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You may have noticed a break in e-mail updates from the Town Hall. But we are back and better than ever! We have been re-organizing and updating the site to make the content more relevant and discussion more focused on current events around the Great Lakes. 

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- EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Representative Dan Scripps of Michigan 
-Dave Dempsey retired his blog earlier this year. We are pleased to announce he will be continuing to regularly post his views and ideas on the new " Dave's Place " 

- Guest Essay - Sara Clement, project manager with an Australian Consultancy , shares her thoughts on the Great Lakes and water diversions. 

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Dave's Place 



dave.jpgWind power, Great Lakes Day in DC, the most recent press on current events - find them all on the new Dave's Place. A long time Great Lakes advocate shares what he thinks are the problems facing the Great Lakes and what we need to do to act. Have a question or comment? Speak up and support a lively discussion. 


Guest Feature 


What can Great Lakers learn from Australia? Find out what the current "water wars" down under can teach us about diversions. 

Sarah Clement is a project manager with Beckwith Environmental Planning, an Australian consultancy providing social science research and environmental planning services to private and public sector clients. 	

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Town Hall editors recently caught up with Rep. Scripps and asked him about his public trust legislation, the Asian Carp issue, including the federal response, and how water fits into revitalizing Michigan's economy. 

Excerpt from interview: 


(GLTH) Everyone knows that Michigan's economy is struggling mightily. Do you believe that environmental priorities need to take a back seat until the economy recovers? 

( DS ) This is a false choice given to us by the people who defend the status quo because it's in their narrow self-interest to do so.... No one wants to visit a state with polluted beaches, or fish in rivers and lakes where all the trout and salmon have been pushed out by the Asian carp. Like I mentioned before, jobs in our three largest industries - manufacturing, tourism and agriculture - depend on healthy waters, and we need to ensure they're protected. 

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