Great Lakes Environmental Center, Inc. (GLEC) is an established national contracting firm offering applied environmental sciences, research, and compliance assistance focused on water quality and the protection of aquatic ecosystems. GLEC has grown steadily in each year of its existence, delivering services and solutions to government and commercial clients throughout North America. The dedicated employee-owners at GLEC often set the standard in their respective fields by consistently applying our core philosophies of scientific excellence, corporate responsibility, environmental stewardship, and dedication to fulfilling client needs. Our unique experience serving both regulatory agencies and the regulated community translates into viable, insightful, and creative solutions to complex environmental challenges.
GLEC services include site-specific surveys, assessments, sampling, and monitoring programs to help power generation and industrial firms attain CWA 316(b) and 316(a) regulatory compliance. GLEC researchers are experts in aquatic ecology, wetland ecology, vertebrate and invertebrate biology, aquatic toxicology, environmental chemistry, habitat assessment, GIS and regulatory agency interaction. Our 316(b) and 316(a) services include:
• Fish Impingement Mortality Studies • Turbine Survival Studies • Endangered Species Surveys • Thermal Plume Surveys |
• Habitat Assessments • Water Quality Monitoring • Turbine Survival Studies • Fisheries Assessments |
GLEC owns and operates a wide array of boats, vehicles, and field equipment to support field studies and sediment and water quality investigations. Our Michigan and Ohio laboratories provide aquatic toxicity testing, bioaccumulation and bioconcentration studies.
April 2024 – Great Lakes Environmental Center, Inc. received the EPA Administrator’s Award for Outstanding Accomplishments by a Small Business Contractor in fiscal year 2023. GLEC was nominated for the award by the EPA Office of Ground Water and Drinking ...
Read More...December 2022 - The 1996 Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) established an unregulated contaminant monitoring program by which public water systems monitor - on five-year cycles - for up to 30 potential drinking water contaminants that are ...
Read More...September 2022 - The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality awarded GLEC a task order to conduct the U.S. EPA 2023-2024 National Rivers and Streams Assessment at some 50 sites spread across all regions of the State. The EPA employs a ...
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739 Hastings Street
Traverse City, MI 49686
Phone: (231) 941-2230
Fax: (231) 941-2240