Great Lakes Calendar

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

Join us for a one-hour public webinar, Invasive Species: Lake Huron’s Most Unwanted, as part of our Let’s Talk Lake Huron webinar series!

The Great Lakes Young Professionals Network (GLYPN) is hosting a virtual networking mixer on Thursday, June 1 at 6pm CT / 7pm ET. If you are a young professional (or young at heart) and are passionate about the Great Lakes, we hope you’ll join us for this casual evening of conversation and networking.

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

Each year, through the Adopt-a-Beach program, thousands of volunteers work to keep the Great Lakes shorelines healthy by removing litter from our beaches and collecting important data.

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

The Society of Wetland Scientists will convene on June 27-30, 2023 at the Davenport Grand Hotel in Spokane, Washington to discuss this year's topic: Wetland Adaption from Floodplains to Ridgelines.

This presentation will explore new technology in robotics and machine learning that can enable automated detection and survey of shipwreck sites.

The Council of the Great Lakes Region will host a webinar on June 29 titled "Lake Erie’s “Pollution Diet” – New Phosphorus Pollution Limits are a Crucial Step Towards the Restoration of Lake Erie’s Western Basin."

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 Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) presents the Great Lakes Seminar Series - Flying Slime: Lakes, Aerosols, and Harmful Algal Blooms (Andrew Ault).

The Great Lakes Water Quality Board (WQB) of the International Joint Commission (IJC) is hosting a virtual public meeting on July 27, 2023.

Join Michigan Sea Grant Environmental Intern, Madalyn Saddler, as she takes a deep dive into freshwater acidification research, discussing what freshwater acidification is, its relevance to the Great Lakes ecosystem, and how the sanctuary is using the project to connect people to climate change in the Great Lakes.

The Great Lakes Watershed Field Course (GLWFC) is a 4-day professional development experience for teachers throughout the Great Lakes region.

Chris Roxburgh will be sharing his photos and historical information on the shipwrecks of the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

The American Fisheries Society, President April Croxton, and the Michigan Chapter are excited to host the 153rd AFS Annual Meeting, August 20-24, 2023 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

The Great Lakes Dredging Team face-to-face Meeting will take place in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, at the Soo Locks! 

The the Great Lakes Educators of Aquatic and Marine Science (GLEAMS) Coastal Cleanup takes place from September 7 through October 7.