will learn about some of the most important environmental issues facing the Great Lakes.	Beach monitoring in Wisconsin www.wnrmag.com/stories/2003/jun03/beach.htm For the first time, water quality at all of Wisconsin's popular coastal beaches will be monitored this summer and the public alerted when the water is unsafe for swimming. View daily water quality reports for Wisconsin’s Great Lakes beaches
If you're interested in exchanging links with GLIN or furthering your partnership with the regional network, visit www.great-lakes.net/about/partner.html Christine Manninen GLIN Webmaster Great Lakes Commission Ann Arbor, Mich.