The Sierra Club's Great Lakes Program
The Great Lakes hold one fifth of the world's fresh surface water supply and currently provide drinking water to over 42 million people. Yet each day, our Lakes are damaged economically and ecologically by untreated sewage, industrial pollutants, habitat loss and invasive species. Climate change will only make these problems worse. Unless we invest in a solution today, the price we pay tomorrow will be much higher and future generations may never experience the Lakes as we know them.
Fortunately, there are solutions to these problems. But we must act now.
 Click here to learn what Sierra Club
members across the region are doing to restore and protect the Great
Lakes!
Federal and state governments should implement the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Strategy, a comprehensive plan to restore and protect the Great Lakes. By implementing this plan, we will increase the resiliency and functioning of the Great Lakes ecosystem, protecting our communities and our environment from the worst impacts of global warming. In addition, we will address many of the problems that affect our use and enjoyment of the Great Lakes.
Federal and state governments should also implement the Great Lakes Water Resources Compact, which establishes a consistent set of rules for the long term, sustainable use and management of Great Lakes water. The Compact prepares the region for climate change and ensures that our waters and water-dependent natural resources will be available for the use and enjoyment of future generations.
Sign up to help protect the Great Lakes!
Learn more about these issues and about what you can do to protect the Great Lakes by downloading our Activist Toolkit, which includes material on the Regional Collaboration, the Compact, and:
- Invasive Species
- Coastal Health and Polluted Runoff
- Toxic Pollution
- Habitat Loss
- Water Diversion
- How to Get Involved
Download our activist toolkit:
A Citizen's Guide to Protecting the Great Lakes (4mb PDF, 20 pages)
Healthy Harbors, Restored Rivers: A community guide to cleaning up contaminated sediments. (3mb PDF, 70 pages)
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