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Welcome to the Great Lakes Town Hall! 

Weekly update for March 30 - April 3, 2009. 

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  The Daily Post 

 

 
<https://97a15b229a-custmedia.vresp.com/library/1238432319/9936992fb0/Town%2
0Hall/picture-1927.jpg> Laura Randall grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota
attended high school in Minneapolis.  There she grew an interest in the
natural sciences, Spanish language and studio art.  She is currently an
undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, studying Biology
Conservation and Environmental studies. She spent her junior year studying
abroad in Ecuador, where she was introduced to tropical and community
conservation.  This past summer she lived in northern Wisconsin near Boulder
Junction at the UW Limnology research station.  This was her first
influential introduction to just a few of the Great Lakes issues. 

She will graduate this spring and plans to work in environmental education
around Madison. She would love to resume traveling, especially to Ecuador to
pursue a local cooperative project and make connections between communities,
working towards similar goals. 

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The Weekly Editorial 

In this week's Editorial entitled "The Proposed New Berlin Diversion:
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practical test of the Great Lakes Compact in the "straddling community" of
New Berlin, Wisconsin.  Should and will the city be granted a water
diversion to provide water for their citizens and businesses?  

Jessica writes, 

"...the Compact requires that applications for exceptions such as that under
which New Berlin is applying, clearly indicate that the applicant's need for
water 'cannot be reasonably avoided.' Without even a current water
conservation plan in place, how can this need be accurately measured?" 

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*Scroll down for more information on Jessica Smith, the new Great Lakes Town
Hall Manager 


  April's Monthly Feature: New Poll! 

Each month we premier one of three added features of the Great Lakes Town
Hall.  These three consist of Opinion Polls, 5 Questions and the Great Lakes
Spotlight. 

This month, the Great Lakes Town Hall poses a new question for the readers: 

Do you favor sharing Great Lakes water on a short-term basis to save human
lives during emergencies in water impoverished areas? 

-Absolutely yes.
-Yes, if...
-Maybe, depending on...
-No, except for...
-Absolutely not. 

*Please expand on your answers in the Comments section!* 

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  New Great Lakes Town Hall Manager! 

Beginning this week, Jessica Smith, Communications Director for the
Biodiversity Project, will take over the roll of the Great Lakes Town Hall
Manager.  Jessica has lived near the Great Lakes all of her life, as she was
born and raised in northern Michigan and currently lives in Chicago,
Illinois.  A graduate of the University of Michigan with a B.A. in English
and an M.F.A. in Poetry, Jessica appreciates the power of well-chosen words
and effective communication.  She's looking forward to becoming part of the
Great Lakes Town Hall team, and welcomes your feedback and ideas! 

  

The former Town Hall Manager, Brenna Wanous, will be pursuing a career in
environmentally-conscious and sustainable landscaping and gardening.  After
two years of working with Dave Dempsey, Gary Wilson and the Town Hall users,
she will miss the regular engagement on the website but will continue to
participate in the discussion regardless of her future career and location. 

  

Please direct your Town Hall-related questions and comments to Jessica Smith
at jsmith <mailto:jsmith at biodiverse.org>  at biodiverse.org. 

  



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