Indiana
Department of Environmental Management
www.in.gov/idem
![GLIN Site of the Month]() Environmental protection in
Indiana has come a long way since 1986, when the Indiana Department
of Environmental Management (IDEM) was established. Since then, IDEM
has grown to a staff of 900, and employs some of Indiana's most
qualified engineers, scientists and environmental project managers
specializing in air, land, pollution prevention and water quality
issues. IDEM provides quality environmental oversight and technical
assistance in local communities and around the state. Whether a
business owner, consultant, student, farmer, teacher or parent, IDEM
is here to help fellow Hoosiers.
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Lake Erie Balanced Growth
Program
www.epa.state.oh.us/oleo/bg1
![]() The Lake Erie
Balanced Growth program is the product of the Balanced Growth Blue
Ribbon Task Force to address serious problems associated with land
use change in the Lake Erie basin.
New low water level advisories, real-time current
meters
http://glakesonline.nos.noaa.gov
Low
Water Advisories are now posted for any Great Lakes water level
station where the water level is below the Low Water Datum for that
station. Real-time
current meter data are also now available for the Cuyahoga and
Maumee rivers, with a third being planned on the St Clair River.
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Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes Seaway
Trail
www.seawaytrail.com/shipwrecks.asp
![]() The Seaway Trail Discovery Center
will host an exhibit featuring a series of interpretive panels on
wrecks from Lake Erie to the St. Lawrence River, an interactive
underwater learning program, diving and underwater photography
exhibits, a series of presentations and much more, running May 17 -
Sept. 20.
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IJC 2007 Great Lakes Biennial Meeting
announced
www.ijc.org/rel/2007biennial
"Sustainable Cities, Healthy Watersheds" is the theme of this
large-scale Great Lakes conference, scheduled for June 6-8 at the
Univ. of Illinois at Chicago. The meeting will focus on current
science and issues regarding the health of the Great Lakes and
include in-depth discussions on a wide range of topics fundamental
to the review of the Great Lakes
Water Quality Agreement. Also check out the Keep the
Great Lakes Great Video Contest.
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