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Regional Collaboration
Federal agencies, Great Lakes Governors, Great Lakes Mayors, Great Lakes Tribes, and Members of the Great Lakes States Congressional Delegation together are convening a collaboration to restore and protect the Great Lakes ecosystem.
- Collaboration intro
- Conveners meeting
- Interagency Task Force
- Presidential Executive Order
- Great Lakes Declaration
- Great Lakes Framework
- Issue Area Strategy Teams
EPA is hosting this information on behalf of the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Members.
Regional Collaboration: Making the Great Lakes Greater
Meetings
- The "Great Lakes Regional Collaboration" (GLRC)
Friday, December 3, 2004 in Chicago, IL- The Conveners Meeting was the official launch of this collaborative effort. On this day, members of the President's Cabinet, the Great Lakes Governors, the Great Lakes Congressional delegation, Mayors, and Tribal leaders met and forged an intergovernmental partnership and officially voiced their support for a coordinated strategy to further protect and restore the Great Lakes. More information...
- Executive Committee/Strategy Team Co-chairs Meeting
Maumee Bay, Ohio, February 22-23, 2005- This joint meeting of the GLRC Executive Committee and the co-chairs of the eight Strategy Teams focused on initial steps to develop a draft of the GLRC Strategy
- Executive Committee/Strategy Team Co-chairs Meeting
Traverse City, MI, April 28-29, 2005- This joint meeting of the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Executive Committee and the co-chairs of the eight Strategy Teams focused on the continued effort to complete the draft of the Great Lakes Restoration and Protection Strategy.
- GLRC Summit I
Duluth, MN, July 7-8, 2005- The draft Great Lakes Restoration and Protection Strategy was released at Summit I. Following release, the Strategy content was made available for public comment.
- Public meetings on the draft Strategy
- July 28 in Gary, Indiana
August 1 in Grand Rapids, Michigan
August 4 in Superior, Wisconsin
August 18 in Detroit, Michigan
August 23 in Cleveland, Ohio
August 30 in Buffalo, New York
- July 28 in Gary, Indiana
- Executive Committee/Strategy Team Co-chairs Meeting
Rochester, NY, October 6-7, 2005- Comments received during the public comment period were considered as the Strategy was readied for a December 2005 release.
- GLRC Summit II
Chicago, IL, December 12, 2005- The final Great Lakes Restoration and Protection Strategy was released.