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Great Lakes Commission Project List

The following is a list of current and recently completed Great Lakes Commission projects. To browse projects by specific strategic plan goal, please select a goal from from the side menu.

For final products related to completed (non-active) projects, please visit the Library where completed projects are listed under Project Archives.  If you need help finding project information, please submit an inquiry via our contact form.

Active Projects

• • Advocacy and Communications
  • Approaches for Improving Great Lakes Water Infrastructure: A Blueprint
  • Assessing the Economic Impact of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
  • Blue Accounting
  • Conservation Kick & Environmental Markets
  • European Frog-bit Collaborative
  • Great Lakes Dredging Team
  • Great Lakes Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
  • Great Lakes HABs Collaborative
  • Great Lakes Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species
  • Great Lakes Phragmites Collaborative
  • Great Lakes Science Planning
  • Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program
  • Great Lakes Spawning Whitefish and Invasive Mussels (SWIM) Project
  • Great Lakes Stormwater Collaborative
  • Great Lakes Regional Sediment Management (formerly Tributary Modeling Program)
  • Great Lakes Regional Water Use Database
  • Great Lakes Resiliency
  • Habitat Restoration in Great Lakes Areas of Concern
  • Habitat Restoration in Priority Coastal Areas
  • Inland Sensitivity Atlas
  • Internet Trade of Aquatic Invasive Species 
  • Interstate Early Detection and Rapid Response
  • Invasive Mussel Collaborative
  • Phragmites Adaptive Management Framework
  • Phragmites Symbiosis Collaborative
  • State Revolving Funds
  • Statewide Inland Sensitivity Atlases
  • Strategy for the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Maritime Transportation System

Recently Archived Projects

• Green Infrastructure Champions
• Strengthening the Great Lakes Water-Based Economy
• Revitalizing Waterfront Communities
• ErieStat (a Blue Accounting pilot project)
• Source Water Initiative (a Blue Accounting pilot project)
• Invasive Species and the Chicago Area Waterway System
• Best Practices for Integrated Water Infrastructure Asset Management (IWAM)
• Erie P Market
• Fox P Trade
• Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Ballast Water Workshop
• Greater Lakes: Reconnecting the Great Lakes Water Cycle
• Great Lakes Stormwater Tech Transfer
• Mapping and Monitoring Avian Resources
• Michigan Clean Water Corps
• Michigan Volunteer River, Stream and Creek Cleanup Program
• Oil Transportation in the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence River Region
• Researching Effectiveness of Agricultural Programs (REAP)