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| | The Nature Conservancy in Illinois - List of Critical Conservation Sites for the Great Lakes Released |
 | | The Great Lakes ecosystem is threatened by altered water flows, invasive species, extraction of natural resources, climate change, and incompatible development, agricultural and forestry practices. |
 | | Around Lake Ontario and the upper St. Lawrence River, TNC and NCC are working with Environment Canada, Cornell University, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other partners to develop a binational plan of action to restore an ecosystem that is in decline due to pollution, invasive species and altered water flows. |
 | | In the Western Lake Erie Islands, TNC and NCC are working with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ducks Unlimited, Ohio State University and others to identify and protect important stopover habitat for the millions of migratory birds that visit each spring and fall. |
| www.nature.org /wherewework/northamerica/states/illinois/press/press2312.html (708 words) |
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