The Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition is a strong voice for Great Lakes restoration in Washington, D.C., and regularly sends letters to members of Congress, the White House and federal agencies to win federal funding and policy victories that will help restore the Great Lakes. Read the coalition’s letters below:
2018
Coalition Analysis of the House and Senate Versions of the 2018 Farm Bill (June 25, 2018)
Coalition and Advocates Urge House Appropriators to Fund Great Lakes priorities (March 22, 2018)
Coalition and Advocates Urge Senate Appropriators to Fund Great Lakes priorities (March 22, 2018)
2017
2016
Coalition Urges Congress to Take Action this Fall to Protect the Great Lakes (September 7, 2016)
Groups urge appropriators in the U.S. Senate to fund important Great Lakes programs (March 22, 2016)
2015
Coalition supports raising Great Lakes pilotage rates to commensurate levels (December 9, 2015)
Coalition Supports the Defending our Great Lakes Act of 2015 (April 6, 2015)
2014
2013
Coalition Urges Congressional Negotiators to Pass Strong Farm Bill (October 25, 2013)
Groups Urge Obama Administration to Support Great Lakes in 2015 Budget (October 18, 2013)
Coalition Submits Comments on the Great Lakes Restoration Action Plan (July 12, 2013)
2012
Coalition Submits Comments to EPA on Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (November 15, 2012)
Coalition Urges Federal Agencies to Maintain Funding for Great Lakes Restoration Initiative in Obama Administration’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request (August 1, 2012). Read the letters sent to the: Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Agriculture, Department of the Interior, Environmental Protection Agency and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
In Comments to EPA, Coalition Supports Creation of Great Lakes Advisory Board (June 27, 2012)
Coalition Supports Recommendations of Science Advisory Board (March 22, 2012)
2011
Groups Support Asian Carp Amendment in Budget Bill (December 9, 2011)
Great Lakes Groups Oppose House Bill that Dismantles Clean Water Protections (July 13, 2011)
Coalition opposes continuing resolution that cuts restoration funding (February 17, 2011)
2010
Coalition shares “Progress and Promise” report with U.S. Senate and U.S. House (October 2010)
Coalition comments on implementation of Great Lakes Restoration Initiative in 2011 (August 30, 2010)
Coalition urges U.S. Senate to mark up Great Lakes Ecosystem Protection Act (June 16, 2010)
Coalition supports amendment to Clean Estuaries Act of 2010 (April 14, 2010)
Coalition urges U.S. House to mark up Great Lakes Ecosystem Protection Act (March 30, 2010)
Coalition urges federal government to take action on Asian carp (January 28, 2010)
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