Michigan Great Lakes Protection and Restoration Update June 2009 Edition now available The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality's Office of the Great Lakes has prepared this update at the request of Lt. Governor John Cherry to provide information on progress towards implementation of the MI-Great Lakes Plan which was released in January 2009. Highlights include: - MI-Great Lakes Plan: Our Path to Protect and Restore Michigan's Natural Treasures - Lt. Governor Cherry Announces 'Green Jobs for Blue Waters' Initiative - Advancing Michigan's Great Lakes Protection and Restoration Near-Term Actions Priorities - President Obama's Great Lakes Restoration Initiative - "Sustain Our Great Lakes" Program Announces $1.5 Million in Grants to Protect and Restore Great Lakes - Recovery Act Funding Available for Michigan Clean Diesel Project - Michigan Volunteer Stream Monitoring Grant Awards for 2009 - Michigan Volunteer River, Stream, and Creek Cleanup Grant Awards for 2009 - Recovery Act Funding Announcements The Michigan Great Lakes Protection and Restoration Update June 2009 Edition is available at www.michigan.gov/documents/deq/MI-GL-Plan-Update6-09_281553_7.pdf <http://www.michigan.gov/documents/deq/MI-GL-Plan-Update6-09_281553_7.pd f> . Emily Finnell Office of the Great Lakes Michigan Department of Environmental Quality P.O. Box 30473 Lansing, MI 48909-7973 517-241-7927 finnelle at michigan.gov -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.great-lakes.net/lists/glin-announce/attachments/20090617/a42abda8/attachment.html