The Great Lakes Calendar features events from around the region that may be of interest to Great Lakes stakeholders, with a focus on professional conferences and events relevant to research, science, policy, and education. If you have an event you would like to publicize, please submit it below!
New York Sea Grant (NYSG) and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) host this August 8th, 1-3:30 pm Summer 2022 Great Lakes Ecosystem Education Exchange (GLEEE) professional development workshop for teachers, environmental educators, and homeschoolers.
New York Sea Grant (NYSG) and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) host this August 9th, 1-3:30 pm Summer 2022 Great Lakes Ecosystem Education Exchange (GLEEE) professional development workshop for teachers, environmental educators, and homeschoolers.
This conference of the Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program will feature roundtable discussions to share solutions for reducing nutrient and sediment pollution in the Great Lakes.
Beach visits play an important role in Ohio’s $15 billion tourism industry, but water quality issues like harmful algal blooms and E. coli outbreaks can negatively affect beachgoers and discourage them from returning to a favorite spot.
The American Fisheries Society will host the 152nd AFS Annual Meeting, August 21-25, 2022, in Spokane, Washington. The meeting theme is “What Do Fish Mean to Us?”
This event is a hybrid virtual one-day conference & two-day in-person work summit entitled “The Ecosystem Approach in the 21st Century: Guiding Science and Management” hosted by the University of Windsor.
On August 25th, two of Michigan’s greatest environmental authors—Dave Dempsey and Jerry Dennis—will join together on stage to talk about protecting the Great Lakes, the threats our water supply are facing, the dangers of climate change to our natural surroundings, and other topics covered in their books Great Lakes for Sale, Up North in Michigan and The Living Great Lakes.
Although harmful algal blooms happen in the summer, the algae themselves are year-round residents of the water bodies they inhabit – but very little is known about other times in the annual cycle of blooms. For Lake Erie, ice cover and extreme weather conditions in winter and spring prevent regular monitoring and safe sampling.