GLIN==> Great Lakes Commission News Briefs: Nov. 3, 2010

 <http://www.glc.org> Great Lakes Commission News Briefs



A summary of issues, activities and events 
at the Great Lakes Commission 

November 3, 2010 



 

Kickoff event marks start of Little Elkhart River sediment reduction program

One of the first large scale soil erosion control projects funded by the
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) got underway recently following a
kickoff ceremony in LaGrange County, Indiana. The Little Elkhart River
Sediment Reduction Program is one of nine watershed-scale projects
coordinated by the Great Lakes Basin Program for Soil Erosion and Sediment
Control with GLRI grants totaling over $4.3 million.
<http://glc.org/email/10/newsbriefs11-10.html#story1> Read more... 


 

New York's James Tierney assumes Chair of Great Lakes Commission; Kari Evans
Bennett of Indiana is Vice Chair 
At its 2010 Annual Meeting in Toronto October 8, James Tierney, assistant
commissioner for the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation's Division of Water Resources, was elected the new chair of the
Great Lakes Commission. He succeeds Illinois Governor Pat Quinn who
completed a two-year term. Elected vice chair was Kari Evans Bennett,
general counsel for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. A recap of
the Annual Meeting is now available at
<http://www.glc.org/about/glcmeetings.html>
www.glc.org/about/glcmeetings.html.
<http://glc.org/email/10/newsbriefs11-10.html#story2> Read more... 


 

Obama Administration hosts Great Lakes offshore wind workshop in Chicago
with Great Lakes Wind Collaborative 
The White House Council on Environmental Quality and the U.S. Department of
Energy hosted a workshop with the Great Lakes Wind Collaborative in Chicago
Oct. 26-27, focused on the siting of offshore wind power in the Great Lakes.
<http://glc.org/email/10/newsbriefs11-10.html#story3> Read more... 


 

Great Lakes Commission position available: Program Specialist - GIS 
The Program Specialist-GIS position is a key member of one or more Great
Lakes Commission project teams, working with other project staff to carry
out assigned tasks as necessary and deliver products within an established
budget and time line. More information is available at
<http://www.glc.org/announce/10/10progspec.html>
www.glc.org/announce/10/10progspec.html.
<http://glc.org/email/10/newsbriefs11-10.html#story4> Read more... 


 

Upcoming Events

*	Water Utility Conservation Rates in the Great Lakes: An
<http://www.allianceforwaterefficiency.org/rates-wrkshp-form.aspx>
Interactive Workshop 
Nov. 8, 2010
Racine, WI
*	Water Utility Conservation Rates in the Great Lakes: An
<http://www.allianceforwaterefficiency.org/rates-wrkshp-form.aspx>
Interactive Workshop
Nov. 10, 2010
Buffalo, NY
*	Atmospheric Toxics Webinar Series: Multimedia Monitoring
<http://glc.org/glad/meetings/webinar/> 
Nov. 17, 2010
Webinar - Online
*	Atmospheric Toxics Webinar Series: Multimedia Models
<http://glc.org/glad/meetings/webinar/> 
Nov. 30, 2010
Webinar - Online
*	Meeting of the Great Lakes Panel on Aquatic Nuisance
<http://glc.org/ans/panel.html#glpmeet>  Species 
Dec. 8-9, 2010
Ann Arbor, MI
*	Great Lakes Days in Washington <http://www.glc.org/greatlakesday/> 
Mar. 1-2, 2011
Washington, D.C.


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Great Lakes Commission
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www.glc.org
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