Great Lakes Calendar

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!

Annual Invasive Species Forum

Online

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

Michigan Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting

Marquette, MI

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.

Freshwater “Seafood” Summit 2025

Geneva, NY

New York Sea Grant and the Finger Lakes Institute will hold a freshwater-focused New York Seafood Summit on March 3, 2025, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Cornell University AgriTech in Geneva, New York.

Michigan Chapter SWCS ANR Seminar

St. Johns, MI

This year's seminar title is "Sustainable Intensification of the Rural Landscape - Protecting Soil Health, Water Quality and Farm Profitability."

Great Lakes Fishery Commission Lower Lake Committee Meetings

Niagara Falls, ON

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.

ISEA Volunteer Open House

Suttons Bay, MI

Are you interested in volunteering with Inland Seas Education Association? Join us for our Volunteer Open House on March 18th from 4-6 pm!

Ladies of the Lights: Community Lecture

Alpena, MI

For nearly 30 years, Dianna Stampfler – an author, freelance writer, and armchair historian – has been researching lighthouses around her home state of Michigan.

Great Lakes Fishery Commission Upper Lake Committee Meetings

Sault Ste. Marie, ON

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.

Sea Grant’s 2025 Great Lakes BioBlitz

Online

Minnesota Sea Grant is leading Sea Grant's 2025 Great Lakes BioBlitz, a community science effort to record as many species as possible within the Great Lakes basin over the course of four weeks: April 22 - May 20, 2025.

Gales of August: The Sinking of Western Reserve

Alpena, MI

Attention shipwreck enthusiasts! Join Bruce Lynn, Executive Director of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum and Historical Society, as he tells the story of the museum’s latest shipwreck discovery, WESTERN RESERVE.