U.S. President George W. Bush congratulated the governors and legislatures of the eight Great Lakes states Tuesday for approving a conservation agreement.

I congratulate the Governors and Legislatures of the eight States that border the Great Lakes on their conclusion of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact.

By Harris, Cole Marshlands: Four Centuries of Environmental Change on the Shores of the St. Lawrence. By Matthew G. Hatvany. Sainte-Foy, Quebec: Les Presses de l'Universite Laval, 2003. 184 pp. xxi + 184 pp. Illustrations, maps, and bibliography. $25.00.

To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Kerry Chippo of PennsylvaniaDepartment of Environmental Protection, +1-717-787-1323 ERIE, Pa., Sept.

By Brian Nearing, Albany Times Union, N.Y. Jul. 19--ALBANY -- New York is poised to join seven states and two Canadian provinces that border the Great Lakes to lock up the world's largest source of fresh water from outsiders. The plan, called the Great Lakes St.