Kennan Forum This Year: Great Topic - - Water - - But Wisconsin/Great Lakes Speakers Shut Out

I am a big fan of the annual George F. Kennan Forum, and this year's gathering on September 29th - - registration details here - - with water as the subject couldn't be more timely.

But here we are on the shoreline of the world's largest supply of fresh surface water - - the Great Lakes - - , with experts galore across an eight-state region - - and none of the speakers has Great Lakes water conservation or management as a specialization.

This isn't a complaint from a 'homer.' Just an observation that there is a wealth of expertise about the Great Lakes from Milwaukee to Chicago to Buffalo and certainly into Canada - - the area covered by the unique water management arrangement known as the Great Lakes Compact - - and that perspective would have added substantially to an important discussion.