U.S. Congress Approves Historic Protections for Great Lakes
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Wildlife Federation and Alliance for the Great Lakes applaud the U.S. Congress for sealing historic protections for the Great Lakes that have been a decade in the making.
The U.S. House today approved the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact, an eight-state water management agreement to protect the nation’s largest fresh surface water resource from depletion.
U.S. Reps. John Conyers (D-MI), Vern Ehlers (R-MI), Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), Steve LaTourette (R-OH) and Jim Oberstar (D-MN) were instrumental in passing the compact. Approved unanimously by the Senate in August with the leadership of U.S. Sens. Russ Feingold (D-WI), Herb Kohl (D-WI), Carl Levin (D-MI), Arlen Specter (R-PA) and George Voinovich (R-OH), the compact’s final stop is with President Bush, who has said he will sign the agreement.
“This is a historic day for all of us who depend on the Great Lakes – and that’s millions of people, busi…
