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Our Story

Great Lakes Ecoregion Network (GLEN) is a collaborative of individuals and environmental non-government organizations (ENGOs) who have been part of the ongoing international cooperation within the Great Lakes Basin - including the fifty years of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement*.

Although 2022 is a major historical event, there is still much work to be done to continue the restoration of the watershed.




​The goal of GLEN is to generate momentum to strengthen the protection of water quality.

 *GLWQA info: https://www.ijc.org/en/great-lakes-water-quality-agreement-turns-50 
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Meet "glen"
Why "Ecoregion?" >  We chose ecoregion for our network name because it represents the ecological boundaries of the broader Great Lakes system, spanning the U.S.-Canada border, and embracing the sovereign nations of the many first nations and tribes that call the Great Lakes region home. We also chose ecoregion, because it aligns with the aspirations of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement to safeguard Great Lakes water quality through the sustaining and restoring of the integrity of the region’s chemical, physical and biological systems.
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Our Current Members

Individuals
  • Sally Cole-Misch, Great Lakes Communicator and Author of the award-winning novel set in the Great Lakes, The Best Part of Us, Michigan
  • Jane Elder, Lifelong Great Lakes advocate, consultant & writer, Madison, Wisconsin
  • Elaine Ho-Tassone, Ph.D., transdisciplinary bridge-builder (e-h2o.ca) & Director of Operations at NORDIK Institute (Algoma University), Baawaating/Sault Ste. Marie, ON  
  • Dr. Keith A. Hobson, Ph.D., FRSC, Researcher at University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
  • Jeanne Jabanoski, Textile artist and Great Lakes advocate (Environment Canada, Toronto Environmental Protection Office, Great Lakes United), Toronto, Ontario
  • John Jackson, long-time GLWQA activist and past president of Great Lakes United, Kitchener, Ontario​
  • Nancy Langston, Michigan Tech
  • James P Ludwig, Retired Ecotoxicologist, Duart, Ontario
  • Pat Lupo, OSB - Environmental Education and Advocacy, Benedictine Sisters of Erie PA and PLEWA, Pennsylvania Lake Erie Watershed Association
  • Annette Marshall, OSB - Benedictine Sisters of Erie PA
  • Robin McClellan, Remedial Action Committee, Massena/Cornwall/Akwesasne AOC, upper St. Lawrence River, Potsdam, New York
  • Joyce McLean, Former Great Lakes Water Quality Board member, Toronto, Ontario
  • Tom Muir, retired from Environment Canada, Burlington, Ontario
  • Linda Reid, former manager Milwaukee Region Watershed Management program, and currently head of Water365, LLC, Milwaukee, WI
  • Dave Ullrich, 50 years of Great Lakes protection in almost every imaginable capacity, and not finished yet, Chicago
  • Natalija Vojno, environmental peacebuilder and founder of Our Future First, Toronto, Ontario & worldwide
  • Margaret Wooster, past executive director of Great Lakes United; author of Great Lakes-centered books including Meander: Making Room for Rivers and Living Waters: Reading the Rivers of the Lower Great Lakes, Buffalo, New York​​
Organizations
  • AmbioterraChargé, Stéphane Gingras, Saint-Chrysistome, Québec
  • Benedictine Sisters of Erie PA, Pat Lupo, OSB and Annette Marshall, OSB
  • Between the Waters, Peggy Berry, Dayton, Ohio
  • Citizens Environment Alliance of Southwestern Ontario, Derek Coronado, Coordinator, Windsor, Ontario 
  • Environmental & Occupational Working Group of Toronto Cancer Coalition, Sarah Miller, Co-chair, Toronto, Ontario
  • Federation of Monroe County Environmentalists, Sally Howard, Rochester, New York
  • Friends of the St. Clair River, Sheri Faust, President, Port Huron, Michigan
  • Georgian Bay Association, Rupert Kindersley, Executive Director, Toronto, Ontario
  • Great Lakes Spirituality Project, Dan Robinson, Michigan  
  • Lake Erie Waterkeeper, Sandy Bihn, President, Toledo, Ohio
  • Milwaukee Riverkeeper, Cheryl Nenn, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • Ontario Headwaters Institute, Andrew McCammon, Executive Director, Oakville, Ontario
  • OurWaterOurAirOurRights, Janice Echison, Erie, Pennsylvania
  • ​Pennsylvania Lake Erie Watershed Association (PLEWA), Pat Lupo, OSB and Sarah Peelman
  • Provincial Council of Women, Gracia Janes, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
  • Société pour vaincre la pollution, Daniel Green, Montreal, Quebec
  • Swim Drink Fish Canada, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, Mark Mattson, Toronto, Ontario
  • St. Clair River AOC Binational Public Advisory Council, & Friends of St. Clair River, Kris Lee, Ontario (video)
  • Toxics Free Great Lakes Binational Network, Michael Murray, US Co-chair & John Jackson Canadiana Co-Chair
  • Wallaceburg Advisory Team for a Cleaner Habitat (WATCH) , Kris Lee, Wallaceburg, Ontario
  • Watershed Sentinel Educational Society, Anna Tilman, Aurora, Ontario
  • Western New York Environmental Alliance, Margaret Wooster, Buffalo, New York
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AOC & ZIP Committees
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ENGOs and Communities
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People of the Basin


​CONTACT US TO LEARN MORE OR JOIN...

Individuals and Groups, please download, fill out and e-mail your Membership Application and voluntary dues as noted in the file below:

glen_membership_form_new_2022aug26.docx
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