The Alliance for the Great Lakes is the oldest independent organization devoted to protecting and restoring the world's largest surface freshwater resource.

Founded in 1964, the American Water Resources Association is a non-profit professional association dedicated to the advancement of water resources research, planning, development, management and education.

Section from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Based in Detroit, The Great Lakes Environmental Law Center was founded to protect the world’s greatest freshwater resource and the communities that depend upon it.

The Great Lakes National Program Office oversees and helps all Great Lakes stakeholders work together to protect, maintain, and restore the chemical, biological, and physical integrity of the Great Lakes.

The Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN) is a partnership that provides one place online for people to find information relating to the binational Great Lakes-St. Lawrence region of North America.

Coordinates fisheries research, controls the invasive sea lamprey, and facilitates cooperative fishery management among the state, provincial, tribal, and federal management agencies.

headquartered at the UW-Madison a statewide program of basic and applied research, education, and outreach for the sustainable use of Great Lakes resources

The Water Resources Institute coordinates research programs which are applicable to the solution of present and emerging water resource problems.

The library is housed in the UW-Madison Aquatic Sciences Center. a service of the University of Wisconsin Water Resources and Sea Grant Institutes for UW faculty, staff and students and those interested in the Great Lakes and water resources.