Coalition Submits Letter to Administrator on Action Plan IV

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Written By Lindsey Bacigal

The Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition and 95 partner organizations submitted a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan, urging the Administrator to consider three main principles to ensure the success of the GLRI program over the next five years. The priorities flagged were:

  • Accelerate progress on restoring and protecting the Great Lakes as a source of drinking water for over thirty million Americans.

  • Prioritize restoration in the places facing the greatest threats and harms, such as habitat loss in rural areas or renewing waterfront access for historically underserved communities in or near cleaned up Areas of Concern.

  • Support projects that are both climate friendly and prepare the region for the climate impacts that we cannot avoid, like protecting and restoring wetlands and addressing stormwater runoff from farm fields and neighborhoods across the region.

Lindsey Bacigal
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