Our Work
Here’s some of the work we’re doing to ensure a healthy environment, strong economy and high quality of life for current and future generations.
NEWS
GLC releases report on uses of Great Lakes water in 2019
The GLC released a report detailing the uses of Great Lakes water in 2019. 38.9 billion gallons of water per day were withdrawn from the basin in 2019, an overall decrease in water use from 2018. Read more…
LIBRARY
The Advisor
The December 2020 edition of the Commission’s e-newsletter, The Advisor, shares news of Erika Jensen’s recent naming as interim executive director, the 2020 GLC Annual Meeting, WRDA reauthorization, habitat restoration projects, and more. Subscribe today!
EVENTS
Thanks for joining us online for the 2020 GLC Annual Meeting!
Thank you for helping make the 2020 Great Lakes Commission Annual Meeting, our first fully-online annual meeting, a success! This year’s meeting focused on collaboration toward a resilient Great Lakes future. Read the press release to learn more!
NEWS
GLC awards $1.55 million to reduce runoff into Great Lakes
The GLC announced that it will award $1.55 million in grants to reduce the runoff of sediment, nutrients, and other pollutants into the Great Lakes through the Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program. Read more…
NEWS
2nd annual event raises boater awareness of AIS and prevention across the Great Lakes Basin
The GLC is working with states and provinces to coordinate the second annual Great Lakes AIS Landing Blitz this summer to remind boaters and the public about the risks of spreading aquatic invasive species. Read more…
NEWS
Great Lakes orgs urge Congress to include Great Lakes investments in stimulus funding
In a recent letter, Great Lakes organizations joined their voices in urging Congress to include critical Great Lakes investments in legislation to stimulate economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Read more…
The Great Lakes just set a record for lack of ice
The Great Lakes currently have record low ice coverage. Ice coverage across all the lakes is 3.9%, compared with 11% at the same time last year. Read the full story by CNN.
Thirty-five years of restoring Great Lakes Areas of Concern has a hopeful future
Since 1985, communities across the Great Lake region have come together to clean and restore heavily contaminated sites in 42 Great Lakes Areas of Concern (AOCs). The U.S. and Canadian federal government have spent over $22.5 billion to bring back the ecosystems, to...
Federal relief: Great Lakes fisheries finally get a cut of COVID-19 relief funds
With the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Act of 2021, Great Lakes tribal fisheries were included in the $30 million allotted for tribal fisheries nationwide. Another $15 million was set aside for “non-tribal commercial, aquaculture, processor and charter...
Season’s Greetings from the Great Lakes Commission!
Season’s greetings from the staff of the Great Lakes Commission!
Great Lakes Commission releases report on uses of Great Lakes water in 2019
Ann Arbor, MI – The Great Lakes Commission released a report detailing the uses of Great Lakes water in 2019. The Annual Report of the Great Lakes Regional Water Use Database includes information on withdrawals, diversions, and consumptive uses by each of the eight...
Project successfully removes invasive quagga mussels near Sleeping Bear Dunes in Lake Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI – The Invasive Mussel Collaborative (IMC) announced a remarkable decrease in quagga mussel density in the weeks following experimental treatments at a test site in Lake Michigan near Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The IMC’s work to reduce the...
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