Please join us for the next webinar in our "Great Lakes, Great Webinars" series. On February 13 (9-10 a.m. CST/10-11 a.m. EST), we will focus on methods of preventing the spread of aquatic invasive species between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins — an issue that has attracted national attention in recent years due to concerns about Asian carp entering the Great Lakes via the Chicago Area Waterway System.
Register for the webinar.
Thanks to all of you who joined us for the first installment in our planned Great Lakes, Great Webinars series. Close to 50 people joined us for the December webinar that explored state and federal ballast water regulations as well as treatment technologies designed to stop the introduction and spread of invasives species via ships traveling the Great Lakes.
Below are resources from the webinar. If any legislators wish to follow up on the suggestion of Minnesota Senator Ann Rest to build the caucus's capacity for "rapid response," please send your electronic signature to Lisa Janairo. Signatures will not be used on any sign-on letter or other action without the permission of the legislator.
For more information on future webinars, contact Lisa Janairo or Tim Anderson.
Recording of webinar »
Agenda and information about the Great Lakes Legislative Caucus »
Presentation by Joel Brammeier, president/CEO of the Alliance for the Great Lakes »
Presentation by Allegra Cangelosi, president of the Northeast-Midwest Institute »
Article on recent developments on ballast water issue »
National Academy of Sciences report ~ "Assessing the Relationship Between Propagule Pressure and Invasion Risk in Ballast Water »
EPA Science Advisory Board report ~ "Availability and Efficacy of Ballast Water Treatment Technology: Background and Issue Paper »
EPA Draft 2013 Vessel General Permit and Small Vessel General Permit »
U.S. Coast Guard proposed Ballast Water Discharge Standard rulemaking »
Some Great Lakes governors are at odds with one another over a fight against a common enemy — aquatic invasive species.
As the historic Great Lakes compact made its way through state legislatures, much of the media coverage on the agreement focused on its ban of out-of-basin diversions. But the compact did much more.
Great Lakes Legislative Caucus-CSG Midwest 701 E. 22nd Street, Suite 110 - Lombard, IL 60148-5095 | Phone: 630.925.1922
Contacts: Tim Anderson ~ Lisa Janairo ~ Mike McCabe