The Great Lakes Wetlands Policy Consortium – Bilateral NGO Action Aimed at the Great Lakes

Abstract

This case study concerns the formation of the Great Lakes Wetlands Policy Consortium which was a bilateral action group formed in 1989–1990 to negotiate and coordinate environmental NGO policy positions on protection management and restoration of wetlands in the Great Lakes drainage basin. This includes the states of Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, and New York plus the province of Ontario in Canada. The major player in this case study is the Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council located in Michigan. They organized the policy consortium and obtained the grant for to do the activity and are most active with follow-up. Other actors are individual environmental advocate groups in the United States and Canada as well as regulatory agencies in both countries.