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From:         Gleason Sackman <sackman@plains.nodak.edu>
Subject:      [alt.great-lakes] GREAT LAKES INFO on-line! (fwd)

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Date: 8 Aug 92 12:38:39 GMT
From: prb@chinet.chi.il.us (Paul Botts)
Subject: [alt.great-lakes] GREAT LAKES INFO on-line!
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Archive-name: auto/alt.great-lakes/GREAT-LAKES-INFO-on-line

THE GREAT LAKES INFORMATION SERVICE is now available for ftp!

Fact Sheets about various Great Lakes topics and issues, along with two
years worth of new stories from the Great Lakes Reporter, can be found
via anonymous ftp at nic.cic.net, in the subdirectory
/pub/great-lakes/cgl (where you'll find a readme.txt file which explains
and lists what's available in what subdirectory).

Topics covered by Fact Sheets include Great Lakes water diversion, water
quality, waterfront development, pollution prevention, regional and
international agreements such as the Great Lakes Water QUality
Agreement, and the effects of global warming on the Lakes.

The Great Lakes Reporter, a regional newsmagazine published by The
Center for the Great Lakes, covers news, trends, and issues relating the
environment of the Great Lakes ecosystem and the economy of the region,
especially when they interact. You will find every major story that ahs
appeared in the Reporter since the start of 1990, listed by subject area
with headlines for easy access and searching. Typical topics include
coverage of the historic regional public meetings held in Traverse City
in October 1991; trends in various key economic sectors around the
Lakes; analysis of current water quality planning and activities by
governments, industry and citizen's groups around the region; waterfront
development aroound the Lakes; "invader" species such as the zebra
mussel; the state and future of the Great Lakes' fishery; the status of
proposals to divert Great Lakes water, and so forth.

The Reporter is a part of the Great Lakes Information Service, a public
service of The Center for the Great Lakes. This ftp access is the first
step in a long-range plan to put the Information Service "on-line"; more
Fact Sheets on more topics will be added, Reporter stories will be
continuously added as they are published, and existing Fact Sheets are
periodically updated by Center researchers.

For more information, or to receive this material by U.S. Mail, send
email to prb@chinet.chi.il.us. The Information Service also responds to
requests for information from researchers, inlcuding searches of our
library, and picking the brains of our brilliant, experienced and modest
staff. Call 312-263-0785 and ask for Paul Botts or Noah Eiger; be sure
and tell us where you heard of us, so we know whether this method of
making the service known is working!

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