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.
EVENTS
Thank you for joining us for Great Lakes Day!
Thank you for participating in Great Lakes Day 2021, held online on March 3! The event featured remarks on Great Lakes priorities by regional leaders and members of Congress who play a critical role in shaping Great Lakes policies. Click to learn more!
ADVOCACY
2021 GLC Federal Priorities for the Great Lakes
The GLC’s 2021 federal priorities document recommends actions to Congress and the Biden administration toward revitalizing and protecting the Great Lakes environment and economy. Read the news release to learn more.
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The GLC released a report detailing the uses of Great Lakes water in 2019. 38.9 billion gallons of water per day were withdrawn from the basin in 2019, an overall decrease in water use from 2018.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!
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
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…
Canadian shipping company fined US$500K after dumping wastewater into Lake Ontario
A Canadian shipping company, Algoma Central Corporation, has been fined US$500,000 after pleading guilty to dumping “unprocessed oily bilge water” into Lake Ontario in 2017. Read the full story by CTV News.
‘A rolling disaster’: Forestville Millpond drawdown concerns rise as sediment builds up in Ahnapee River
Nearly a year and a half into the drawdown of the Forestville Millpond in Door County, Wisconsin, residents' frustrations since last summer have not lessened. The drawdown started as a way to improve water quality, reduce the invasive carp population and encourage...
Duck stamp: Little stamp has big impacts in the Great Lakes and nationwide
Since its inception in 1934 when Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act into law, the duck stamp (as it’s commonly known) has garnered more than $1 billion for habitat conservation in the national wildlife refuge system....
Great Lakes Commission to hold annual Great Lakes Day, releases 2021 federal priorities
ANN ARBOR – The Great Lakes Commission (GLC) today released its 2021 federal priorities for the Great Lakes, urging the Biden administration and Congress to invest in projects and programs that will protect the lakes and accelerate the national economic recovery. The...
Regional organizations support shared priorities for the Great Lakes
A binational coalition of regional agencies, legislators, local communities, tribes, and business and environmental groups today released their shared priorities for restoring the Great Lakes and supporting the region’s economy.
Request for Proposals: Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program
ANN ARBOR – The Great Lakes Commission today issued a request for proposals (RFP) for the 2021 Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program grant program.The Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program provides grants to reduce nutrients and sediments...
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2021 Great Lakes Commission Semiannual Meeting
May 11 - May 12IAGLR21: 64th Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research
May 17 - May 21