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President's Message
April 21, 2025
It often starts the same way. A pair of gloves. A trash receptacle. A stretch of shoreline that’s seen better days. When our volunteers show up, something shifts. They bring […]
Press Release
April 10, 2025
CHICAGO, IL (April 10, 2025) – Yesterday, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Speaker of the Michigan House Matt Hall engaged with the White House on finalizing the pending Brandon Road […]
Blog
April 4, 2025
Illinoisans are sending a clear message to their representatives: keep plastic out of the Great Lakes and our drinking water. This year, they’ve sent over 1,200 messages (and counting!) to […]
Jobs
March 24, 2025
Overview The Alliance for the Great Lakes is a non-partisan non-profit organization based in Chicago with staff across the Great Lakes region working to advance policies and programs that preserve […]
Blog
March 21, 2025
More than 30 Great Lakes scientists have called on Illinois legislators to establish a science-based standard for capturing plastic microfibers released from washing machines. By setting a standard, not a […]
President's Message
March 6, 2025
Boaters have a special connection to the Great Lakes. You love the water. You spend your precious free time maintaining your watercraft so you can enjoy all the beauty the […]
Blog
March 5, 2025
A question looms for the Great Lakes: with our water protected from diversion to far-flung locales, are we equally ready for an influx of big new water users here at […]
Press Release
March 4, 2025
WASHINGTON DC (March 4, 2025) — On Monday, U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05) and Bill Huizenga (MI-04) introduced the Great Lakes Fishery Research Reauthorization Act. Set to expire at the end of […]
Blog
February 26, 2025
On Thursday, January 30, the Alliance for the Great Lakes, alongside our partners—The Nature Conservancy, Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association, The Junction Coalition, and the Ohio Environmental Council (OEC)—came […]
President's Message
February 13, 2025
Invasive carp are headed toward the Great Lakes, advancing up the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers where they have already wreaked havoc. The Brandon Road project – a series of underwater […]