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The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
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SIGNIFICANT EVENTS DURING THE LAST BIENNIUM
- New Particulate Matter and Ozone Standards
- Signing of the Great Lakes Binational Toxics Reduction Strategy
-
Protecting our Children -- Our Most Vital
Resource
State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference and the State of the Great Lakes Report - Lake Michigan Mass Balance Study/Enhanced Monitoring Program
- Implementing the Great Lakes Water Quality Guidance
- Uniform Fish Consumption Advisory
- Lake Trout Natural Reproduction in Lake Superior
- Update on Waste Incinerator Rules
- Other Toxic Emission Reduction Activities
- Waukegan Harbor Fish Consumption Signs Come Down
- Manistique River and Harbor Area of Concern (AoC) Superfund Site Remediation
- Second Great Waters Report to Congress
- Niagara River Toxics Management Plan Targets
- Automotive Pollution Prevention Project Reductions
- Beach Closings
- Fish and Wildlife Consumption Advisories Still In Place
- Toxaphene Levels in Lake Superior
- Endocrine Disruptors
- Malformed Amphibians
- Addressing Urban Sprawl
- Climate Change Impacts
PUTTING THE ECOSYSTEM APPROACH TO WORK
- TOXIC CONTAMINANTS
- ADDRESSING ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION
- REMEDIATING CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS
- MULTILATERAL INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION
EXCESSIVE NUTRIENT LOADINGS
ENVIRONMENTAL
REGULATION AND COMPLIANCE
PROTECTING THE
HEALTH OF BASIN RESIDENTS
HABITAT PROTECTION
AND ENHANCEMENT
EXOTIC SPECIES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
COMMUNITIES
PUBLIC ACCESS TO ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
GREAT LAKES
GEOGRAPHIC INITIATIVES
PROGRESS
UNDER THE LAKEWIDE MANAGEMENT PLANS
PROGRESS ON REMEDIAL ACTION PLANS
- Spotlight on the Fox River/Green Bay, Wisconsin Area of Concern
- Spotlight on the Southeast Michigan Initiative (SEMI)
- Spotlight on the Southwestern Coast of Lake Michigan
TRIBAL ACTIVITIES
NEW APPROACHES TO OLD
PROBLEMS
LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES
- Figure 1: The U.S. Great Lakes Region
- Figure 2: DDT in Lake Michigan Lake Trout
- Figure 3: Atmospheric Loadings of Lead to the Great Lakes
- Figure 4: Bald Eagle Territories in the U.S.
- Figure 5: Reproductive Success of Great Lakes Osprey
- Figure 6: PCBs in Lake Michigan Lake Trout
- Figure 7: Reductions in Releases and Transfers of TRI Chemicals
- Figure 8: Reductions in Releases and Transfers of 33/50 Chemicals
- Figure 9: Mercury in Lake Erie Smelt
- Figure 10: Pesticide Usage in the Great Lakes Basin
- Figure 11: Herbicide Use in the Great Lakes Basin
- Figure 12: Fertilizer Use in the Great Lakes Basin
- Figure 13: Phosphorus Loads to Lake Erie
- Figure 14: Conservation Tillage in the Great Lakes Basin
- Figure 15: No-Till in the Great Lakes Basin
- Figure 16: U.S. and Canadian Eco-Regions
- Figure 17: Protected Lands in the Chicago Wilderness Region
- Figure 18: Eastern Lake Ontario Megasite
- Figure 19: Nearshore Biodiversity Investment Areas
- Figure 20: Effects of Zebra Mussels on Phytoplankton in Lake Erie
- Figure 21: Areas of Concern in the Great Lakes Basin