2012 Agreement

Under the 2012 Canada-U.S. Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, “the Parties to the Agreement” – the U.S. and Canadian Governments – are to conduct a review of the operation and effectiveness of the Agreement every nine years: “Following every third triennial Assessment of Progress Report of the Commission, the Parties shall review the operation and […]

Below are materials documenting the GLEC meeting held virtually on December 6-7, 2023.

• Agenda (PDF 172 KB)
• Summary (PDF 313 KB)

In accordance to Article 5, Section 2(c) of the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, the Parties (U.S. and Canada): “…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 […]

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, […]

Please join us on Friday, November 15th from 1:00-3:00pm EST / 12:00-2:00pm CST for a webinar that will provide a brief overview of information and updates on work under the Nutrients Annex of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA). This webinar will present ongoing efforts to manage excess phosphorus loads leading to toxic and […]

COMPLETEDJuly 8, 20152:00pm – 4:00pm EDT; 1:00pm – 3:00pm CDT Please join John Marsden of Environment Canada and Chris Korleski of EPA’s Great Lakes National Program Office as they host a binational, basin-wide webinar on lakewide management issues addressed by Annex 2 of the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.  The webinar will provide Great […]