The Evolving Role of the Federal Government in the Management of Lake Michigan
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Authors
Jackson, William L.
The University of Michigan Sea Grant Program
Issue Date
2011-04-01T17:35:41Z
Type
Technical Report
Language
en_US
Subject
Sea Grant , Great Lakes , Lake Michigan , Physical Description , Resource Management , Federal Government , Legislation , Environmental Protection Agency , Waste Disposal
Alternative Title
Abstract
Lake Michigan is one of the most valuable of the nationnulls water
resources. As demands upon its various uses increase, the need for the
coordinated and comprehensive management of its resource uses intensifies.
Identified in this report are ten major human uses of Lake Michigan in
need of more comprehensive public management, and the federal governmentnulls
role in the comprehensive management of these resource uses is described.
Basic federal activities in the areas of policy, planning, implementation
and regulation, and review are described as they relate to the nationnulls
water resources, in general, and to Lake Michigan, in particular. Trends
in the development of the federal role in each of these areas are described.
Description
Includes appendices, tables and maps concerning Lake Michigan. Appendix A: Planning Subareas Used By The Great Lakes Basin
Commission., Appendix B
Conclusions And Recommendations Of The Lake
Michigan Enforcement Conference., Appendix C: Federal Government Organizational Charts., Appendix D
Recommended Water Parameters To Be
Monitored In Lake Michigan.