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Past, Present and Future: The Global Growth of Ballast Water Technology
Reduced by 90% New Introductions of Invasive Species It might come as a surprise to anyone who’s walked a Great Lakes beach laden with invasive zebra and quagga mussel shells, but the…
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How One Company Helped Pioneer Ballast Water Filtration and Took it to Market
Launched a $17 Billion Ballast Treatment Industry Being in marketing and brand development for Hyde Marine is a globetrotter’s dream. “In the last two months we’ve done presentations and interfaced with ship…
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The Beginning: Governors Come Together to Build a Future for the Lakes
Built the World’s First Ecosystem Endowment “They define us.” – Jim Blanchard, Former Michigan Governor Former Michigan Governor Jim Blanchard’s simple statement about the Great Lakes captures the complex human/water relationship that…
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Framing a Governance System for the Great Lakes
Stopped Diversions of Water Out of the Lakes “Our Great Lakes waters are more secure than they have ever been.” – Peter Annin This quote is a reflection of our region’s shared…
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The First Installation of Ballast Water Treatment Technology on the Algonorth
The First Clean Ballast Tank The footage is grainy by today’s HD-TV standards. It shows a tanker surrounded by choppy water with no land in sight. A thick layer of gray clouds…
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A New Era in Sustainable Forestry Management
44 Million Acres of Forests Managed Sustainably Since the early investments made by the Great Lakes Protection Fund in sustainable forestry, the Great Lakes states have collectively led the way in growing…
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Beyond Ballast Water: The Great Lakes’ Role in Early Applications of Environmental DNA Techniques
Preventing New Invasions: Genetic Tools as an Early Warning System Since the mid-1990s, the Great Lakes Protection Fund had been seeking ways to stop new invasions of non-native species. The Fund had…
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Agricultural Retailers Implement Great Lakes-Friendly Business Model
Keeping Millions of Pounds of Phosphorus from Entering the Lakes A Note from Fund StaffThe Partnership for Ag Resource Management (PARM) started as an ambitious idea to prove that agricultural (ag) retailers could make…
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The Power of Perception: Helping Farmers Leave a Legacy of Healthy Land
Promoting Agricultural Innovation to Improve Water Quality Lake Erie has made an impressive comeback since the 1960s when some parts were declared dead from industrial pollutants. Eleven million people, from Toledo to Cleveland…
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Vacant to Vibrant: Stormwater Solutions that Fight Urban Blight
Prototyping Great Lakes—Friendly Neighborhoods of the Future In recent decades, cities across the Great Lakes region have been hit with the triple threat of heavier precipitation, aging infrastructure, and weak economies. The…
