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Join Us LIVE: Release of the IJC 2020 Triennial Assessment of Progress Report on Great Lakes Water Quality
-The report is an independent review of the Canadian and U.S. governments’ progress to restore and maintain the Great Lakes under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.
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CollaborationDetroit RiverLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganHigh Water Levels On Tap This Winter As November Marks The Start Of A New Water Year
-Data from the last water year indicated record-breaking levels in the Great Lakes, and this year looks to be much of the same.
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Climate ChangeCOVID-19Events and Special BroadcastsGreat Lakes Now Watch PartiesHabitat RestorationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureInvasive SpeciesNewsScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWatch Party: Watching the Waters
-Commissioner Rob Sisson from the IJC, Kelly House from Bridge Michigan and Harvey Bootsma from the School of Freshwater Sciences at the UWM answer questions from the audience and explain why climate change will be THE story of the Great Lakes in coming years.
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Legal Translation: Environmental attorney explains the latest on Enbridge Line 5 news
-Environmental attorney Nick Schroeck answers GLN questions about the new Enbridge Line 5 legal action. Will it stop the pipeline?
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Watching the Waters – Episode 1020
-Lake levels rise, COVID’s in wastewater and invasive species weave new food webs.
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Campus Clues to COVID-19: Sewage testing key to detecting early infections
-Explore our national map of stories about universities testing campus wastewater to catch potential COVID-19 outbreaks.
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Events and Special BroadcastsFish, Birds and AnimalsGreat Lakes Now Watch PartiesLighthouses, Museums and Cultural InstitutionsRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchSturgeonWatch Party: Urgin’ for Sturgeon
-Belle Isle Aquarium Curator Paul Shuert, WDET’s Annamarie Sysling and Great Lakes Now Program Director Sandra Svoboda chat about sturgeon and answer Facebook audience questions.
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Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingClimate ChangeEvents and Special BroadcastsGreat Lakes Now Watch PartiesHabitat RestorationIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureNewsRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchTourismWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWaterfront DevelopmentWatch Party: Looking Up and Out
-Great Lakes Now Program Director Sandra Svoboda chats with Pam Barnes from Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Austin Happel from the Shedd Aquarium and Nick Lake from the Adler Planetarium.
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Winning Work: Great Lakes Now recognized for communication excellence by Great Lakes Protection Fund
-The Great Lakes Now initiative – our show, website, engagement efforts and educational resources – wins a Great Lakes Protection Fund Leadership Award.
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Looking Up and Out – Episode 1019
-Nature is both fragile and fearsome. In the Chicago River, fish populations have suffered since the river became a steel-lined channel, but can floating garden islands restore a more natural habitat? Our region offers spectacular night sky views, but will new satellites mar their beauty? And how are Great Lakes parks coping with COVID-19 and record-setting lake levels?
