Aquatic Invasive Species Summit: Michigan’s Call to Action A summit on aquatic invasive species will take place May 22-24, 2007 at the Park Place Hotel in Traverse City. Hosted by the Office of the Great Lakes, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, the summit will provide an opportunity to discuss the economic and environmental challenges facing the State of Michigan in regard to AIS management efforts and gaps. The summit will allow stakeholders to collectively develop or refine strategies to identify and reduce the risk of AIS being introduced and spread into Michigan waters. The public, resource managers, policy makers, researchers, environmental organizations and anyone interested in preventing further introductions of aquatic invasive species into Michigan and Great Lakes waters and minimizing the impacts of aquatic invaders is invited to attend. See: Registration |