Great Lakes get help

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: January 8, 2003| Author: TOM HELD | Copyright information

Great Lakes get help

$16 million pledged to preserve resource

By TOM HELD theld@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel

Wednesday, January 8, 2003

The Joyce Foundation will back overwhelming public support for the Great Lakes with $16 million for research and education to preserve the water resource, the foundation announced today.

The Chicago-based foundation tied its three-year pledge to the results of a new survey that found residents of the Great Lakes stat...

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