Summer 2023 Lakes Letter

In this issue, we take a look at legal frameworks and our relationship to water.

Cover: Updates on IAGLR initiatives by Jérôme Marty

Association News

Member News

Articles: Legal Frameworks & Governance

Talking Rivers: Rights and Responsibilities by Abraham Francis, Blake Lavia, and Tzintzun Aguilar-Izzo
Watershed science and the public trust doctrine by Jim Olson
Canada’s strengthened freshwater agenda and historic Great Lakes investment by Carla Torchia
A look at Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding by Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur
Sackett v. EPA ruling puts half of U.S. wetlands at risk by Dave Dempsey
Ontario moves backward on land and water protections in the Great Lakes basin by Andrea Kirkwood

Report review: Turning the Tide: A Call to Collective Action by Kyle McKee and Bopi Biddanda

Community News

Global water action agendas by Catherine Masson
Will the Anthropocene epoch be defined in a freeze core from Crawford Lake, Canada? by Francine McCarthy
Help shape a basinwide, coordinated 10-Year science plan for the Great Lakes
Great Lakes AquaHacking Challenge 2023–2024

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