Abstract |
This briefing paper is presented to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), Great Lakes National Program Office (GLNPO) as an informational resource in the development of regional policy on the prevention and control of Great Lakes nonindigenous invasive species (NIS). The document was initially prepared for stakeholders participating in the regional workshop Great Lakes Nonindigenous Invasive Species, hosted by the U.S. EPA-GLNPO , U.S. EPA-Office of Research and Development and the Great Lakes Commission in Chicago, Ill. in October 1999. The workshop, one of four regional workshops held across the country, was held to elicit ideas on how the U.S. EPA might participate more strongly in a federal initiative against noxious and nonindigenous species. |