When a project to remove contaminated sediment from Michigan’s Rouge River gets underway, it will pull nearly a century of pollution with it, bringing a longstanding effort to rehabilitate and clean up the waterway one major step closer to its goal.
Areas of Concern
The cleanup of Great Lakes Areas of Concern (AOC) has proven difficult and spanned more than three decades.
Recent experience is showing that restoration work is helping reconnect people to their waterfronts in ways that enhance community well-being and return economic benefits.
The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 2012 binds Canada and the United States to restoring and safeguarding the Great Lakes.
In its First Triennial Assessment of Progress under the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (Agreement), the International Joint Commission (IJC) calls on Canada and the United States to set specific timelines and targets for making critical improvements to wastewater and drinking water…
The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has counted infrastructure maintenance as one of its duties for decades, and in recent years looked for ways to use maintenance and repair projects to improve habitat for species in the Great Lakes basin.
A portion of the St. Marys River has been restored as fish spawning habitat and recreational space, with a new bridge that provides access to Sugar Island.
The IJC has heard from numerous people that radionuclides – essentially radioactive forms of elements often as small as atoms - should be considered for a future round of Chemicals of Mutual Concern by Canada and the United States.
Though progress has been made to restore and protect the ecological condition of the Great Lakes, the impacts of excess nutrients and invasive species continue to affect the region, according to a new 2017 State of the Great Lakes Highlights report from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)…
The Great Lakes-St Lawrence region plays a pivotal role in the economies of Canada and the United States.