Great Lakes Echo (http://greatlakesecho.org/tag/great-lakes-compact/page/2/)
Once prized for its medicinal value, the water produced at Waukesha, Wisc., is at the center of a fight with precedent-setting ramifications for using Great Lakes water.
This time the battle is over replacing instead of capturing the city’s water.
Last week brought two big retirement announcements with Great Lakes political implications. The first came from U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak. The Michigan Democrat recently found himself in the center of the health care debate because he threatened to break with his party and vote against the bill over abortion rights. Stupak eventually voted for health care reform. But in 2008, Stupak broke with both parties and cast one of only 25 votes against the Great Lakes Compact, an agreement between the Great Lakes states that prevents most water diversions and promotes water conservation.
You know the big names credited with major policy decisions that affect the basin.
But who are the people behind the names that shape Great Lakes policy?
This week: David Naftzger, head of the Council of Great Lakes Governors … and herder of political cats.