Environment Canada and the United States Environmental Protection Agency are pleased to announce the launch of the redesigned binational.net. Built to support the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA) between Canada and the United States, the new binational.net will be the primary window for sharing information about binational activities under the GLWQA. As implementation […]
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Call for Abstracts We invite you to participate in the 58th Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research, to be held May 25 – 29, 2015, in Burlington, Vermont. We welcome abstract submissions for both oral and poster presentations. Fifty-four sessions have been proposed to encompass the theme New Views New Tools. All oral presentations will […]
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It is time again for the annual Remedial Action Plan Update for the Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern. You can find a DRAFT copy of the plan for your review here: Stakeholders wishing to provide input on the plan should direct their comments to Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern Coordinator, Stacy Hron at stacy.hron@wisconsin.gov by […]
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Please join us for a December meeting of Friends of Lincoln Park When: Tuesday, December 9th, 2014, 6pm Where: Lincoln Park, Blatz Pavilion Presentation: Sediment Removal, Project Update Workers are busy in the park removing contaminated river sediment. Marsha Burzynski of the DNR will update us on the project and answer questions. You can send […]
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The Ville Du Parc land consists of 142 acres along the Milwaukee River Another Milwaukee River Success Story Recently OWLT helped the City of Mequon protect 142 acres of open space and 3,300 feet of Milwaukee River frontage in perpetuity. For over a year the open space areas around the Ville du Parc development in […]
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Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership Cultivating Environmental Stewardship in the Lakeshore Region You are invited to: WHAT YOU DO MATTERS! Speaker Todd Brennan Alliance for the Great Lakes Please join us for this free program! Monday, November 17th 6:00-8:00 p.m. Wisconsin Maritime Museum WISCONSIN PROJECTS! Speaker Angela Pierce Bay-Lake Regional Planning Commission Questions? […]
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** Mark Your Calendar: Annual AOC meeting scheduled for March 11-12, 2015 in Toledo, OH** Dear State AOC Program managers and staff, Advisory Council chairs, Private Sector interests, Academics and other AOC Leaders: The United States Environmental Protection Agency will be hosting the 2015 Areas of Concern Annual meeting for Wednesday and Thursday, March 11-12 […]
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Bird City Wisconsin has announced the hiring of Dr. Bryan Lenz as director of its program to recognize communities who work with their residents to make their neighborhoods a better place for people, birds and other wildlife. A Milwaukee-area native, the 36-year-old Lenz is returning home after spending a decade in New Orleans while completing […]
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EPA Announces Removal of Two Toxic Hotspots on Lake Superior and Lake Michigan from Binational List CHICAGO (Oct. 30, 2014) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that two U.S. Areas of Concern, Deer Lake in the Lake Superior basin and White Lake in the Lake Michigan basin, have been removed from the binational […]
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Sediment Clean up update: The contractors are in the process of setting up construction trailers, mobilizing equipment and preparing the staging areas. Staging areas will be surrounded by fencing and will include a dewatering pad and wastewater treatment facility. We have started constructing cofferdams, or temporary enclosures, around sediment removal areas in the upper most […]
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