SOLEC '94

Agencies Responsible

Organized by Environment Canada and the U.S Environmental Protection Agency.

Description

The first State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference was held on October 26 to 28, 1994. It's purpose was to assess the state of the lakes against a set of broad based indicators. Six working papers and an integration paper were developed for discussion at the conference, then revised after input from the conference participants. A paper was written on each of the following topics:

1. A Changing Great Lakes Econonmy: Economic and Environmental Linkages;
2. Effects of Great Lakes Basin Environmental Contaminants on Human Health;
3. Aquatic Community Health of the Great Lakes;
4. Toxic Contaminants
5. Aquatic Habitat and Wetlands of the Great Lakes;
6. Nutrients: Trends and System Response.

The revised papers formed the basis for the State of the Great Lakes Report - 1995. The background papers and the State of the Great Lakes Report from SOLEC '94 are available online.

Participants

Conference participants at SOLEC '94 included federal and provincial/state agencies, industry, academia and other non-government organizations from both Canada and the U.S.

Geographic Scope of SOLEC '94

The entire Great Lakes basin.

Length of Conference and Location

Two and a half days, held in Dearborn, Michigan.

Status of Conference

Completed.

Contact

• Harvey Shear