Lake Ontario

Public Comment Completed: 2017-2019 Great Lakes Binational Priorities for Science and Action

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 […]

Posted: October 3, 2016

Public Comment Completed: Draft Nearshore Framework for the Great Lakes.

A Nearshore Framework for the Great Lakes was drafted and was available for a sixty-day review period ending on July 12, 2016. The Nearshore Framework satisfies a commitment in the Lakewide Management Annex of the Agreement to “develop, within three years of entry into force of this Agreement, an integrated nearshore framework to be implemented collaboratively […]

Posted: May 13, 2016

Lake Ontario Lakewide Action and Management Plan Annual Report 2015

The Lake Ontario Lakewide Action and Management Plan (LAMP) is a binational action plan for restoring and protecting the Lake Ontario 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 […]

Posted: January 22, 2016

Lake Ontario Lakewide Action and Management Plan Annual Report 2014

The Lake Ontario Lakewide Action and Management Plan (LAMP) is a binational action plan for cooperatively restoring and protecting the Lake Ontario 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 […]

Posted: June 5, 2015

Lake Ontario Lakewide Action and Management Plan Annual Report 2013

This annual report highlights progress and challenges for the Lake Ontario 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 Ontario Lakewide Action and Management Plan is a binational action plan for […]

Posted: October 21, 2013

State of the Great Lakes 2011

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 […]

Posted: October 16, 2011

State of the Great Lakes 2009

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 […]

Posted: October 16, 2009