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July 2009 Sleeping Bear Dunes Visitors Bureau (7/31) The Sleeping Bear Dunes Visitors Bureau website is a well-organized, one-stop planning resource for a trip to Michigan's Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and the surrounding areas. Michigan Areas of Concern GLRI Workshop (7/30) Register now for the upcoming workshop entitled Building Capacity and Partnerships to Restore Michigan’s Great Lakes Areas of Concern Under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. Win a free iPod and help GLIN grow! (7/29) We want to hear from you! How do you use GLIN and how can we make it better? Take the GLIN Survey and tell us! From all the surveys received, two lucky winners will receive a free 4 gb iPod Shuffle from our Sept. 15 drawing. Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Stakeholder Meetings: EPA Presentation (7/28) Slides from the presentations being given by the U.S. EPA at the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Stakeholder Meetings are now available online. The slides provide background information about the Great Lakes, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Proposed Programs for implementation in Fiscal Year 2010, and the Great Lakes Multi-Year Action Plan Outline. Public meetings on Great Lakes Restoration this week (7/27) This week, public meetings on the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative will be held in Ohio (Monday), Pennsylvania (Tuesday), and New York (Wednesday). Aquatic Sciences Chronicle (7/24) The summer 2009 edition of the Aquatic Sciences Chronicle is now available online. The Chronicle delivers the latest news from the Aquatic Sciences Center, the administrative home of the Sea Grant and Water Resources institutes at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The MiCorps Monitor (7/23) The July edition of the MiCorps Monitor, the newsletter of the Michigan Clean Water Corps (MiCorps), is now available online. The publication features updates and information on the activities and individuals of the MiCorps program. Great Lakes Restoration: Provide your input online! (7/22) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to spend $475 million on the first round of a Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. If you want to put in your two cents on how the money should be spent, the EPA is making it easy: visit this online comment form. Great Lakes: 'Amazing change' (7/21) Recently published in the University of Michigan's Michigan Today magazine is an electronic slide show, video and article about the changes in the Great Lakes ecosystem due to the invasion of zebra and quagga mussels. Legislative Priorities Tracking on GLIN (7/20) Track Great Lakes legislation, pending bills, appropriations, members of Congress and more at this web site! The site is updated daily with news, upcoming hearing schedules and more. 101st Race to Mackinac (7/17) The world’s longest annual freshwater distance sailing race kicks off July 17-18, 2009. Lake Superior Day (7/16) Lake Superior Day is held annually the third Sunday in July to encourage people to take action to help protect or restore one of the world's largest freshwater lakes. Lake Superior Day events are being held July 16-19, 2009. Great Lakes Restoration Initiative: Public Meetings (7/15) The public is invited to participate in a series of meetings on the President's Great Lakes Restoration Initiative to learn about the Initiative as well as provide feedback on the Initiative's plans and programs. Coastal Zone '09 (7/14) The Coastal Zone '09 conference will be held July 19-23, 2009 in Boston, Mass. This year's theme is "Revolutionary Times: Catching the Wave of Change." The conference will feature tools and information for managing our changing coastal resources. Great Lakes Photography Contest (7/13) Great Lakes Forever's annual Great Lakes photo contest is an effort to raise awareness of the Great Lakes and engage people in their protection. Submissions to this year's contest are being accepted through August 14, 2009. Invasive Species Experts Directory (7/10) This online national directory of invasive species experts, developed by the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, is designed to assist with identification of and rapid response to invasive species. Draft Report: Recommendations for Implementing the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact (7/9) A draft report that provides suggestions on how to implement the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact in New York State is now available for public review. Public recommendations on the report are being accepted until August 14, 2009. Grass River Natural Area (7/8) The Grass River Natural Area encompasses lakes, a meandering river, rushing streams and crystal clear creeks — a haven for plant and animal life, including both rare and endangered species spanning five distinct ecotones. Download their spring newsletter for events and activities information. Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (7/7) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today the launch of the online Environmental Public Health Tracking Network, a surveillance tool that scientists, health professionals, and - for the first time - members of the public can use to track environmental exposures and chronic health conditions. National Cherry Festival (7/6) The 83rd annual National Cherry Festival is under way in Traverse City, Mich., which attracts more than a half million people to the area. Michigan grows about 75 percent of the U.S. crop of tart cherries, more than 250 million pounds. The HELM newsletter (7/2) The spring 2009 issue of Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant’s newsletter, The HELM, is now available online. Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission (7/1) GLIN's July Site of the Month is the Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC), which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. GLIFWC provides natural resource management expertise, conservation enforcement, legal and policy analysis, and public information services to its member bands.
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