Socioeconomic Impacts Of The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

Analyzes the economic impacts on the Great Lakes region of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) (2010 through 2016), using a combination of econometric analysis (looking back in time) and regional economic modelling (looking back in time and projecting into the future). The GLRI was charged with restoring the environmental health of the Great Lakes watershed. Its five focus areas were the remediation of toxic substances, the prevention and control of invasive species and the impacts of invasive species, the protection and restoration of nearshore health, and the prevention and mitigation of nonpoint source pollution, habitat and wildlife protection and restoration, and accountability, monitoring, evaluation, communication, and partnership activities.