GLIN==> Meeting Summary Now Available: 2009 Great Lakes AOC Conference

*** Meeting Summary Now Available ***

Summary information is now available online (
<http://www.glc.org/rap/aocconference09recap.html>
http://www.glc.org/rap/aocconference09recap.html) for the U.S. Areas of
Concern Program Annual Meeting: Implementing Restoration Targets and
Achieving On-The-Ground Results for the Great Lakes,  that was held October
1-2, 2009 in Milwaukee, Wisc.

Overview

The annual meeting for the U.S. Areas of Concern (AOC) program convened over
160 participants to review recent developments affecting the program;
discuss approaches for implementing delisting targets; build capacity to
implement on-the-ground restoration actions; identify opportunities to
address AOC restoration priorities under President Obama's Great Lakes
Restoration Initiative; improve linkages between the AOCs, Lakewide
Management Plans (LaMPs) and other programs; and consider actions that will
strengthen the regional U.S. AOC program. Agenda highlights included keynote
remarks from Todd Ambs, Water Division Administrator for the Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources, and breakout sessions on a number of topics
important to the AOCs. Representatives from local AOC groups, state and
federal agency staff, LaMP participants, academic partners, consultants, and
other groups were in attendance.

Sponsors

The meeting was sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Great
Lakes National Program Office; the Great Lakes Commission; and the Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources.

Contacts

For more information, contact Matt Doss at the Great Lakes Commission,
734-971-9135, mdoss at glc.org.

Go to  <http://www.glc.org/rap/aocconference09recap.html>
http://www.glc.org/rap/aocconference09recap.html to see the full meeting
summary.


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