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Great Lakes

A Post-Calumet Shoreline Along Southern Lake Michigan, Daniel K. Capps, Todd A. Thompson, Robert K. Booth, November 2004  (443 KB)

Action Plan For The Chicago River: Getting Specific Strategies For A Cleaner, Healthier, More Vibrant Chicago River, Friends of the Chicago River, September 2007  (2.97 MB)

An Ecosystem Approach To The Integrity Of The Great Lakes In Turbulent Times: Proceedings of a 1988 Workshop, Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Science Advisory Board of the International Joint Commission, July 1990  (2.02 MB)

Assessment Of The Lake Michigan Monitoring Inventory: A Report

On The Lake Michigan Tributary Monitoring Project, Great Lakes Commission, August 2000  (15.23 MB)

Atmospheric Deposition Of Toxics To The Great Lakes: Integrating Science and Policy, Delta Institute, 2000  (549 KB)

Atlas Of The Spawning And Nursery Areas Of Great Lakes Fishes: Lake Michigan, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1982  (4.16 MB)

Blueprint For The Future: Toward A Great Lakes Restoration Strategy, Great Lakes Commission, February 2005 (1.69 MB)

Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands Monitoring Plan, Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands Consortium, March 2008  (15.60 MB)

Great Lakes Commission Annual Report: 1998 (1.66 MB)

Great Lakes Commission Annual Report: 1999 (1.86 MB)

Great Lakes Commission Annual Report: 2000 (4.29 MB)

Great Lakes Commission Annual Report: 2001 (7.12 MB)

Great Lakes Commission Annual Report: 2002 (5.79 MB)

Great Lakes Commission Annual Report: 2003 (919 KB)

Great Lakes Commission Annual Report: 2004 (540 KB)

Great Lakes Commission Annual Report: 2005 (1.42 MB)

Great Lakes Commission Annual Report: 2006 (1.72 MB)

Great Lakes Commission Annual Report: 2007 (1.72 MB)

Great Lakes Commission Annual Report: 2008 (1.72 MB)

Great Lakes Commission Annual Report: 2009 (1.07 MB)

Great Lakes Commission Annual Report: 2010 (1.68 MB)

Great Lakes Conservation Blueprint for Aquatic Biodiversity (Vol. 1),

G.A. Wichert, K.E. Brodribb, B.L. Henson and C. Phair, 2005 (22.6 MB)

Great Lakes Fish Consumption Advisories: The Public Health Benefits and Risks - Discussion Paper, Health Professionals Task Force, International Joint Commission, January 2004  (829 KB)

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Action Plan ( FY2010 – FY2014),

White House Council on Environmental Quality, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA, February 2010  (1.31 MB)

Great Lakes Sediments: Contamination, Toxicity and Beneficial

Re-Use, Michigan Sea Grant, School for Natural Resources and the Environment (SNRE), September 2002  (2.54 MB)

Great Lakes Strategy 2002: A Plan For The New Millienium, United States Policy Committee for the Great Lakes, 2002 (159 KB)

Great Lakes Training Program Reference Manual, Delta Institute,

June 2006 (7.09 MB)

Groundwater In The Great Lakes Basin, International Joint

Commission Great Lakes Science Advisory Board, 2010  (4.14 MB)

Impact Of Chicago On Lake Michigan: Results Of The Lake Michigan Mass Balance Study, Keri Hornbuckle and Mark Green, Delta Institue,

October 2000 (1.03 MB)

Impact Of Urban Areas On Great Lakes Water Quality, Great Lakes Science Advisory Board, Great Lakes Water Quality Board,

International Air Quality Advisory Board and Health Professionals

Task Force, October 2009  (1.41 MB)

Impacts Of Changing Land Use: State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference 1996, Thorp, Rivers, & Pebbles, October 1997 (1.80 MB)

Lake-Level Variability and Water Availability in the Great Lakes,

United States Geological Survey (USGS), 2007  (10.96 MB)

Lake Michigan Intensive Survey 1976-1977 Management Report,

USEPA, EPA905/4-80-003-B, 1998 (952 KB)

Lake Michigan Lakewide Management Plan (LaMP) Highlights 2002, Lake Michigan Technical Committee, 2002 (17.23 MB)

Lakewide Assessment Plan For Lake Michigan Fish Communities,

P. Schneeberger, M. Toneys, R. Elliott, J. Jonas, D. Clapp, R. Hess,

D. Passino-Reader, 1998  (2.13 MB)

Living With The Lakes: Understanding And Adapting To Great Lakes Water Level Cahanges, US Army Corps of Engineers, 1999  (17.24 MB)

The Land By The Lakes: Nearshore Terrestrial Ecosystems: State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference 1996, Reid & Holland, 1997 (4.43 MB)

Our Great Lakes: What Is Happening To Them, What It Means, And What You Can Do To Help Keep Them Great, US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), 2004  (3.09 MB)

Our Great Lakes Commons: A People’s Plan to Protect the Great Lakes Forever, Maude Barlow, The Council of Canadians, March 2011 (6.44 MB)

Restoring The Natural Divide: Separating The Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins In The Chicago Area Waterway System, Great Lakes Commission, Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative,

January 2012 , Summary Report  (5.61 MB)   Technical Report  (34.66 MB) Technical Report Appendices  (100.85 MB)

Southwest Lake Michigan Pilot Study: Developing An Inventory Of
Toxic Air Emissions From Area Sources In The Chicago, Milwaukee, And Gary Urban Areas, Great Lakes Commission - 1993, United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), December 1995  (2.91 MB)

State of the Great Lakes 1995 (Final Report), 1995  (289 KB)

State of the Great Lakes 1997 (Final Report), 1997  (1.72 MB)

State of the Great Lakes 1999 (Final Report), 1999  (2.62 MB)

State of the Great Lakes 2001 (Final Report), 2001  (4.19 MB)

State of the Great Lakes 2003 (Final Report), August 2003  (11.19 MB)

State of the Great Lakes 2005 (Draft Report), October 2004  (95.97 MB)

State of the Great Lakes 2005 (Final Report), February 2007  (53.04 MB)

State of the Great Lakes 2007 (Draft Report), June 2007  (28.41 MB)

State of the Great Lakes 2009 (Final Report), February 2010  (22.48 MB)

State of the Great Lakes 2010 (Final Report), November 2010  (8.36 MB)

State Of Lake Michigan In 2000, Mark E. Holey, Thomas N. Trudeau, Lake Michigan Committee, ISSN 1090-1051, March 2005  (1.21 MB)

They Need It - We Waste It, Chicago Reader, January 2006  (1.42 MB)

Transport And Deposition Of Dioxin To Lake Michigan: A Case Study, Mark Cohen, NOAA, Delta Institue, October 2000  (1.15 MB)

Zooplankton Community Composition In The Nearshore Waters Of Southern Lake Michigan, USEPA, July 1982  (1.60 MB)

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