Adventures in Collective Water Management
A new group has launched on the GLCCN to provide support to individuals who wish (Read More…)
Each month, the GLCCN highlights stories that showcase the creativity and ingenuity of communities across the Great Lakes Basin. Browse through stories below or tell your own.
A new group has launched on the GLCCN to provide support to individuals who wish (Read More…)
Fifth graders from Alpena, MI, developed this
The Inland Seas Education Association (ISEA) is helping students across the Great Lakes participate in (Read More…)
The Rain Gardens to the Rescue Program, launched in 2011, is helping Detroit residents manage (Read More…)
A new facility opened this summer to turn dredged silt from Lake Erie into reusable (Read More…)
A visitor center near Ashland, WI, is a prime example of what happens when strong (Read More…)
Two southern Ontario communities have seen the transformation of dense Phragmites thickets into restored habitat (Read More…)
The Great Lakes Clean Communities Network, with support from the Great Lakes Protection Fund, has (Read More…)
Floating treatment wetlands – essentially, floating islands packed full of native plants – are popping (Read More…)
Four Great Lakes Communities were recognized for their efforts to improving their resiliency to climate (Read More…)
Two polls released this month have captured just how much citizens around the Great Lakes (Read More…)
The University of Michigan Water Center released a report today that examines various agricultural management (Read More…)
The Great Lakes Fishery Commission recently released a short video detailing a lampricide treatment in (Read More…)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, recently released a video of a completed (Read More…)
Milwaukee’s Business Improvement District No.21 recently created an online mapping system for parking and available (Read More…)
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources recently developed a stormwater model ordinance for municipalities and (Read More…)
Chesterfield Township, located northeast of Detroit along the banks of the Salt River and Lake (Read More…)
Several cities in the Great Lakes basin have worked with the University of Michigan Climate (Read More…)
The City of Champaign, Illinois has created two urban garden plots in order to educate (Read More…)
New technology may help combat aquatic invasive species that reach the Great Lakes through the (Read More…)
A recent development in Minnesota highlights the power of green infrastructure. Argenta Hills boasts several (Read More…)
Most readers in this network know the story of the mussel invasion well. Most members (Read More…)
Ohio is examining new ways to dispose of sediment that is annually dredged from water (Read More…)
The Great Lakes Fishery Commission recently reported that, “…invasive sea lampreys have been knocked down (Read More…)
Each piece of MSU’s water protection plan is part of a larger initiative to create (Read More…)
January 23, 2015 By The Rockford Squire This week, Cannon Township enacted three new Ordinance (Read More…)