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Welcome to NOAA’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative homepage!

 

The Great Lakes provide significant environmental, economic, and social value to the region and nation.  Part of the largest freshwater ecosystem in the world and home to thousands of plant and animal species, the Great Lakes contain 95 percent of our country’s surface fresh water supply, generate $62 billion in annual wages, and directly support 1.5 million jobs.[1]

Recognizing the importance of the Great Lakes and the years of degradation and abuse this vital national resource has suffered, President Barack Obama made the Great Lakes’ restoration a national priority.  The resulting Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) is the largest investment in the Great Lakes in two decades.  NOAA is pleased to be one of 15 Federal agencies collaborating with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to implement the Initiative, which covers Fiscal Years 2010 through 2014. Soon after the GLRI was established, the multi-agency task force developed the GLRI Action Plan.  The Action Plan calls for aggressive efforts to address the most significant problems facing the Great Lakes.  These urgent issues have been divided into five “Focus Areas”:

 

                    

 

GLRI Action Plan

In 2010, all federal agency partners involved in the GLRI created a five-year plan for Great Lakes restoration. Click here to download the GLRI Action Plan.

 

What’s happenin’ with the GLRI?

Learn about news and noteworthy happenings related to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI).

Contact Information

For additional information on NOAA’s GLRI work, please contact:

Rebecca Held
NOAA GLRI Program Coordinator
Email: Rebecca.Held@noaa.gov
Phone: (734) 741-2339
Address: 4840 S. State Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48108

 

 

 

 

 

 

GLRI Fact Sheets

Download fact sheets for all of NOAA’s GLRI projects.

GLRI Success Stories

You can now download NOAA’s success stories for each of the five GLRI Focus Areas.

    • Toxics and Areas of Concern
    • Invasive Species
    • Nearshore and Nonpoint source Pollution
    • Habitat and Wildlife Protection and Restoration
    • Accountability

 

GLRI Partner Agencies

Environmental Protection Agency
Council on Environmental Quality
Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
U.S. Forest Service
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
Department of Defense
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Department of Health and Human Services
Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry
Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Coast Guard
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Indian Affairs
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
U.S. Geological Survey
National Park Service
Department of State
Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
Maritime Administration

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