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Great Lakes Monitoring

  • Great Lakes Monitoring

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Great Lakes National Program Office monitors the health of all five Great Lakes through multiple monitoring programs and initiatives. These programs fulfill EPA’s statutory obligation specified in Clean Water Act Section 118(c)(B).

 
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Lake Guardian

The R/V Lake Guardian supports GLNPO's mission to monitor and report on the status and trends of the Great Lakes ecosystem.  

Learn more about the Lake Guardian 

Great Lakes Monitoring Programs

  • Great Lakes Water Quality Monitoring Program
  • Great Lakes Biology Monitoring Program
  • Great Lakes Fish Monitoring and Surveillance Program
  • Great Lakes Sediment Surveillance Program
  • Lake Erie Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring Program 
  • Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Monitoring Program
  • Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network  
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Cooperative Science and Monitoring Initiative

The Cooperative Science and Monitoring Initiative enhances coordination of planning, delivery and reporting of science activities in support of priorities identified for each Great Lake.

Learn more about CSMI (Coming Soon)

Data

Access Great Lakes Monitoring Program datasets via the Great Lakes Environmental Database on the EPA Central Data Exchange. Through this portal, you can run data queries and download datasets that were generated under EPA-approved quality assurance project plans and standard operating procedures.

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  • Great Lakes
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  • Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
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Contact Us About Great Lakes Monitoring to ask a question, provide feedback, or report a problem.
Last updated on October 19, 2026
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