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Detective work continues on area farms in hopes of protecting Lake Erie

On: November 3, 2021

While cooler fall temperatures arrive, agricultural field research into the causes of western Lake Erie algal blooms remains a hot issue, with more scientific detective work on the horizon. Teams of researchers are still hoping to fine-tune ways the agricultural community can keep more of its nutrient-laden water on its fields and lose less into creeks and streams whose waters eventually flow into Lake Erie. Read the full story by The Toledo Blade.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20211103-agatha-christie

‘The water always wins’: Calls to protect shorelines as volatile Lake Michigan inflicts heavy toll

On: November 3, 2021

Between record low waters in January 2013 and a record high in July 2020, Lakes Michigan and Huron water levels collectively swung more than 6 feet. Climate scientists attribute the volatility to the interplay of the region’s rising temperatures and precipitation from more frequent and intense storms. Read the full story by WPR.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20211103-shoreline

Software to help inventory lead water lines in Detroit

On: November 3, 2021

A high-tech strategy could help Detroit save $165 million while also pinpointing the number of lead water lines in the city. Read the full story by the Associated Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20211103-software

First U.S.-flagged freighter built on Great Lakes in 40 years launches

On: November 3, 2021

The first U.S.-flagged Great Lakes freighter built on the Great Lakes in 40 years recently launched at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, shipyard in a maritime tradition marking the first time a vessel is moved into the water. Read the full story by The Times of Northwest Indiana.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20211103-freighter

First U.S.-flagged freighter built on Great Lakes in 40 years launches

On: November 3, 2021

The first U.S.-flagged Great Lakes freighter built on the Great Lakes in 40 years recently launched at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, shipyard in a maritime tradition marking the first time a vessel is moved into the water. Read the full story by The Times of Northwest Indiana.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20211103-freighter

Warmer, wetter, wilder: 38 million people in the Great Lakes region are threatened by climate change

On: November 3, 2021

In the Great Lakes, climate change is considered a threat multiplier, meaning it exacerbates other threats to the ecosystem. Read the full story by The Canadian Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20211103-climate

Warmer, wetter, wilder: 38 million people in the Great Lakes region are threatened by climate change

On: November 3, 2021

In the Great Lakes, climate change is considered a threat multiplier, meaning it exacerbates other threats to the ecosystem. Read the full story by The Canadian Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20211103-climate

Lake Erie algae bloom was “moderately severe,” says NOAA

On: November 3, 2021

The harmful algae bloom in Lake Erie has largely sputtered out after exceeding early summer projections on its severity. On a severity index of 10, this year’s “moderately severe” bloom hit a 6, according to forecasters with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20211103-algae

‘Like living dinosaurs:’ Where to see Michigan’s spectacular sandhill crane migration this month

On: November 3, 2021

Sandhill crane migration peaks between mid-October and late November, bringing thousands of these graceful giants through the state from breeding areas as far north as the Northwest territories of Canada. Many of these birds congregate in groups numbering in the hundreds or even thousands as they make their way across the Great Plains and parts of the Great Lakes, creating a breathtaking scene when they fly in at dusk to rest and refuel on their journeys. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20211103-cranes

COMMENTARY: Advocates for Great Lakes hoping for investments to address coastlines, pollution, drinking water

On: November 3, 2021

Addressing environmental impacts in the Great Lakes will require investment programs and federal funding. Read the full story by the Ohio Capital Journal.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20211103-advocates

Presque Isle State Park fall beach walk reveals improved conditions on peninsula’s beaches

On: October 15, 2021

After several years of erosion caused by high water, including some record Lake Erie levels that cut into beaches, officials in Pennsylvania are pleased with conditions on Presque Isle’s shores. Read the full story by the Erie Times-News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20211015-beach

Local group receives $50k to protect endangered species

On: October 15, 2021

The North Country Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area has been awarded a grant of $50,000 in Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding to access and utilize Michigan Natural Features Inventory data to focus plant surveys where endangered plants coincide with likely avenues of spread of invasive plants. Read the full story by Ludington Daily News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20211015-survey

Port of Green Bay largely unaffected by supply chain issues

On: October 15, 2021

While supply chain issues ravage various industries and aspects of life as the world tries to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders at the Port of Green Bay say they have not seen the same issues due to the type of traffic the westernmost port of Lake Michigan receives. Read the full story by WLWK-TV- Green Bay, WI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20211015-port

Michigan aims to replace all Benton Harbor lead pipes in 18 months

On: October 15, 2021

All lead service lines in Benton Harbor, Michigan, would be dug up and replaced by April 2023 under a goal announced by Governor Gretchen Whitmer amid an escalating response to toxic lead in the city’s water supply. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20211015-lead

Climate science research at U-M, MSU receives federal funding through NOAA

On: October 15, 2021

Researchers at the University of Michigan and Michigan State University recently received $5.4 million from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to continue their study of climate change. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20211015-climate

Steel production, capacity utilization fall

On: October 15, 2021

Great Lakes steel production fell by 11,000 tons last week, while U.S. steel mills dipped under 85% capacity utilization, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute. Read the full story by The Times of Northwest Indiana.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20211015-steel

Lake Superior is among the fastest-warming lakes on the planet. Climate change may be the culprit behind its algae blooms, too

On: October 15, 2021

Since the first reported algal bloom in Lake Superior in 2012, no serious levels of toxins had been confirmed. That changed last month with a bloom near Superior, Wisconsin, where toxins in the water at a nearby beach were just beyond the level set for safe swimming. Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20211015-algae

Chicago water advocate appointed as Great Lakes regional EPA administrator

On: October 15, 2021

President Joe Biden has chosen a new administrator to oversee Region 5 of the Environmental Protection Agency, covering Indiana and other Great Lakes states. Read the full story by WBAA- West Lafayette, IN.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20211015-epa

Great Lakes Tunnel decision delayed as oversight panel wants more transparency from Enbridge

On: October 15, 2021

Construction of the Great Lakes Tunnel in the Mackinac Straits of Lake Michigan is officially delayed until at least 2022. Read the full story by Interlochen Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20211015-tunnel

US population continues to move westward – will water from the Great Lakes follow?

On: October 15, 2021

As we see the southwestern US suffer through wildfires, partially caused by the continuing drought conditions, there are again pressures to move waters from east to west. Fortunately for the residents of the Great Lakes region, the lakes are currently protected from the call for water from the west by the Great Lakes Agreement and Compact. Read the full story by Buffalo Rising.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20211015-west

Early history of Presque Isle State Park and old Erie: 10 things every visitor should know

On: August 23, 2021

Learn the 10 things about Presque Isle State Park’s history and its relationship to Erie that every visitor should know. Read the full story by the Erie-Times News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210823-erie

Flint says its planning to deliver blended water starting Monday

On: August 23, 2021

Flint, Michigan, officials plan to start blending water from the Great Lakes Water Authority and Genesee County on Monday, Aug. 23. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210823-flint

Invasive plant found in Lincoln River, Mason County

On: August 23, 2021

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy announced that an invasive aquatic plant, called European frog-bit, has been found in the lower Lincoln River in west Michigan. Read the full story by the Midland Daily News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210823-efb

Cuyahoga County lakefront is now officially the Lake Erie Water Trail

On: August 23, 2021

Cuyahoga County’s lakefront in northern Ohio is now a water trail, as designated by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. The Lake Erie Water Trail features more than a dozen official access points to the water with a variety of amenities, designed to increase recreational water access and provide opportunities for environmental awareness and stewardship. Read the full story by Idea Stream.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210823-trail

Program aims to capture storm drain debris headed to lake

On: August 23, 2021

A new program in southeast Michigan aims to reduce the amount of trash that reaches Lake St. Clair from a storm drain. Read the full story by The Associated Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210823-debris

City of Kalamazoo dyes stormwater system to look for illicit discharges to protect rivers, lakes and streams

On: August 23, 2021

The city of Kalamazoo in west Michigan is dyeing stormwater as part of an investigation meant to keep harmful materials out of local water systems. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210823-stormwater

Renewed effort to eradicate sea lamprey to begin miles inland in Oconto County

On: August 23, 2021

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff will be applying a chemical treatment at several locations in Wisconsin waterways to kill invasive sea lamprey larvae that have burrowed into the bottom of the Oconto River. Read the full story by the Green Bay Press Gazette.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210823-lamprey

High water on Lake Ontario can impact commerce in Cleveland; here’s how

On: August 23, 2021

High water on Lake Ontario can disrupt maritime commerce to Great Lakes ports. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210823-ports

Canada commits $340 million to Indigenous protected areas, guardians programs

On: August 23, 2021

The Canadian government is investing $340 million to support Indigenous guardians and Indigenous Protected Areas as part of its commitment to conserving 30 per cent of the country’s lands and waters by 2030. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210823-guardians

Climate change on the Great Lakes has coastal communities bracing for higher water

On: August 23, 2021

Great Lakes coastal communities are wondering if their shoreline infrastructure will survive another round of record high water. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210823-high-water

Why Indigenous activists are driving a 25-foot totem pole across the country

On: July 23, 2021

Earlier this month, Native American activists embarked on a cross-country trek that is slated to end on the front lawn of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian to pressure the federal government to protect endangered areas that hold environmental and cultural significance for Native American tribes across the country. Read the full story by Red Lake Nation News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210723-activists

Crew of U.S. Coast Guard cutter shares journey as it leaves Great Lakes for the last time

On: July 23, 2021

Sixteen years after it first was homeported in Lake Superior, the 225-foot U.S. Coast Guard cutter Alder has left the Great Lakes for the last time and is headed to its new home on the West Coast. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210723-uscg

Ottawa Conservation District receives $1.2 million grant for creek restoration project

On: July 23, 2021

The Michigan Department of Energy, Great Lakes and Environment awarded the Ottawa Conservation District with a $1.2 million grant for the Sand Creek and Crockery Creek Restoration Project. Read the full story by the Holland Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210723-restoration

New PFAS site identified in Elk Rapids; no impacts to people expected

On: July 23, 2021

A picturesque Lake Michigan shoreline village was announced among the latest communities to be home to a designated PFAS contamination site in Michigan. During an environmental assessment of a building in Elk Rapids, Michigan, elevated levels of PFAS chemicals were found. Read the full story by the Traverse City Record-Eagle.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210723-pfas

Indiana Dunes National Park offers beaches, hiking all on 1 tank of gas

On: July 23, 2021

Shaped by glaciers, defined by dunes and a one-hour drive from Chicago, Indiana Dunes National Park is a breath of fresh air along 15 miles of the southern shores of Lake Michigan, but it’s so much more than a day at the beach. Read the full story by WLS-TV- Chicago, IL.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210723-dunes

Sandy Pond’s piping plover predicament

On: July 23, 2021

Piping plovers nesting near Sandy Pond in New York have caused delays in dredging, which has impacted local businesses as boaters are unable to access the pond. Read the full story by Watertown Daily Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210723-plovers

GLWA eyeing attorney Jeffrey Collins to head investigation into metro Detroit flooding

On: July 23, 2021

The Great Lakes Water Authority is expected to vote Wednesday on whether to hire Jeffrey Collins — an attorney, former judge and former U.S. attorney — to oversee its investigation of flooding in June that resulted in damage to thousands of homes in Detroit, Michigan. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210723-flooding

Milwaukee Clipper’s last captain regales ‘sea tales’, went from dishwasher to skipper

On: July 23, 2021

Robert Priefer, 99, captained the Milwaukee Clipper from 1960-1969. He can recall the ship’s hay-day like it was yesterday, including his unique rise to the top. Read the full story by WZZM-TV- Muskegon, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210723-o-captain-my-captain

Maritime museum continues summer lighthouse tours

On: July 23, 2021

Over the last several years, the H. Lee White Maritime Museum has hosted tours out to New York’s Oswego West Pierhead Lighthouse, and these journeys have returned for the summer. Read the full story by Oswego County Today.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210723-tours

A look inside the 1910 White Shoal lighthouse, Lake Michigan

On: July 23, 2021

The White Shoal Lighthouse is the tallest lighthouse on the Great Lakes, standing at 121 feet. You’ll find it, still operating, about 20 miles east of Mackinac Point in Michigan. Read the full story by WKFR – Battle Creek, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210723-white-shoal

A roadmap for preserving nature in southern Ontario

On: May 19, 2021

The Southern Ontario Nature Coalition, a collection of environmental, Indigenous, and agricultural groups, have outlined plans for building a network of natural areas within the urban and suburban landscapes of southern Ontario to support conservation and resilience efforts around Lake Ontario. Read the full story by the National Observer.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210519-roadmap

Traverse City to appeal ruling in FishPass decision

On: May 19, 2021

The Traverse City Board of Commissioners in Michigan unanimously voted to file an appeal to a judge’s ruling that requires the city’s FishPass Project to be put to a community vote before proceeding. The FishPass project would install a barrier to invasive sea lamprey along the Boardman River, but has received opposition from some residents. Read the full story by WWUP-TV – Cadillac, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210519-fishpass

How Biden could impact the Line 5 shutdown fight

On: May 19, 2021

The Biden Administration has not yet taken a position on the legal battle between Enbridge Energy and the State of Michigan over the Line 5 oil pipeline. The federal government is expected to become involved as legal questions arise around international treaties regarding Line 5 and issues of federal authority over managing pipeline operations. Read the full story by Michigan Advance.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210519-line5

Massive water and habitat cleanup effort in Milwaukee ongoing

On: May 19, 2021

A years-long effort is underway in the Milwaukee harbor in Wisconsin to remove and dispose of contaminated sediment within the Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern. Read the full story by Spectrum News 1.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210519-aoc

The comeback story of Michigan’s native trumpeter swans

On: May 19, 2021

After being hunted to the brink of extinction and wiped out in Michigan over 100 years ago, the trumpeter swam is making a comeback in part due to the efforts of the W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary at Michigan State University. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210519-swans

With less winter ice, researchers consider year-round Great Lakes shipping

On: May 19, 2021

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Superior are studying whether less winter ice across the Great Lakes might enable year-round shipping. The Great Lakes traditionally shut down to shipping from early January into March. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210519-shipping

Arctic grayling return to Michigan as reintroduction initiative gains momentum

On: May 19, 2021

After decades of absence in the cold waters of Michigan, a successful collaboration between Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources and the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians has helped the arctic grayling make a return to their native habitats. Read the full story by WZZM-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210519-grayling

How the Erie County Water Authority gets water from the Niagara River to your home

On: May 19, 2021

Erie County, New York, pumps and treats over 20 million gallons of water a day from the Niagara River to provide drinking water to residents in the county. Read the full story by WKBW-TV – Buffalo, NY.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210519-water

General cargo drives increase in goods shipped on Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway system

On: May 19, 2021

Growing demand for goods in Canada and the United States as the two countries’ economies recover has translated into a boost in the amount of goods shipped on the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway by nearly 4 percent. Read the full story by the St. Catharine’s Standard.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210519-cargo

Enbridge to keep Great Lakes pipeline running, defy looming Michigan shutdown order

On: May 11, 2021

Canada’s Enbridge Inc will continue to operate its Line 5 despite an order from the U.S. state of Michigan to shut down the crude oil pipeline, Chief Executive Al Monaco said on Friday. Read the full story by Reuters.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210511-enbridge