Please join us on Tuesday, November 20^th from 1:00-2:30pm CST / 2:00-3:30pm EST 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) to address excess phosphorus loads leading to toxic and nuisance algal blooms in Lake Erie. Topics that will be covered include:

On November 8, 2018, please join us for a webinar from 9:30 am - 11:00 am CST/10:30 am – 12:00 pm EST to discuss the implementation of the 2018 Lake Huron Lakewide Action and Management Plan (LAMP), which was released in April 2018. The LAMP is an ecosystem-based strategy for restoring and protecting Lake Huron water quality. The LAMP documents ecosystem conditions and threats, and presents science and action priorities.

The web registration link and information is as follows:

This report provides an overview of assessments that have been conducted in the Great Lakes Basin to determine the vulnerability of natural ecosystems to the impacts of climate change.

The purpose of the report is to inform the development and implementation of vulnerability assessments by members of the Great Lakes research community, resource managers, practitioners and decision-makers.

Radionuclides have been nominated for consideration as candidate substances for designation as a Chemical of Mutual Concern (CMC) under the Canada-United States Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. In response to this nomination, Environment and Climate Change Canada, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sought advice from their respective nuclear regulatory agencies. Both the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) and the U.S.

The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement commits Canada and the United States to prepare and issue Binational Strategies to reduce the release and impact of Chemicals of Mutual Concern. The draft strategy for Mercury is now available for public review on Binational.net.

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 Erie Partnership has begun to develop the Lake Erie LAMP, which is scheduled for completion in March 2019.

Pursuant to the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, the governments of Canada and the United States have finalized a Lake Huron Lakewide Action and Management Plan (LAMP), an ecosystem-based strategy for restoring and protecting Lake Huron water quality.