GLIN==> great lakes water quality agreement calls

[Reg Gilbert <reg@glu.org>]

Dear fellow Great Lakes citizens,

Four Great Lakes Groups including Great Lakes United are sponsoring eight
series of calls on issues relaed to the upcoming review and possible
renegotiation of the Canada-U.S. Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. See
the list of call issues and times below. If you wish to participate in
one of the calls, contact the listed host.

The purpose of the calls is to empower citizen participation in the
review process and, if possible, come to substantial  agreement
within the basin environmental community on positions we take within the
review.

Some introductory calls in most of the series have already taken place,
but we encourage your participation regardless. The review will take more
than a year and your engagement at any point will be valuable.

For more information on the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, visit

http://www.greatlakesforever.org/html/glwqa.html . For the text of
the agreement itself, see

http://www.ijc.org/rel/agree/quality.html

Hope to hear you on some of the calls.

Reg Gilbert


RAPs and contaminated sediment
Host: John Jackson, jjackson@web.ca

2- Thursday, 4/27, 9:00 EDT (8:00 CDT)
3 - Monday, 5/1, 1:00 EDT (12:00 CDT) (if required)

Research and monitoring
Host: Paige Wilder, pwilder@biodiverse.org
 
3-Week of 5/1, day and time to be announced (if required)

Toxic substances
Host: Fe de Leon, deleonf@lao.on.ca

2-Thursday, 4/27, 2006, 1:30 EDT  (12:30 CDT)
3-Tuesday, 5/2, 2006, 12:15 EDT  (11:15 CDT) (if required)

Habitat, species, and biodiversity
Host: Jennifer Nalbone, jen@glu.org

2-Thursday, 4/27, 3:00 EDT (2:00 CDT)
3-Wednesday, 5/3, 1:00 EDT (12:00 CDT) (if required)

Aquatic invasive species
Host: Jennifer Nalbone, jen@glu.org

2-Thursday, 4/27, 1:00 EDT (12:00 CDT)
3-Thursday, 5/4, 1:00 EDT (12:00 CDT) (if required)
 
Coastal health (sewage outflow)
Host: Cameron Davis, cdavis@greatlakes.org

2-Monday, 5/1, 1:00 EDT (12:00 CDT)
3-Thursday, 5/4, 11:00 EDT (10:00 CDT) (if required)

Governance
Host: John Jackson, jjackson@web.ca

1-Thursday, 4/27, 3:00 EDT (2:00 CDT)
2-Monday, 5/1, 10:00 EDT (9:00 CDT)
3-Thursday, 5/4, 10:00 EDT (9:00 CDT) (if required)

Climate change
Host: Reg Gilbert, reg@glu.org

1-Monday, 5/1, 12:00 EDT (11:00 CDT)
2-Thursday, 5/4, 3:00 EDT (2:00 CDT)


All calls sponsored by Great Lakes United, the Canadian Environmental Law
Association, Alliance for the Great Lakes, and Biodiversity
Project

Reg Gilbert
Senior Coordinator
Great Lakes United

(716) 362-3152

Home office address:
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Buffalo, New York, 14222

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Buffalo State College, Cassety Hall
1300 Elmwood Ave.
Buffalo, New York, 14222

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