Great Lakes Calendar

The next Great Lakes Dredging Team 2024 Annual Meeting will take place in Erie, Pennsylvania, at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center at Presque Isle State Park.

The Detroit River Water Festival is an outdoor, educational event designed to help students learn about our most precious natural resource - clean, fresh water.

The Healing Our Waters—Great Lakes Coalition is hosting the 2024 Great Lakes Conference September 26-27 in Chicago, IL.

"Climate, Chemistry and the Great Lakes: What Goes Up Must Come Down"

Join Friends of the Detroit River, Wildness Inquiry, and Detroit Outdoors at Lake Okonoka on Belle Isle to celebrate National Public Lands Day!

The 2024 GLBA Conference will be held in Grand Portage, Minnesota, at the Grand Portage Lodge and Casino, Oct 1-3, 2024.

The Coastal Symposium will feature plenary, invited, and submitted presentations, networking opportunities, workshops, and field trips for conservation practitioners, scientists, students, coastal wetland stakeholders, and community members. The theme this year is Great Lakes, Greater Resilience: Conserving Coasts and Sustaining Communities​.

Learn more about habitat and species protection in Lake Erie!

Do you ever wonder about what lives in the river besides fish and turtles? Join Friends of the Rouge's Fall Bug Hunt and see for yourself the amazing variety of insects and creatures.

The State of the Strait Conference has a 26-year history of trans-boundary cooperation on strengthening science-policy-management linkages for ecosystem-based management of the Detroit River and western Lake Erie.

The Science and Art of Collaborative Flood Forecasting: Rivers, Lakes and their Expert-Inhabitants

Join the North American Lake Management Society in South Lake Tahoe for their 2024 Annual Symposium. The theme is: "Flood and Drought, Fire and Ice: Managing Lakes under Changing Climates."

Join us as we explore chemical contaminants in Lake Ontario sediments.

We are excited to invite you to the 2024 Binational Lake St. Clair Conference, taking place at the scenic MacRay Harbor in Harrison Township on November 14, on the shores of beautiful Lake St. Clair.

Join us as we dive into the world of aquatic invasive species and how they can disrupt Lake Superior’s ecosystem.

The 2025 Invasive Species Forum is taking place Feb. 18-20 with the theme of 'Advancing Community Action.'

Are you conducting research on fishes, habitat, or resource users? Conducting a scientific evaluation of a habitat restoration project, management plan, or regulation change? Come share your work with fellow members at the 2025 annual meeting of the Michigan Chapter of the American Fisheries.

The Great Lakes Fishery Commission lake committees are composed of representatives from the state, tribal and provincial agencies that are responsible for day-to-day fishery management on the lakes. They hold annual public meetings each March to review progress toward fishery objectives on each of the Great Lakes, as well as a common session to discuss topics of interest to the entire basin.

The Great Lakes Fishery Commission lake committees are composed of representatives from the state, tribal and provincial agencies that are responsible for day-to-day fishery management on the lakes. They hold annual public meetings each March to review progress toward fishery objectives on each of the Great Lakes, as well as a common session to discuss topics of interest to the entire basin.