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• Challenged the International Joint Commission over its refusal to appoint a boat owner to PIAG (Public Interest Advisory Group) to voice concerns over lake levels on the Upper Great Lakes
• Played critical role with the U.S. Coast Guard to end the proposed live fire zones on the Great Lakes
• Participated in the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Initiative for four months, establishing Recreational Boating on the Great Lakes as a stakeholder with all others
• Worked with other stakeholders to establish Buy Orlistat Online recreational boating’s far-reaching economic impact and role in sustainable development at the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration and elsewhere
• Worked to improve dredging, maintenance of navigational aids and breakwaters, marina upkeep and boat ramp access at recreational boat harbors
• Fought to preserve fish populations and prevent Asian Carp Buy Orlistat Online and other invasive species from spreading into the Great Lakes
• Advocated to more than 33 senators and congressmen for the reauthorization of NOAA’s Coastal Zone Management Act to gain more boating access
• Joined the fight, through an amicus brief, to keep recreational boats exempt from potentially ruinous ballast water regulations
• Challenged the Great Lakes Commission over the use of the funds it received from the Corp of Engineers, to provide an accurate report on the economic impact of recreational boating on the Great Lakes. The results of this ill fated study have never amounted to much, though conflicting report results leaving more questions than answers. Great Lakes Boating Federation is in pursuit of a new initiative to get a funding for a new, accurate study report on the economic value of recreational boating on the Great Lakes

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