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Wisconsin vs. Fish Ebola: New rules protect the Great Lakes ecosystem

November 20, 2009

Posted by Thom Cmar in Curbing Pollution , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , U.S. Law and Policy

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albany, ballastwater, coastguard, doorcounty, EPA, greatlakes, lakemichigan, newyork, newyorkattorneygeneral, shipping, vessels, VHS, viralhemorrhagicsepticemia, wisconsin, wisconsin DNR

Door County, Wisconsin is famous for their fish boils. We are talking about massive kettles of Lake Michigan white fish with potatoes, onions and the perfect spices boiling in giant bonfires on the beach. Yum, it's a great tradition that...

Off to Cleveland Today to Testify for Great Lakes and Oceans

October 29, 2009

Posted by Thom Cmar in Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
ballastwater, cleveland, greatlakes, invasivespecies, obama, oceans

I'm off to Cleveland this morning to testify at the Great Lakes regional meeting of the National Ocean Policy Task Force.  As a native Ohioan, I am excited to return to my home state and take this important opportunity to...

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I grew up in a small city in southwestern Ohio.  My father’s father worked in...
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