Source Water Initiative: Project Archive
Archived project materials
Archived project materials
Archived project materials
Shared Priorities for the Great Lakes: Advancing Equitable Restoration, Revitalization, Resilience
The Great Lakes Commission’s 2023 federal priorities document recommends actions to Congress and the Biden administration toward revitalizing and protecting the Great Lakes environment and economy.
The Great Lakes Commission Strategic Plan is a statement of vision, mission, goals, objectives and strategic actions to guide the work of the Great Lakes Commission. The current strategic plan was adopted on March 3, 2023.
In this edition: Last chance to register for Great Lakes Day 2023, our recent Action Plan for a Resilient Great Lakes Basin, news about our project on improving water infrastructure, a federal funding update, and more.
To build and establish regional coordination around climate resilience, the Great Lakes Commission (GLC), with the input of many partners, created an Action Plan for a Resilient Great Lakes Basin. The action plan helps to prioritize efforts and forms a roadmap to advance climate resilience in the Great Lakes basin.
Season’s greetings from the staff of the Great Lakes Commission!
The Annual Reports of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Regional Water Use Database are published annually, and available via this link to the Great Lakes Regional Water Use website.
In this edition: Save the date for Great Lakes Day 2023, a new Maumee River site restoration video, Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program grant awards, recent Commissioner retirements, and more.
This blueprint shares Priority Areas to advance water infrastructure improvements in the Great Lakes basin.
This single-page fact sheet provides general information about the Great Lakes Commission. (Updated 2022)
In this edition: The 2022 GLC Semiannual Meeting in Green Bay; new tools from Blue Accounting, the Invasive Mussel Collaborative, and the HABs Collaborative; updates from the the Great Lakes Detector of Invasive Aquatics in Trade (GLDIATR) project; habitat restoration project updates and more.
The 2021 Great Lakes Commission Annual Report includes remarks from Chair Todd L. Ambs and Executive Director Erika Jensen.
In this edition: Great Lakes Week 2022 news and federal updates, a new website tracking the region’s progress to reduce harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie, webinars from the Great Lakes Phragmites Collaborative and Invasive Mussel Collaborative, and more.
The Great Lakes Commission’s 2022 federal priorities document recommends actions to Congress and the Biden administration toward revitalizing and protecting the Great Lakes environment and economy.
Advancing Equitable Restoration, Revitalization, Resilience: Shared Priorities for the Great Lakes
Season’s greetings from the staff of the Great Lakes Commission!
In this edition: News from the GLC, an update on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, information about the recently-released action plan for growing the Blue Economy, and more.
This paper summarizes mercury contamination concerns and the state of research, mitigation, and policy efforts to address this issue in the Great Lakes basin. It was developed by the Great Lakes Commission’s Ad Hoc Committee on Mercury Contamination.