Indiana Meeting to Highlight Need for Great Lakes Compact
Three public meetings on the Great Lakes Compact are scheduled for Sept. 26 and 27 in Indiana, as lawmakers there prepare to consider ratification. As Indiana gears up to consider adopting the Great Lakes Compact, the public is urged to attend a Sept. 27 public meeting in South Bend to learn how the compact will secure the waters and health of the Great Lakes. The meeting is one of three scheduled around the state next week as the Indiana Legislature prepares to consider a ratification proposal by the state Department of Natural Resources in 2008. Minnesota and Illinois were the first states to adopt the compact earlier this year, and legislatures in the other Great Lakes states are now in varying stages of taking up the legislation. Full Story