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Great Lakes Commission @glcommission.bsky.social · 4d

The panel featured speakers from @joycefdn.bsky.social, de Gaspé Beaubien Foundation, the Fred and Barbara Erb Family Foundation, and @glpfund.bsky.social.

Great Lakes Commission @glcommission.bsky.social · 4d

At the recent Leadership Summit of the #GreatLakes St. Lawrence Governors & Premiers
, our Executive Director Erika Jensen moderated a panel on how foundations are working with regional organizations to improve the regional environment and economy.

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Great Lakes Commission @glcommission.bsky.social · 9d

This work has lead to increased recreation and tourism, better water quality and ecosystem health, and more benefits for the community and the Great Lakes.

Learn more about our Muskegon Lake work in this story map! storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/22e5...

Muskegon Lake AOC

Habitat Restoration in Great Lakes Areas of Concern: Muskegon Lake

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Great Lakes Commission @glcommission.bsky.social · 9d

Congratulations to our federal, state and local partners on the official delisting of the Muskegon Lake #GreatLakes Area of Concern!

The GLC is proud to have led 12 habitat restoration projects at 9 sites in the Muskegon AOC.

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Great Lakes Commission @glcommission.bsky.social · 23d

Register now for the last webinar in our series on #GreatLakes resilience!

The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Legislative Caucus, American Great Lakes Ports Association, Detroit Wayne County Port Authority and @ijcsharedwaters.bsky.social will share efforts from throughout the region.

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Great Lakes Commission @glcommission.bsky.social · Aug 14

These fact sheets can be found on a new interactive map on our website that also points users to state agency sites for more information on SRFs in each Great Lakes state: ow.ly/ssCP50WG73C

State Revolving Funds - Great Lakes Commission

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Great Lakes Commission @glcommission.bsky.social · Aug 14

The GLC, with input from state revolving fund (SRF) managers, has assembled fact sheets for each of the eight #GreatLakes states that highlight the impact of earmarks for water infrastructure projects on states’ SRF programs.

State Revolving Funds - Great Lakes Commission

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Great Lakes Commission @glcommission.bsky.social · Jul 21

From #GreatLakes Daily News:

Report: Climate change continues to drive warmer weather, extremes in region; Shipping industry, boaters fear risks of cuts to federal Great Lakes programs; Algal blooms pop up in western Lake Erie, Sandusky Bay and more at www.glc.org/dailynews

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Great Lakes Commission @glcommission.bsky.social · Jul 16

The GLC is hosting our first Water Workforce Roundtable event this week, bringing people together to discuss strategies for developing the #GreatLakes water workforce.

To learn more about our work to identify novel solutions to water infrastructure challenges, visit ow.ly/YZXj50WqH8k

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Great Lakes Commission @glcommission.bsky.social · Jul 7

On 8/4, the GLC will host the second webinar in our series on "Realizing Resilience: Coordinating efforts from across the #GreatLakes basin." Participants will hear from speakers from the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, Wisconsin Wetlands Association/NOAA and USGS.

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Great Lakes Commission @glcommission.bsky.social · Jun 25

On 7/1, join our Invasive Mussels Collaborative for its webinar "Clash of the Shells" to learn about dreissenid mussel impacts on native unionids!

Presenters will include Kennedy Zwarych of @‪mcgill.ca‬ and Alexander Karatayev of Buffalo State.

RSVP: ow.ly/vP9f50W2Qgn #GreatLakes

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Great Lakes Commission @glcommission.bsky.social · Jun 24

Today (6/24)! Join GLC and partners for a webinar on the GSI Impact Hub, an interactive platform to help quantify and communicate the multiple benefits – or co-benefits – of green stormwater infrastructure.

ow.ly/FrjJ50W8qMf #GreatLakes #greeninfrastructure #stormwater

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Great Lakes Commission @glcommission.bsky.social · Jun 12

Tune in for a preview of the conference and to learn more about the GLC’s Action Plan for a Resilient Great Lakes Basin!

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Great Lakes Commission @glcommission.bsky.social · Jun 12

The webinar comes in advance of this October's Midwest Climate Resilience Conference. The GLC is coordinating a Great Lakes sub-track for all conference attendees, and will host a working session for Great Lakes practitioners.

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Great Lakes Commission @glcommission.bsky.social · Jun 12

On June 18, the Great Lakes Commission will host a webinar with the University of Minnesota Climate Adaptation Partnership: "Realizing Resilience: Coordinating efforts from across the #GreatLakes basin."

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Great Lakes Commission @glcommission.bsky.social · Jun 6

The podcast is produced by Wisconsin Sea Grant with support from the GLC.

Listen to Introduced on Wisconsin Sea Grant's website or wherever you get your podcasts! seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/introd... #CleanBoatsCleanWaters

Great Lakes Commission @glcommission.bsky.social · Jun 6

"Introduced," the award-winning podcast about aquatic invasive species and the #GreatLakes, recently released a new episode about how a popular watercraft inspection program evolved from a middle school science project! t.co/j3anG4EcXe

https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/introduced/

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Silvia Newell @newelllab.bsky.social · Jun 4

So proud of our Great Lakes fellows with the @ijcs-journal.bsky.social and @glcommission.bsky.social and the GL Sea Grants hearing about their listening sessions with communities and Tribes around the region, hearing about needs for the IJC Science Plan. #IAGLR2025

A woman in front of a podium, giving a talk on lessons learned on community engagement

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Great Lakes Commission @glcommission.bsky.social · May 29

The GLC and our party states and provinces have long supported the Brandon Road project as part of a broad regional effort. Securing this agreement is an important step in moving forward on this critical work.

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Great Lakes Commission @glcommission.bsky.social · May 29

The Great Lakes Commission congratulates the state of Illinois for moving us closer to realizing the goal of protecting the #GreatLakes from this devastating invasive species.

Illinois finalizes deal for land near Joliet needed for stalled invasive carp prevention project

Illinois finished acquiring land needed for a project to protect the Great Lakes from invasive carp, construction backed by Gov. JB Pritzker and President Donald Trump.

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Great Lakes Commission @glcommission.bsky.social · May 13

Now available: the Great Lakes Commission May 2025 newsletter!

Save the date for the 2025 GLC Annual Meeting in Duluth; a recap of #GreatLakesDay; a #GreatLakes theme available at the Midwest Climate Resilience Conference; and more! mailchi.mp/glc/newslett...

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Great Lakes Commission @glcommission.bsky.social · Apr 30

SAVE THE DATE:

The 2025 #GreatLakes Commission Annual Meeting will be held October 29-30 in beautiful Duluth, Minnesota, on the shores of Lake Superior!

More information will be available soon at www.glc.org/meetings/annual.

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Great Lakes Commission @glcommission.bsky.social · Apr 15

We're #hiring! Join us in #AnnArbor as a Director of Programs — visit our website to learn more and apply by April 30! glc.org/about/jobs/

#michiganjobs #annarborjobs #greatlakesjobs #greatlakes

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Great Lakes Commission @glcommission.bsky.social · Apr 8

Recent #GreatLakes Daily News headlines:

@noaa.gov to hold first advisory council meeting for #LakeOntario National Marine Sanctuary; In winter, the waters of Lakes Michigan and Huron separate into layers. Not anymore. Why?; and more at glc.org/dailynews

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Great Lakes Commission @glcommission.bsky.social · Apr 1

Now available: a recording of our Invasive Mussel Collaborative's recent webinar assessing the risks of zebra mussel establishment along the western United States invasion front invasivemusselcollaborative.net/event/webina...

#GreatLakes #invasivespecies

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