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- NEW POLL - What would you do with a $475 million Great Lakes budget? 

-Guest Writer Scott Piggot from the Michigan Farm Bureau writing this week. 

-  Gary Wilson offers a new editorial  - Getting Restoration Right.  How can
we make sure the $475 million is spent effectively? 

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Ecology Department at Michigan Farm Bureau. Scott serves as a co-chairperson
of the Michigan Water Resources Conservation Advisory Council and served on
the Advisory Committee to the Council of Great Lakes Governors for the
development of the Great Lakes Compact and is a participant in Great Lakes
Restoration efforts. 

 
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3> - Read Scott Piggot's Posts - 

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Restoration Right, Gary Wilson looks beyond the initial excitement over the
potential Great Lakes funding and discusses what the best way to handle this
initial down payment for Great Lakes Restoration.  

 
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"..no fewer than 11 cabinet and agency organizations will be involved in
managing the $475 million.  That's a lot of bureaucracy for a relatively
small amount of federal dollars." 


 
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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: 

President Obama allotted $475 million in his 2010 budget to restore the
Great Lakes.   If you were in charge, what would be your top priority? 

-Clean up toxic hot spots.
-Restoring coastal wetlands.
-Restoring tributaries to the Great Lakes.
-Improving sewage treatment in major Great Lakes cities.
-Focus on removing invasive species. 
-Other 

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