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• -Jl- '■a I 7: Rani X nX.-- i i a-;': •.. r ■•*, . ■ .:' :'k Annual Report Issue Volume 8, No. 4/Fall, 1983 of Freshwater m k ~ j ri’ r UL ;5 i:. ,- jV; 0/1 the horizon oj the Center for the Great Lakes lie three new eihtcation programs. The Center For The Great Lakes: Meeting the Challoiges With Knowledge A $153,994.00 grant from the Northwest Area Foundation is enabling the Freshwater Society to plan and carry out three major education programs for the Center for the Great Lakes, based in Chicago. The grant will further the Freshwater Society goal of providing information to business, industry and policymakers to assist in the long range planning and management of water concerns. According to Christine Olsenius, coordinator of the Freshwater Society, the grant will provide funds to: 1. Publish a regional directory of public and private groups involved in resource management in Great Lakes states and prov inces. The directory will provide information to people interested in water and land management issues, policymaking, business, industry, and public education; 2. Publish a bimonthly regional report synthesizing and analyzing Great Lakes issues; and 3. Develop regional seminars for business executives to examine the implications of current water problems to the business community. Industry and manufacturing account for 44 percent of water used in the United States each year, and the factors which affect the cost of the water they use will affect the production of goods. Ihe Center for the Great I.akes was founded in January. 1983. with the support and planning of the Freshwater Foundation. Foundation Chairman, Richard G. Gray, Sr„ is on the center's board of directors. . X-/.. %.R- 'V .v.R.aV.- Me®