The 2021 Annual Climate Trends and Impacts Summary for the Great Lakes Basin, led by Environment and Climate Change Canada and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and a partnership of climate services organizations in the U.S. and Canada, provides an overview of the climate trends and impacts in the basin for the year, […]
Posted: July 21, 2022Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook: Great Lakes Region – March 2022
The “Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook: Great Lakes Region” is a brief bulletin published jointly by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Environment and Climate Change 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. […]
Posted: May 9, 20222020-2024 Draft Lake Superior Lakewide Action and Management Plan Available for Public Review and Comment
In accordance with the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, a draft 2020-2024 Lakewide Action and Management Plan (LAMP) has been prepared for Lake Superior, and is currently available for review and comment. The draft LAMP was developed by the Lake Superior Partnership, a collaborative team of natural resource managers led by the governments of the […]
Posted: May 5, 2022Development of the 2023-2027 Lake Ontario Lakewide Action and Management Plan
The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement commits Canada and the United States to prepare and issue Lakewide Action and Management Plans (LAMPs) for each of the five Great Lakes every five years on a rotational basis. We are pleased to advise you that the Lake Ontario Partnership has begun to develop the next Lake Ontario […]
Posted: May 3, 2022Canada’s Great Lakes Strategy for PFOS, PFOA, and LC-PFCAs Risk Management
The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA) commits Canada and the United States to prepare and issue binational strategies for Chemicals of Mutual Concern (CMCs), which may include research, monitoring, surveillance, and pollution prevention and control provisions. Canada’s Great Lakes Strategy for Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS), Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA), and Long-Chain Perfluorocarboxylic Acids (LC-PFCAs) Risk Management […]
Posted: March 24, 20222020 Annual Climate Trends and Impacts Summary for the Great Lakes Basin
a partnership of climate services organizations in the U.S. and Canada, provides an overview of the climate trends and impacts in the basin for the year, including: Information on the past year’s climate trends in the Great Lakes Basin – how ‘normal’ the climate and lake levels were; A summary of some of the major […]
Posted: November 8, 2021Canada and United States Finalize Documents to Support the Annex 3 Chemical Nomination Process
The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA) commits Canada and the United States to prepare and issue Binational Strategies to reduce the release and impact of Chemicals of Mutual Concern (CMCs). The Binational Screening Criteria for nominated CMCs are now available. These screening criteria were developed to provide a consistent framework for reviewing nominated CMCs […]
Posted: June 28, 2021Traditional Ecological Knowledge Speaker Series
From May 26 – June 30, 2021, the Science Annex Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Task Team of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement is co-hosting a weekly Great Lakes TEK speaker series with the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities Department of American Indian Studies. Register for the series (Zoom). This series brings together Tribal, […]
Posted: June 28, 20212019 Annual Climate Trends and Impacts Summary for the Great Lakes Basin
The 2019 Annual Climate Trends and Impacts Summary for the Great Lakes Basin, led by Environment and Climate Change Canada and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and a partnership of climate services organizations in the U.S. and Canada, provides an overview of the climate trends and impacts in the basin for the year, […]
Posted: August 6, 2020