Postcards in support of the National Aquatic Invasive Species Act

As of October 15, 2010. This is an updated list of NGOs signing in support of stopping the shipment of Radioactive Nuclear Generators.

 Resolution before Great Lakes United membership in the 2011 Annual Meeting. 

 Resolution before Great Lakes United membership for the 2011 Annual Meeting. 

BE IT RBSOLVED THAT Great Lakes United should press state, provincial and federal Governments to provide for:

A. Long term adequate funding of research into the transport, fate and toxicity of substancee entering the Great Lakes from point and non-point sources with special attention to the need for long term adequate funding for the BPA Grosse Ile and Duluth Laboratories and NOAA GLERL Laboratory in Ann Arbor.

B. Increased funding for monitoring, investigation and enforcement to regulate the point and non-point source discharges of toxic pollutants in general and persistent, bioaccumulative and potentially carcinogenic substances like dioxin in particular.

C. Increased public access to relevant information.

D. Honoring Great Lakee Water Quality Agreement commitments.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Great Lakes United should inventory and rank toxic and hazardous substance problems in the Great Lakes Basin.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Great Lakes United press for etricter controls on the point and non-point source discharges of toxic substances into the Great Lakes Ecosystem.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Great Lakes United promote alternatives to the generation and discharge of toxic and hazardous substances, with special focus on the need for the development of a comprehensive resource recovery and waste management plan within the Great Lakes Basin.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Great Lakes United create a centralized repository/clearing-house for information relevant to the goals and objectives of Great Lakes United and its member organizations, readily accessible to its members.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Great Lakes United is opposed to the wholesale disposal of these lands to achieve short term objectives of questionable value.

IN AS MUCH AS Land and Water Conservation Funds have been appropriated for the acquisition and development of the Great Lakes National Parks and for acquisition and development of urban parks.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Great Lakes United stands strongly in support of the release of these funds to acquire and complete these parksystems as intended.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT land use changes which would adversely affect the health of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin should be discouraged through economic and regulatory means.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Great Lakes United opposes such land use changes outside the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin which would result in the transport of Great Lakes water beyond the physical limits of the Basin water shed.

Et Cetera.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT Great Lakes United encourages the development of educational programs concerned with environmental issues. The organization urges its members to work on programs in their own localities, particularly for Great Lakes Week. Great Lakes United further recommends that the programs for Great Lakes Week be geared to attract a wider audience by including topics relating to environment (historical, recreational, etc,).

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT, Great Lakes United:
-- commends the Province of Ontario for developing "Guidelines for Wetland Management in Ontariot" and for carrying out its current inventory of wetlands in southern Ontario;

-- encourages the Province of Ontario to develop further legislation with the goal of preservation of remaining wetlands;

-- recommends that decisions pertaining to any wetlands program, particularly drainage, include participation by the public; and

-- suggest that a system of tax relief for owners of wetlands be developed to encourage the retention of such areas on private landa.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT two (2) "toxic hot spots" in the Great Lakes be chosen, based on the following criteria:

• binational concern involved;
• the situation offers opportunity for precedent-setting policy;
• the cases will effectively serve to clarify current management policies and practices;
• active locally-led group(s) can be identified.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT Great Lakes United work with the locally based group(s) to obtain information about the case, identify issues of concern, share this information with interested persons from other states and provinces and provide background to the local group by whatever assistance may be captured from GLU's efforts.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the members of Great Lakes United are hereby advised to be prepared to communicate to Members of Congress, their concerns relative to winter navigation just prior to the vote; and to remind those Congressmen that signed the letter of opposition of their commitment; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, Great Lakes United wishes to extend its appreciation for the outstanding contributions of several public officials who have played key roles in organizing the opposition to this legislation, including Canadian Minister of the Environment Ckarlee Caccia, Canadian-U.S. Ambassador Allan Gotlieb, Michigan Governor James Blanchard, Michigan Congressmen David Bonior, Robert Davis, Dennis Hertel, Harold Sawyer, New York Congressmen Henry Nowak and David O.B. Martin, and Minnesota Congressman James Oberstar.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT, Great Lakes United urges the revision of the existing Great Lakes Basin Compact of 1955, with emphasis on powers to regulate diversion issues or endorses the establishment of a new compact with theee powers;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT Great Lakes United encourage the International Joint Commiseion to exercise ite authority over Lake Michigan as part of the international Great Lakes system by applying the provieions of the Boundary Waters Treaty; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT a Great Lakee Management plan be developed which demonstrates that existing water resources must remain within the baein states to address current and projected economic and environmental needs.