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Indicators & Monitoring	Great Lakes Data
Great Lakes (general)	Wetlands
Great Lakes Agencies	Non-Profits & Societies

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Indicators and Monitoring

Developing Indicators of US Coastal Ecosystem Condition	The EPA STAR EaGLes research program
Atlantic Coast Environmental Indicators Consortium (ACE INC)	An EPA STAR EaGLe Center. Developing ecosystem condition indicators for four Atlantic coast estuaries.
Atlantic Slope Consortium (ASC)	An EPA STAR EaGLe Center. Developing ecosystem condition indicators for the watersheds draining into the Atlantic coast estuaries.
Consortium for Estuarine Ecoindicator Research for the Gulf of Mexico (CEER-GOM)	An EPA STAR EaGLe Center. Developing ecosystem condition indicators for Gulf coast estuaries.
Pacific Estuarine Ecosystem Indicator Research Consortium (PEEIR)	An EPA STAR EaGLe Center. Developing ecosystem condition indicators for Pacific coast wetlands.
Great Lakes Indicators of Condition	EPA's report on the overall quality of our Great Lakes
Developing Great Lakes indicators	SOLEC slide presentation on Great Lakes indicators
EPA's Surf Your Watershed	Learn about the water quality and many other features of your watershed.
EPA's Index of Watershed Indicators	Assessment of the water quality in your general area.
EPA's Bioindicators page	How biological indicators are developed and used.
Biological Assessment of Wetlands Workgroup (BAWWG)	Developing biological indicators for wetlands. Sponsored by US EPA.
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (EMAP)	An ecological monitoring program designed by the US EPA.
Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network (EMAN)	Environment Canada's ecological monitoring and assessment network.

Great Lakes (general)

Great Lakes Atlas	Fun and fascinating facts about the Great Lakes
Great Lakes Aquarium	All-freshwater aquarium featuring Great Lakes fish and ecosystems. Duluth, Minnesota.
Great Lakes Science Center	Museum about the science, environmental and technological activities of the Great Lakes Region. Cleveland, Ohio.
Great Lakes Radio Consortium	News service about the natural world and the lives of people in the Great Lakes region.
Great Lakes Sea Grant Network	Network of colleges working on research, education, and technology transfer for residents of the Great Lakes region.
National Wildlife Federation Great Lakes Field Office	Devoted to the protection of the Great Lakes ecosystem.
The Nature Conservancy - Great Lakes	Devoted to protecting the biodiversity of the Great Lakes ecoregion.
Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center	Federal, state, and NPO partnership; exhibits, observation tower, trails. Ashland, Wisconsin.
Great Lakes Commission	U.S.-Canadian agency promoting orderly use and conservation of the Great Lakes natural resources.
Great Lakes Information Network	Information link for data, news, and information about the Great Lakes region.
Great Lakes Protection Fund	Private nonprofit corporation with an environmental endowment for the improvement of Great Lakes ecosystem health.
International Joint Commission (IJC)	U.S.-Canadian Commission established by treaty to find solutions for problems with the Great Lakes.
SOLEC: State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conferences	Binational conferences for information exchange about the Great Lakes ecological condition.
USGS Great Lakes background	General biological and geological information on the Great Lakes region.

Great Lakes Federal Research and Regulatory Centers

NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab	Conducts research on the Great Lakes, especially the open water, offshore areas. Ann Arbor, Michigan.
US EPA Great Lakes National Program Office	Located in Chicago, Illinois.
USGS Great Lakes Science Center	Research on the biological resources in the Great Lakes Basin. Ann Arbor, Michigan.
US Army Corps of Engineers, Great Lakes Region
Environment Canada's Great Lakes Program	Canadian Federal Great Lakes program.

Great Lakes Data & Resources

Birds of Lake Huron and the Coastal Zone	By Michigan State University Extension Service and Sea Grant.
Flora and Fauna of the Great Lakes:	By University of Michigan museum. Includes GL fish
Plants of the coastal zone of Lake Huron	By Michigan State University Extension Service and Sea Grant.
Images of the Great Lakes as Seen from Space	By Wisconsin Sea Grant.
Great Lakes water levels	By the US Army Corp of Engineers.
Great Lakes Geology and Geophysics Data Rescue	New bathymetry (depth maps) of the Great Lakes.
Surface Water Temperatures of the Great Lakes	By Ohio State University.
Great Lakes AVHRR Imagery Archive	Hundreds of temperature & reflectance images of the Great Lakes.
Cornell Hydrology and Conservation mapping project	Focusing on New York's Great Lakes coastline.
Episodic Events - Great Lakes Experiment (EEGLE)	Lake Michigan turbidity plume images.
USGS Land Use History Project	Historical land use information for the Great Lakes region.

Wetlands

Ohio DNR Wetlands Page	Fun facts about wetlands
The Metzger Marsh Project	Restoration of Metzger Marsh, Lake Erie.
Old Woman Creek Estuary, Ohio	Lake Erie; the only Great Lakes wetland in the NERR system.
National Wetlands Inventory Homepage	Inventory of wetlands across the whole United States.
SOLEC Great Lakes coastal wetlands information	Summary reports (with pictures) about GL coastal wetlands.
Great Lakes coastal wetlands report summary (by Minc & Albert)	Classification of Great Lakes coastal wetlands, sponsored by the Michigan Natural Features Inventory.
Wisconsin DNR coastal wetland assessment	Assessment and photographs of Wisconsin's Great Lakes coastal wetlands.
Great Lakes Commission Coastal Wetlands Consortium	Working to assess the health of Great Lakes coastal wetlands. Part of the Great Lakes Commission, sponsored by US EPA GLNPO.
National Estuarine Research Reserves	The NERR system contains one Great Lakes Estuary, Old Woman Creek.
Cowardin wetland classification	A standard system for grouping wetlands into categories.

Non-Profits, Conservation Groups, and Societies

International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR)	Scientific society for research on large lakes of the world.
Michigan Natural Features Inventory	Collects data on Michigan's rarest species, communities and ecosystems.
Saginaw Bay watershed initiative program	Working to restore and protect Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron (Michigan).
Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation	Canadian non-profit conservation organization.
Georgian Bay association	Promoting careful stewardship of the Georgian Bay environment (Lake Huron, Ontario).
North Channel Preservation Society	Dedicated to the protection of the Lake Huron North Channel (Georgian Bay, Ontario).