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Congresswoman Slaughter Receives Great Laker Award
Members of the Healing Our Waters - Great Lakes Coalition from New York State presented Congresswoman Louise Slaughter with the 2007 Great Laker Award on January 8, in her Rochester district office. HOW member organizations present included Audubon New York, Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Environmental Advocates of New York, and Great Lakes United.
Representative Slaughter was honored with the prestigious Great Laker Award recognizing her tireless leadership in Congress to advance Great Lakes protection and restoration. As Co-Chair of the Congressional Great Lakes Task Force and Chair of the Rules Committee, Representative Slaughter used her Read More » »
Lawmakers, ODNR, OEC team up to pull the plug on invasive species –tainted ballast water in Lake Erie
Media Advisory
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Lawmakers, ODNR, OEC team up to pull the plug on invasive species –tainted ballast water in Lake Erie
Two-front effort opened up on federal and state levels
(CLEVELAND, OH) — Alewife. Round Goby. Spiny Waterflea. Zebra mussels.
None of these exotic-sounding species are native to Lake Erie. These exotic species have been hitch hiking their way up the St. Lawrence River via the ballast water of ocean going vessels for decades. Since then there’s been no getting rid Read More » »
