1.0	INTRODUCTION
	1.1	Background
	1.2	Mission
	1.3	Definitions
	1.4	Guiding Principles
2.0	RESEARCH OF GREAT LAKES DATABASES
3.0	OTHER INITIATIVES
	3.1	OECD
	3.2	NAFTA and the CEC
	3.3	GPI
	3.4	Ohio
	3.5	Results of Review of Other Initiatives
4.0	OTHER TASK FORCE ACTIVITIES
	4.1	Workshop on Indicators of Integrity/Diversity of the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem
	4.2	1998 Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Mayors' Conference
	4.3	State-of-the-Lakes Ecosystem Conference, 1998. IITF Breakout Session on Implementing Indicators
	4.4	Technical Review of the June and October 1998 and May 1999 SOLEC Draft Reports
	4.5	The International Association for Great Lakes Research Conference, 1998 and 1999
	4.6	Great Lakes Commission Online GIS Workshop1998
5.0	RELATIONSHIP WITH SOLEC
6.0	DESIRED OUTCOMES AND INDICATORS
	6.1	Swimmability
	6.2	Fishability or Fish Safe for Human Consumption
	6.3	Drinkability
	6.4	Healthy Human Populations
	6.5	Economic Viability
	6.6	Biological Community Integrity and Diversity
	6.7	Virtual Elimination of Inputs of Persistent Toxic Substances
	6.8	Absence of Excess Phosphorus
	6.9	Physical Environment Integrity
	6.10	Conclusions
		6.10.1	General Findings
		6.10.2	Proposed Long Term Involvement by the Commission
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