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2001-2002
Mini-Workshop Series:
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Climate
Change and the the Great Lakes Region: The Potential Impacts
and What We Can Do
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| The
U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Great
Lakes Regional Assessment, and the
National Wildlife Federation
sponsored a series of 5 regional workshops to: *Inform
concerned citizens in the Great Lakes region about the potential
impacts of global climate change on their lives and livelihoods;
and to *Explore
ways to engage interested stakeholders in efforts to address
the issue. |
| These workshops
follow the release of a major scientific assessment sponsored
by and conducted in partnership with USEPA's Global Change Research
Program, in which researchers have found that climate change
may have profound effects on the Great Lakes region. |
| The mini-
workshop´s format included presentations by the researchers
involved in the assessment, regional experts, and stakeholders
from the community. Panel discussions were held after both morning
and afternoon presentations. |
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Opening
Workshop:
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| 1998
Climate Change in the Upper Great Lakes Region workshop |
| Follow-up
Mini-Workshops: |
- 1.
Great Lakes water levels;
March 30, 2001; Chicago, Illinois
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- 2.
Fisheries and aquatic
ecosystems - June 15, 2001, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- 3.
Agricultural Productivity
- March 22, 2002 / East Lansing, Michigan
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| 4.
Forests and terrestrial
ecosystems - June 21, 2002 Minneapolis, Minnesota |
- 5.
Winter recreation/Lake-effect
snow - November 8, 2002, Traverse City, Michigan
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