Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy released the 2025 State of the Great Lakes Report, reviewing the department’s accomplishments, issues, initiatives and challenges related to the health and sustainability of the Great Lakes.
The annual report focuses on impacts individuals, communities, organizations, universities and tribes have when united under a mission to preserve water, ecology and the economic vitality of Michigan’s Great Lakes.
EGLE Director Phil Roos says Michiganders share a remarkable privilege and responsibility to steward the state’s water resources, including the Great Lakes and the state’s inland lakes, rivers and groundwater in a way that protects communities and their way of life.
The 2025 report highlights how new software can improve the process of managing large quantities of groundwater. The report also examines collaborative work to restore Manoomin, or wild rice, with Michigan’s Native American tribes.
A major focus considers the challenge future generations will face when tackling the impact of microplastics and PFAS chemicals.
The full report is available online here.
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