Great Lakes Science Planning

About Great Lakes Science Planning

The Great Lakes support a regional economy of $6 trillion USD (CDN $7.5 trillion) and provide safe drinking water for millions of people. Science provides essential data to build consensus around managing and preventing threats to the lakes.

In coordination with other regional partners, the Great Lakes Commission is advancing the development and implementation of an ecosystem based, long-term science and monitoring program for the Great Lakes that will improve the region’s capacity to better understand current conditions, forecast impacts and potential benefits of mitigation measures, predict challenges, and inform the region’s ability to respond to those challenges. The Great Lakes Science Plan will be a forward-looking plan for resources to transform science to safeguard our communities and the region’s economy, while protecting the lakes’ ecological health.

Additionally, in support of the Great Lakes Association of Science Ships (GLASS), the Great Lakes Commission will continue to convene annual Great Lakes science vessel coordination workshops that are designed to facilitate the exchange of ideas and improve science vessel operations across the basin.