Great Lakes Calendar
Welcome to the 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!
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November 2020
Conservation Talk Tuesdays: Where Has Our Wild Rice Gone?
The MSU Extension Conservation Stewards Program presents a free six-part webinar series on Tuesdays in October (20, 27th), November (10, 24th) and December (8, 15th) 2020 from noon to 1:00pm (Eastern time) features speakers exploring conservation efforts and innovative ecosystem-based management approaches in Michigan.
Find out more »40th International Symposium of the North American Lake Management Society
The theme of this year's symposium is: NALMS at 40: Advancing our Mission to Forge Partnerships. This virtual symposium will be held November 16-20, 2020.
Find out more »2020 Great Lakes Commission Annual Meeting
The 2020 Great Lakes Commission Annual Meeting is currently planned for November 17-19, 2020 (subject to change).
Find out more »Conservation Talk Tuesdays: Grayling in Michigan: Their past, present, and future
The MSU Extension Conservation Stewards Program presents a free six-part webinar series on Tuesdays in October (20, 27th), November (10, 24th) and December (8, 15th) 2020 from noon to 1:00pm (Eastern time) features speakers exploring conservation efforts and innovative ecosystem-based management approaches in Michigan.
Find out more »December 2020
Wild & Scenic Film Festival
The Wild & Scenic Film Festival for Michigan will be hosted by the Middle Grand River Organization of Watersheds on December 6th. It is a live virtual event so it can be attended from anywhere with an internet connection. The festival will feature 12 films that will celebrate wild places and the people who protect them.
Find out more »Conservation Talk Tuesdays: How Habitat Restoration on Belle Isle can Mitigate Climate Change
The MSU Extension Conservation Stewards Program presents a free six-part webinar series on Tuesdays in October (20, 27th), November (10, 24th) and December (8, 15th) 2020 from noon to 1:00pm (Eastern time) features speakers exploring conservation efforts and innovative ecosystem-based management approaches in Michigan.
Find out more »Virtual News Conference: IJC 2020 Second Triennial Assessment of Progress Report on Great Lakes Water Quality
The International Joint Commission (IJC) will release its 2020 Triennial Assessment of Progress report on December 10, 2020.
Find out more »Conservation Talk Tuesdays: Perspectives in Conservation: Understanding People and the Landscape to Protect our Natural Heritage
The MSU Extension Conservation Stewards Program presents a free six-part webinar series on Tuesdays in October (20, 27th), November (10, 24th) and December (8, 15th) 2020 from noon to 1:00pm (Eastern time) features speakers exploring conservation efforts and innovative ecosystem-based management approaches in Michigan.
Find out more »ISEA Cafe – Gobies, Quaggas, and the Nearshore Food Web
As a way of keeping in touch in the non-sailing season and deepening our understanding of the Great Lakes, ISEA hosts informal monthly events throughout the winter. Typically these would be in person, but this year they will take place online.
Find out more »GLWQA Annex 9: Climate Change Impacts, Webinar and Quarterly Extended Subcommittee Meeting
Please join Annex 9 of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, Climate Change Impacts, for its quarterly meeting and the next installment of our webinar series. The webinar will kick off the call at 11 a.m. ET and the quarterly meeting of Annex 9 will follow at noon.
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