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May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 References Daily News Regional Press Room |
New on GLIN Archive Overview | New This Month 
Overview Each day as new information is added to the GLIN indices, it is archived here. Current Great Lakes issues, upcoming events, and new Great Lakes-related publications or web sites of interest, are just a sampling of what you'll find in this section. The items are archived monthly.
May 2013 GLFC Annual Meeting (5/17) The 58th Annual Meeting of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission will take place May 29-30, 2013, in Montreal, Quebec. Keynote speakers include Grand Rapids, Mich., Mayor George Hartwell, and Michael Cahall of the Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program. There is no charge to attend, but you must RSVP. IJC releases 16th Biennial Report on Great Lakes Water Quality (5/16) This week, the International Joint Commission (IJC) released a report on how the health of the Great Lakes has changed over the past 25 years. While sustained governmental and public efforts have measurably improved Great Lakes water quality, rapid reduction in ice cover and the resurgence of some pollutants like excess nutrients are among the indicators currently raising concerns. Great Lakes Now Connect: Beaches (5/14) On May 14, Detroit Public Television and The Nature Conservancy teamed up to broadcast a new Great Lakes Now Town Hall event. The discussion, focused on Great Lakes beaches, is available to view online. IAGLR 2013 (5/13) The 56th Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research will be held on the campus of Purdue University, in West Lafayette, Ind., June 2-6. This year, the theme is "Great Lakes Restoration and Resiliency." Online registration for the conference ends this Friday, May 17, so be sure to register now! 21st annual St. Louis River Quest sets sail (5/10) Boatloads of sixth-graders carrying River Quest “passports” to document their adventures will explore the Duluth-Superior Harbor May 13-16. They'll board the Vista Star excursion boat to learn all about the St. Louis River estuary. The 21st annual St. Louis River Quest will draw nearly 1,400 students to the waterfront this year. Pictures: Extreme algae blooms (5/9) A boat motors through a 2011 algae bloom on Lake Erie near Toledo, Ohio, in an image taken for an article on fertilizing the world in the May 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. Check it out, along with other images of massive algae blooms in Lake Erie and across the world. Positive attitudes toward an improving Lake Huron fishery (5/7) Three Lake Huron Regional Fisheries workshops hosted throughout April in Ubly, Oscoda, and Cedarville, Mich. offered good news up and down the coastline regarding the health of the Lake Huron fishery. Getting a jump on aquatic invasive species (5/6) A collaboration of University of Notre Dame researchers, invasive species experts, and outreach specialists from the Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant are producing a single set of tools to evaluate invasive species, using factors such as the ability to survive in Great Lakes conditions, and how difficult the species is to control. GLIN May Site of the Month (5/3) Did you check out GLIN's May Site of the Month yet? The honor goes to the Great Lakes Coastal Resilience Planning Guide, which provides data, tools, methods and solutions for improving land use, infrastructure and natural resource planning and policies throughout the coastal watershed. Low Great Lakes water levels webinar (5/2) The University of Michigan is hosting an special seminar about the causes, consequences, and economic implications of low Great Lakes water levels on Thursday, May 30, 2013 at U-M's Palmer Commons in Ann Arbor, Mich. Registration is required for both the in-person event and the online webcast. GLIN May Site of the Month (5/1) The GLIN May Site of the Month is the Great Lakes Coastal Resilience Planning Guide, which provides data, tools, methods and solutions for improving land use, infrastructure and natural resource planning and policies throughout the coastal watershed.
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