This fall, President Obama’s Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force is traveling to four more cities as part of a six-city tour to hear from the public about how best to ensure the protection, maintenance and restoration of our oceans, coasts and the Great Lakes.
The task force, with vigorous participation by NOAA and 24 other federal departments and agencies, has released an interim report for a national policy for oceans, coastal and Great Lakes ecosystems, a framework for policy coordination, and a strategy to implement the objectives of the national policy.
These recommendations were published in the Federal Register this week. The public has 30 days to review and provide comments.
The task force will hold its next public meeting in Providence, R.I., at the Convention Center in downtown Providence on Sept. 24 from 4 to 7 p.m.