The Great Lakes Water Compact Analysis

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The Great Lakes compact relates to north shore communities directly because they are the region that boarder the shore of the great lake of Lake Superior, the largest great lake. All of the information in this compact relates to the north shore, as well as to the rest of the lake. This compact has countless respectable ideas on how to preserve and protect the lakes that Lake Superior could and should utilize. They also have many resources and educational opportunities that communities and citizens of the north shore can take advantage of, such as, a ravine restoration toolkit, a K-12 educational curriculum, an adopt-a-beach program and much more.
The Great Lakes Water Compact and Agreement was adopted in 2008 to protect the health of the world’s

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