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About 200,000 gallons of wastewater and sludge from an Oceana County food processor escaped from an unpermitted lagoon last month, polluting a nearby creek and the Big South Branch of the Pere Marquette River, a tributary to Lake Michigan. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.

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

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Since water diversions first gained traction in the early 1980s, when a coal company attempted to divert Great Lakes water to Wyoming, interest in the Great Lakes Basin’s water has grown from a trickle to a gush. Straddling communities that sit just outside the Great Lakes basin boundary are the most likely candidates for diversion permits. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.

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

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Climate change is warming Lake Michigan’s surface, but also its deep waters, which could have a significant impact on the lake’s ecosystem and mixing process. Read the full story by WXYZ-TV – Detroit, MI.

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

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A spell of dry, mild weather is giving the Great Lakes a break after two years of high water that has shattered records and heavily damaged shoreline roads and homes, officials said Monday. Read the full story by the Associated Press.

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

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Coastal wind is a strong, consistent power source and Michigan’s more than 3,000 miles of coast could provide double the electricity residents used from all sources in 2019. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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

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After several reviews this spring, officials in Kenosha, Wisconsin, have put the finishing touches on a five-year plan for the city’s green spaces. The finalized document places renewed emphasis on partnerships with local groups. Read the full story by the Kenosha News.

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

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A competition between nature preserves in Green and Put-In-Bay Township, Ohio, removed over 3,000 pounds of garlic mustard, an invasive plant, in one day. Read the full story by the Akron Beacon Journal.

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

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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has recommended seven state parks as particularly kid-friendly travel destinations for this summer. Read the full story by MLive.

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

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Three Michigan eighth grade students recently battled 15 mph headwinds, choppy wake from 1,000-foot freighters, rain, sleet and hail to raise money for the Great Lakes. Read the full story by MLive.

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

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The capture of a 6-foot-10-inch, 240-pound female sturgeon in the Detroit River last week by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has renewed hope among fisheries biologists that sturgeon populations are on their way to recovery and restoration. Read the full story by WTTW-TV – Chicago, IL.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210505-sturgeon

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U.S. Rep. Bob Latta (R., Bowling Green, OH) is proposing a bill that would redefine “waters in the United States” to exclude smaller bodies of water such as smaller streams, wetlands, and groundwater. However, these smaller bodies of water eventually flow into and can potentially endanger the lakes and rivers we normally think of when it comes to water protection, and should reamain included in those protections. Read the full story by The Toledo Blade.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210505-wetlands

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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has announced a virtual meeting for the public to learn about the status of Lake Erie and Upper Niagara River fisheries. Read the full story by The Daily News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210505-webinar

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Concerns about COVID-19 have pushed back the start of the 2021 season for the MS Chi-Cheemaun ferry, which operates between Manitoulin Island and Bruce Peninsula, Ontario, in the upper end of Lake Huron. Read the full story by the Sudbury News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210505-ferry

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A group of Michigan fishermen have caught a massive muskellunge in West Grand Traverse Bay, Lake Michigan. Read the full story by WPBN-TV – Traverse City, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210505-muskie

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Piping plovers have returned to Lake Michigan’s shoreline and are in need of nest guardians at Silver Lake State Park in Michigan. Read the full story by MLive.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210505-plover

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A northern Wisconsin lakefront area struggles with the aftereffects of PFAS contamination by a local industrial facility. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210505-pfas

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A recent study found that cladophora algae adsorbs microfibers, meaning that the plastic attaches to living algae cell walls. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210505-algae

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The University of Toronto kick-started their “Tagging Trash” program this week, where GPS-tracked water bottles get placed into Lake Ontario to see where they end up. Read the full story by CTV News Toronto.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210429-bottles

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Each year midges, small insects also known as lake flies, arrive and swarm along the shores of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River for a span of two or three weeks as part of their life cycle. Read the full story by Global News Canada.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210429-midges

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Another $7.4 million in federal funding is coming to southeast Michigan land and water conservation organizations. The city of Ann Arbor’s greenbelt program, administered by The Conservation Fund, led efforts to secure the funding, acting as the lead partner among nine conservation groups that joined to create the Lake Erie Conservation Partnership. Read the full story by MLive.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210429-conservation

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Months after U.S. President Joe Biden snubbed Canadian officials by canceling Keystone XL, an impending showdown over a second crude oil pipeline, Enbridge Line 5, threatens to further strain ties between the two neighbors. Read the full story by the Associated Press.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210429-pipelines

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About 1,078 acres of wetland and 104 acres of grassland habitat will be restored in north-central Pennsylvania through a $3.5 million project led by Ducks Unlimited. Read the full story by The Patriot-News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210429-wetlands

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There are currently fourteen National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-designated marine sanctuaries in the United States, and only one of those sanctuaries is in the Great Lakes: Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Lake Huron. Soon, two new marine sanctuaries will be added from the Great Lakes, with designations in progress in lakes Ontario and Michigan Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210429-sanctuaries

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Dredging will begin soon in the St. Joseph harbor in Michigan, on the shores of Lake Michigan, thanks to an emergency allocation of $500,000 from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Read the full story by WSJM – St. Joseph, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210429-dredging

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New York state Sen. George Borrello has introduced legislation to place a moratorium on the building or placing of permanent or semi-permanent wind turbines in bodies of freshwater in New York state. Read the full story by the Olean Times Herald.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210429-turbines

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Michigan state lawmakers are calling for change after nothing has been done to remove a partially sunken barge in West Grand Traverse Bay, Lake Michigan. Read the full story by WPBN-TV – Traverse City, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210429-submerged

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Forever Great, a new clothing company based in Michigan, makes shirts entirely from recycled materials, specifically water bottles. The company hopes one day to use plastics pulled exclusively from the Great Lakes. Read the full story by WZZM-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210429-gvsu

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Data has been published from a statewide COVID-19 wastewater monitoring program piloted in Michigan in 2020 to detect the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater samples, and results are accessible through an online dashboard and story map of sampling sites. Read the full story by The Daily Mining Gazette.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210428-dashboard

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More than 200 individuals, businesses, and organizations have signed on to a letter prepared by the Need Our Water community action group to serve as formal comment on the U.S. Air Force’s proposed interim remedial action plan for PFAS contamination in Clark’s Marsh, MI. Read the full story by the Iosco County News-Herald.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210428-pfas

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More than 200 individuals, businesses, and organizations have signed on to a letter prepared by the Need Our Water community action group to serve as formal comment on the U.S. Air Force’s proposed interim remedial action plan for PFAS contamination in Clark’s Marsh, MI. Read the full story by the Iosco County News-Herald.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210428-pfas

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The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy announced 27 grants worth $75,000 dollars to help clean up local rivers and streams. Read the full story by WFQX-TV – Cadillac, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210428-grants

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U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, announced a new $3,429,770 investment to improve water quality and fishing habitats in Ottawa County, Michigan. Read the full story by WKZO – Kalamazoo, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210428-investment

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Chicago’s preeminent plovers are together again, settling in for their third summer of saving their species at Montrose Beach along the Lake Michigan coast. Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210428-plovers

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For more than a year, archaeological discoveries in the Straits of Mackinac near the Line 5 oil pipeline have caused concerns not only among field experts and environmental activists, but especially among Indigenous tribes because the history of their cultures is potentially at stake. Read the full story by the Detroit Metro Times.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210428-line-5

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Midwesterners with moss balls in their aquariums should be on the lookout for invasive zebra mussels, experts from Michigan and Wisconsin warn. Read the full story by Capital News Service.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210428-aquarium

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A volunteer campaign coordinated by seven communities across the Great Lakes region hopes to remove 68 metric tons of trash from more than 17,000 acres of watershed by the end of 2022. Read the full story by the Detroit Metro Times.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210428-cleanup

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Almost half of the respondents to the Wisconsin Conservation Congress’ spring hearings questionnaire say they would support the organization if it opposes reconstructing Enbridge Inc.‘s Line 5 pipeline across northern Wisconsin. Read the full story by the Associated Press.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210428-hearing

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An increase in fierce Great Lakes region storms and floods means very different things for financially struggling families who are unaware of flood risks and wealthier residents living in highly desirable coastal areas who can afford to spend large sums of money to adapt. Read the full story by Circle of Blue.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210428-flooding

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Lake Michigan’s two car and passenger ferries that connect Michigan to Wisconsin are setting course to begin normal season in May and are anticipating passenger levels to reach pre-pandemic levels this summer. Read the full story by WZZM-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210421-ferry

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City and state officials in Cleveland, Ohio, are planning to build a series of islands along the coast of Lake Erie near Cleveland to restore natural habitat and hydrology to the area. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210421-metroparks

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A new study found that mercury in the sediment of the St. Louis River estuary in Duluth, Minnesota, was left by industry decades ago. Mercury in these sediments accumulates in the fish that live in the estuary, making the fish unsafe to eat. Read the full story by the Mitchell Republic.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210421-mercury

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The Lake Michigan Circle Tour road-signs around Lake Michigan take travelers on a tour that covers four states and 105 lighthouses – and will also lead travelers to miles of beaches, quaint harbor towns, parks and natural areas, unique attractions and across the Mackinac Bridge. Read the full story by MLive.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210421-lighthouse

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Pockets of untrimmed greenery in urban areas can provide multiple benefits to both humans and animals living nearby. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210421-urban-green

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Bipartisan House lawmakers from several Great Lakes states are asking the Biden administration to prioritize funding in the next budget for projects that would prevent the spread of Asian carp and make overdue improvements to the Soo Locks. Read the full story by The Detroit News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210421-carp

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Great Lakes ports remain vitally important to the well-being of communities but are ineligible for many of the recently enacted relief programs due to their unique governing structures. To support Great Lakes coastal communities, the new American Jobs Plan should include support for port infrastructure. Read the full story by The Post-Standard.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210421-ports

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Great Lakes ports remain vitally important to the well-being of communities but are ineligible for many of the recently enacted relief programs due to their unique governing structures. To support Great Lakes coastal communities, the new American Jobs Plan should include support for port infrastructure. Read the full story by The Post-Standard.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210421-ports

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Upgrading and repairing Ohio’s water infrastructure is critical to protecting the health and wellbeing of vulnerable communities and to growing the Ohio economy. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210421-water-infrastructure

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210414-kalamazoo

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210414-enbridge

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210414-food-web

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