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	Great Lakes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sprinkled throughout the lakes are the approximately 35,000 Great Lakes islands, including Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron, the largest island in any inland body of water, and Isle Royale in Lake Superior, the largest island in the largest lake (each island large enough to itself contain multiple lakes).
		In the development of ecological problems in the Great Lakes, it was the influx of parasitic lamprey populations after the development of the Erie Canal and the much later Welland Canal that led to the two federal governments attempting to work together – which proved a very complicated and troubled road.
		During settlement, the Great Lakes and its rivers were the only practical means of moving people and freight.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Lakes_(North_America) (3178 words)

	NEMW Great Lakes Home Page
		Great Lakes islands are rich with distinctive communities, as well as endemic and disjunct species and subspecies, such as the threatened Lake Erie Watersnake and the endangered Great Lakes piping plover.
		Great Lakes islands are of particular importance due to the global significance of their biological diversity.
		The Sheboygan River AOC is one of 41 Areas of Concern in the Great Lakes region.
	www.nemw.org /greatlakes.htm (1712 words)

	Great Lakes National Program Office U.S. EPA
		A Strategy to Restore and Protect the Great Lakes is the result of this collaborative process and was released on December 12, 2005 in Chicago at Summit II.
		Federal agencies, Great Lakes Governors, Great Lakes Mayors, Great Lakes Tribes, and Members of the Great Lakes States Congressional Delegation together have convened a collaboration to restore and protect the Great Lakes ecosystem.
		In May 2004, President Bush signed a Presidential Executive Order recognizing the Great Lakes as a national treasure, calling for the creation of a "Regional Collaboration of National Significance," and a cabinet-level Interagency Task Force.
	www.epa.gov /glnpo (209 words)

	Great Lakes
		Great Lakes Data Rescue - To the extent possible, NOAA will "rescue" Great Lakes geological and geophysical data and make them readily available to anyone, but especially the communities concerned with Great Lakes science, pollution, coastal erosion, response to climate changes, threats to lake ecosystems, and health of the fishing industry.
		Great Lakes Fish Stocking Database - This page summarizes the stocking of salmon and trout in the Great Lakes during the period 1958 - 1988.
		Great Lakes Information Network - A partnership that provides one place online for people to find information relating to the binational Great Lakes region of North America.
	www.mdsg.umd.edu /Extension/valuation/great.htm (2258 words)

	Great Lakes Environmental Directory: extensive information regarding Great Lakes environment
		The Great Lakes Directory is a project of the Environmental Association for Great Lakes Education (EAGLE), and is funded in part through a generous grant from the Northern Environmental Support Trust (NEST).
		03/16 - Key senator says Great Lakes cleanup plan too costly: A Great Lakes cleanup plan prepared at President Bush's request is too aggressive for the tight federal budget, a senator who is key to securing funding for the proposal said Thursday.
		03/16 - Taft seeks funds for $20B Great Lakes plan: Gov. Bob Taft appeared before a U.S. Senate panel yesterday for what he said was likely his "last shot" on behalf of Great Lakes governors to get a multiyear, $20 billion master plan for the lakes off the shelf.
	www.greatlakesdirectory.org (290 words)

	Great Lakes Cheese
		Additionally, Great Lakes operates a cheese processing plant in La Crosse, Wisconsin and is an award winning natural cheese manufacturer --- recently earning an unprecedented 3 Gold Awards in world cheese competition --- with plants in Adams and Cuba (Empire Cheese), New York.
		Great Lakes' Cheddar won the category over 48 competitors from around the world.
		As stated by Gary Vanic, President and CEO of the Great Lakes Cheese Company, "Winning three Gold Awards last year in the U.S. competition was a great honor.
	www.greatlakescheese.com (601 words)

	The Great Lakes
		The Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research (GLIER) is a consortium of researchers at the University of Windsor.
		The mission of the Great Lakes Program (GLP) is to coordinate the development, evaluation and synthesis of scientific and technical knowledge on the Great Lakes Ecosystem in support of public education and policy formation.
		The Great Lakes are ecologically ill, environmentalists told a Senate committee Thursday, pleading with lawmakers to help fund a $20 billion, long-term effort to restore and protect the Great Lakes.
	www.great-lakes.net /lakes (1286 words)

	Great Lakes Programs
		The New York State Great Lakes Protection Fund ("the Fund") provides a perpetual and dependable source of funding for regional and statewide research and field assessment projects aimed at protecting and conserving the health of the Great Lakes ecosystem in New York State.
		Great Lakes Water Withdrawal Registration Program - guidance on who must register, how to register, and computing water withdrawals and losses.
		New York is working with other Great Lakes States and Provinces to develop a water management system and decision-making process that will ensure sustainable quantities of Great Lakes Basin water for generations to come.
	www.dec.state.ny.us /website/greatlakes (617 words)

	Great Lakes Natural Resource Center - National Wildlife Federation
		The Great Lakes Field Office in Ann Arbor, Michigan, unites people throughout the eight-state Great Lakes region, the U.S. and Canada to protect the world's greatest freshwater seas, the surrounding ecosystem, and the benefits they provide to people and wildlife.
		The Great Lakes have been used as a garbage dump, polluted by toxic chemicals from industry, agriculture and sprawl.
		With 20 percent of the Earth's fresh surface water, the Great Lakes are of global importance.
	www.nwf.org /greatlakes (418 words)

	Great Lakes
		The Great Lakes - Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario- are known for their beauty and the wealth of resources within and around them.
		A total of 43 areas on the Great Lakes where water quality has caused beneficial use impairments were initially identified.
		The Great Lakes could cover the entire continental United States with over 9.5 feet of water.
	www.michigan.gov /deq/1,1607,7-135-3313_3677---,00.html (605 words)

	great lakes map and information page
		Lake Michigan 57,800 sq km, 22,316 sq miles, is the largest freshwater lake (totally within) the United States.
		Lake Superior 82,000 sq km, 31,698 sq miles, is the largest fresh water lake in the world.
		Lake Huron 59,600 sq km, 23,011 sq miles, is 206 miles (332 km) long and 183 miles (295 km) at its widest point.
	www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/namerica/greatlk.htm (534 words)

	GIFTS OF THE GLACIERS - Wisconsin Sea Grant
		The lakes' water is usually cold to begin with, because the Great Lakes lie across the 45th Parallel -- halfway to the North Pole from the Equator and just 1,200 miles from the Arctic Circle, less than the distance between New York City and Miami.
		Coupled with the vast forest, agricultural and mineral resources of the area, the abundant supply of water and cheap transportation afforded by the Great Lakes were major factors in the region becoming the population and industrial core of both the United States and Canada.
		Lake Michigan continued to drain out the Illinois River where Chicago now stands until about only 3,000 years ago, when the Great Lakes finally assumed their present shapes.
	www.seagrant.wisc.edu /communications/greatlakes/GlacialGift (1197 words)

	Great Lakes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Great Lakes islands, including Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron, the largest island in any inland body of water.
		Lake Agassiz) which filled up these holes, which were soon to become the Great Lakes.
		Understandably, because most things go by land and the fact that one modern ship is the equivalent of many older ships, the Great Lakes fleet is a fraction of what it once was.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Lakes (1197 words)

	Home Page - Great Lakes A D A & Accessible I T Center
		The contents are solely the responsibility of the Great Lakes ADA and Accessible IT Center and do not necessarily represent the official views of any of these agencies.
		Great Lakes ADA and Accessible IT Center (MC 728) · 1640 W.
		Great Lakes Chronicle - Volume 2 Issue 6
	www.adagreatlakes.org (227 words)

	Forster Accommodation, Forster Visitor Centre, Great Lakes New South Wales, Forster Tours, Events, Activities, Hire, Car Hire, Businesses
		The Great Lakes is NSW’s water playground with its 145 kilometres of stunning coastline and glittering mosaic of inland waterways based around the impressive Wallis, Smiths and Myall lakes networks.
		The Great Lakes, only three hours from Sydney, is where the magnificent eastern dividing range forms a backdrop to one of the most dazzling stretches of coast you will ever see.
		Secluded bays and exciting surf beaches, stunning coastal scenery and fertile productive hinterland combine to make the Great Lakes the perfect escape.
	www.greatlakes.org.au (243 words)

	Great Lakes Boating magazine
		A Great Lakes cleanup plan prepared at President Bush's request is too aggressive for the tight federal budget, a senator who is key to securing funding for the proposal said Thursday.
		A warning that the plan still needs work was staggering to a Senate hearing full of leaders from Great Lakes states and environmentalists pleading for immediate action to protect a major global resource.
		The Coast Guard's 10 Great Lakes vessels just got tougher.
	greatlakesboating.com (777 words)

	Great Lakes Region Country Analysis Brief
		The economies of the Great Lakes region states have different structures, and are at various stages of development.
		All of the states in the Great Lakes region are dependent on foreign aid, with Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda classified as Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs) by the World Bank.
		Tanzania is the only country in the Great Lakes region with significant coal resources.
	www.eia.doe.gov /emeu/cabs/eafrica.html (4595 words)

	Great Lakes Maritime Academy, Traverse City, MI
		Great Lakes Maritime Academy, Traverse City, MI If you are seeing this text, you are either using an older web browser, or have Javascript turned off.
	www.nmc.edu /~maritime (35 words)

	Great Lakes Marine Text Forecasts by Zone
		Great Lakes nearshore marine forecasts are issued throughout the boating season, typically beginning around April 1 and ending around December 31, dependent on ice conditions on the entrances to each individual lake.
		Lake Michigan, Winthrop Harbor eastward to the mid-point of the Lake and southward to Michigan City beyond 5 nm from shore
		Lake Superior, east of a line from Manitou Is., MI northward beyond 5 nm, and south of the US/Canadian border, excluding Whitefish Bay.
	www.nws.noaa.gov /om/marine/gtlakes.htm (1259 words)

	NOAA/NGDC/GLERL-Great Lakes Bathymetry
		NOAA is engaged in a program to compile Great Lakes bathymetric data and make them readily available to the public, especially to the communities concerned with Great Lakes science, pollution, coastal erosion, response to climate changes, threats to lake ecosystems, and health of the fishing industry.
		Compilation of new bathymetry for the Great Lakes is an important part of this program, being carried out cooperatively between NOAA (NGDC and GLERL), and the Canadian Hydrographic Service.
		This program is managed by NGDC and it relies on the cooperation of NOAA/Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, NOAA/National Ocean Service, the Canadian Hydrographic Service, other agencies, and academic laboratories.
	www.ngdc.noaa.gov /mgg/greatlakes/greatlakes.html (233 words)

	Weekly News
		Lake Erie is the warmest of the Great Lakes and supports one of the best freshwater sport fisheries in the world.
		Due to a warmer than average January and February some of the Great Lakes seem to have begun their seasonal rise earlier than normal, but levels over the next few months on all the Great Lakes are expected to remain lower than 2005.
		Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie are expected to rise 4 inches over the next month and Lake Ontario is expected to rise two inches over the next month.
	www.great-lakes.org /wklyfish_nz (5405 words)

	Great Lakes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sprinkled throughout the lakes are the approximately 35,000 Great Lakes islands, including Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron, the largest island in any inland body of water, and Isle Royale in Lake Superior, the largest island in the largest lake (each island large enough to itself contain multiple lakes).
		In the development of ecological problems in the Great Lakes, it was the influx of parasitic lamprey populations after the development of the Erie Canal and the much later Welland Canal that led to the two federal governments attempting to work together – which proved a very complicated and troubled road.
		The Great Lakes are international, and in situations that require regulation, a lack of cooperation between the U.S. and Canada might be predicted to have disastrous consequences.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Lakes (2803 words)

	Great Lakes Airlines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Great Lakes Airlines, formerly Great Lakes Aviation, is an airline based in Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA.
		Great Lakes has code sharing agreements with United Airlines and Frontier Airlines.
		The airline was established and started operations on 5 April 1977.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Lakes_Airlines (307 words)

	Map of African Great Lakes
		To find what you are looking for, click on the 3 great lakes in the map (Victoria, Tanganyika or Malawi).
		Lakes Malawi and Victoria have been the main lakes of interest, but now some of us are investigating other lakes in Eastern Africa.
	www.science.uwaterloo.ca /research_groups/african_lakes/map.html (307 words)

	Encyclopedia: Great Lakes
		The Great Lakes Storm of 1913, historically referred to as the Big Blow, the Freshwater Fury, or the White Hurricane, was a blizzard with hurricane-force winds that devastated the Great Lakes basin in the United States Midwest and the Canadian province of Ontario from November 7, 1913, to November...
		Lake Ontario seen from near Wolcott, New York Lake Ontario, bounded on the north by Ontario and on the south by Ontarios Niagara Peninsula and by New York State, is one of the five Great Lakes of North America.
		The Great Lakes have been hit economically by various invasive species, two of the most significant being the sea lamprey and zebra mussel.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Great-Lakes (8453 words)

	Great Lakes Cruise Company : Voyages of Discovery on America's Inland Seas
		As the only travel company in the world to specialize in Great Lakes cruises, we offer unforgettable adventures on these legendary waters.
		When the last glaciers melted more than ten thousand years ago, they left behind a fabulous legacy: the Great Lakes.
		Great Lakes Cruise Company : Voyages of Discovery on America's Inland Seas
	www.greatlakescruising.com (225 words)

	The Nature Conservancy in the Great Lakes Region - Great Lakes Nature - Great Lakes Conservation - Great Lakes Habitat Preservation - The Great Lakes
		Developed in partnership with the Nature Conservancy of Canada and with the input of more than 200 organizations the Blueprint is a comprehensive survey of the region and a plan for prtecting the Great Lakes most important natural areas.
		Join the hundreds of volunteers who contribute time, energy and hard work to protect and restore the Great Lakes' natural landscapes.
		Learn more about the Conservancy's work at projects and preserves across the Great Lakes Region.
	nature.org /wherewework/northamerica/greatlakes (161 words)

	Great Lakes - Home
		Great Lakes Chemical Corporation develops and delivers specialty chemical solutions that treat and purify water, keep surfaces in and around the home shining, protect against and extinguish fire, and make consumer products perform better.
		In arid regions of the world Great Lakes is helping to turn salt water into fresh drinking water through a process called desalination...
		FM-200 is also safe for people, and it has been used in over 100,000 applications around the world.
	www.e1.greatlakes.com /corp/common/jsp/index.jsp (208 words)

	Great Lakes Educational Loan Services, Inc.
		For nearly 40 years, Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation and Affiliates has helped millions of students fulfill their higher education dreams through our work as a guarantor and servicer of student loans.
		Access Great Lakes products and services, as well as resources, forms, and supplies helpful to financial aid professionals.
		Access Great Lakes products and services, as well as resources, forms, and supplies helpful to lending professionals.
	www.glhec.org (157 words)

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