The Great Lakes Working Group of the Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts (WICCI) includes citizens, private and public decision-makers, and scientists collaborating on climate change’s impacts on the Great Lakes. In line with the WICCI mission, the Great Lakes Working Group (WG) will help WICCI:
- Develop scientific understanding of climate impacts on the Great Lakes
- Identify the Great Lakes’ vulnerability to climate change and climatic variability
- Enable better planning, investment and other adaptation activities concerning climate impacts on the Great Lakes
The following are potential areas of focus:
- Ecological systems (not human coastal communities)
- Water levels
- Water temperatures
- Ice cover
- Precipitation
- Water quality
- Extreme weather
- Commercial fisheries
Near-Term Goals
- Identify WG’s long-term goals and strategies for research and outreach.
- Facilitate a Lake Superior workshop in 2020. Primary outputs of the workshop:
- Develop climate adaptation recommendations to inform Lake Superior’s next Lakewide Action and Management Plan (LAMP)
- Develop other workshop outputs
- Facilitate a Lake Michigan workshop in 2021. Primary outputs of the workshop:
- Develop climate adaptation recommendations to inform Lake Michigan’s next LAMP
- Develop other workshop outputs
Stakeholders and Partners
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Contact Information
- Madeline Magee, Monitoring Program Coordinator, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, madeline.magee@wisconsin.gov