Deer Run Dairy, in Kewaunee, Wis. successfully implements advanced farming technologies. Their work made the farm one of four in the Door-Kewaunee Watershed Demonstration Farm Network that demonstrate best conservation practices to protect the Great Lakes.

The Invasive Mussel Collaborative has announced a decrease in quagga mussel density and reductions in nuisance Cladophora algae at a Lake Michigan test site.

In the 2020 field season, the 1854 Treaty Authority completed significant work assessing lake sturgeon populations in the St. Louis River estuary. These assessments provide a better understanding of sturgeon populations trends, which helps protect this culturally and ecologically important species.

The Ohio Department of Health developed a reference poster and fact sheet on harmful algal bloom (HAB) poisonings in animals to help increase awareness of the risk HAB poisonings pose to animals and improve reporting and treatment for pets.

The Great Waters Research Collaborative is offering $1,825,000 to incentivize a project partnership between Great Lakes vessels and manufacturers of market-available, type-approved ballast water management system manufacturers. Proposals are due Feb. 11, 2021.