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LaPorte, Elizabeth elzblap at umich.edu

Thu Jan 14 15:24:16 EST 2010

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

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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
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