Sea Grant In The Great Lakes

Wetlands preservation... fishing rights and regulations...municipal sewage treatment costs... toxic substances in trout... tourism and energy shortages...the Great Lakes present a myriad of difficulties for citizens and public officials throughout the Midwest. Sea Grant Programs in New York, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota are working on these problems with research, advisory services and education as their tools. In this publication we have summarized current Sea Grant efforts throughout the Great Lakes. It isn't easy to shrink them all into a few pages, but major trends and common problems link the work in all the states. In fact, because so many problems ignore state boundaries, the programs have formed a talent-sharing Great Lakes Sea Grant Network. The Network makes the strengths of one program available throughout the region, and avoids duplication of efforts.