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<> Great Lakes senators urge Army Corps to "move aggressively" to protect lakes from Asian carp - A bipartisan group of Great Lakes senators, led by Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), urged the Army Corps of Engineers to take aggressive action to stop Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes and also to devise a long-term solution to protect the lakes from aquatic nuisance species.

<> Still time to register for the 2014 Great Lakes Green Chemistry Conference! - April 1 – April 3, 2014 - Wyndham Cleveland, Cleveland, OH. How companies can take advantage of technical assistance opportunities to help them move forward in their own effort to promote sustainability.

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<> $1.3 million for northern Ohio four Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants - Grant to fund green infrastructure projects to improve water quality in Lake Erie.

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<> Army Corps OKs money to address Great Lakes' 'hole in the dike' - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has set aside a small amount of money this year to install water-slowing structures on the St. Clair River to try and decrease the effects of evaporation. . .

<> Congresswoman fights against Lake Erie dumping - Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge has sent a letter to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, asking it to reject a proposal by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to discharge dredged material into the open waters of Lake Erie.

<> Liquid Pipeline: Extreme energy's threat to the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway - This report details plans to transport dangerous new forms of energy – as well as the waste from more traditional forms – around, under and on the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway. It is also a call to action to stop these plans before it is too late.

<> TransCanada's Energy Export Pipeline - March 18, 2014 - 10:03am When TransCanada first announced the Energy East pipeline a number of voices emerged trumpeting its benefits. Premier Redford called the project 'nation-building.'

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<> Michigan State University is launching The Great Lakes Clean Communities Network (GLCCN) - The GLCCN basin-wide initiative is a dynamic networking of organizations, online tools, datasets, and models that can be used to generate new ideas, share best practices and approaches for managing environmental problems. GLCCN will be available this summer.

<> Press Coverage of President Obama's 2015 Budget and the Great Lakes - President Obama budget for fiscal year 2015 came out last week, and both the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and the Clean Water State Revolving Fund received cuts. Below is a compilation of press coverage on the President's budget and how the cuts would hurt the Great Lakes. Background The GLRI was started by President Obama to provide funding to help restore and protect

<> Red Cliff Wants to Remove More Barrels From Lake Superior, Funding Unclear - After pulling 25 barrels from Lake Superior and years of research, the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa says their preliminary data shows there is no immediate concern regarding water safety but they want to pull more barrels despite questions about funding.

• Updates & background from EMR on the 1,437, 55-gallon barrels dumped into Lake Superior by the US Army between 1959 and 1962

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<> 2014 Great Lakes Areas of Concern Annual Conference - EPA has scheduled the 2014 AOC Annual Meeting for Tuesday and Wednesday, March 18 (1 - 4:30 pm) & March 19 (8 am - 12:15 pm).

<> EPA Administrator McCarthy on Great Lakes: 'We Have to all Rally for What's Important' - Posted by Healing Our Waters - Great Lakes Coalition, a recap and audio of Administrator McCarthy's address to Great Lakes supporters in Washington, D.C., on March 5. . .

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<> Asian Carp Eggs Found Near Lynxville, Wisc. - Asian carp eggs, including late-stage embryos nearly ready to hatch from the egg, were recently identified in samples collected by U.S. Geological Survey scientists in 2013 from the Upper Mississippi River as far north as Lynxville, Wisc.

<> Sierra Club Canada applauds water level funding - Obama Administration announced funding to address Lakes Michigan and Huron/Georgian Bay water levels in light of current knowledge and technologies

<> 9th Annual Lake Erie Conference - Lake Erie Waterkeeper Inc., Thursday, March 20, 2014 from 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM (EDT), Sylvania, Ohio

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<> Great Lakes Day - March 2014 – A slide show from Sen. Carl Levin

<> Lake Michigan yellow perch summit to be held in Chicago March 22

<> Public Notice - Meeting of the Board of Directors - Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors Meeting of the Great Lakes Protection Fund is scheduled to be held on March 14, 2014 via teleconference. The meeting will be called to order on Friday, March 14, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. (CDT). The Board welcomes public comment and members of the public who wish to participate may do so via teleconference. Those wishing to participate. . .