United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2004-09-28 monographic deposited born digital 65 p. GA 1.13:GAO-04-1024 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1024 P0b002ee1803a02d3 f:d041024 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1024 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1024 GAO-04-1024 Environment evaluation Environmental monitoring Environmental policies Inland waterways International agreements International cooperation Water quality Water resources conservation Environmental restoration EPA Great Lakes Strategy 2002 EPA Lakewide Management Plan Great Lakes State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement Other Written Product A12800 The Great Lakes remain environmentally vulnerable, prompting the United States and Canada to agree on actions to preserve and protect them. As requested, this report (1) determines the extent to which current EPA monitoring efforts provide information for assessing overall conditions in the Great Lakes Basin, (2) identifies existing restoration goals and whether monitoring is done to track goal progress, and (3) identifies the major challenges to setting restoration goals and developing a monitoring system. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1024/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1024.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1024/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1024.pdf GAO-04-1024 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1024 Other Written Product GAO-04-1024; Great Lakes: Organizational Leadership and Restoration Goals Need to Be Better Defined for Monitoring Restoration Progress; Environment evaluation Environmental monitoring Environmental policies Inland waterways International agreements International cooperation Water quality Water resources conservation Environmental restoration EPA Great Lakes Strategy 2002 EPA Lakewide Management Plan Great Lakes State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement