Great Lakes Calendar

WEDA's Midwest Chapter 2022 Meeting is currently scheduled to be held February 21-23, 2023, in Louisville, Kentucky. 

Although the Society of Canadian Limnologists and the Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research have had joint-annual conferences since 1979, the meeting in 2023 marks our first official conference as the new Society of Canadian Aquatic Sciences (SCAS).

Check out the latest in the Sanctuary Lecture Series!

Dr. Angelica Vazquez Ortega at Bowling Green State University is examining whether integrating dredged sediments from Ohio harbors into farm soil could improve corn crop yields and overall soil health while also keeping those sediments out of land-based containment areas.

The 33rd Annual Great Lakes conference will be held virtually on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, beginning at 9:30am. The free conference will feature two themes with three presentations per theme as well as a panel discussion with Q/A from participants. The themes are Fisheries Management in the Great Lakes and Great Lakes Islands.

The Great Lakes Fishery Commission is pleased to invite you to participate in the 2023 Lakes Committee Meetings. Please note that the Upper and Lower Lakes meetings will be held separately this year.  The Upper Lakes Committee Meeting will be held March 21-24, 2023, in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

Recent research from across the Midwest shows that with drainage water management, which uses tile drainage to control and adjust water flow from fields, annual nitrogen loads in field runoff can be reduced by as much as 50% while increasing crop yields. A similar result might be possible for phosphorus, with can fuel harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie.

The Great Lakes Fishery Commission is pleased to invite you to participate in the 2023 Lakes Committee Meetings. Please note that the Upper and Lower Lakes meetings will be held separately this year.  The Lower Lakes Committee Meeting will be held March 28-30, 2023, in Hamilton, Ontario. 

On Ohio’s Lake Erie coast, environmental conditions, economic climate and individual angler behaviors may all change over time. These changes could impact the charter fishing industry.

Save the date for IAGLR’s 66th Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research" May 7-12, 2023, in Toronto, Ontario.

The Great Lakes Stewardship has designed a virtual, four-part series focusing on helping teachers—and their students—communicate effectively about the climate crisis.

The Great Lakes Fishery Commission will hold a public Annual Meeting May 31 - June 1, 2023, in Traverse City, Michigan. 

The 2023 Michigan Climate Summit will take place Friday, June 2, at Oakland University.

Please plan on joining us in Chicago next year as we celebrate our 20th anniversary and chart a path for continued success.

The Dredging Summit & Expo ’23 is a technical conference organized by the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) to promote the exchange of knowledge in fields related to dredging, navigation, marine engineering, and construction.

The 3rd International Workshop on Waves, Storm Surges and Coastal Hazards will be hosted by the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana in October 2023.

The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers will be hosting their 2023 Leadership Summit in Cleveland, Ohio, from October 13-15, 2023. This is an invitation-only event.