To view this message online, click here. <http://glc.org/email/index.html> <http://glc.org/email/11/newsbriefs12-11.html> Great Lakes Commission News Briefs A summary of issues, activities and events at the Great Lakes Commission December 20, 2011 Holiday Greetings from the Great Lakes Commission! http://www.glc.org/email/11/images/GLCHolidayCard-Web-600pxw.jpg _____ GLRI-backed sediment reduction projects started in Ohio, Indiana watersheds Kickoff events were recently held for two major sediment reduction efforts funded by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI). The Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District received a $400,000 grant for a project in Ohio's Rocky River Watershed, and the Elkhart, Indiana, Soil & Water Conservation District received $397,900 for work in the Elkhart River Watershed. <http://glc.org/email/11/newsbriefs12-11.html#story2> Read more... _____ http://www.glc.org/email/11/images/newsbriefs-image.jpg _____ The Goshen Pond Dam on the Elkhart River; Goshen, Indiana. _____ Registration now open for Great Lakes Day 2012 in Washington, D.C. <http://www.glc.org/greatlakesday> Online registration is now available for the Great Lakes Commission Semiannual Meeting and Great Lakes Day events scheduled for February 27-29, 2012, in Washington, D.C. <http://glc.org/email/11/newsbriefs12-11.html#story3> Read more... GLC's Manninen honored by Michigan Technological University http://www.glc.org/email/11/images/manninen-75pxw.jpgChristine Manninen, communications director for the Great Lakes Commission, has been named to the Michigan Technological University Presidential Council of Alumnae (PCA). She was inducted into the Council Sept. 16, 2011, by Michigan Tech President Glen Mroz. <http://glc.org/email/11/newsbriefs12-11.html#story4> Read more... Upcoming Events * Release of Chicago Area Waterway System (CAWS) report <http://glc.org/ans/chicagowaterway.html> Jan. 31, 2012 Chicago, IL Contact: Tim Eder, teder at glc.org * Great Lakes Commission Semiannual Meeting and Great Lakes Day in Washington <http://www.glc.org/greatlakesday/> Feb. 27-29, 2012 Washington, D.C. Contact: Tim Eder, teder at glc.org * 2012 Great Lakes Commission Annual Meeting Sept. 10-11, 2012 Cleveland, OH Contact: Tim Eder, teder at glc.org * Great Lakes Week Sept. 10-14, 2012 Cleveland, OH Contact: Dave Knight, dknight at glc.org _____ Great Lakes Commission 2805 S. Industrial Hwy, Suite 100 Ann Arbor, MI 48104-6791 734-971-9135 www.glc.org A News Briefs archive can be found at www.glc.org/email/archive -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.great-lakes.net/lists/glin-announce/attachments/20111220/87de97cb/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 51629 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.great-lakes.net/lists/glin-announce/attachments/20111220/87de97cb/attachment.jpe -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 76276 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.great-lakes.net/lists/glin-announce/attachments/20111220/87de97cb/attachment-0001.jpe -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 78447 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.great-lakes.net/lists/glin-announce/attachments/20111220/87de97cb/attachment-0002.jpe -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 8754 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.great-lakes.net/lists/glin-announce/attachments/20111220/87de97cb/attachment-0003.jpe