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New Report on Community Benefits from Investments in Toxic Area Clean Up

by Anna Brunner | Aug 13, 2019 | Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

A new report from the International Association for Great Lakes Research examines progress and lessons learned from some of the most historically polluted areas across the Great Lakes region—known as Areas of Concern. The report covers 10 detailed case studies on the...

Coalition Policy Director Testifies in Congress, Supporting Great Lakes Restoration

by Anna Brunner | Feb 27, 2019 | Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

Yesterday, the Policy Director for the Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition, Chad Lord, testified in congress regarding the beneficial impact of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative in the eight-state region of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to Host Public Engagement Sessions On Great Lakes Restoration

by Anna Brunner | Jun 1, 2018 | Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced a series of public engagement meetings to be held throughout the summer across the region. These meetings are focused around gathering public feedback in developing the next iteration of the Great Lakes Regional...

U.S. Senators Ask Office of Management and Budget to Fund GLRI at $300 Million in FY19

by Anna Brunner | Oct 23, 2017 | Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

Thirteen Great Lakes Senators sent a letter to the White House Office of Management and Budget yesterday asking it to support $300 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative in next year’s presidential budget request. As the letter points out: “The GLRI...

Community Benefits from Kinnickinnic River Rivitalization

by Anna Brunner | Jun 24, 2016 | Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

Communities along the Kinnickinnic River in Milwaukee, Wis. are benefiting from Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding that has been used to remove concrete channelization and naturalize the space. We have previously written about this work on the Kinnickinnic as...

House Subcommittee to Vote Wednesday on Great Lakes Program Funding

by Anna Brunner | May 24, 2016 | Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

The U.S. House Interior and Environment subcommittee has scheduled a markup of its appropriations bill for Wednesday, May 25. The legislation contains proposed funding levels for several core Great Lakes programs. Based on the draft that was released today, the bill...

New Report on Community Benefits from Investments in Toxic Area Clean Up

Coalition Policy Director Testifies in Congress, Supporting Great Lakes Restoration

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to Host Public Engagement Sessions On Great Lakes Restoration

U.S. Senators Ask Office of Management and Budget to Fund GLRI at $300 Million in FY19

Community Benefits from Kinnickinnic River Rivitalization

House Subcommittee to Vote Wednesday on Great Lakes Program Funding

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