GREAT LAKES ECOREGION NETWORK

O U R VISION

Past, present and future partnerships to protect water quality and the ecosystems within the Basin.

Ecosystem Health

We depend on a healthy Great Lakes ecosystem to support human health, economic vitality, and each of our unique experiences of joy, inspiration, and connection to our Great Lakes. Could it be that special windswept beach, boat ride, fishing friendship, swimming & wave bobbing on vacation, the changes of the seasons, the Monarch butterfly migration, skipping stones, the sunset on the horizon?

What is your Great Lakes connection?

Community Engagement

Apply your passion for the Great Lakes by joining with others who are making a difference! Communities all around the Great Lakes Basin have action groups. The AOC and ZIP regions in Canada and the United States give special attention to areas that need to be restored. Indigenous Communities of the Great Lakes have long been stewards of the Basin - read some of their stories. What groups are near you? You may just find your next mission on this map from Freshwater Future!

GLEN Activities

Our work focuses on implementing and developing the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement across the entire Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River basin. At this point, it includes:

Activities around the GLWQA 50th Anniversary in 2022
Assessment of progress and development of the agenda for the Great Lakes
The future of the Areas of Concern AOCs) and Zones d'Intervention Prioritaire (ZIPs)
Nutrient and harmful algal blooms issues in Lake Erie
Great Lakes nuclear issues

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Events

Beach combing

Join your community at your nearest Great Lakes Beach. Look around. What symbolizes your great love of this ecosystem?

MORE EVENTS

Connect with GLEN

Join us as we celebrate the work of organizations and communities over the last 50 years, and prepare for the next 50 years of action
on issues within the Great Lakes.