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 […]

The Lake Huron Lakewide Action and Management Plan (LAMP) will be a binational action plan for restoring and protecting the Lake Huron ecosystem. This 2016 annual report highlights accomplishments and progress during the past year including outreach, monitoring, and protection and restoration actions. The LAMP will be developed and implemented by the Lake Huron Partnership, […]

The Lake Superior Lakewide Action and Management Plan (LAMP) is a binational action plan for restoring and protecting the Lake Superior ecosystem. This 2016 annual report highlights accomplishments and progress during the past year including outreach, monitoring, and protection and restoration actions. The LAMP is developed and implemented by the Lake Superior Partnership, which is […]

The Lake Ontario Lakewide Action and Management Plan (LAMP) is a binational action plan for restoring and protecting the Lake Ontario ecosystem. This 2016 annual report highlights accomplishments and progress during the past year including outreach, monitoring, and protection and restoration actions. The LAMP is developed and implemented by the Lake Ontario Partnership, which is […]

The Lake Erie Lakewide Action and Management Plan (LAMP) is a binational action plan for restoring and protecting the Lake Erie ecosystem. This 2016 annual report highlights accomplishments and progress during the past year including outreach, monitoring, and protection and restoration actions. The LAMP is developed and implemented by the Lake Erie Partnership, which is […]

The Lake Michigan Lakewide Action and Management Plan (LAMP) is an action plan for restoring and protecting the Lake Michigan ecosystem. This 2016 annual report highlights accomplishments and progress during the past year including outreach, monitoring, and protection and restoration actions. The LAMP is developed and implemented by the Lake Michigan Partnership, which is led […]

Article 5, Section 2(c) of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 2012 states: “…the Parties shall establish, in consultation with the Great Lakes Executive Committee, binational priorities for science and action to address current and future threats to the quality of the Water of the Great Lakes, not later than six months after each […]

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. […]

From October 4-6 2016, the Great Lakes Public Forum will bring leaders from Canada and the United States to Toronto, Ontario Canada to discuss topics important to the restoration and protection of Great Lakes water quality and ecosystem health, and to celebrate the Great Lakes. The event is an opportunity for you to share your […]