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Ontario investing $6M in local projects to protect the Great Lakes
Greater Napanee, ON – The Ontario government is investing $6 million to support 30 multi-year projects to help protect, conserve and restore the Great Lakes.…
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Ontario partnering with Indigenous leaders to protect the Great Lakes
Toronto – The Ontario government is investing nearly $1 million to support Indigenous-led projects and increased collaboration with Indigenous organizations and youth to help protect…
Program to further prevent aquatic invasive species in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River regions launched
Ballast water is an important part of vessel safety. However, it can accidentally introduce and spread invasive aquatic species when released into Canadian waters, which…
Royal Canadian Geographical Society and Indigenous leaders launch new multi-year Great Lakes restoration and protection project
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON – Biinaagami – meaning “clear water” in the language of the Anishinaabek peoples of the Great Lakes, Anishinaabemowin – is a powerful and change-provoking multi-year…
Canada invests over $3.9 million to support the Great Lakes
Hamilton, ON – Protecting fresh water is critically important to Canada’s environmental, social, and economic well-being. One of the largest surface freshwater systems in the…
Managing microplastics: The Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup
The Great Lakes are the largest freshwater system on the planet, accounting for about one-fifth of the world’s surface fresh water. Variations in lake depth,…
State of the Great Lakes 2022 Report and 2022 Progress Report of the Parties showing continuing restoration of the Great Lakes
Gatineau, QC – Environment and Climate Change Canada and the United States Environmental Protection Agency jointly recently published two reports required under the Agreement: the State…
Bi-national Circular Great Lakes strategy and action plan released by CGLR
Chicago, IL – The Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR), as part of its Circular Great Lakes initiative, released an innovative five-year circular economy strategy and action plan…
Great Lakes Ecoregion Network calls for strengthened commitment to water quality
The Great Lakes Ecoregion Network (GLEN) is a new initiative to engage members of the basin-wide Great Lakes environmental community on issues related to the…
Stemming the tide of invasive species in Great Lakes
Ballast water release from ocean vessels has introduced hundreds of invasive species to coastal ecosystems worldwide, causing major disruptions to fisheries and biodiversity. Attempts to…
Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative receives $380,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Chicago – The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative has received a $380,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for a new…
Ontario takes further action to protect the Great Lakes
Toronto — The Ontario government is supporting projects that help communities protect and improve the health of the Great Lakes by investing an additional $1.9…
Link between heavy storms and increased risk of germs in treated Great Lakes drinking water
Across the Great Lakes basin, hundreds of water utilities treat water from the Great Lakes and deliver safe, high-quality drinking water to nearly 40 million…
New board of directors for Council of the Great Lakes Region
Ottawa, ON and Cleveland, OH–The Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR), a Canadian not-for-profit forum of business, government, academic, and non-profit leaders committed to…
Top five Great Lakes stories of 2021
1. Canada and Ontario mark 50th anniversary of Great Lakes agreement The Governments of Canada and Ontario announced that they have signed the new Canada-Ontario Agreement…
Canada announces $3.1 million for Great Lakes Protection Initiative
Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault announced that the Government of Canada is investing more than $3.1 million in 32 projects over three years…
Ontario invests in health of Great Lakes
The Ontario government is investing more than $2.8 million in 24 projects to protect the health of the Great Lakes. These projects focus on improving…
Collin Knauss joins Great Lakes Protection Fund
The Great Lakes Protection Fund has welcomed Collin Knauss as its project development manager. Knauss will lead the organization’s project development efforts, spotting new opportunities…
Warmer, wetter, wilder: 38 million people in the Great Lakes region are threatened by climate change
The Great Lakes are getting warmer, wetter, and wilder. These atypical conditions are amplifying other threats. Harmful algal blooms are increasing in severity and geographic…
Ontario invests over $2.5 million to protect the Great Lakes
The Ontario government is investing more than $2.5 million in 19 new projects to protect the health of the Great Lakes. According to the Government…
New partnership to publish community water monitoring data from Great Lakes region
DataStream and Water Rangers are teaming up to publish community water monitoring data from the Great Lakes and Saint-Lawrence regions. Community water monitoring is a growing movement in…
Great Lakes Local Action Fund provides $1.9 million to local projects
Forty-four community-based projects will be receiving $1.9 million in funding through the Ontario government’s Great Lakes Local Action Fund, which supports local projects that protect and…
Great Lakes communities to spend $2 billion combatting climate change
A new report reveals that Great Lakes and St. Lawrence communities will spend nearly $2 billion over next five years to combat coastal damages from…
Partnership aims to bolster coastal resiliency along Great Lakes communities
A new partnership between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative will receive $500,000 in Great…