Regional Projects and Resources

Scroll down to browse the gallery of cross-cutting programs and multi-state projects that Sea Grant and partners are collaborating on to address regional issues.

Additional issue-specific programmatic areas include:

Coastal Storms and Hazards:
- The Great Lakes Coastal Storms Program is part of a national effort to make coastal communities safer and more resilient to storm and weather hazards and climate change. Learn more about the regional program on Wisconsin Sea Grant’s website.
Water Safety: The Be Current Smart campaign and Dangerous Currents website are collaborative water safety projects developed by the Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant programs
Marine Debris: The Great Lakes Marine Debris Collaborative is composed of multiple partners, including Sea Grant, NOAA, and several other organizations in the region.

fish entering water after being released from a net

Great Lakes Aquaculture Collaborative (GLAC)

Project overview and resources of the Sea Grant Great Lakes Aquaculture Collaborative.

Participants of shipboard science workshop collecting water samples

Center for Great Lakes Literacy

Developing a community of Great Lakes literate educators, students, environmental professionals, and citizen volunteers who are dedicated to improved Great Lakes stewardship.

Great Lakes Water Levels Resources

Compilation of resources and links to information about Great Lakes water levels.

Hazardous Materials Transport

The Hazardous Material Transport Outreach Network (HazMaTON) provides resources on economic and environmental issues associated with transportation of crude oil in the Great Lakes basin.

Cooperative Science and Monitoring Initiative (CSMI)

This international, long-term sampling effort intensively investigates questions relevant to one Great Lake each year.

Quagga mussels and Deepwater Sculpin collected in a benthic trawl on board the USGS R/V Sturgeon, offshore of Grand Haven, Michigan, as part of the July 2015 Cooperative Science and Monitoring Initiative research. Credit: NOAA

Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS)

Links to program websites that focus on aquatic invasive species issues from across the GLSGN, such as GLANSIS – The Great Lakes Aquatic Nonindigenous Species Information System, housed with NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory.