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SAVE THE DATE:
Conveners Meeting of the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration
December 3, 2004
Chicago, IL
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The
Great Lakes - Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario - form the
largest surface freshwater system on the Earth. More than 30 million
people live in the Great Lakes basin, and the daily activities of
these people, from the water consumed to the waste returned,
directly affects the Great Lakes environments.
The United States and Canada both have
jurisdiction over the Great Lakes Basin. Within the US, the EPA and
nine other agencies together administer more than 140 different
federal programs helping fund and implement environmental
restoration and management activities in the Great Lakes basin. In
addition, governance of the Great Lakes system is shared with eight
U.S. states, nearly 40 Tribal Nations, more than half a dozen major
metropolitan areas, and numerous county and local governments.
This site provides information about efforts to
keep the lakes clean for the people, animals, and plants that depend
on them.
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