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ECOLOGICAL PROTECTION AND RESTORATION
Impact/Purpose:
A variety of Federal, State, Tribal, and non-profit organizations are working together to effectively and efficiently protect, restore, and enhance the habitats needed to sustain a healthy and diverse Great Lakes ecosystem.
Description:
To carry out this mission, GLNPO established its Ecological Protection and Restoration Team (the E Team), consisting of a staff plus extended team members from EPA Regions 2, 3, and 5, other federal and state agencies, and non-governmental organizations. GLNPO expects the following to result from its work: An improvement in the ecological integrity of the Great Lakes basin; An improvement in the quality and increase in the size of biologically diverse ecosystems; A greater understanding by those involved in managing and protecting ecosystems of ecosystem functions and processes; An increase in collaborative partnerships that leverage resources for protection and restoration activities; An awareness by the people of the Great Lakes basin of the inter-relatedness of ecosystem health and human health; and, An increase in the kinds and numbers of protection and restoration activities involving citizens that produce measurable benefits to ecosystem health.