The U.S. EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) is hosting a series of public meetings throughout the Great Lakes Basin on the President's Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. Please show support for the Great Lakes by attending the EPA Meeting on Monday, August 3 from 5 to 7pm in East Lansing. The President's 2010 Budget <http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/> provides $475 <http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/bd4379a92ceceeac8525735900400c27/5 0698106f016dcdf852575af0055f1a2%21OpenDocument> million in EPA's budget for a new Environmental Protection Agency-led, interagency Great Lakes restoration initiative, which will target the most significant problems in the region, including invasive aquatic species, non-point source pollution, and contaminated sediment. Go to the EPA <http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/glri/index.html> 's website for more background information. If you are unable to attend the meeting, please provide comments at http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/glri/outreach.html. MICHIGAN - EPA Meeting August 3, 2009, 5-7pm EDT Kellogg Center Auditorium 55 South Harrison Avenue; East Lansing, MI 48824-1022 Website: http://www.kelloggcenter.com/ Please forward this email!!! Melissa Damaschke Sierra Club Great Lakes Representative Address: 2727 Second Avenue, Room 318; Detroit, MI 48201 Phone: 313-965-0055 Website: <http://www.sierraclub.org/greatlakes> www.sierraclub.org/greatlakes Blog: <http://www.sierraclubgreatlakes.blogspot.com> www.sierraclubgreatlakes.blogspot.com Do you Tweet? Follow us on Twitter, @SC_Great_Lakes Together, we will protect the Great Lakes! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the CONS-US-CANADA-INTL-GRLAKES-COMM list, send any message to: CONS-US-CANADA-INTL-GRLAKES-COMM-signoff-request at LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp Sign up to receive Sierra Club Insider, the flagship e-newsletter. Sent out twice a month, it features the Club's latest news and activities. Subscribe and view recent editions at http://www.sierraclub.org/insider/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.great-lakes.net/lists/enviro-mich/attachments/20090731/dad56b7e/attachment-0001.html