GLIN Daily News RSS Feed for Restoration http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ 2009-07-03T14:01:01-04:00 http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ http://www.glin.net/news/rss.gif text/html 2009-07-01T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090630/OPINION01/306309996/-1/OPINION21 We welcome the news that Congress appears ready to commit $475 million to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. Freshwater is crucial to Erie's economy and we should never take it for granted. text/html 2009-07-01T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.post-trib.com/news/porter/1646566,pbrief0701.article The Indiana Dunes State Park will receive $1.4 million in federal stimulus funds from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to restore the Dunes Creek Watershed. text/html 2009-07-01T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.nbc26.com/Global/story.asp?S=10623974 Southeast Wisconsin will receive nearly $5 million in federal funds to remove a dam and a number of fish barriers on the Milwaukee River. The funds will also be used to enhance watershed habitat in the Port Washington area. text/html 2009-07-01T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.grandhaventribune.com/paid/350104181693332.bsp The federal government has awarded $10 million in economic stimulus money to the Great Lakes Commission for a wetland and wildlife habitat restoration project on Muskegon Lake. text/html 2009-06-30T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.noaa.gov/recovery/ Today, NOAA announced that it has selected 50 high quality, high priority projects to restore U.S. coasts on a grand scale, including 3 projects in the Great Lakes Region. View an interactive map of the project areas, and read the press release from the Great Lakes Commission regarding the Muskegon Lake project. text/html 2009-06-26T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/glri/2010GLRIProgramsProjects.pdf This new document provides a greater level of detail regarding the programs and projects to be funded through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. text/html 2009-06-24T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.freep.com/article/20090621/SPORTS10/906210504/1058/Great+Lakes+require+great+changes We have finite resources available to fix a seemingly infinite number of problems in the Great Lakes, so any choices we make better bring the biggest bang for the buck. text/html 2009-06-19T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jun2009/2009-06-18-094.asp The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works approved six water-related bills on Thursday, including the controversial Clean Water Restoration Act. text/html 2009-06-18T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/article/20090616/OPINION01/906160302/1014/OPINION The Great Lakes are a shared resource - and responsibility - of both the United States and Canada. That is why the two nations first signed the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement in 1972, renewed it in 1978 and amended it in 1987. text/html 2009-06-18T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.freep.com/article/20090616/OPINION05/90616043/1231/opinion/Great+Lakes+goals+are+specific++clear The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is a well-thought-out plan with clear objectives. The Restoration Initiative will benefit not only fish, wildlife and the Great Lakes ecosystem but also the sporting traditions that depend on them, our economy, and quality of life in the Great Lakes State.