Blue Accounting

About Blue Accounting

The future of our region hinges on the Great Lakes, which fuel a $6 trillion economy and provide drinking water for more than 40 million people in the U.S. and Canada. Blue Accounting helps decision-makers understand the region’s progress toward a healthy and vibrant Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River region.

Blue Accounting is an information service, provided by the Great Lakes Commission, that tracks the region’s efforts to tackle critical issues facing the Great Lakes. Currently these issues include stopping aquatic invasive species; reducing nutrients that contribute to harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie; and safeguarding drinking water.

News: Great Lakes Commission launches new Blue Accounting website tracking regional progress on Lake Erie algae, aquatic invasive species

How Blue Accounting Works

Great Lakes Commission staff works with experts to identify goals and track progress on key Great Lakes issues. Blue Accounting starts with diverse work groups that include representatives of the state, provincial and federal governments, as well as the academic, nonprofit and private sectors. Connecting leading scientists and policy experts across sectors is one of the key values Blue Accounting brings to the region.

The Great Lakes Commission asks these diverse groups to identify available data, share information about their efforts, and help translate those pieces into the information our region’s leaders need when making decisions that impact Great Lakes restoration and protection.

Project Partners

Great Lakes Commission staff work with diverse work groups that include representatives of the state, provincial and federal governments, as well as the academic, nonprofit and private sectors.

Funding

Blue Accounting has received generous support from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation, the Joyce Foundation, and the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation. The Nature Conservancy also contributed significant resources and expertise to Blue Accounting’s development.

For More Information

www.blueaccounting.org

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