chemicals

The 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement requires the United States and Canada to identify Chemicals of Mutual Concern that are potentially harmful to human health or the environment and that originate from anthropogenic sources. Pursuant to the Agreement, these substances will be targeted for binational action. The first group of Chemicals of Mutual Concern […]

The Lake Superior Lakewide Action and Management Plan (LAMP) is a binational action plan for restoring and protecting the Lake Superior ecosystem. This 2015 annual report highlights accomplishments and progress in achieving LAMP goals during the past year and identifies LAMP-related activities including outreach, monitoring, and protection and restoration actions. The LAMP is developed and […]

The Lake Superior  Lakewide Action and Management Plan (LAMP) is a binational action plan for restoring and protecting the Lake Superior ecosystem. The 2014 annual report highlights accomplishments and progress in achieving LAMP goals and objectives during the past year, and outlines planned LAMP-related activities including outreach, monitoring, and protection and restoration actions. The LAMP is coordinated by the Lake […]

The 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement requires the United States and Canada to identify Chemicals of Mutual Concern (CMCs) that the two countries agree are potentially harmful to the environment or human health as a result of their presence in the waters of the Great Lakes. As a means to promote stakeholder engagement in […]

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 […]

This annual report highlights progress and challenges for the Lake Superior Lakewide Action and Management Plan over the past year, and outlines planned activities including outreach, monitoring, protection and restoration actions. It includes an overview, accomplishments, challenges, next steps, and contacts. The Lake Superior Lakewide Action and Management Plan is a binational action plan for […]

This annual report highlights progress and challenges for the Lake Superior Lakewide Management Plan over the past year, and outlines planned activities including outreach, monitoring, protection and restoration actions. It includes an overview, accomplishments, challenges, next steps, and contacts. The Lake Superior Lakewide Management Plan is a binational action plan for cooperatively restoring and protecting […]

Through State of the Great Lakes Reporting, Canada and the United States establish and maintain comprehensive, science-based ecosystem indicators to assess the state of the Great Lakes, to anticipate emerging threats and to measure progress in relation to achievement of the General and Specific Objectives of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. Highlights PDF (12 […]

Through State of the Great Lakes Reporting, Canada and the United States establish and maintain comprehensive, science-based ecosystem indicators to assess the state of the Great Lakes, to anticipate emerging threats and to measure progress in relation to achievement of the General and Specific Objectives of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. Technical Report PDF […]