Name: Great Lakes advocates press for restoration funding and pipeline safety in 2013
Start: 2013-09
End: 2013-09
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2013-09
Kind: Announcement
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: environmentconservationcommunicationgovernment
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The October 2013 Beaver Beacon reports on the Great Lakes Restoration Conference in Milwaukee, where more than 700 advocates pressed Congress for long-term Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding. The article cites Asian carp, harmful algae blooms, and the aging oil pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac as regional threats relevant to the Great Lakes economy and ecology.

Evidence limits

This record preserves the newspaper’s conference report and quoted advocacy claims. It does not independently verify the funding projections, threat assessment, or later legislative outcome.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, October 2013, "Great Lakes Restoration: A Matter of Momentum."
Reports the Milwaukee Great Lakes Restoration Conference, advocacy for long-term federal funding, and cited threats to the Great Lakes including Asian carp, harmful algae blooms, and the aging Enbridge pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, October 2013, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held October issue scan confirms the restoration-advocacy report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Great Lakes advocates press for restoration funding and pipeline safety in 2013”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-great-lakes-restoration-advocacy-2013/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2013, "Great Lakes Restoration: A Matter of Momentum." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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