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GLRC 2nd Annual Beach Clean-up
September 19, 2009 10am-2pm

On Saturday, September 19th, 2009 New York’s Great Lakes Research Consortium is hosting its second beach clean-up at Southwick State Park and this year including Lakeview Wildlife Management Area on the eastern shore of Lake Ontario as part of this effort as well. The event was such a success last year, the GLRC collected approximately 231 pounds of trash, it had to be repeated. We hope to recruit an ample volunteer base to help us clean our shoreline. This year’s clean-up will be held from 10am-2pm. All participants will be provided a delicious lunch! We encourage anybody who is interested    in keeping our beaches clean to attend this event — and bring a friend!

Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Compact Report available

The Great Lakes Basin Advisory Council has released the draft report Our Great Lakes Water Resources: Conserving and Protecting Our Water Today for Use Tomorrow. This draft report offers recommendations to Governor Paterson and the NYS Legislature in response to the directive issued to the Council by the New York State Legislature in approving the ratifying legislation of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact (the Compact) in 2008.

The draft report is available at this website: http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/56095.html

 

 

 
New York’s Great Lakes News:

Schumer promotes Great Lakes initiative
August 25, 2009
A proposed federal initiative has the potential to help clean up local beaches and keep them open more days per year, says U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer who wants the Senate to fully fund Obama's Great Lakes initiative.

Wild Atlantic salmon found in Salmon River for first time in more than a century
August 19 , 2009
Scientists recently discovered wild young Atlantic salmon in New York's Salmon River, a tributary to Lake Ontario. This is the first time in more than a century that salmon produced naturally in the wild have been found in what was once New York's premier salmon stream.

$900,000 grant to boost industrial site cleanups
August 11, 2009
Niagara County has nearly doubled the amount of money it has available for cleaning up former industrial sites with the announcement of a $900,000 federal grant.

Finally, an answer for zebra mussels
August 6, 2009
Copper isn't going to kill all the zebra mussels, but apparently it can dissuade them from latching onto things that we don't want them fouling.

EDITORIAL: Expand Seaway? House legislation should be opposed
August 6 , 2009
Widening the St. Lawrence Seaway locks and deepening the channels in the river as envisioned by expansion enthusiasts would have adversely affected water levels, hampered homeowners, endangered wildlife and jeopardized the tourism industry.

Spitfire may soon be under attack again
August 5, 2009
Quagga mussels could threaten historic Lake Champlain shipwreck.

 
GLRC Opportunities

GLRC internship opportunities now available .

GLRC Student Travel Grants are available to support student travel to conferences. For more information...

 

 

 

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