Alliance for the Great Lakes The intervening years saw some contraction, until the appointment of Glenda Daniel as executive director in 1986. During her tenure, the Lake Michigan Federation opened offices in Muskegon, Milwaukee and Green Bay, with its original headquarters remaining in Chicago. With the U.S. and Canada signing a major amendment to the U.S.-Canada Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement in 1987, which among other things allowed for the designation of toxic hotspot "Areas of Concern," the Federation made a significant push to empower local communities in these "AOCs" to seek support for the implementation of cleanups. After Daniel's resignation in 1992, again, the
Great Lakes Avengers up in court. While he claims that people simply "didn't like them," he does comfort them by proclaiming that they could try to be in the spotlight again in a few years. Assisted the team by training them, but it is not clear if they joined. The GLA appeared in the climax of the "JLA/Avengers" miniseries, where they assisted in the defeat of Krona. In August 2009, "TIME" listed the Great Lakes Avengers among the "Top 10 Oddest Marvel Characters". Great Lakes Avengers The Great Lakes Avengers (also known as The Lightning Rods, The Great Lakes X-Men, The Great Lakes