Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat News
The Newsletter of the Great Lakes
Aquatic Habitat Network and Fund
Volume 10, Number 1 • January-February 2002
Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat NewsThe Newsletter of the Great Lakes
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March 19-21, 2002
Freshwater Spills Symposium, Cleveland, Ohio
Exchange of information on the unique problems of freshwater oil spills hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Contact: Beatriz Oliveira. E-mail: oilinfo@epa.gov. www.freshwaterspills.net/fss2002
April 8-9, 2002
Partnering for Sustainability Conference, Toronto, Ontario
An interactive educational forum that demonstrates how Canadian government, industry, and non-governmental organizations can find new and innovative ways to work together to promote sustainability. Contact: Anthony Watanabe. PH: (416)-944-9200 (ext 254). E-mail: wantabe@strategyinstitute.com
April 26, 2002
Great Lakes Symposium, Belleville, Ontario
Earth Week Great Lakes Symposium. Speakers include Dr. Gail Krantzberg, International Joint Commission on the “State of the Lakes”/ Mike Gilbertson on Human Health/ John Jackson, Great Lakes United on Water Quantity, more. Contact: Christine Durant. PH: (613)-394-3915 (ext 13). E-mail: communications@bqrap.ca
May 5-8, 2002
The Great Lakes Commission is holding its 2002 Semi-annual Meeting from May 5-8, 2002 in Quebec City. The theme is “Our Lakes, Our Rivers, Our Future: Ensuring Environmental and Economic Prosperity.” For more information: Great Lakes Commission, www.glc.org, Phone: (734)-665-9135;
E-mail: glc@great-lakes.net.
June 2-7, 2002
The 23rd Annual Conference Society of Wetland Scientists will be holding this year’s meeting in Lake Placid, New York, with the theme “Wetland Linkages: A Watershed Approach”. Symposia include isolated wetlands, invasive species, and wetland mitigation and restoration. For more info, visit the website: www.sws.org/lakeplacid/
www.nemw.org/greatlakes.htm
The Northeast Midwest Institute has a website that has many links to Great Lakes issues. The guidebook Revealing the Economic Value of Protecting the Great Lakes, discussing an economic analysis of environmental benefits in the Great Lakes region, is just one example of what this site offers.
www.foxriverwatch.com/
This site, created by Clean Water Action Council of Northeastern Wisconsin, was developed as a public service site to provide “one stop shopping” for people with questions about PCB’s, particularly in the Lake Michigan, Fox River (Green Bay) area.
www.LakeOntarioKeeper.org
Report pollution in your area, talk with Lake Ontario Keeper staff about local concerns, and check out their audio and video files, case studies, field notes, and a detailed list of links to other Lake Ontario/Great Lakes sources.
www.wrtrust.com/
The Waterfront Regeneration Trust from Toronto is an independent, registered Canadian charity that brings together people, ideas, and resources to work toward regeneration of waterfronts in urban areas, focusing on restoring damaged environments, providing habitat for nature in urban shoreline areas, and other aquatic habitat issues.