Tag: Lake Erie
Report Notes Success and Weakness in Great Lakes Water Management
The International Joint Commission (IJC) has released its draft Triennial Assessment of Progress (TAP) report, in which it found much to commend on the...
10,000 Tonnes of Plastic Enters the Great Lakes Yearly
Researchers from the Rochester Institute of Technology have used computer models to estimate the volume of plastic and microplastics entering the Great Lakes each...
Willingness to Pay for a Healthy Lake Erie
A group of American universities and government agencies has completed a socio-economic study of agricultural management plans for curtailing harmful algal blooms and the...
Computer Model Makes Great Lakes Climate 3-D
A computer model developed by researchers in the U.S. allows scientists to better capture the physical characteristics of the Great Lakes by fully resolving...
New Non-Native Species Confirmed in Lake Erie
A new, non-native species of zooplankton has been confirmed in the western basin of Lake Erie, making it even clearer that more stringent ballast...
Asian Carp Found in Lake Erie
The Ministry of Natural Resources confirms that an Asian Carp was caught in Lake Erie, west of Point Pelee.
The fish caught by a commercial net...
EPA Awards 13 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Shoreline Cities Grants Totalling...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) has announced the recipients of Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) grants totalling more than $2 million to 13...
Ontario Lieutenant Governor Meets With Teachers To Discuss Great Lakes Education
Ontario's Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell met with 100 teachers at Brantford Collegiate Institute this week at a two-day event aimed at empowering teachers to...
Addressing Phosphorus in Lake Erie With Canadian Technologies
Harmful algal blooms have become increasingly frequent in Lake Erie. In 2011, the lake experienced its worst cyanobacteria bloom in decades, and in 2014,...
Ontario Approves Grand River Watershed Source Protection Plan
Ontario has approved a plan to protect sources of drinking water in the Grand River watershed area in south-central Ontario.
The source protection plan, developed by...
