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<> Coalition Supports House, Senate Efforts to Boost Great Lakes Programs - The Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition today issued its support to U.S. House and Senate leaders who are pushing to restore funding to Great Lakes programs.

<> Council of Canadians, environmental groups push Great Lakes protection - Environmental groups across the province of Ontario are calling for adoption of key legislation that was introduced last February to protect and improve the health of the Great Lakes

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<> Lake levels hold steady as cold hangs on - Water levels in Lake Michigan held steady compared to last month, but are above last year and expected to rise as more snowpack melts with the warmer spring weather

<> New plan needed for Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River; water levels likely to be higher this summer - A new plan -- one that regulates the water levels for Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River -- is needed soon because of the recent rise in water levels.

<> Crews finish cleanup after BP oil spill on Lake Michigan, trace amounts of oil remain - A shoreline assessment team made up of representatives from the Coast Guard, the Environmental Protection Agency and BP has decided that no further cleanup efforts are needed for the oil spill.

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<> Levin leads Great Lakes senators in pushing for funding for the lakes in Congressional spending bills

<> See melting from space as spring takes hold in southern Great Lakes; Lake Superior still frozen - See how the satellite images show spring progressing as warmer temperatures have taken away a lot of ice on Lakes Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario, but not on Lake Superior

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<> Corps Meeting On dredging in Cleveland Harbor and Cuyahoga River - Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District will host a public information open house about proposed open lake placement of sediment dredged from the upper federal navigation channel of the Cuyahoga River.

<> Addressing the Great Lakes Prescription Drug Problem - The following student post is by Karinne Marcolini (B.A., Michigan State University; J.D., Wayne State University Law School, expected 2015). While in law school, Karinne has worked at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern. . .

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<> Chemicals take various routes to Great Lakes - Scientists discovered that Toronto exports polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, to Lake Ontario mostly through the air. But its flame retardants and combustion pollutants reach the lake through tributaries.

<> Mayors Make Case for Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Protection in Ottawa - Mayors are meeting with decision makers in Ottawa in the first ever Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Day on Parliament Hill, to bring attention to urgent issues facing shoreline communities and the waters of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence basin.

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<> Groups: Permanent Solution to Invasive Species Crisis Needs to Remain Priority for Army Corps, States and Congress - Only viable solution is to physically separate Great Lakes, Mississippi River basins Conservation groups are urging the Obama Administration and U.S. Congress to maintain their focus on a permanent, long-term solution. . . Groups submit comments.

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<> Great Lakes Month in Review: Tar sands, Great Lakes Day, water retail - At the end of each month Current State checks in with Great Lakes commentator and journalist Gary Wilson for updates on environmental stories from around the Basin.

• More on issues surrounding potential tar sands shipping on the Great Lakes

<> Water Center Awards $214,600 Grant for Development of New Great Lakes Ecosystem Management Tools