Lakewide habitat and species protection and restoration conservation strategies (known as biodiversity conservation strategies) have been completed for each Great Lake. The completion of these strategies satisfies a commitment in the Habitat and Species Annex of the Agreement. Lakewide Action and Management Plans (which are developed pursuant to the Lakewide Management Annex) are the principal […]

The 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, which entered into force in February of 2013, includes a commitment to develop and implement an Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) early detection and rapid response initiative by February 2015, as part of one of a number of strategies being applied to prevent the introduction and spread of AIS. […]

The “Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook: Great Lakes Region” is a brief bulletin published jointly by NOAA and Environment Canada summarizing the latest season’s weather and water level conditions and weather and water level-related impacts over the Great Lakes and provides an outlook for the upcoming quarter. It is published roughly four weeks after the […]