Great Lakes Calendar

Join us in Huron, Ohio, for the 2023 Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve Research Symposium and Open House.

Join the Alliance for the Great Lakes for September Adopt-a-Beach on Saturday, September 23rd. September Adopt-a-Beach takes place in conjunction with the International Coastal Cleanup, so you’ll be joining millions of people caring for their local shorelines all over the world.

Join the International Joint Commission's Great Lakes Science Advisory Board and Great Lakes Water Quality Board for a discussion about two new reports on progress toward nutrient management in Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.

Learn about the state of invasive species in Lake Erie at our upcoming webinar, “Aquatic Invasive Species in Lake Erie” on September 28, 2023 at 10 a.m. CT (11 a.m. ET) as part of our Let’s Talk Lake Erie webinar series! 

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.

Come join us in Cleveland for the 2023 Great Lakes Conference! After a successful return to an in-person conference last year, we have decided to further expand our agenda and meet for two full days rather than a day-and-a-half.

This presentation focuses on preliminary investigations in the Straits of Mackinac which indicates that ice bottom variability in a region with considerable oscillatory flow is 0.3 m3 per m2, similar to that of first year sea ice.

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.

Join us for a conversation with author and Great Lakes advocate Sally Cole-Misch about connecting with nature, place and each other through her multi-award-winning novel, The Best Part of Us. Her novel has been called the "Where the Crawdads Sing for the Great Lakes."

Join us on October 16-18 in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, for the 21st Annual Great Lakes Beach Association (GLBA) Conference.

Get ready to dive into the world of nutrients and algae! Register for our upcoming public webinar, Striking a Balance: Nutrients and Algae in Lake Ontario, taking place on Thursday, October 19, 2023, at 12 p.m. ET.

The Pennsylvania Lake Management Society is proud to welcome the 2023 North American Lake Management Society Conference to Lake Erie.

This free event will take place both online and in-person in Cornwall, ON, Canada. For our 30th Anniversary, we hope to highlight the past, present and future of the St. Lawrence River, its tributaries and interconnected systems.

The Midwest Climate Resilience Conference (MCRC) is intended to provide a venue for meaningful climate adaptation and resilience dialogue amongst a diverse set of voices and perspectives including representatives from communities who are most impacted.

The Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative’s Place-Based Education Conference is a three-day event designed to inspire and support a community of educators around the power of place-based learning.

This seminar provides guidance on creating and navigating the pathway to equitable, inclusive research partnerships.

Topic: What causes seiches, why is western New York prone to Lake Erie seiche events, how do they impact the shoreline, best practices for public and private landowners interested in making shoreline properties more resilient to winter weather events.

Seminar title: How Environmental Justice Law & Policy Has Been Shaping Great Lakes Protection & Restoration

Michigan Sustainable Business Forum is hosting a networking and educational event discussing the Michigan Food System Waste Reduction RoadMap.