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Buffer impacts of global warming MADISON — Enacting a comprehensive strategy to stop sewage overflows, halt invasive species and restore wetlands and other habitat will be essential in the effort to mitigate the impacts of global warming on Lake Michigan and the other Great Lakes, according to a new report released today from the Healing

MADISON — With the signature of Governor Doyle today, Wisconsin approves the Great Lakes Compact, an agreement between eight state governors and two Canadian provinces not to divert water outside of the Great Lakes Region.

Legislature passes Great Lakes Compact in special session MADISON — The state Legislature convened in a special session yesterday and passed the Great Lakes Compact, an agreement between eight states and two Canadian provinces not to divert water outside of the Great Lakes region.