And now for those of you who need something to fill all those idle hours while we wait for Spring to return, here are a few websites you may want to peruse:

• the Council of Great Lakes Governors - This is the website of the Council of Great Lakes Governors. Click on 'Great Lakes Priorities' on the righthand side for a look at them.
  [ www.cglg.org ]

• Great Lakes Water Management Initiative: Annex 2001 Implementing Agreement - This is also the Council Of Great Lakes Governors' website, with information on the Charter Annex.
  [ www.cglg.org/projects/water/annex2001Implementing.asp ]

• the Great Lakes Restoration Collaboration - featuring almost 600 pages of their recommendations, including the appendixes.
  [ www.glrc.us ]

• This one is the EPA's Great Lakes website.
  [ www.epa.gov/grtLakes ]

• Environment Canada - This is the page in Environment Canada's website that describes the GLCWA.
  [ www.on.ec.gc.ca/greatlakes/default.asp?lang=En&n=EE1B7E6A-1 ]

• International Joint Commission - Here is the IJC's website, their 12th Biennial Report.
  [ www.ijc.org/php/publications/html/12br/english/report/index.html ]

• EPA: Restoration - This is another page in the EPA's website, about Restoration.
  [ www.epa.gov/glnpo/collaboration ]

• Wisconsin DNR
  [ www.dnr.state.wi.us ]

• Michigan DEQ
  [ www.michigan.gov/deq ]

• Ohio DNR
  [ ohiodnr.com ]

• Earth Solutions, Inc. - A superior erosion control system
  [ www.earthsolutionsinc.com ]

• International Joint Commision - Upper Great Lakes Plan of Study
  [ huron.lre.usace.army.mil/ijc/uglpos/ ]

• Ohio Lakefront Group - Representing the rights of lakefront property owners.
  [ www.ohiolakefrontgroup.com ]

• Save Our Shoreline, Inc. - committed to preservation of our beaches and waterfront areas, and the right to maintain our beaches and waterfront.
  [ www.saveourshoreline.org ]