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Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
Clean Rivers Clean Lake VII
September 15, 2010Wauwatosa, WI
Judy BeckLake Michigan Manager
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Presentation Overview
The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
FY 2010 Funding Plan and Implementation
ProcessAOC /LaMP Specific Information
Great Lakes Multi-Year Restoration Action Plan
Tools for keeping up to date
Todays Topics
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The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
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The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
Target most significant Great Lakes issues
Results- and action-oriented
Fully engage Great Lakes community as
implementation partners
Transparency and accountability
Build on GLRC
Major ThemesFebruary 26, 2009
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The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
Represents NEW resources for federal
agencies with the exception of $61 millionfor continuation of EPAs existing GreatLakes National Program Office budget
Should not supplant existing resources Funding notto be used for traditional water
infrastructure projects otherwise covered byState Revolving Loan and Stimulus Funds
Qualifiers
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FY 2010 Funding Plan and
Implementation Process
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Programs and actions identified for 16
federal agencies Based on the Great Lakes Regional
Collaboration Strategy to Restore and
Protect the Great Lakes Utilize Lake specific Lakewide Management
Program (LaMP) goals and AOC Plans
Coordinated Multi-Agency Plan to AchieveGoals and Objectives
FY 2010 Funding Plan and Implementation Process
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Toxic Substances and Areas of Concern
Invasive Species
Nearshore Health and Nonpoint SourcePollution
Habitat and Wildlife Protection andRestoration
Accountability, Monitoring, Evaluation,Communication, and Partnerships
Five Focus Areas
FY 2010 Funding Plan and Implementation Process
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How Do Funds Get to Projects?
Federal Interagency Agreements establishterms and transfer funds, EPA to agencies
Fall Request(s) for Proposals by EPA andother Agencies, competative process
Use existing funding mechanisms, different
match requirements and focus Intended Result: On-the-ground projects
FY 2010 Funding Plan and Implementation Process
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Status of Congressional Appropriations
$475 Million for FY 2010
$300 Million proposed for FY 2011
Part of the Congressional budget debate
FY 2011 due to begin October 1, 2010
If no budget, continuing resolution (CR), will
set guidelines
FY 2010 Funding Plan and Implementation Process
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AOC /GLRI Program Alignment
AOC/GLRI PROGRAM Alignment
Identify funding for projects that would aid
in restoring a beneficial use i.e. delisting Align AOC actions with funding sources
Identify which BUIs can be delisted and by
when Set a schedule of projects so that if funded
create a pipeline ( sediment clean ups, etc)
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EPA Vision of LaMP, AOC Program
LaMP, AOC PROGRAM GOALS
Provide State funding capacity support to manageprogram, support AOC groups
Provide support for eco-management forregional planning, harbors, and local communities Provide funds for education and outreach projects
(Forums, Boat Tours, Climate Change and greeninfrastructure approach )
Provide funds for collaborative monitoring andreporting, (watersheds and near shore)
Provide funds for integration and collaborationefforts on lake and AOC issues
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Great LakesMulti-Year Restoration Action Plan
(FY 2010 FY 2014)
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Federal agencies/ Great Lakes Interagency TaskForce and its Regional Working Group began
development based on the GLRC Strategy toRestore and Protect the Great Lakes
Stakeholder input through July / August 2009 PublicMeetings in each Great Lakes state and via the
Internet GLRI Goals, Objectives, and Targets intended to
align with those of Great Lakes State, Tribal, andlocal governments and the LaMPs
Great Lakes Multi-Year Restoration Action Plan Outline
Development of the Great LakesRestoration Multi-year Action Plan
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Tracking Progress
Targets and Measures toward Restoration and
Protection Goals and Objectives Accountability System to allow systematic
reporting and public access to expendituresand progress, training on line
Annual Reports starting in 2011
Appropriate science help guide future
actions
Accountability
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Problem Statement
Interim Objectives and actions( Outputs) Proposed Long Term Goals ( Outcomes)
Measures of Progress, Assessment
Progress reporting
Five Focus Areas : Outline
Great Lakes Multi-Year Restoration Action Plan
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Problem Statement
The health of Great Lakes habitats and wildlife dependsupon the protection and restoration of ecosystems: the
Great Lakes, the coastline, wetlands, rivers, connectingchannels, and watersheds.
Healthy Great Lakes provide clean drinking water
Fully resilient ecosystems buffer the impacts of climatechange.
A multitude of threats affect the health of Great Lakeshabitats and wildlife..
Threats have resulted in impacted habitat and wildlife.
Habitat and Wildlife Protection and Restoration
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Proposed Long Term Goals
Protection and restoration of Great Lakes aquatic
and terrestrial habitats Critical management activities protect and
conserve important fish and wildlife populations.
Sound decision-making is facilitated by..
High priority actions identified in strategic plansare implemented, lead to the achievement of plangoals, and reduce the loss of fish and wildlife and
their habitats.
Habitat and Wildlife Protection and Restoration
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Interim Objectives
By 2014, 3,000 miles of Great Lakes rivers andtributaries will be reopened and 500 barriers to
fish passage will be removed or bypassed. By 2014, 75,000 acres of wetlands, wetland-
associated uplands, and high priority coastal,upland, and island habitats will be protected,
restored, or enhanced. By 2014, 30% of habitat-related beneficial use
impairments will be delisted across 27 Areas ofConcern.
Four other objectives.
Habitat and Wildlife Protection and Restoration
Great Lakes Multi-Year Restoration Action Plan Outline
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Measures of Progress
Miles of rivers reopened for fish passage.
Number of fish passage barriers removedor bypassed..
Percentage of Habitat-related beneficial useimpairments removed from the 27 USAreas of Concern so impaired.
Eight other measures.
Habitat and Wildlife Protection and Restoration
Great Lakes Multi-Year Restoration Action Plan Outline
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Habitat and Wildlife Protection and RestorationPrincipal Actions to Achieve Progress
Improve Aquatic Ecosystem Resiliency
Maintain or Improve the Population Status of
Threatened, Endangered, Rare and MigratorySpecies
Enhance Wetlands, Wetland-Associated Uplands,and High Priority Coastal, Upland and Island
Habitats Identify, Inventory, and Track Progress on Great
Lakes Habitats, Including Coastal WetlandsRestoration
Restore Habitat Functioning in Areas of Concern
Great Lakes Multi-Year Restoration Action Plan Outline
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Web-http://greatlakesrestoration.us
Email- [email protected]
GreatLakesNews- http://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/maillist
Twitter- http://twitter.com/glrestore
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Action Plan 2010-2014- http://greatlakesrestoration.us/?page_id=24
Resources Available on the Web
The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
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Contact Information
Judy Beck 312/353-849 [email protected]
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