Great Lakes Newsletter...
Spring/Summer 2005

Welcome to issue four of The Great Lakes Update, a new e-Newsletter designed to bring you the latest about the Government of Canada’s Great Lakes program. We’ll tell you about developments in the program, successes and reports/publications of interest to everybody and anybody concerned about the health of the Great Lakes. We look forward to your comments and welcome information which we might include in future issues. And, please let others who might be interested know about The Great Lakes Update.

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GOVERNMENT OF CANADA SUPPORTS GREAT LAKES RESTORATION

Environment Minister Stephane Dion on April 11th announced that $3.8 million from the Great Lakes Sustainability Fund has been provided over the past year to support 64 restoration projects in the Great Lakes Basin. The fund provides financial support to projects that improve the ecosystem health of Canadian Areas of Concern identified as being environmentally degraded. More...

HEALTH OF GREAT LAKES TOPIC OF NEW USER-FRIENDLY PUBLICATION

Canada and the United States Environmental Protection Agency have launched “Our Great Lakes”, a public-friendly, plain language booklet which outlines the major issues about the health of the Great Lakes of concern to Canadians and Americans. More...

INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION HONOURS ENVIRONMENT CANADA SCIENTIST WITH 2005 BIENNIAL AWARD FOR GREAT LAKES SCIENCE

The International Joint Commission (IJC) has awarded its Biennial Award for Great Lakes Science to Murray Charlton, a renowned Great Lakes researcher at Environment Canada’s National Water Research Institute in Burlington, Ontario. More...

MOVING GIANT – THE GREAT LAKES – ST. LAWRENCE ECOSYSTEM YOURS TO DISCOVER

The newest exhibition at Environment Canada’s Biosphere in Montreal, aptly titled “Moving Giant – The Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Ecosystem” has opened, as the Biosphere celebrates its tenth anniversary. More...

PARTNERSHIP AIMS TO RESTORE BALD EAGLES TO ONTARIO

The Ontario government is working with a wide range of partners, including Environment Canada’s Canadian Wildlife Service to restore populations of bald eagles along the shores of Lake Ontario, as part of a Canada-Ontario commitment to clean up Great Lakes ecosytems. More...

SPANISH HARBOUR – AREA IN RECOVERY

Located in the Canadian Shield on the northern shore of the North Channel on Lake Huron, Spanish Harbour was designated an Area of Concern by the International Joint Commission in 1985, because of the environmental impacts of log-driving, pulp and paper, milling, mining and smelting activities of a number of companies in the area. More...

"OUR GREAT LAKES" ON THE ONTARIO GREEN LANE IS CHANGING

Take some time to explore “Our Great Lakes” on Environment Canada’s Ontario Green Lane. There have been many changes in recent months to guide you to the latest information in the easiest way possible. You’ll find news releases, reports, resources, an excellent site for children, success stories and many links to partners.