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Founding Corporate Partners of CGLR’s Great Lakes Water Innovation and Stewardship Exchange Announced

Initiative will advance business sustainability and accelerate corporate water stewardship in the US-Canada Great Lakes region. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MARCH 28, 2024 In recognition of World Water Day 2024, the Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR) network is excited to announce the founding corporate partners of the Great Lakes Water Innovation and Stewardship Exchange, […]

What Will Canada’s Yet-to-be-Named Restoration Program Mean for Great Lakes Project Funding?

In the last blog, we covered the U.S. political challenges involved with Great Lakes restoration funding, especially in these extremely partisan times. But we saw hope for the undercurrents of bipartisanship for Great Lakes funding, too. In this last entry, we’ll look at the challenges and optimism associated with Canada’s recent funding announcement. Since the […]

Will Politics Stand in the Way of Continued Project Funding for Great Lakes Restoration?

Last time, we explained why the timing is ideal right now for Great Lakes restoration work. We also reviewed the steps involved with applying for Great Lakes restoration funding. This time, we turn our attention to what could be in store for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. Specifically, will politics make it harder for you […]

Great Lakes Restoration Funding: Know and Share Your Goals to Get Results

In Part 2 of this series, we looked at when Great Lakes restoration funding began to get serious. This started in 2009 when President Barack Obama proposed, and a bipartisan Congress funded, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI). Now let’s discuss how to access the funding now available through the GLRI. The time has never […]

How Toxic Hotspots Were Identified, Money Arrived, and a Network Was Born

In my first post about Great Lakes Restoration, I shared a brief history about the first moves by the U.S. and Canada to commit to saving the Great Lakes ecosystem. That history concluded with the important recognition of an ecosystem approach to Great Lakes management but that federal funding didn’t keep pace with federal restoration […]

The Protection of the Great Lakes Began More Than 50 Years Ago – That History Matters Today for Funding Important Projects. But Why?

In an era when climate change is touching almost every aspect of our lives, it’s becoming clearer by the day that if we want our ecosystems to take care of us, we need to take care of them. The same is true for the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River, comprising about 20 percent of […]

Council of the Great Lakes Region and The Water Council Partner to Accelerate Water Innovation and Stewardship

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JUNE 28TH, 2022 CHICAGO, IL / June 28, 2022 – Today, the Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR) and The Water Council (TWC) announced a partnership to deepen ties and accelerate water innovation and stewardship in the bi-national Great Lakes region, the engine of the North American economy and guardian of […]

Restoring Water Levels on Lake Michigan-Huron

A Cost-Benefit Analysis A 2014 report from CGLR and Mowat calculated that if extremely low water levels persisted until 2050, the adverse effects on the Great Lakes economy could reach $18.82 billion (USD).

2014: Low Water Blues–Economic Fallout Predicted from Lower Future Water Levels in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Region

In 2014, CGLR & The Mowat Centre released ‘Low Water Blues,’ an economic assessment of sustained low water levels in the Great Lakes & St. Lawrence River. This report looked at recent changes to water levels across the region and the risks and benefits of low water levels for key interests in the region. It […]

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