U.S. President Barack Obama and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson, in collaboration with 15 other federal agencies, have made restoring the Great Lakes a national priority. Signaling a commitment beyond measure of past promises, in February 2009, President Obama proposed $475 million for a Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (Initiative). This Action Plan describes how the Initiative will be executed from 2010 through 2014. View the Action Plan at the Great Restoration Initiative website, http://greatlakesrestoration.us Follow us on Twitter, http://twitter.com/glrestore _______________________ Pranas Pranckevicius, CISSP U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes National Program Office 77 West Jackson Blvd. G-17J Chicago, IL 60604-3590 pranckevicius.pranas at epa.gov 312 353-3437 Tel 312 385-5446 Fax www.epa.gov/greatlakes