Finally, the GLC passed resolutions calling for water reuse and coordinated resource management in the development of AI/computing infrastructure, as well as prevention of plastic pollution and harmonization of stormwater management.

Read more: glc.org/news/am-103025

The GLC also elected new leadership: Chair Timothy Bruno, #GreatLakes coordinator at the PA Dept of Environmental Protection and Vice Chair James Jennings, head of @ilepa.bsky.social.

The GLC would like to extend gratitude to our immediate past chair Mary Mertz of the Ohio DNR for her leadership.

We also welcomed author Peter Annin and students from Duluth Public Schools and ended the day with a celebration of the #GreatLakes Commission's 70th anniversary - and a big cake!

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The panel featured speakers from @joycefdn.bsky.social, de Gaspé Beaubien Foundation, the Fred and Barbara Erb Family Foundation, and @glpfund.bsky.social.

This work has lead to increased recreation and tourism, better water quality and ecosystem health, and more benefits for the community and the Great Lakes.

Learn more about our Muskegon Lake work in this story map! storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/22e5...

These fact sheets can be found on a new interactive map on our website that also points users to state agency sites for more information on SRFs in each Great Lakes state: ow.ly/ssCP50WG73C

Tune in for a preview of the conference and to learn more about the GLC’s Action Plan for a Resilient Great Lakes Basin!

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The webinar comes in advance of this October's Midwest Climate Resilience Conference. The GLC is coordinating a Great Lakes sub-track for all conference attendees, and will host a working session for Great Lakes practitioners.

The podcast is produced by Wisconsin Sea Grant with support from the GLC.

Listen to Introduced on Wisconsin Sea Grant's website or wherever you get your podcasts! seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/introd... #CleanBoatsCleanWaters