Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat News

The Newsletter of the Great Lakes
Aquatic Habitat Network and Fund

The Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat News is the newsletter of the Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Network and Fund, published five times per year. The News is intended to provide a forum for the free exchange of ideas among citizens and organizations working to protect aquatic habitats in the Great Lakes Basin.

Volume 14, Number 5 • Winter 2006

Live Fire Proposal Action

GLAHNF Joins Other Groups throughout the Region Expressing Concern About the Coast Guard Live Fire Proposal on the Great Lakes

Our clean drinking water, ability to fish and freedom to enjoy the Great Lakes – a resource for all of us to use and protect - are at risk from the United States Coast Guard Proposal to establish 34 live fire practice zones on the Great Lakes. GLAHNF has joined other groups in comments to the U.S. Coast Guard on the proposal. The comments address:

  • Public access restrictions during live fire exercises and potential alternatives;
  • Long-term negative and unknown impacts of lead bullets on water quality; and
  • The need for a detailed environmental assessment that considers a full spectrum of impacts.

For more information regarding this action, please contact:
Jamie Cross (formerly Morton)
Manager of Outreach Programs
Alliance for the Great Lakes
700 Fulton Ave., Ste A, Grand Haven, MI 49417
616-850-0745
E-mail: jcross@greatlakes.org (new email address)

Disclaimer: The interpretations and conclusions presented in this newsletter represent the opinions of the individual authors. They in no way represent the views of the Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council, the C.S. Mott Foundation, subscribers, donors, or any organization mentioned in this publication.

The Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Network and Fund builds effective community-based citizen action to protect and restore the water quality of the Great Lakes basin. We work toward this goal by providing financial assistance, communications and networking assistance and technical assistance to citizens and grassroots watershed groups throughout the Great Lakes basin. Through these efforts we work with over 1,800 grassroots watershed groups and citizens to protect and restore the rivers, lakes and wetlands in their communities. The Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Network and Fund, Inc. is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization.

For more information, please contact:

info@glhabitat.org
P.O. Box 2479, Petoskey, MI 49770
PH (231) 347-1181;
FX (231) 347-5928