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Weekly Update

21 September 2009

 

*	Mid-Atlantic Watersheds Update Released
*	Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Funding Letter
*	Chesapeake Bay Restoration Drafts and Reauthorization
Legislation Released

.         State of Lake Michigan and Great Lakes Beach Association
Joint Conference

 

 

Mid-Atlantic Watersheds Update Released

 

The September edition of the Mid-Atlantic
<http://www.nemw.org/images/9-09%20midatlantic%20watersheds%20update.p
df>  Watersheds Update is now available on the Northeast-Midwest
Institute website.  Legislative updates include details on recently
introduced legislation to address hypoxia, climate legislation
movements, and steps toward Chesapeake Bay Program reauthorization.
The update also features a few appropriations updates, as well as
grant opportunities and news clippings relevant to the region.

 

Contact Rachel
<mailto:rdawson at nemw.org?subject=September%20Mid-Atlantic%20Watersheds
%20Update>  Dawson (202/464-4016) at the Northeast-Midwest Institute.

 

 

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Funding Letter

 

The Great Lakes Task Force is circulating letters to the House and
Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittees in support of full
funding for the $475 million Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI)
in the Interior bill.  The GLRI is an interagency approach to funding
restoration and protection efforts in the Great Lakes.  The Senate
bill includes $400 million, and the House bill includes $475 million.
The deadline for signing the letter is Monday, September 28.

 

Contact Joy
<mailto:joy_mulinex at levin.senate.gov?subject=Corps%20of%20Engineers%20
Briefing>  Mulinex (202/224-1211) at the Great Lakes Task Force.

 

 

Chesapeake Bay Restoration Drafts

and Reauthorization Legislation Released

 

On Thursday, September 10, EPA publicly released seven draft
Chesapeake Bay restoration plans developed by several federal
agencies, meeting a goal set forth in the President's May 12 Executive
Order.  The reports
<http://executiveorder.chesapeakebay.net/default.aspx>  address issues
including storm water management, climate change, public access, and
increased monitoring and enforcement.  Public comment is encouraged
after November 9.  Prior to the release of the draft reports, Senator
Ben Cardin (D-MD) unveiled legislation that would reauthorize the
Chesapeake Bay Program previously reauthorized in 2000.  This bill
would also give the EPA more power for enforcement.

 

Contact Rachel
<mailto:rdawson at nemw.org?subject=Chesapeake%20Bay%20Restoration%20Draf
ts>  Dawson (202/464-4016) at the Northeast-Midwest Institute.

 

 

Annual U.S. Areas of Concern Program Meeting

 

The annual U.S. Areas of Concern (AOCs) program
<http://glc.org/rap/aocconference>  meeting will be held in
conjunction with the Joint Conference on October 1-2, also at the
Hyatt Regency, 333 West Kilbourn Avenue, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
AOCs are severely degraded geographic areas within the Great Lakes
Basin.  They are defined by the U.S.-Canada Great Lakes Water
<http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/glwqa/>  Quality Agreement as "geographic
areas that fail to meet the general or specific objectives of the
agreement where such failure has caused or is likely to cause
impairment of beneficial use of the area's ability to support aquatic
life."

 

Participants from the 30 U.S. AOCs will review recent developments
affecting the program; discuss approaches for implementing delisting
targets; build capacity to implement on-the-ground restoration
actions; identify opportunities to address AOC restoration priorities
under President Obama's Great Lakes Restoration Initiative; improve
linkages between the AOCs, Lakewide Management Plans (LaMPs) and other
programs; and consider actions that will strengthen the regional U.S.
AOC program.

 

Contact Matt
<mailto:mdoss at glc.org?subject=Annual%20AOC%20Program%20Meeting>  Doss
(734/971-9135) at the Great Lakes Commission.

 

 

State of Lake Michigan/Great Lakes Beach Association Joint Conference 

 

On September 29-October 1, the Sixth Biennial State of Lake Michigan
and the Ninth Annual Great Lakes Beach Association 2009 Annual Joint
Conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency, 333 West Kilbourn
Avenue, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

 

The conference convenes scientists, resource managers, local
officials, and interest groups, to assess current conditions and
progress toward improving Great Lakes beaches and Lake Michigan.  The
information presented is used to revise the Lake Michigan
<http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/michigan.html>  Lakewide Management Plan
(LaMP), improve lake and beach management, and protect public health.
The conference is also an excellent opportunity to improve regional
coordination and share successes, challenges and new ideas.

 

For more information, or to register for the conference, visit the
conference web site <http://www.aqua.wisc.edu/solm> .

 

Contact Victoria Harris
<mailto:harrisv at uwgb.edu?subject=Joint%20Conference>  (920/465-2795)
at the University of Wisconsin's Sea Grant Institute.

 

 

 
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