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Strategic plan targets invasive species
The Superior Daily Telegram (11/17)
Douglas County’s Land Conservation Committee is forwarding a plan to the county board that takes aim at invasive species.
Mich. Clean Marina Program: Public-private partners work together to improve water quality
Grand Rapids Environmental News Examiner (11/9)
Partners from the public and private sector in Michigan are working together in a voluntary program to improve the quality of the Great Lakes.
Researchers seek funding for wind test site in Lake Michigan
Grand Rapids Environmental News Examiner (11/7)
In a recent article in The Muskegon Chronicle, it was reported that researchers at Grand Valley State University’s Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center (MAREC) cited a lack of year-around data (on wind platform testing) needed by prospective development companies.
COMMENTARY: Senate needs to pass clean energy act to help Michigan
The Grand Rapids Press (10/26)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was absolutely correct with his recent proclamation about the current condition of the Great Lakes State: "The State of Michigan," Reid declared from the Senate Floor, with a copy Time Magazine in his hand, "is in trouble."
First Nation women 'walk the environmental talk'
WeNews (10/23)
Tomorrow's global day of climate activism aims for media and political attention. First Nation women have another way. Since 2003, they've walked the shoreline of a Great Lake or major river, meditating on the needs of an unborn generation.
City making big push for water school
The Business Journal (10/23)
The push is on to convince the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee that the best location for its new School of Freshwater Sciences is near the university’s existing Great Lakes Water Institute on East Greenfield Avenue.
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6 | More information & references
GLIN Maritime in the Great Lakes Region
Features information on ports, laws, publications, shipping news and more.
Great Lakes and Seaway Shipping
Created and maintained by Neil Schultheiss, this site includes daily tracking of vessel passages, discussion forums, historical information about ships and shipwrecks, and extensive photo galleries.
Great Lakes Fleet Photo Gallery
Organized alphabetically by fleet.
Lake Carriers' Association
The LCA is the trade association representing U.S.-Flag vessel operators on the Great Lakes.
St. Lawrence Seaway System Fact Sheet
Includes physical dimensions and statistics from the most recent navigation season.
The Soo Locks Page
Photos and history courtesy of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District.
Great Lakes Dredging Team
Information about dredging around the Great Lakes, dredged material management and more.
By the Capes: A Primer on U.S. Coastwise Laws
"What is the Jones Act?" and other commonly asked questions are addressed in this document from the U.S. Maritime Administration.
Environmental Resources Center
University of Wisconsin Extension
1450 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706-1562
Attention: Joyce McConnell
e-mail address: mjmcconn@facstaff.wisc.edu
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"Tommy Trent's ABC's of the Seaway"
Published by The St. Lawrence Seaway Authority*, 1988. For copies, call 613-932-5170. Not yet published online. Excellent resource for kids on how the locks work, tips on ship watching, flag signals and other seaway communications.
About America's Jones Act Fleet
Published by the Maritime Cabotage Task Force
Dredging and the Great Lakes
A full-color, illustrated booklet that highlights issues such as the beneficial use of dredged material, the role of sedimentation, the dredging connection with commercial navigation and the citizen's role in the dredging process.
Great Lakes/Seaway Log
Published biweekly by Harbor House Publishers, Inc., Boyne City, Mich.
Great Lakes Seaway Review Magazine
Published quarterly by Harbor House Publishers, Inc., Boyne City, Mich.
The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.
The Great Lakes: A Waterways Management Challenge
Great Lakes Waterways Management Forum, 2000.
Living with the Lakes
Great Lakes Commission and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1999.
Navigating the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System...the Shortcut to North America's Heartland
Joint publication of the The Saint Lawrence Seaway Authority* and Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.
The St. Lawrence Seaway: Into the Heart of a Continent
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, 1996.
U.S.-Flag Shipping on the Great Lakes
Lake Carriers' Association, 1997.
*Note: Effective Oct. 1, 1998, Canada abolished the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority in Ottawa and transfered its functions to a new not-for-profit entity known as the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation in Cornwall, Ontario. The change was made in conformance with the 1998 Canada Marine Act.
Graphic: Freighter crossing the Straits of Mackinac connecting lakes Michigan and Huron