From FAIR Data Principles to Indigenous Sustainable Water Resources Management
The Center for Water Policy is hosting a virtual Earth Month webinar featuring its 2023-2024 Water Policy Scholar Dr. Grace Bulltail and Research Associate Dr. Parisa Sarzaeim. They will be speaking on the availability and quality of publicly available tribal-led water-climate-environment (WCE) nexus databases on reservations and tribal lands in the U.S., showcasing the FAIRification […]
Protecting Wetlands Post Sackett Decision
Water research colleagues from Canadian and U.S. universities participated in a free, virtual, lunchtime Great Lakes Freshwater Symposium. Panelists discussed the impact of the recent U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on wetlands protections, scientific research, legal analysis and policy, and included an update on the upcoming EPA WOTUS Rule revisions. Panelists include: Erin Giese, Principal Investigator, […]
Lake Erie’s “Pollution Diet” – New Phosphorus Pollution Limits are a Crucial Step Towards the Restoration of Lake Erie’s Western Basin
Watch the recording from the webinar below! In May 2023, a federal judge in Ohio approved a consent decree that will require limits for agricultural pollution runoff to help alleviate the frequent toxic algae blooms that impact western Lake Erie almost every summer. The consent decree, which concludes six years of public interest litigation, requires […]
WEBINAR: Great Lakes Freshwater Symposium – The Impact of Phosphorus Rules on Local Water Quality
**This webinar was intended for scientists, incubators, and companies who have an interest in working together to solve water challenges in the region. Anya Janssen, water policy specialist at the Center for Water Policy and Sea Grant University of Wisconsin water science-policy fellow, presented key takeaways from the recent statewide conference Phosphorus: Lessons from 10+ […]
Comprehensive Water Stewardship Training
Principles, foundations, and best practices to improve water stewardship strategy and performance from the board room to the shop floor. The Water Council, in partnership with Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership (WMEP), offers Water Stewardship Training that covers water stewardship concepts and best practices from the corporate level to operational level. It covers the principles and […]
Advancing Water Stewardship in the Great Lakes
Hosted in Partnership by: Watch the webinar recording below! Containing 20% of earth’s surface freshwater, the bi-national North American Great Lakes maintain vital ecosystems, support numerous industries, and play an important role in the wellbeing of the region’s millions of residents. With this vast freshwater resource, it is not uncommon for companies operating in the […]
Premier Virtual Great Lakes Book Launch – “MOVE: The Forces Uprooting Us”
Please enjoy the recording from this event (below) which is hosted on our YouTube channel along with Parag’s PDF presentation slides which you can download by clicking HERE. In the 60,000 years since people began colonizing the continents, a recurring feature of human civilization has been mobility—the ever-constant search for resources and stability. Seismic global […]
The Future of the Great Lakes Series – Water Infrastructure
Billions of dollars in spending are headed to North America’s communities, and investing in the nation’s water infrastructure has been made a major strategic priority. But where – and how – should those dollars be spent? And who is influencing those decisions? On September 9th, the Council of the Great Lakes Region teamed up with […]
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Water School Resources for Leaders to Learn
It may be the end of the school year for the kids, but school is in session for leaders in the Great Lakes Region. Water School, that is, and specifically the Michigan State University Extension Water School. The Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation and Michigan Sea Grant hosted a Water School Twitter […]
Green Stormwater Infrastructure: A Natural Response to Climate Risk
CGLR Mar 17 Event Summary
Green Stormwater Infrastructure: A Natural Response to Climate Risk Across the Great Lakes Region–March 17, 2021 event hosted by the Council of the Great Lake Region The combination of antiquated approaches to real estate development, loss of forest cover, outdated hydrologic conveyance systems, and increasingly extreme changes in weather patterns in the region, have led […]