Programs with a Geographic
Focus
Chesapeake Bay Program - this
site provides information about the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay
as well as data and information about this unique ecosystem.
Great Lakes National Program Office
- the site is dedicated to communicating information about the Great Lakes
ecosystem and the human health, monitoring, and sediment issues present
there.
Great Lakes Information Network
- this site is a partnership that provides one place online for people
to find information relating to the binational Great Lakes region of North
America.  Great Plains International Data
Network - this program participates in exploring ways of cooperating
with other agencies and jurisdictions to advance data activities and sustainable
development within the Great Plains region.
Gulf of Mexico Program - this
site is a developmental effort designed to make Gulf of Mexico ecosystem
data and information readily available and to facilitate communications
between parties involved in Gulf of Mexico projects and programs.
Lake Champlain
Basin Program - A federal, state and local initiative to restore and
protect Lake Champlain (Vermont and New York) and its surrounding watershed
for future generations.
Long Island Sound Program
- this site offers access to information about the Long Island Sound and
this program to research and monitor conditions in the Sound, identify
priority problems, and develop strategies to address those problems.
Mid-Atlantic Integrated Assessment
(MAIA) - a research, monitoring, and assessment initiative to develop
high-quality scientific information on the condition of the natural resources
of the Mid-Atlantic region of the eastern United States, including the
watersheds of the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays, Albemarle-Pamlico Sound,
and the Delmarva Coastal Bays.
National Estuary Program - a program
to protect and restore the health of estuaries while supporting economic
and recreational activities. To date, 28 local NEPs are demonstrating
practical and innovative ways to revitalize and protect their estuaries.
Puget Sound
Initiatives - this site provides information about an effort by state
and provincial governments to address, plan for and resolve the environmental
problems associated with population growth in Puget Sound and the Georgia
Basin. Regional Geographic Initiative
- this program provides grants for projects that are identified as high
priority by an EPA Region, state or locality, that pose a high human health
or ecosystem risk, and have significant potential for risk reduction.
U.S. - Mexico Border 2012 - is a binational, interagency program aimed at protecting
and improving the environment and environmental health while fostering
sustainable development in the U.S./Mexico border area. (Programa Ambiental México-Estados Unidos Frontera 2012)
U.S. - Mexico Border Environmental
Health Program - this site offers information about this interagency
committe including the program strategy and information about on-going
and planned projects.
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