TACKLING INVASIVE SPECIES IN THE GREAT LAKES UM Law School - Panel Discussion on January 20 A new aquatic invasive species is discovered in the Great Lakes roughly every 7 months. Join the panelists as they consider how best to address the problem of invasives ? particularly those that enter the Great Lakes through the ballast water of ships. The panel discussion will be held on Wednesday, January 20, 5:30-7:00 p.m., in Room 120 of Hutchins Hall at the Law School. The event is free and open to the public. The panelists include: - Thomas Cmar, Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council - Thomas Johengen, Associate Research Scientist & Associate Director, Cooperative Institute for Limnology & Ecosystems Research, University of Michigan - Robert Reichel, Assistant Attorney General, Michigan Department of Attorney General - Georges Robichon, Senior Vice-President and General Counsel, Fednav Limited Moderator: Sara Gosman, Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Michigan. From 2004 to 2008, Sara was an Assistant Attorney General in the Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture Division of the Michigan Department of Attorney General For more information: http://www.law.umich.edu/centersandprograms/elpp/paneldiscussions/Docume nts/Species%20Panel012010.pdf The presentation will be videotaped and later uploaded to the following site: http://www.law.umich.edu/centersandprograms/elpp/Pages/default.aspx pdf file also attached ******************************************************************** Al LaGrone Program Coordinator Environmental Law & Policy Program University of Michigan Law School 625 S. State St., Rm. 972LR Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1215 (734) 647-4034 http://www.law.umich.edu/centersandprograms/elpp/Pages/default.aspx ******************************************************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.great-lakes.net/lists/glin-announce/attachments/20100114/f2618e87/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Species Panel012010.pdf Type: application/octet-stream Size: 176610 bytes Desc: Species Panel012010.pdf Url : http://www.great-lakes.net/lists/glin-announce/attachments/20100114/f2618e87/attachment.obj