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WELCOME TO THE GREAT LAKES INFORMATION SERVICE
FACT SHEETS!

The Information Service is maintained by The Center for the Great
Lakes, a private non-profit policy research organization based in
Toronto and Chicago. Here you will find Fact Sheets on a variety of
issues and subjects relevant to the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence River
region and ecosystem. The Fact Sheets are in this directory, and in a
subdirectory AOCFACTS.

These Fact Sheets have been compiled by Center staff, and are
periodically updated. Comments and corrections are always welcome,
and we can also generally steer you in the right direction if you'd like
to delve further into a particular subject summarized in a Fact Sheet.
You can order hardcopies of the Fact Sheets on our snazzy stationary
(single copies are absolutely free, we negotiate a bit on bulk
orders) by contacting the Information Service at 35 E. Wacker Drive,
Suite 1870, Chicago, IL 60601 (312-263-0785).

You can also order a list of other Information Service materials not
present here, such as our books and research reports, and a series of
general-info brochures on each Great Lake. Some of that material is
going to end up here, as we expand our electronic service, partly in
response to demand. We have in the past few years published books or
spiral-bound reports on Great Lakes waterfront development, various
aspects of the efforts to clean up the 43 Areas of Concern, pollution
prevention and the regional economy, legal issues surrounding Great Lakes
water diversion, government programs relating to wetlands in the region,
and other topics.

We also welcome comments and suggestions on the Fact Sheets:
are there subject areas not covered here that you'd like to see a
Fact Sheet on?

DISCLAIMERS AND CAVEATS

All material listed here is copyrighted by The Center for the Great
Lakes, and may not be reproduced or sold for cash or services. The
Fact Sheets may be freely quoted from, and circulated without charge,
so long as The Center for the Great Lakes receives attribution.

Questions, comments and notices of problems should be sent to Paul
Botts (prb@chinet.chi.il.us) with a cc to Ed Vielmetti (emv@msen.com).

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