There will be a planned outage of this website beginning 8:00 am CST on Monday, March 3 and lasting through Wednesday, March 5 as we migrate our network to EPA’s National Computer Center. During the move, this website will be unavailable. Please check the site on Thursday March 6, 2025 after 8 am CST as we hope to have all services restored by then. Il y aura une interruption programmée de ce site web à partir de 8h00 CST le lundi 3 mars et jusqu'au mercredi 5 mars, car nous transférons notre réseau vers le Centre National de l'Informatique de l'EPA. Pendant cette période, le site web sera indisponible. Veuillez vérifier le site le jeudi 6 mars 2025 après 8h00 CST, car nous espérons avoir rétabli tous les services d'ici là.

Lakewide Management Documents

Governments of Canada and the United States Finalize Nearshore Framework

Pursuant to the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, the Governments of Canada and the United States have finalized a Nearshore Framework, which is a systematic, integrated and collective approach for assessing the nearshore health of the Great Lakes and identifying and communicating cumulative impacts and stresses. Through the Nearshore Framework, the Governments will provide a comprehensive […]

Posted: September 27, 2016

Binational Biodiversity Conservation Strategies to be Implemented under the Lakewide Management Annex

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 […]

Posted: February 23, 2015