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• MCWC members - It's still not to late to call or email lawmakers.

• Annual Meeting and Picnic-Round Lake Resort on M-20 11043 11 Mile Rd., Mecosta, MI                               1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.                                                                                                                                         Hot dogs and ice cream will be provided.                                                                                                           Bring a dish to pass, your own table service and beverage, and a $5.00 donation to MCWC. 

MCWC Board Meets on the 2nd Saturday of each month, 10:00 am. Northern Shores Supper Club at 9965 11 Mile Rd. (M-20).

• "Inland Seas: Understanding and Protecting the Great Lakes" Y-Tube Presentation 5-8-08

• SB 860: Water withdrawal legislation is pending on the floor of both the Michigan House of Representatives and Senate that is tie-barred to the Great Lakes Compact legislation. 

• The Senate passed SB 860

• Olson Letter: Executive Summary

• "Ice Mountain asks to add well capacity" Cadillac News 3/14/08

• Video of the Hearing  Click on (video of hearing.)

• President Terry Swier Testifies before The House Subcommittee 

• Testimony of Terrill (Terry) Swier

• Written Testimony of Terrill (Terry) Swier

• To make a contributions and promote MCWC,  

Look to the Future

• Proposed Talking Points:  House Bills 5065, 5066, 5068, 5069, 5070 and 5071 (5067 and 5072 passed on 5/14/08)

• "Ice Mountain asks to add well capacity" Cadillac News 3/14/08

• Assessing The Environmental Risks of the Water Bottling Industry’s Extraction of Groundwater

• Climate Change and Great Lakes Water Resources  November 2007                              

• Great Lakes, Great Michigan Coalition update 8-27-07 Terry Swier - President MCWC

• FYI. The House Dems introduced House Bills No. 5065-5073 this week. Attached are the bills. - terry

• Here is a link to the Supreme Court's opinion:  http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/Clerk/01-07/130802/130802-Opinion.pdf

• From "The Detroit News" (Steve Pardo): Once the ultimate status symbol, now a mere mainstay, bottled water has never been more popular -- or controversial. 7/15/08

• From "Grand Rapids Press" (Peter Luke): Legislative ratification of the Great Lakes Water Resources Compact should be headed to Gov. Jennifer Granholm's desk by the end of the week. 6/24/08

• From "Detroit Free Press" (Dawson Bell): Michigan lawmakers announced an agreement Monday that would regulate new, large-scale withdrawals of water from the state  6/24/08

• From "Battle Creek Enquirer": Legislative committees have passed bills strengthening Michigans regulation of large-scale water withdrawals. 6/24/08

• from "The Detroit News" (Lana Pollack): When New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, then a Democratic candidate for president, suggested that people in the Southwest could solve their water problems by taking it from the Great Lakes, Michigan voters were understandably furious.  6/18/08

• From "New York Times" (Jennifer B. Lee): The City Council has become the latest government agency to take a stand against bottled water. 6/17/08

• From "Traverse City Record-Eagle" (Rebekah Warren): Michigan is blessed to have an international treasure in its back yard -- the Great Lakes and 11,000-plus inland waters. The Michigan Legislature is about to enact stronger protections for this amazing resource, but several remaining differences between the chambers' packages -- public trust language, coldwater protections and permitting thresholds -- must be resolved before these bills take effect. 6/17/08

• From "The Daily Mining Gazette" (Garrett Neese): The Portage Township Planning Commission is considering a proposal to rezone land for a water bottling facility, Township Supervisor Bill Bingham said at Mondays board meeting. 6/10/08

• EDITORIAL: Great Lakes deal vital to our water 6/10/08

• From "Bay City Times" (Editorial): A loose-knit corps of Tri-Cities people has come together to tackle a task that the federal government promised - and failed - to deliver almost two decades ago. 6/8/08

• From "Ann Arbor News" ( John Mulcahy): Three Ann Arbor restaurants have signed on to a national program aimed ultimately at stopping the use of bottled water. 6/9/08

• "Quebec moves to protect water" by PHILIP AUTHIER, The Gazette 6/6/08

• "State House passes more of its water management plan" by Tim Martin Associated Press 6/5/08

• "Parched areas beginning to eye Great Lakes water supply" By John F. Bonfatti Buffalo News  6/3/08

• "COMMENTARY: It's too early to cheer over Great Lakes pact" Ed Garvey Capital Times 6/3/08

• "Great Lakes Water Compact still treading water in state legislature" 5/30/2008 3 KB

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