Efforts to “Untrouble the Waters” of our Great Lakes have been years in the making.
Human Health
The Great Lakes have long been a source of nutritious food for people who live along its shores, with an abundance of aquatic life like walleye, yellow perch, catfish, and bass.
Not all hacking is bad. One of several Great Lakes regional efforts to find solutions to Lake Erie’s biggest problems took home two top awards at an Erie Hack Innovation Summit.
Chemical pollution of Great Lakes waters was subject of great interest at IJC’s recent public meetings, especially discussion in Sarnia, Ontario, of actions by Canada and the United States on Chemicals of Mutual Concern (CMCs).
Ships moving within the Great Lakes could be carrying viral passengers inside ballast tanks from one port to another.
Huge algal bloom fossils appear in rocks that are 3 billion years old. These organisms survived when other life couldn’t, and helped to form our atmosphere. Today, similar blooms are visible from outer space.
Members of the Great Lakes Commission and other leaders from the US and Canada took to Capitol Hill in March to attend the Semiannual Meeting of the Great Lakes Commission (GLC), as well as Great Lakes Day, an annual event that brings together regional organizations with federal policymakers to…
Plastic items --- from bags and bottles to clothing fibers --- are finding their way into the Great Lakes and its tributaries, degrading into tiny pieces and potentially impacting the environment and human health.
Now’s your chance to influence what actions will be taken for the Great Lakes in the next three-year or triennial cycle.
April 15 is the deadline for public comments on our Triennial Assessment of Progress Report and the Progress Report of the Parties.