About Great Lakes Cormorants

Great Lakes Cormorants (GLC) is an international collective of scientists, experts, landowners, sportsmen, concerned members of the public and non-governmental organizations who acknowledge the value of cormorants and fish-eating birds and who support their protection.

Our Mission: Cormorant Education and Advocacy

We celebrate the presence of cormorants, pelicans, gannets, loons and other fish-eating birds in our environment, and acknowledge the roles these birds play as a natural part of the ecosystems they inhabit. GLC is dedicated to educating the public, promoting science, dispelling misinformation and myths about cormorants and advocating for the protection of cormorants and other fish-eating birds.

Contributing Members

Hannah Barron, Wildlife Biologist, Conservation Director, Wolf Awareness

Buzz Boles, Wildlife Biologist and Civil Servant (retired)

Amber Ellis, Environmental and wildlife campaigns specialist

Sheryl Fink, BSc, Wildlife Biologist, Director, Canadian Wildlife Campaigns, IFAW Canada

Gail Fraser, PhD, Professor, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University

John Grandy, PhD, Vice Chair, Pegasus Foundation

Rob Laidlaw*, CBiol, MRSB, biologist, science author

Barry Kent MacKay*, Ornithological artist, avian expert, author

Martyn Obbard, PhD, biologist

Ronald Orenstein, PhD, LLB, biologist, science author

Cole Swanson, MA, artist, educator

Liz White*, Leader, Animal Protection Party of Canada

Ainslie Willock, Honours BES, Director, Toronto Residents for Cormorants and Nature

Linda R. Wires, MA & MS, Conservation Scientist, Waterbirds

Julie Woodyer*, Wildlife campaigns specialist

*denotes organizing member