1. Estimating the Benefits of Great Lakes Restoration Jennifer Read Assistant Director and Research Coordinator Lynn Vaccaro Coastal Research Specialist

12. Summary of Specific Economic Benefits Affected Value Present Value Benefit Improved catch rates for anglers $1.1 – 5.8 billion Maintenance of sport fishery wages and profits $100 – 200 million Lower water treatment costs $50 – 125 million More swimming $2 – 3 billion More swimming and improved enjoyment $2.5 billion Improved birding $100 – 200 million Improved waterfowl hunting $7 – 100 million Benefits for basin residents $12 – 19 billion Total Quantified Specific Benefits $18 – 31 billion Aggregate Long-run Benefits $29 – 41 billion Short Term Multiplier Effects $30 – 50 billion

13. GLRC Strategy Return on Investment = $80 – 100 Billion in Benefits +

15. Jennifer Read [email_address] www.miseagrant.umich.edu/economy America’s North Coast: A Benefit-Cost Analysis of a Program to Protect and Restore the Great Lakes John C. Austin, Non-resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Soren Anderson, Assistant Professor, MSU Paul N. Courant, Dean of Libraries, U-M Robert E. Litan, Senior Fellow, Brookings