This Week: Upcoming Senate Vote on Anti-Clean Water Bill; Provincial Bill Threatens Clean Water, Transparency, and Public Engagement; Win! Minnesota Data Center Settlement Requires Stronger Environmental Review; Reporting and Compliance Guidance; Mindfulness and Movement

This Week: Mindfulness and Movement; Reporting and Compliance Webinar; Permitting Reform Bill Threatens Clean Water; Midterm Voting is Next Week; No Lead is Safe in Drinking Water–Take Action; Nonprofit organizations: Security Threat Requires Website Updates

New! U.S. Permitting Reform Bill Threatens Clean Water, Last Chance!, Election Resources for U.S. Nonprofit Organizations, Weigh in on Canada’s Freshwater National Security Strategy, Webinar for U.S. Nonprofits: Reporting and Compliance Guidance, Register for Upcoming…

This Week: New Webinar! Keep Your Nonprofit Status: Reporting and Compliance Guidance, Register for November and December Mindfulness and Movement Sessions, U.S. Senate Introduces New Permitting Reform Bill, New Minnesota Steel Mill Wastewater Permits Aim…

This Week: Support Federal Wetlands & Streams Protections; Share your vision for Canada’s Freshwater Security; Water Watchers Respond to Water Withdrawal Threat; Fundraising Best Practices; Mindfulness and Movement Sessions

This Week: Algal Blooms on the Rise in Superior; Freshwater Future Staff Attend Healing Our Waters; Support Federal Wetlands & Streams; Canada Water Agency Requests Feedback; Upcoming Events

This Week: Michigan Advocates Push for Solutions to Ensure Affordable Water; Canada Water Agency Requests Feedback on National Freshwater Strategy; Support Federal Wetlands & Streams; Funding Available; Upcoming Events

This Week: Canada Water Agency Requests Feedback on National Freshwater Strategy; Support Federal Wetlands & Streams; Minnesota Cancels Mineral Lease; Funding Available; Upcoming Online Events

This Week: Win! Nipigon Bay Delisted as Area of Concern; Project Grant Spotlight: Williams County Alliance; Funding Available - New Q&A Recording Available; Upcoming Online Events

This Week: Water is Life Festival; Win! Pressure Forces U.S. Federal Government to Restart Invasive Carp Project; Quarry Expansion in Ontario, Despite Community Wishes; Copperwood Mine Update; Funding Available for Your Water Work; Upcoming Online…

This week: Win! Minnesota Governor Issues Order to Protect the Boundary Waters Watershed; Funding Available for Your Water Work; Upcoming Online and In-Person Events

This Week: Win! Detroit Community Action Improves Local Flooding; Large Water Withdrawals & Principles; Despite Planned Watershed Agency Consolidation, Local Canadian Leaders Continue to Push Back; Funding Available; Upcoming Events

This Week: Today is #WeAreLakeErie Day; Blog: Stay Safe at the Beach; Funding Available for Your Water Work; Upcoming Online and In-Person Events

This week: #WeAreLakeErie Day; Win! Michigan Supreme Court Rules Against Line 5 Tunnel Permit; Data Centers and the Resurgence of Dirty Energy; U.S. Federal Government Pauses Invasive Carp Project; Updated! Upcoming Online and In-Person Events

This Week: Win! Ohio EPA listens to Advocates’ Data Center Wastewater Concerns; Pushback Continues Against Ontario’s Conservation Authority Consolidation Plans; Upcoming Events

This Week: Calling All Lake Erie Lovers; Indiana Seeks Coal Ash Oversight as Federal Rules are Rolled Back; Thank You for Taking Action on Canada’s Major Projects; Upcoming Events: Save Your Spot!

This Week: Win! New York Hits Pause on Data Centers; Letter to Lake Erie; Freshwater Future Appeals Ruling Against Clean Water Permits; Michigan Approves Tunnel Permits; Water Levels Rise This Year; Canadian Government Opposes First…

This week: Upcoming Events; Check Out Your Beach’s Water Quality; Superior, Wisconsin Takes Steps to Make Water System Public; Canadian Leaders Announce Pipeline Proposal; Update on Harmful Wetlands Bills; Proposed Michigan Hydropower Dam Sale

This week: New Spring Project Grantees; Win! Land Returned to Fond du Lac Band; Upcoming Events; New York Residents, Pause Data Center Development; Michigan Residents: Stand Up for Wetland Protections; Pennsylvania Residents: Urge your Representatives…

This Week: Win! MI Organization Celebrates Court Ban on Nuclear Waste Storage; Canadian Labor Union Takes Action Against Water System Outsourcing; Oppose the Line 5 Construction Wastewater Permit; New York Residents, Pause Data Center Development;…

This week: Staff News; Take Precautions Against Lead in Drinking Water; Flood Focus App Heading to New Orleans; Canada’s First Nations Deserve Clean Water; No Wastewater Permit for Line 5; Pass the NY Data Center…

This Week: Upcoming Events; Canadian Community Stands Up for Mining Reform; New York Adopts Bills to Address Data Centers; Stand Up for Wetland Protections; Pennsylvania Residents: Support Public and Affordable Water; Michigan Residents: Judge Recommends…

This week: Freshwater Voices; Sulfide Mining and the Great Lakes; Upcoming Events; Pennsylvania Residents: Urge your Representatives; Michigan Residents: Oppose the Dam Sale; Minnesota Wants to Get Lead Pipes Out, but Limits Funds

This Week: Save your spot at these upcoming events; New! Digital State-by-State Guide to the Great Lakes Compact; New York Residents: Urge Your Representatives to Pass the Lead Pipe Replacement Act; Michigan Residents: Support Dam…

This Week: New Blog! When the Water Came Back On; Register for Mindfulness and Movement; New York Residents: Pass the Lead Pipe Replacement Act; Michigan Residents: Support Dam Safety and Affordable Energy; Federal Actions Dismantling…

This Week: Freshwater Future Joins Call for Emergency Action on Nitrate Contamination; Save Your Spot! Register Today for Upcoming Events; Michigan Residents: Support Dam Safety and Affordable Energy

This Week: Michigan Residents: Support Dam Safety and Affordable Energy; Upcoming Events; Update on Water Privatization in Canada

This Week: New Events - Save your Spot; Southeast Michigan Water Utility Pauses Water Access for Data Centers; Ontario Government Fast Tracks Bill to Officially Merge Most Conservation Authorities

This Week: Freshwater Future Will Not Be Silenced: We Stand with Southern Poverty Law Center; Take Some Time for Yourself - Join Us Next Wednesday; Join the Freshwater Future Team; Hope Persists Despite Repeal of…

This Week: Upcoming Events - Save Your Spot; Indiana Residents: Knowledge is Power: Apply for Free Private Well Testing; State Legislative Update: Large Water Withdrawals and Data Centers; Join the Freshwater Future Team!

This Week: Grow with These April Events; Join the Freshwater Future Team; Win! Release of PFAS Funding is Positive First Step for Impacted Communities; Canadian Federal Budget Cuts Water Agency Funding; Support Public Water Systems…

This Week: Basketball Supporting Safe Drinking Water; 2025 Freshwater Heroes; Grow with These April Events; Join the Freshwater Future Team; Support Public Water Systems and Affordability in Pennsylvania

This Week: Bidding for Special Edition Basketball Jerseys; Spring Project Grants; Mindfulness and Movement; Celebrate the Freshwater Heroes; Fundraising Basics for Nonprofits; Join the Team; Win! PA Bill Supporting Public Water Systems Advances to House…

This Week: Celebrate Freshwater Heroes; Women’s History Month and Stewardship of our Waters; Join Us: Grand Rapids Gold & Founders Brewing; Mindfulness and Movement; Join the Freshwater Future Team! 

This Week: Spring Project Grants; Michigan Advocates Push for Solutions to Ensure Affordable Water; Save Your Spot at these Upcoming Events; Resource - Understanding the Offsite Water Use of Data Centers

This week: New Board Member, Vel Scott; Upcoming Events; Spring Project Grants; Stand Up for Ontario’s Conservation Authorities

This Week: Thank You to The Fred and Barbara Erb Family Foundation; Welcome, Andrew; Upcoming Events; Now Accepting Spring Project Grant Proposals; Indiana Residents, Time to Reach out to Your State Senator (Again!)

This Week: Mindfulness and Movement; Funding for Your Local Water Advocacy; Stop Indiana Senate Bill 277; Chicago-Area Organization Influences New County Environmental Justice Policy; Canada and U.S. Take-On Plastic Pollution; Future Events

This Week: Community Support Protects Our Waters; Canada’s Lake Ontario Fish Habitat Information Session; Grant Writing Learning Session; Mindfulness and Movement; Now Accepting Grant Proposals; Oppose a Federal Proposal Harmful to Waterways; Indiana Residents -…

This Week: Thank You to the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation; Learning Opportunities; Mindfulness and Movement; Grant Cycle Open; Protect Waterways from Federal Deregulation; Indiana Residents - Urgent Action; Tonawanda Seneca Nation’s Data Center Fight; Learning…

This Week: United by Our Shared Voices; Spring Grant Cycle Open; Determine Learning Sessions; Protect Waterways from Federal Deregulation; Indiana Residents - Urgent Action; Development Threatens Clean Water and Sovereignty of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation;…

This Week: Statement on MLK Jr. Day and Renee Good; Help Us Determine Learning Sessions and Workshops; Speak out to Protect Waterways from Federal Deregulation; Indiana State Senate Considers Dismantling Environmental Regulatory Agency

This Week: Register today for Mindfulness and Movement; [Blog] Less Commission, More People: What A Global Debate on “Valuing” Water Means for the Great Lakes States; More Ontario Communities Commit to Smarter Road Salt Practices

This Week: Basic Introduction to Cyber Security; Mindfulness and Movement; First Nations Win Lawsuit that Government is Required to Provide Safe Water; New Tool: Lead Service Line Inventory; State Legislative Update: Large Water Withdrawals and…

This Week: Thank You for Your Support; Last Chance to Ask the U.S. EPA to Protect Wetlands and Clean Water; January 13th, Join Us to Enhance your Organization’s Cyber Security; Save the Date for January’s…

This week: Enhance your Organization’s Cyber Security; Make a Difference with Your Year-End Gift; New – Protect Wetlands and Clean Water: No Changes to the Definition of “Waters of the United States”

This Week: No Changes to the Definition of “Waters of the United States”; Make a Difference with Your Year-End Gift; Enhance your Organization’s Cyber Security; Advocates Rally for Community Protections from Data Centers

This Week: Mindfulness and Meditation; Win! No Public Funds for Private Wastewater Systems; Your Year-End Gift is More Important Than Ever; Canadian Cabinet Resignation Highlights Pattern of Limited Engagement with Indigenous Communities

Thank you for Supporting Our Work; Grateful for Our Volunteers; Tell your U.S. Rep and Senators: Vote NO on the Anti-Clean Water Bill; Keeping Your Nonprofit Compliant and Safe; Mindfulness and Movement

This week: Keeping Chicago Residents Informed About Lead; Double the Impact of Your Donation on Giving Tuesday; Keeping Your Nonprofit Compliant and Safe; Mindfulness and Meditation; Ontario Advocates Protest Passage of Bill that Supports Private…

This Week: Keeping Your Nonprofit Compliant and Safe; Mindfulness and Meditation; Buffalo Warned of Unaffordable Water Rates to Replace Lead Pipes; Drinking Water Control, Safety, and Affordability at Risk under Ontario’s Bill 60

This Week: Pellston One Step Closer to Safe Drinking Water; Keeping Your Nonprofit Compliant; Mindfulness and Meditation; Win! Minnesota Mine Must Limit Sulfate Pollution to Protect Wild Rice

This Week: Mindfulness and Meditation; Win! Data Center Approvals Canceled Following Legal Violations; Halloween Rally Protests the Restart of Nuclear Reactor; Ontario’s Don River Needs Better Protection; Webinar: Big Oil vs Big Water; Funding Opportunity

This Week: Win! The Michigan Affordable Water Now Package! Improved Clean Water Protections for Michigan’s Factory Farms; U.S. Non-Profits: Take Action and Review Your New GoFundMe Donation Page; Mindfulness and Meditation; Freshwater Future’s Statement on…

This Week: Thanks for Joining Us; Last Week for Free Coffee; Is Your Organization Concerned About Large Water Withdrawals; No Federal Funds for For-Profit Wastewater Systems; Key Minerals in Data Centers

This week: Join Us at Patagonia in Chicago; October’s Mindfulness Session; FREE bag of coffee from Superior Coffee Roasting Co.; No Federal Funds for For-Profit Wastewater Systems; Contact U.S. Lawmakers to Protect Our Water; New…

This Week: Win! West Michigan Lake Remediated and Removed from Toxic Site List; Join for October’s Online Mindfulness Session; During October, Donate and Receive a FREE Bag of Coffee from Superior Coffee Roasting Co.; Continue…

Your Self-Care is a Priority – Join Us for October’s Online Mindfulness Session Join us for our monthly Mindfulness &...

Last Chance for Project Grant Applications; Keep Up the Pressure Against the PERMIT Act; Protect Lake Superior; Michigan Lakefront Property Owners - Your Lake Foam is Needed; Canadian Corporations Push Domestic Data Centers

This Week: Fall Project Grants; Reverend Pinkney: A Tireless Advocate for Drinking Water in Benton Harbor; Tell Leaders to Deny Taxpayer Funds for the Copperwood Mine; First Permanent Sea Lamprey Trap Installed; Thank You for…

This Week: Walk Paddle & Roll Challenge; New: Large Water Withdrawal Network; Fall Project Grants Due September 30; Is Silicon Valley's Next Expansion into the Great Lakes; Protect Lake Superior and the Porcupine Mountains State…

This Week: Register for Mindfulness and Movement; Will You Donate to Keep the Work Flowing; Fall Project Grants Are Open; Win for Clean Water in Wisconsin; Take Actions; Job Opportunities

This Week: Walk, Paddle, & Roll; A Less Toxic Lake Erie is Still Possible Despite Climate Change; Fall Project Grant Q&A Webinar; Take Actions: Together, Our Voices Make a Difference; New Illinois Law Bans PFAS…

This Week: Join Our 2025 Walk, Paddle, & Roll; #WeAreLakeErie; Fall Project Grant Q&A Webinar; Tell Michigan’s EGLE to Deny the Line 5 Tunnel Permit; Support Improved Equity in the Michigan Water Fund; Protect Lake…

This Week: Support Jill as She Paddles for Clean Water; Fall Grant Cycle for Advocacy Projects; Take Actions: Together, Our Voices Make a Difference; Canadian Government Agency’s Focus on Invasive Species Prevention

This week: Right Now, Lake Erie Needs You; Virtual Blue Community Conversations; Mindfulness August 14th; Get Ready for Walk, Paddle, and Roll; Take Actions; Job Opportunities

This Week: Take Actions: Together, Our Voices Make a Difference; Highlighting Lake Erie In August; Get Ready for Walk, Paddle, and Roll; Job Opportunities

This Week: Mindfulness and Movement; Support Strong CAFO Permits in Michigan; The Aquaculture Conversation in the Great Lakes; Climate Change Trends; Advocates Push Ontario to Address Elevated Lead in Schools; Save the Date

This Week: Tell the EPA: Don’t Change Clean Water Protections; Mindfulness and Meditation; Virtual Screening “Unheard Voices: The Fight for the Tonawanda Seneca Nation’s Way of Life”; Major First Nations Water Bill Opposed; Upcoming Events–Save…

This Week: July 31 at 11:30 am ET - Mindfulness and Meditation; Yes, Our Voices Improved Congress’ Big, Ugly Bill; Landback Victory for Four Anishinaabe First Nations in Western Ontario; Illinois Adds More High-Risk Communities…

This Week: Victory in Wisconsin: State Supreme Court Affirms that Polluters Pay for Spills; Win! Toronto Passes Road Salt Ordinance to Protect Water and Ecosystems; Save the Date: Water Is Life Festival - August 30,…

This Week: Spring Project Grantees; Thank you to the Fred and Barbara Erb Family Foundation); No Michigan Taxpayer Dollars for the Copperwood Mine; Tell Your Senators to Protect Nonprofits in the Budget & Tax Bill

Take Action- Tell Your Senators to Protect Nonprofits in the Budget & Tax Bill; Join Our Monthly Mindfulness + Movement Practice; Blue Economy Blog; Chiefs of Ontario and Allies Rally Against Proposed Bill C-5

This Week: Big Step Forward for Water Affordability in Michigan; Join Our Monthly Mindfulness + Movement Practice for Water Protectors; Welcome, 2025 Summer Fellows!

This Week: Freshwater Future Hero Spotlight; UPDATED ACTION: Stand with Protect the Porkies: No Taxpayer Dollars for the Copperwood Mine – Again; Great Lakes Water Levels at Lowest in Over a Decade

This Week: Celebrating Safe Drinking Water for Erie, PA Students; Stand with Protect the Porkies: No Taxpayer Dollars for the Copperwood Mine – Again; Michigan Residents Deserve Meaningful Public Engagement; Work Proceeds to Stop Invasive…

This Week: [Take Action] No Taxpayer Dollars for the Copperwood Mine – Again; [Take Action] Michigan Residents Deserve Meaningful Public Engagement; Join Our Monthly Mindfulness + Movement; New Law Shifts Water System Control in Birmingham, AL;…

This Week: Training Webinar: Your Voice Needed on Michigan Drinking Water Fund; Join Our Monthly Mindfulness + Movement Practice for Water Protectors; Deadline Approaching: Stop Ontario’s Bill 5

This Week: Training Webinars: Your Voice Needed on Drinking Water Fund; Join Our Monthly Mindfulness + Movement; New Date Announced: Last Chance to Speak Up and Defend Wetlands

This Week: Using Community Power to Address Flooding in Detroit; Join Our Monthly Mindfulness + Movement Practice for Water Protectors; Syracuse, NY Water System Under Review by U.S. EPA; Duluth’s $3 Million Lake Superior Shoreline…

This Week: Freshwater Future Hero Spotlight; No Oil in the Great Lakes: Stop Permits for Canadian Pipeline Project; Water Watchers & Wellness Webinar: Fundraising Basics

This Week: Water Watchers & Wellness Webinar: Fundraising Basics Webinar; Your Voice Needed to Protect Wetlands and Clean Water; We Need the Lake Erie Harmful Algal Bloom Forecast; Freshwater Voices Newsletter Available Online; Register for…

This Week: United States Wetlands Are Under Attack: Take Action Now; Register for Mindfulness & Movement: Thursday, April 24; Wisconsin’s Sole Private Water System Stalls on Lead Pipe Removal; Welcome Randy Smith to Freshwater Future’s…

This Week: Water Watchers & Wellness Webinar: Volunteer Power; All About Water Convening Recording Available; Register for April’s Mindfulness & Movement; Don’t Be Afraid–Tips for Using Social Media and Advocacy; Meet Our Fall Project Grantees:…

This Week: Apply Now for a Spring Project Grant; Thanks for a Great All About Water Virtual Convening; Water Watchers & Wellness Webinar; Meet Freshwater Future’s Amazing New Board Member: Jaclyn Wegner!

This Week: Tomorrow is World Water Day; Apply Now for a Spring Project Grant; Fall Project Grantee Spotlight: The Ontario Headwaters Institute; Nuclear Plant Receives Federal Funding to Reopen; Further Listening; Don’t Miss Out on…

This Week: Win! Federal Great Lakes + Environmental Justice Staff Reinstated; Applications Open for Canadian Freshwater Sustainability and Innovation Projects; Biggest Deregulatory Effort in History; Great Lakes Agreements on the Chopping Block; EPA to Reduce…

This Week: Deadline March 31st: Freshwater Future’s Spring Project Grants; Meet Our Fall Project Grantees: Protect The Porkies; Legislators Say No to Undercutting the Clean Water Act; Cuts and Dismantling of the National Oceanic and…

This Week: Webinar: Demystifying Budgets; Congrats to Our Freshwater Heroes; Win! Wisconsin Court Sides with Locals Over Polluting Factory Farms; Concerns from the North Side of the Great Lakes; Spring Project Grants Deadline March 30

This Week: Four Events Guaranteed to Boost Your Water Work; Request for Proposals: Freshwater Future’s Spring Project Grants

This Week: Register for the Freshwater Heroes Celebration; Join Us for Movement & Mindfulness on February 27; Take Action on Federal Changes Threatening Great Lakes Communities; Join Us in Rochester, NY for All About Water…

This Week: Freshwater Future’s Spring Project Grants; Meet Water Watchers; Join Us in Rochester, NY for All About Water; Advocates Work for Improvements in the Steel Industry; Freshwater Heroes Celebration; Join Us for Movement &…

This Week: Freshwater Future’s Ongoing Commitment to Inclusion and Diversity; Tell Congress to Keep Critical Lead in Drinking Water Protections; Early-bird Registration Ends Today for All About Water on March 27th; Tomorrow Begins the Black…

This Week: RFP: Freshwater Future’s Spring Project Grants; Meet Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association; Register - Freshwater Heroes Celebration; Join Us in Rochester, NY for All About Water; Ice Coverage Doubles on Lake Erie in…

This Week: Deadline January 31st: Join Us in Rochester, NY for All About Water; Spring Grant Applications Due March 31st; Lawsuit Threatens New National Lead in Drinking Water Protections; Ice Breakers on the St. Clair…

This Week: New York’s New Climate and Fracking Laws; Join Us in Rochester, NY for All About Water on March 27th; Restore and Renew with Mindfulness & Movement Starting January 30th

This Week: A Year in Review; Grant Writing Webinar and Mindfulness & Movement; Your Year-End Gift to Protect the Great Lakes; Register for All About Water; Indigenous Circle of Experts to Advise International Joint Commission…

This Week: Happy Holidays; Win! Energy Permitting Reform Act Voted Down; Protect our Great Lakes and Communities; Grant Writing Webinar and Mindfulness & Movement; Take Action to Protect Michigan’s Wetlands from Potash Mining; Join Us…

This Week: 70,000 Gallon Oil Spill + Pipeline Reroute; Win! No Tax Dollars for Copper Mine in Porcupine Mountains; Environmental Justice Grants Available; Your Year-End Gift Is Urgent; Grant Writing Webinar and Mindfulness & Movement…

This Week: Your Year-End Gift Is Urgent Now More Than Ever to Protect the Great Lakes; Join Us in Rochester, NY on March 27th, 2025 for All About Water; Understanding the Political Landscape of the…