Act Now to Keep the Great Lakes Water in the Great Lakes!

Dear Conservationist, 

This summer, you may be one of the thousands of Wisconsinites flocking to the Great Lakes for picnics, swimming, fishing, and boating. Or you may be one of thousands whose business depends on the Great Lakes through commercial fishing, international and inter-state shipping, tourism, agriculture or industrial manufacturing. Whatever your link, you know that the Great Lakes don’t just define Wisconsin …they define us as Wisconsinites.

The Great Lakes contain 20 percent of the world’s fresh surface water, which makes it easy to understand why other thirsty states and nations are beginning to eye their sparkling blue waters. It also makes it easy to understand why we must act now to protect them.

It’s especially urgent that we act now because there are currently no consistent rules across the region governing the use of Great Lakes water, making them vulnerable to tankers and pipelines that could pump water away from the region. That current “anything goes” status leaves our region open to water shortages and lowered lake levels, leading to drinking water contamination and higher water rates, more beach closings, fewer opportunities to boat and fish, and job losses in the industries that depend on the Great Lakes.

It doesn’t have to be this way. The Great Lakes Compact, now being considered by your state legislators, establishes fair and consistent rules for responsible Great Lakes water use. It’s critical that legislators pass a Strong Great Lakes Compact- the one that is best for Wisconsin . 

YOU CAN HELP and it will only take a minute!

Click here to send a letter to your Assembly Representative, your state Senator and Governor Doyle asking them to support a Strong Great Lakes Compact!