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!

Great Lakes Fishery Commission Upper Lake Committee Meetings

Sault Ste. Marie, ON

The Great Lakes Fishery Commission lake committees are composed of representatives from the state, tribal and provincial agencies that are responsible for day-to-day fishery management on the lakes. They 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.

Sea Grant’s 2025 Great Lakes BioBlitz

Online

Minnesota Sea Grant is leading Sea Grant's 2025 Great Lakes BioBlitz, a community science effort to record as many species as possible within the Great Lakes basin over the course of four weeks: April 22 - May 20, 2025.

Gales of August: The Sinking of Western Reserve

Alpena, MI

Attention shipwreck enthusiasts! Join Bruce Lynn, Executive Director of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum and Historical Society, as he tells the story of the museum’s latest shipwreck discovery, WESTERN RESERVE.

Sandy Shorelines & Seiches Information Workshop

Irving, NY

New York Sea Grant, the Sunset Bay Association, and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), present the Sandy Shorelines & Seiches Information Workshop.

ISEA Vision Unveiling

Suttons Bay, MI

Join the Inland Seas Education Association as they unveil a bold new vision for the future of Great Lakes education on their expanded waterfront campus.

Great Lakes Watershed Field Course for Teachers

Suttons Bay, MI

The GLWFC is a 4-day professional development experience for teachers from August 5-8, 2025 in Suttons Bay, MI. Training in the course includes watershed and environmental concepts, place based education and environmental education pedagogy, and time for curriculum development.

GLLC Annual Meeting

Online

The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Legislative Caucus Annual Meetings brings state and provincial legislators from across the region together to discuss and learn about pressing Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River basin issues.