Great Lakes Research Consortium

OBS: The Great Lakes Research Consortium is an organization of 18 colleges and universities in New York, with nine affiliate campuses in Ontario, dedicated to collaborative research and education on the Great Lakes. [It has] nearly 400 [members], who are conducting research in every facet of Great Lakes science.
OBS: [The Great Lakes Research Consortium's] mission is to improve the understanding of the Great Lakes ecosystem, including the physical, biological, and chemical processes that shape it, as well as the social and political forces that affect human impact on the lakes and their associated economic resources.