GLIN==> Great Lakes Commission NEWS BRIEFS: Nov. 3, 2011

 <http://glc.org/email/11/newsbriefs11-11.html> Great Lakes Commission News
Briefs



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

November 3, 2011 



 

New York’s Tierney and Indiana’s Bennett to lead GLC for 2011-12 
James Tierney, assistant administrator for water resources at the New York
State Department of Environmental Conservation, was re-elected chair of the
Great Lakes Commission, and Kari Bennett, commissioner of the Indiana
Utility Regulatory Commission, was re-elected vice chair at the Commission’s
2011 Annual Meeting Oct. 11-12 in Detroit.
<http://glc.org/email/11/newsbriefs11-11.html#story1> Read more... 


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GLC Annual Meeting attendees enjoyed a memorable cruise on the Detroit River
the evening of Oct. 11, sponsored by JJR, LLC; Environmental Consulting and
Technology; and the USGS Great Lakes Science Center. Photo courtesy Sanjiv
Sinha, ECT. 

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New GLC study examines relationships between water and electrical power
production 
A recently completed research project by the Great Lakes Commission focuses
on the issue of whether impacts on water sources used to generate
electricity should help drive future energy production policy in the Great
Lakes basin.  <http://glc.org/email/11/newsbriefs11-11.html#story2> Read
more... 


 

Tom Crane honored for 25 years at the Great Lakes Commission 
  <http://www.glc.org/email/11/images/Crane-small.jpg> Thomas R. Crane,
deputy director of the Great Lakes Commission, was recently honored for 25
years of service to the Commission. Crane joined the GLC in 1986 as a
natural resources program specialist and has subsequently held a number of
positions including resource management program manager and interim
executive director.  <http://glc.org/email/11/newsbriefs11-11.html#story3>
Read more... 


 

New Québec intern at Great Lakes Commission 
Youness Elhariri of Montreal, Québec, recently joined the Great Lakes
Commission as the 2011-12 Québec intern. Each year the Government of Québec
sponsors a GLC internship to provide Québec graduate students experience in
international policy and resource management.
<http://glc.org/email/11/newsbriefs11-11.html#story4> Read more... 


 

Upcoming Events

*	Meeting of the Great Lakes Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species
<http://glc.org/ans/panel.html#glpmeet> 
Nov. 30 - Dec. 1, 2011
Ann Arbor, Michigan
*	Great Lakes Commission Semiannual Meeting and Great Lakes Days in
Washington <http://www.glc.org/greatlakesday/> 
Washington, D.C.


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Great Lakes Commission
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www.glc.org
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