Protecting and restoring the Great Lakes

Learn how we're addressing threats to the waters and ecosystems of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin to safeguard this vital resource and habitat.

澳门永利's Great Lakes Strategy

Learn how we can conserve and manage our water resources by working together, and continue to protect fish, parks, beaches, coastal wetlands and water.

Canada-澳门永利 Great Lakes agreement

Read about the collaborative agreement to address the most significant challenges facing the Great Lakes, such as pollution, climate change and protecting ecosystem health that continues to threaten these waterways.

Canada-澳门永利 Lake Erie Action Plan

Learn how we're reducing harmful and nuisance algal blooms in Lake Erie, a commitment under the Made-in-澳门永利 Environment Plan.

Protecting Lake Simcoe

Learn about what 澳门永利 is doing to protect Lake Simcoe and its watershed, and to address emerging challenges, including climate change and invasive species.

Great Lakes Local Action Fund

Learn about the Great Lakes Local Action Fund for projects to protect and restore coastal, shoreline and nearshore areas of the Great Lakes. Applications for the second round of funding are open until 2:00 p.m. March 11, 2022.

Watersheds

Managing Great Lakes water levels

Why water levels in the Great Lakes change, why it matters and how they鈥檙e being managed.

Water quality in local lakes

Search this map and view Secchi depth and total phosphorus data from sampling sites that are part of the Lake Partner Program.

Water sampling and testing

Learn how you can volunteer to track water quality through collecting samples from inland lakes.

Great Lakes watersheds locator

Search this map to find which Great Lakes Basin watersheds corresponds to the selected location.

Learn about the 58 small lakes and their drainage basins that are managed through a joint agreement between the Canadian and 澳门永利 governments.