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!
The Council of the Great Lakes Regionand the UN Global Compact Network USA are partnering to highlight the role business plays in securing a sustainable future.
Volunteers are needed to help search for winter stoneflies (sensitive insects that hatch from streams in winter) as part of a long term monitoring program. No experience is necessary, just an interest in learning and willingness to be outdoors for several hours in the winter.
The 2024 Ontario Phragmites Working Group meeting theme is "Finding a Balance!"
The Stewardship Network Conference will take place January 29-30, 2024, in East Lansing, Michigan.
Registration for the award-winning Michigan State University Extension Introduction to Lakes Online course is now open! This introductory six-week online course kicks off January 30th and is designed for anyone interested in inland lakes including concerned residents, decision makers, local leaders, and lakefront property owners.
Bundle up and join us for the Shiver on the River Eco Fair on Saturday, February 3, 2024!
This presentation will feature important findings from winter weather regime-based studies leveraging precipitation observations from a long-term, ground-based instrument suite in the Northern Great Lakes region.
On February 15, FLOW will present an “Art Meets Water” virtual event with Maryann Lesert, novelist and author of the upcoming book, Land Marks.
Wisconsin Wetlands Association invites you to participate in the 29th Annual Wetland Science Conference, to be held February 20-22, 2024, at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
The Second Annual Meeting of the Society of Canadian Aquatic Sciences will take place in Fredericton, New Brunswick, February 21-24, 2024.
Call Before You Haul 2.0 is an effort to work collaboratively with Great Lakes region entities to reduce interstate transport of aquatic invasive species - for the benefit of all states and provinces.
Join maritime archaeologist Stephanie Gandulla as she shares the Ironton's tragic story of loss, its exciting story of discovery, and learn more about the sanctuary's ongoing exploration of Lake Huron.
The ICWMM brings together professionals from around the world to exchange ideas on current practices and emerging technologies in water management. Emphasis is on state-of-the-art computer modeling for resolving water quantity and quality problems in stormwater, wastewater, watershed, and water distribution systems.
Volunteers are needed to survey Rouge wetlands by listening for calling frogs and toads. Interested volunteers must attend a 2 hour training on March 2, learn eight calls, and survey an assigned survey block.
Please join us for the Great Lakes Commission Semiannual Meeting and Great Lakes Day 2024 in Washington, D.C.!
New York Sea Grant, in collaboration with industry, academic and other professional seafood stakeholders, offers its annual, free "NY Seafood Summit."
Changes in total water mass now can be measured by ground-based and space-based observations.
Sustainable Intensification of the Rural Landscape: Protecting Soil Health, Water Quality and Farm Profitability. Attendees at this March 8, 2024, ANR Seminar will discover practical and sustainable ways to manage rural landscapes.
The 2024 WEDA Midwest Chapter meeting will be held March 12-14, 2024, at the Ritz Carlton in downtown Cleveland, OH.
The lake committees 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.