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Toxic Algal Blooms: A 2020 Great Lakes Priority
Caused by a variety of factors including farm runoff of animal waste and fertilizer as well as a changing climate, toxic algal blooms have had a devastating impact on the health and economy of Great Lakes communities.
Waste Into Fuel: A Water Infrastructure Success in Green Bay
Communities across the Great Lakes are struggling with aging drinking and waste water infrastructure that is vital to providing safe drinking water, and nonstop wastewater treatment services that protect public health. Thanks to federally funded programs such as the...
Strengthening Clean Water Protections: A 2020 Vision
It is up to all candidates running for president in 2020 to explain how they will uphold clean water protections, oppose the weakening of environmental laws, and ensure that Great Lakes communities have access to clean water.
IN YOUR STATE
Learn how Great Lakes restoration is benefiting your state, as well as what work is left to do.
Protecting Drinking Water
The Great Lakes provide drinking water for more than 30 million people in the region, yet the pipes and other infrastructure delivering and treating our water is in dire need of repair.
Restoring Habitat
The Great Lakes provide a home for fish, wildlife, migratory birds, and the people of the region. Over the years, development degraded or displaced key habitat for fish and wildlife.
Fighting Invasive Species
Invasive species have fundamentally altered the Great Lakes ecosystem. Millions of dollars are spent each year to control them and reduce their spread.
Cleaning Up Toxic Pollution
More than 40 sites around the Great Lakes have been identified as toxic hot spots to be cleaned up. And new pollutants are still being discovered.
Reducing Polluted Runoff
Each year, polluted runoff from farms flows into the Great Lakes feeding toxic algae outbreaks which poison drinking water, close beaches, and hurt tourism.
Driving the environmental agenda in Michigan.
To reducing the health risks and environmental impacts of pesticides by promoting safer alternatives.
To conserve nature, to maintain ecosystems essential for life, and to encourage the sustainable use of resources.
To restore, protect, and enhance the Rouge River watershed through stewardship, education, and collaboration.
To explore, enjoy, and protect the planet.
Dedicated to community coalition building and to the provision of resources that inform, train and mobilize the citizens of Detroit to improve their quality of life.
Connecting faith, environmental justice, and sustainability through education and service.
Conserving, protecting and restoring our country's coldwater fisheries and their watersheds.
To promote political responsibility through informed and active participation of citizens in government and act on selected governmental issues affecting the Lake Michigan watershed.
Science for a healthy planet and a safer world.
To conserve, restore, and promote the sustainable use and enjoyment of our natural resources, including soil, air, woods, waters, and wildlife.
To protect, restore and enhance wetland habitat and wildlife in the southwest Lake Erie region by serving as advocate, practitioner, and educator.
To inspire conservation leadership by connecting people with wildlife and nature.
Connecting birds and people for the benefit of both through conservation, education, and research efforts in the state of Michigan.
Educating the general public and promoting anadromous sport fishing in the Great Lakes and their tributary streams and rivers.
Illinois’ advocate for clean water and healthy rivers.
To restore and conserve fish, wildlife, and habitat throughout the state and teach others to do the same.
We promote the conservation of Big Green Lake and its watershed with a singular focus on water quality.
At the core of all of our work is a goal to teach and instill a conservation ethic in the hearts of people across Michigan and beyond and to make our communities better places to live, work and enjoy.
To providing natural world experiences that foster an appreciation of the Empire State's ecosystems through conservation, education, scientific study and responsible recreation.
Dedicated to the health of the streams and rivers of the Toledo region and the people who use them.
A cross-city network that fosters connection, collaboration and broad community leadership on behalf of our waters.
To create healthy homes and sustainable communities by identifying and removing hazards, engaging people, and advancing equitable environmental solutions.
To preserve, protect and restore the Indiana dunes and all natural resources in Northwest Indiana’s Lake Michigan Watershed for an enhanced quality of life.
Nonpartisan political organization in Michigan protecting your land, air, and water.
To advocate for the Hispanic-Latino populations in Genesee County in the areas of education, cultural awareness and social needs.
To protect and preserve the history and the natural resources of the Middle Grand River watershed by promoting education, conservation, restoration, and wise use of watershed resources.
To unite a diverse group of stakeholders in a collaborative effort to protect, restore and foster stewardship of the St. Joseph River Watershed as a critical component of the Great Lakes Basin.
Protecting the places we love and promoting core environmental values, such as clean air to breathe, clean water to drink, and clean energy to power our lives.
Where birds thrive, people prosper.
To explore, enjoy and protect the wild places of the Earth.
We speak for lakes.
To protect our environment, health, economic well-being and community quality of life.
Your air. Your land. Your water. Your vote.
An environmental grassroots organization founded in Toledo, Ohio to protect the Western Lake Erie Basin and the communities that depend on it.
Inform, inspire and incite action to end plastic pollution.
To protect our air, land, water, and wildlife and the health of all New Yorkers.
To promote the conservation, sound management, and sustainable use of Indiana's wildlife and wildlife habitat through education, advocacy, and action.
Providing a guided pathway to independent dairy farm ownership, developing grazing careers, and strengthening the economic and environmental well-being of rural communities and the dairy industry.
Making democracy work.
Uniting all Americans to ensure wildlife thrive in a rapidly changing world.
To educate the public regarding the cleanup of the Kalamazoo River superfund site.
Developing the region's paddling resources and opportunities, providing environmental stewardship of the region's waterways, education, and to be a link between the region's paddlers.
Inspiring our community to be actively engaged in the conservation of wildlife and our natural environment.
To conserve, protect, restore, and sustain Minnesota’s coldwater fisheries and their watersheds.
A nonpartisan political organization, dedicated to making democracy work through voter education, issue advocacy, and citizen participation.
Committed to representing the interests of the sportfishing and boating industries as well as the entire sportfishing community.
Providing loans to small business owners and entrepreneurs in Northern Michigan that might not qualify for loans from traditional banks for a variety of reasons.
A scientific organization made up of researchers studying the Laurentian Great Lakes, other large lakes of the world, and their watersheds, as well as those with an interest in such research.
We mobilize people to solve environmental issues in areas of greatest inequity.
Protecting the places we love and promoting core environmental values, such as clean air to breathe, clean water to drink, and clean energy to power our lives.
Strengthening the effectiveness and building the power of our members to achieve the highest quality natural environment for Minnesotans.
Forging partnerships for healthy waters in southeastern Wisconsin.
Making democracy work.
Preserving our past. Protecting our future.
Promoting the Indiana Dunes and the great communities throughout Porter County to potential visitors.
Dedicated to putting conservation on the ground and making the earth a healthy place to live.
We work to protect wildlife, communities, and taxpayers.
A nonpartisan political organization dedicated to making Democracy work through voter education, issue advocacy, and citizen participation.
We promote political responsibility through informed and active participation in government.
Connecting people. Saving rivers.
To support the reestablishment and maintenance of a healthy, self-sustaining Lake Sturgeon population in the Kalamazoo River.
To explore, enjoy, and protect Ohio!
To work with our water-based communities and other stakeholders to ensure the careful stewardship of the greater Georgian Bay environment.
To protect the Great Lakes for today and tomorrow.
Dedicated to protecting, enhancing and celebrating the Clinton River, its watershed and Lake St. Clair.
Protecting the Great Lakes ecosystem, growing and protecting the greenbelt, and promoting green energy adoption in Ontario.
To promote and protect clean water resources in Wisconsin’s Lake Superior basin.
Committed to restoring the recreational and tourism potential of the Kalamazoo River.
To safeguard the earth—its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends.
We work for healthy water, air, land and government for this generation and the next.
Inform, inspire and incite action to end plastic pollution.
To provide a viable voice to our neighbors and to cultivate healthy relationships throughout the community.
To create and maintain a healthy Lake Erie now and forever as defined by drinkable water, recreational contact, and edible fish.
Protecting and preserving Wisconsin’s clean water, clean air, and natural heritage.
To champion solutions that improve the water quality of the Genesee and initiatives that connect people to the River.
Connects, equips and mobilizes people and organizations to care for land and water in their communities.
To encourage volunteerism and environmental stewardship, along with community values and an overall knowledge of the natural world around us.
We make conservation work for America by creating solutions that make environmental and economic sense.
A natural history and science museum that fosters in its audiences a passion for understanding the world around them and a lifelong love of learning.
We fly to save the earth.
Committed to the sustainability of our community’s natural resources through restoration, revitalization, and education.
Serving recreational boaters on the Great Lakes and the inland waterways east of the Mississippi.
Filling the skies with waterfowl today, tomorrow and forever.
Protecting the places we love and promoting core environmental values, such as clean air to breathe, clean water to drink, and clean energy to power our lives.
To unite citizens to conserve, protect, and enhance Michigan's natural resources and outdoor heritage.
We are dedicated to the enjoyment, education, and ethical use of our natural resources.
Protecting the places we love and promoting core environmental values, such as clean air to breathe, clean water to drink, and clean energy to power our lives.
To protect and enhance the environment and the health of all Ohio communities by advancing critical priorities, holding policymakers accountable, and electing environmental champions.
We collaborate with communities to solve complex environmental challenges across the Midwest.
Funding and supporting scientific research and education that protects and enhances the waters of Georgian Bay, as part of the Great Lakes.
Promoting the appreciation and enjoyment of the natural world through education and stewardship in Western New York and the Great Lakes region.
To protect and preserve the ecological integrity of the Upper St. Lawrence River through advocacy, education, and research.
To educate, advance policy, and provide solutions to the pressing water, energy and climate issues facing our region, nation and planet.
We believe that the quality of life in our community is enhanced through the protection, conservation and wise stewardship of the Coves subwatershed.
To spark compassion, curiosity and conservation for the aquatic animal world.
Serving Ohio’s anglers, hunters, boaters, campers, nature watchers, and all who love Ohio’s natural wonders.
Because Democracy is not a spectator sport.
To explore, enjoy, and protect the planet.
To make Indiana a better place to live, breathe, work, and play.
To conserve, restore, and promote the sustainable use and enjoyment of our natural resources, including soil, air, woods, waters, and wildlife.
To conserve, maintain, protect and restore the soil, forest, water and other natural resources of the United States and other lands.
Protecting Wisconsin’s fish & wildlife, habitat, outdoor heritage & shooting sports since 1949.
To protect and restore water quality and habitats of the Tinker’s Creek watershed through community partnerships.
To conserve, protect and restore North America's coldwater fisheries and their watersheds.
To identify, conserve, and protect the Lake Erie region's unique natural and cultural resources.
Protecting the places we love and promoting core environmental values, such as clean air to breathe, clean water to drink, and clean energy to power our lives.
To save the places people need and love by strengthening land conservation across America.
Advocates for clean water in Grand Traverse Bay and acts to protect and preserve the Bay’s watershed.
Inspiring our community to connect, care for, and conserve wildlife and wild places.
Cultivating community and stewardship from the ledge to the lakeshore.
Conserving, protecting and restoring our country's coldwater fisheries and their watersheds.
Uniting America’s largest labor unions and its most influential environmental organizations to solve today’s environmental challenges in ways that create and maintain quality jobs and build a stronger, fairer economy.
To inspire, facilitate and support diverse communities in developing an environmentally sustainable city through education, engagement and joint neighbourhood initiatives.
Works to build widespread citizen understanding and advocacy for policies and actions designed to manage and protect our natural resources and public health.
To explore, enjoy, and protect the planet.
Providing unique sailing experiences to the public and for educational voyages.
Using law, science, and research to protect Minnesota's environment, its natural resources, and the health of its people.
Protecting the places we love and promoting core environmental values, such as clean air to breathe, clean water to drink, and clean energy to power our lives.
Serving the people of the state of Indiana.
Dedicated to promoting and protecting wetlands throughout Ohio.
To protect and restore the Huron River for healthy and vibrant communities.
To encourage and promote sound fisheries management in Lake Erie; support the charter boat industry; and create a better working relationship between the association, law enforcement agencies, politicians, and the sport fishing public.
To engender in Central and Northern New Yorkers a greater appreciation for their land, water, and other natural resources, and to increase respect for the wildlife that inhabits these places, especially birds.
Dedicated to partnering with our community to enhance environmental and human health in the Forest City, through the benefits of trees.
Protecting our lakes, streams, wetlands, and groundwater through respected advocacy, innovative education, technically sound water quality monitoring, thorough research, and restoration actions.
Providing fun and educational experiences through interactive exhibits and educational programs for families and students in Milwaukee, the region, and the state of Wisconsin.
The Midwest’s leading public interest environmental legal advocacy and eco-business innovation organization, and among the nation’s leaders.
To protect our environment, health, economic well-being and community quality of life.
Dedicated to informing residents in the Towns of Porter and Lewiston in Niagara County, NY, about the threats of PCBs and hazardous waste in the community.
To increase awareness that water quality is directly linked to the use of appropriate wastewater systems and their management.
To enhance the ability to collect, deliver, and use Great Lakes information.
To develop innovative solutions for healthy people and a healthy planet.
Ensuring the healthy future of our Great Lakes waters.
Collaborating respectfully with citizens and leaders to protect everything we love about Michigan.
To provide the people of our region with essential natural assets through land conservation and restoration.
To conserve, protect, and restore Michigan’s coldwater fisheries and their watersheds.
To ensure a healthful environment for Illinois residents through advocacy and coalition building
To help county governments serve the American people in the most responsive, most efficient way by acting as a national voice for its leaders and representing its interests on all levels of government.
To protect healthy rivers, restore damaged rivers and conserve clean water for people and nature.
To enrich the lives of people in Greater Cleveland by conserving natural habitats, restoring the ecological value and sustainability of urban lands, and expanding neighborhood opportunities to experience nature.
To conserve, restore, and promote the sustainable use and enjoyment of our natural resources, including soil, air, woods, waters, and wildlife.
To preserve and enhance a variety of natural, cultural, and historical areas in the Calumet region for present and future generations.
To serve as the leading voice for sportsmen conservationists promoting the wise use and stewardship of Ohio’s wildlife and natural resources.
From the past to the future, we are committed to the return of this vital natural resource for all as Milwaukee’s urban rivers land trust.
To help land trusts, landowners and communities protect the places that make Wisconsin special.
Working together to protect, restore and enhance the St Louis River.
To inform, engage and nurture an inclusive community acting together to protect natural resources, mitigate climate impacts and build a resilient West Michigan.
To secure healthy air, land, and water for all who call Ohio home.
Envisioning an ever improving quality of life for people, plants and animals in southeast Michigan and southwest Ontario.
To restore, protect, and maintain for future generations the Mona Lake Watershed as a viable natural resource and to inspire attitudes, awareness, behavior, and knowledge through the use of science and education.
Protecting and restoring our water and surrounding ecosystems for the benefit of current and future generations.
To protect, improve and advocate for water quality, riparian wildlife habitat, and sound land management in the Milwaukee, Menomonee, and Kinnickinnic River Watersheds.
Empowering people to protect and restore water.
Wisconsin’s waters, wildlife, and people need healthy wetlands.
To explore, enjoy, and protect the wild places of the earth.