Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition

@healthylakes.org

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The Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition is a coalition of local, state, and regional #CleanWater advocates working together to establish #GreatLakes restoration and protection as a national conservation priority. Website: HealthyLakes.org

Wood duck with overlay text: Great Lakes Fun Fact. Michigan's State Duck. Michigan's state duck is the wood duck! It's actually one of only three states to have a state duck and was only named state duck in March of 2026.
Celebratory graphic with streamers and confetti with text: Thank you. Charles Steward Mott Foundation. 2026 Great Lakes Conference Lake Superior Level Sponsor.
Text graphic. 2026 Great Lakes Conference. Skills, Training, and Organizational Development Sessions: Ripple Effect: Growing the Next Generation of Great Lakes Champions; Using EJ Values to Guide Outreach in Wyandotte; and Know Your Audience: Best Practices for Organizational Communications. Great Lakes Science Research and Traditional Ecological Knowledge Sessions: Advancing Multinational Collaboration for a Resilient Great Lakes System; and What Will It Take for Wisconsin’s Agricultural Sector to Meet Net-Zero?. September 24-25. Detroit, Michigan.
Three biologists hold up a large lake sturgeon on a boat on a sunny day.
Celebratory graphic with streamers and confetti with text: Thank you. Fred and Barbara Erb Family Foundation. 2026 Great Lakes Conference Lake Superior Level Sponsor.
Celebratory graphic with streamers and confetti with text: Thank you. The Joyce Foundation. 2026 Great Lakes Conference Lake Superior Level Sponsor.
Shoreline of Lake Erie on a sunny day with Cedar Point amusement park in the background. Overlay text: 2026 Great Lakes Conference. Innovative and compelling Great Lakes restoration stories and case studies: RainSmart Rebates: Working with Residents to Combat Stormwater Pollution in Combined Sewer Systems; It Takes a Watershed: How Partnerships Are Restoring Great Lakes Tributaries; Economic and Community Benefits of GLRI Investments: Update to the 2018 GLRI Economic Impact Study; Sediment in Motion: A Discussion of Nature-Based Solutions and Impacts on Sediment Transport; Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Shoreline Softening Techniques. September 24-25. Detroit, Michigan.
Skyline of Detroit with text overlay: 2026 Great Lakes Conference Field trips: Using Placemaking, Art and Storytelling in Our Green Stormwater; Infrastructure Practices; Detroit and Rouge River Tour: Past, Present, and Future; Paddle the Lower Rouge River Water Trail Industrial Corridor; Detroit River Story Lab: Educational Schooner Sail; Mapping Detroit’s Ghost Waters Bike Tour; Exploring Restored Urban Waterways on Belle Isle; Detroit Environmental Justice Bus Tour; The Birds of Belle Isle; and The Transformation of the Detroit Riverfront. September 24-25. Detroit, Michigan.
Detroit, Michigan skyline with text: 2026 Great Lakes Conference. September 24-25 in Detroit, MI. Registration now open! bit.ly/GLConference26
logos of new organization to the Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition: Cayuga Lake Watershed Network, Light Up Lawndale, Historic Pullman Empowerment Organization, Michigan Sustainable Business Forum, Gary Advocates for Responsible Development, Genesee Land Trust, Wisdom Institute, and Eastside Community Network
alt="a scenic mountain background with overlay text: the cost of cutting American science. Tracking impacts to the people and programs powering America, from labs to the land."
alt="text graphic. Great Lakes funding update. House budget proposes flat funding for federal Great Lakes restoration program but slashes water infrastructure programs, despite over $290 billion needed for water infrastructure in Great Lakes region, alone."
alt="text graphic. Request for proposals. Deadline Friday! Great Lakes Conference breakout sessions and field trips. This year's conference will be held September 24-25 in Detroit, Michigan. For more information and to submit your proposal, go to bit.ly/GLConference26. Deadline: May 8, 2026."
alt="Text graphic. Deadline coming soon! Request for proposals: Great Lakes Conference breakout sessions & field trips. This year's conference will be held September 24-25 in Detroit, Michigan. For more information and to submit your proposal, go to bit.ly/GLConference26. Deadline: May 8, 2026."
alt="text graphic: did you know? The Great Lakes hold about 20% of the world’s supply of surface freshwater."
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alt="This year's conference will be held September 24-25 in Detroit, Michigan. Deadline: May 8, 2026."
alt="quote graphic. 'Clean water is a basic need, not a line item to be slashed. Rather than fixing problems, this budget moves us in the wrong direction.'"
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alt="text graphic. $36.627 billion needed for water infrastructure in Ohio over the next 20 years ($16.072 billion for drinking water infrastructure + $20.555 billion for wastewater infrastructure)."
alt="text graphic. $89.065 billion needed for water infrastructure in New York over the next 20 years ($35.148 billion for drinking water infrastructure + $53.917 billion for wastewater infrastructure)."
alt="text graphic. Request for proposals: Great Lakes Conference breakout sessions & field trips. This year's conference will be held September 24-25 in Detroit, Michigan. For more information and to submit your proposal, go to bit.ly/GLConference26. Deadline: May 8, 2026."
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alt="text graphic. $16.894 billion needed for water infrastructure in Minnesota over the next 20 years ($10.178 billion for drinking water infrastructure + $6.716 billion for wastewater infrastructure)."
alt="text graphic. $31.33 billion needed for water infrastructure in Michigan over the next 20 years ($16.258 billion for drinking water infrastructure + $15.072 billion for wastewater infrastructure)."
alt="text graphic. $21.916 billion needed for water infrastructure in Indiana over the next 20 years ($11.784 billion for drinking water infrastructure + $10.132 billion for wastewater infrastructure)"
alt="text graphic: $33.856 billion needed for water infrastructure in Illinois over the next 20 years ($20.211 billion for drinking water infrastructure + $11.375 billion for wastewater infrastructure)
a chart showing the wastewater infrastructure need over 20 years, drinking water infrastructure need over 20 years, and total water infrastructure need over 20 years across the 8 Great Lakes states
A group of around 80 people smiling in front of the national capitol on a rainy day
alt="text graphic. Request for Proposals: Great Lakes Restoration Tours. The Coalition is seeking creative proposals for visits to restoration sites, businesses or communities benefiting directly from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and/or water infrastructure investments. For more information and to submit your proposal, go to HealthyLakes.org/restoration-tours. Deadline: March 13, 2026."
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alt="An AmeriCorps member collects data as a part of water quality monitoring efforts."
An old horror movie poster where the monster has been replaced by the invasive species, phragmites
A parody of the Creature of the Black Lagoon horror movie poster where the creature is replaced by an invasive carp and the title is changed to Creature Not From the Great Lakes
A vintage horror movie poster depicting a round goby as indescribable, indestructible, and nothing can stop it.
A group of water activists in front of the national Capitol smiling and holding a banner that says "Healing Our Waters Great Lakes Coalition."
A parody of the old horror movie "the body snatcher" but the face of the monster has been replaced by a quagga mussel and the title has been changed to "the whitefish snatcher".
A classic Dracula movie poster but the face of Dracula has been swapped out for a sea lamprey
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View of the Detroit waterfront with overlay text: mark your calendars! The 2026 Great Lakes Conference will be September 24-25 in Detroit, Michigan
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waterfront of Rochester, New York with overlay text: 2025 Great Lakes Conference registration ends Monday! September 25-26, Rochester, NY. Bit.ly/GLConference2025
the skyline of Rochester, New York on a sunny day with accompanying text: 2025 Great Lakes Conference registration ends in 1 week! September 25-26, Rochester, NY. Bit.ly/GLConference2025
text image that says "welcome to our new members!" with logos from the wetlands initiative, little village environmental justice organization, chagrin river watershed partners, legacy land conservancy, muskegon river watershed assembly, and indiana conservation voters
Rochester, New York skyline with text: 2025 Great Lakes Conference. September 25-26 in Rochester, NY. Early bird ends today! bit.ly/GLConference2025
Rochester, New York skyline with text: 2025 Great Lakes Conference. September 25-26 in Rochester, NY. Early bird ends in 1 week! bit.ly/GLConference2025
Celebratory graphic with streamers and confetti with text: Thank you. Fred and Barbara Erb Family Foundation. 2025 Great Lakes Conference. Lake Michigan Level ($10,000) Sponsor. bit.ly/GLConference2025
List of 2025 Great Lakes Conference field trips. Mallard duck next to option 1: cornwall preserve tour: asset for community and wildlife. Hosted by: Genesee Land Trust. Cattails next to option 2: braddock bay wildlife management area restoration. Hosted by: state university of new york brockport, new york state department of environmental conservation, audubon great lakes. Drop of water next to option 3: wonders of water. Hosted by: Rochester Museum & Science Center.
2025 Great Lakes Conference breakout sessions. Graphic rendition of a piece of paper meant to resemble a bill. Accompanying text: theme: Great Lakes policy issues. No One Left Thirsty: Advancing Water Justice Across Michigan; Nitrate on Tap: Building a Collaborative Framework for Safer Drinking Water in the Great Lakes Region; Use the Clean Water Act to Protect Your Local Waters; H2Ohio- Learnings from Ohio’s Program for Clean Water. A series of turquoise stairs leading up to a bright yellow star. Accompanying text: theme: Innovative and Compelling Great Lakes Restoration Success Stories. Inside the Branch Out Milwaukee Program - Mobilizing urban forestry for watershed protection and public health
Celebratory graphic with streamers and confetti with text: Thank you. Fund for Lake Michigan. 2025 Great Lakes Conference. Lake Michigan Level ($10,000) Sponsor. bit.ly/GLConference2025
A killdeer standing on wet sand with overlay text: new success story! Pennsylvania dune restoration project creates habitat for shorebirds and other wildlife
Celebratory graphic with streamers and confetti with text: Thank you. Great Lakes Funders. 2025 Great Lakes Conference. Lake Michigan Level ($10,000) Sponsor. bit.ly/GLConference2025
2025 Great Lakes Conference breakout sessions. Three bright red exclamation points next to text: Theme: Emerging issues. Preventing Plastic Pollution in the Great Lakes: Overcoming Hurdles to Combating the Nurdles!; Innovation and an Invitation: Creating a Regional Collaboration for Local Funding Opportunities. One person explaining a chart while three people listen. Accompanying text: theme: skills, training, and organizational development. Empowering the Next Generation of Great Lakes Leaders; Empowering Communities: Practical Tools for Water-Conscious Land Use and Planning
Celebratory graphic with streamers and confetti with text: Thank you. The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. 2025 Great Lakes Conference. Lake Superior Level ($25,000) Sponsor. bit.ly/GLConference2025
Celebratory graphic with streamers and confetti with text: Thank you. The Joyce Foundation. 2025 Great Lakes Conference. Lake Superior Level ($25,000) Sponsor. bit.ly/GLConference2025
Graphic of one person speaking while at a desk and three other people in colored circles around them are listening. Text: 2025 Great Lakes Conference breakout sessions. Theme: Grassroots action and community engagement. Everyone says “incorporate the arts into the work.” How do you do that? Presentation, gallery of creative Ideas and make and take workshop; Authentic Partnerships for Water and Climate Justice; Community Engagement Methods to Adaptively Manage Nutrient Pollution in Michigan’s Western Lake Erie Basin; Innovative Approach to Engaging Women Landowners in Conservation Efforts; From Checkboxes to Change: The Milwaukee CAC Model for Community-Led AOC Engagement; Project GreenER: Reconciliation Ecology in Action ; Envisioning the Future of Participatory Science in the Great Lakes