Construction on the Discovery Pier in Traverse City, MI has been helped thanks to a $1.6 million federal grant, taking the project closer to becoming a new freshwater research and innovation center. Read the full story by WILX-TV- Lansing, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230113-federal-grant
U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin visited the Port of Green Bay, WI where she and other leaders highlighted a new ice breaker for the Great Lakes with hopes to boost commerce. Read the full story by the WBAY-TV – Green Bay, WI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230113-ice-breaker
January 14 is the midpoint of meteorological winter, and so far, the seasonal temperatures have been above average across most of the United States. As a result, there are fewer days with temperatures below freezing, which has led to a lack of ice over the Great Lakes. Read the full story by WLNS- TV – Lansing, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230113-great-lakes-ice
More than a century after it was built, the Kewaunee Pierhead Lighthouse in Kewaunee, Wisconsin, was officially added to the National Register of Historic Places. Read the full story by the Great Lakes Echo.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230113-lighthouse
A major scientific study aimed to find the best way to allow a certain species of fish swim upstream, now sits in a legal limbo as the Michigan Supreme Court decides whether to consider the case. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230113-fish-research
Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 28.8 million tons last year, the Lake Carriers’ Association reports. That mark is down about 2.5 percent versus the total from 2021. Read the full story by Pit & Quarry.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230113-limestone
The Erie Coke Corporation based in Erie, PA, and its former plant superintendent have come under federal indictment for allegedly violating the Clean Air Act. Read the full story by the Great Lakes Echo.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230113-clean-air-act
The Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan will close to marine traffic beginning January 15, or until commercial traffic ceases, through March 25 to perform critical maintenance. Read the full story by WDMJ – Marquette, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230113-soo-locks-closing
A wetter atmosphere and slower freezing of the Great Lakes has made wintertime temperature increases in Wisconsin cities Milwaukee and Green Bay among the highest in the nation as research projects that rises will continue. Read the full story by PBS Wisconsin.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230113-climate-change-wisconsin
Michigan officials advise people to limit how much rainbow smelt they eat from the Great Lakes and some inland lakes due to elevated PFAS contaminant levels. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230113-fish-advisory
States across the Great Lakes region have allocated funds to local volunteer fire departments to fight wildfires and help meet the demand to expand fire protection. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221209-wildfire-protection
Millennials and Generation Z have become more likely to get involved in climate change and environmental activism, and such activism is especially important in the Great Lakes region. See what four young women are doing as they emerge as leaders in their Great Lakes communities. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221209-young-leaders
The Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians has joined eight states, the Canadian province of Ontario and several Native American natural resource agencies as a signatory to the joint strategic plan for management of Great Lakes fisheries. Read the full story by Ashland Daily News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221209-red-cliff
The two Great Lakes that surround Lower Michigan continue to trek downward on lake levels. Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are now approaching their long-term average water level. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221209-lake-levels
The Alaskan weather more than 2700 miles from Michigan plays a bigger role than before in winter ice cover on the Great Lakes, new research finds. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221209-alaskan-sea
With the launch of children’s book Tor & Raven Are Friends, two Great Lakes authors emphasize an unlikely story of animal friendships beside the Great Lakes. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221209-childrens-book
Great Lakes steel production rose by 8,000 tons, while steel capacity utilization ticked up last week, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute. Read the full story by The Times of Northwest Indiana.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221209-steel-production
Situated along the eastern shore of Lake Erie, a total of $4.5 million is going towards shoreline restoration efforts to improve access to the waterfront at Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Centennial Park. The money is from the National Coastal Resilience Fund. Read the full story by Spectrum News 1 – Buffalo, NY.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221209-park-restoration
Renovation plans at Meijer’s busy Traverse City store recently led to a $1.15 million effort to keep hundreds of thousands of gallons of stormwater from rushing off the parking lot into Kids Creek, a small stream which flows into the Boardman River just before it spills into Lake Michigan’s Grand Traverse Bay. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221209-parking-lot
U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters secured major water infrastructure investments for Michigan in the final bipartisan Water Resources Development Act. This bill authorizes projects through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to modernize the Soo Locks, stop invasive carp, prevent coastal erosion and flooding, and improve water quality in Michigan. The House and Senate are expected to pass the bill soon. Read the full story by Radio Results Network.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221209-infrastructure-bill
The Superior Watershed Partnership announced it has used funding awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Debris Program to host coastal cleanups, beach hikes, and diving events this past summer for the city of Marquette, Michigan plus the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community and the Bay Mills Indian Community. Read the full story by the Mining Journal.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221128-marine-debris
The Great Lakes Lore Maritime Museum in Rogers City, Michigan organizes annual bell-ringing ceremonies to recognize sailors past and honoring those who still serve. Read the full story by the Alpena News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221128-bell-ringing
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded nearly $1.5 million in federal funding to projects focused on combatting harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes. Read the full story by the Fulton County Expositor.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221128-erie-funding
A brand-new degree program is coming to Northwestern Michigan College next fall. The program, an associate of applied science in water quality environmental technology, will focus on training a workforce supporting the direct monitoring and cleanup of waters within the Great Lakes watershed. Read the full story by The Ticker.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221128-nmc
Ontario’s minister of the environment said Hamilton, Ontario must audit its entire sewage infrastructure and create a remediation plan after the city revealed it discovered sewage has been leaking into Hamilton Harbour, which is part of Lake Ontario, for the past 26 years. Read the full story by CBC News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221128-hamilton-harbour
The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw motored down Lake Michigan this past weekend to Chicago, where its load of more than 1,200 Christmas trees will be used to recreate the holiday spirit of Michigan’s ill-fated Christmas Tree Ship, which sank in late November 1912. Read the full story by MLive.com.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221128-christmas-ship
While a lot of attention is paid to the amount of plastic pollution in the oceans, the Lake Huron Centre is planning a multi-program campaign to address plastic pollution in the Great Lakes. Read the full story by CKNX – Wingham, ON.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221128-lake-huron-centre
The Traverse City, Michigan-based Conservation Resource Alliance plans to rebrand Black Friday as Green Friday to kick off its participation in the new Forest to Mi Faucet program. The primary focus is to make a link between forest cover and clean drinking water. Read the full story by the Traverse City Record-Eagle.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221128-green-friday
The state of Ohio must develop a mandatory cap on algae-fueling nutrient pollution entering Lake Erie under the terms of a proposed court settlement. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221128-pollution-diet
The Canton, New York village board of trustees is considering a resolution to recognize the rights of the Grasse River in upstate New York. Read the full story by the Watertown Daily Times.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221128-river-rights
For those living near the Great Lakes who think they are somewhat insulated from the effects of climate change, a 1,695-word draft of a National Climate Assessment report released Monday included some sobering news: Lakes face a growing threat of hazardous algae blooms. Read the full story by the Chicago Sun Times.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221111-climate-change
The United States and Canada have launched an initiative to establish a “green shipping corridor” for the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Seaway system. Under the initiative, federal agencies will work with stakeholders to facilitate the establishment of a Great Lakes Green Shipping Corridor to help the industry decarbonize and involve setting up specific trade routes between major port hubs where zero-emission solutions are demonstrated and supported. Read the full story by gCaptain.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221111-green-shipping
Sailors who lost their lives in shipwrecks on the Great Lakes and Michigan waterways will be remembered at a historic church in downtown Detroit. Read the full story by The Associated Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221111-church
In Mexico, New York, a total of 150 Mexico Middle School students in early October spent about four hours exploring and investigating Lake Ontario plus one of its tributaries, the Little Salmon River. Read the full story by Oswego County Today.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221111-students
The city of Elyria, Ohio agreed to complete a series of capital projects to eliminate discharges of untreated sewage from its sewer system into the Black River, which sits 10 miles upstream from Lake Erie. Read the full story by Environment News Service.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221111-sewer-overflow
An extensive survey on the condition of three major sports fishing areas on the Great Lakes — Lake Michigan, Lake Erie and Saginaw Bay — was released by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources on Wednesday. Read the full story by the Midland Daily News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221111-fishery-findings
Algal blooms are typically not an issue this time of year, but researchers are noticing unusual blooms on Lake Erie this November. Read the full story by WNWO-TV – Toldeo, OH.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221111-algae-november
A proposed consent decree that will serve as a roadmap for state and federal regulators to get more serious about reducing western Lake Erie’s chronic algal blooms is now available for public viewing until December 12. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221111-erie-settlement
The Montreal to Lake Ontario section of the St. Lawrence Seaway will close its navigation season on December 31 according to a release issued November 4 by the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation. Read the full story by the Penticton Herald.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221111-seaway-navigation
Shipments of potash and western Canadian grain are at multi-decade highs at the Port of Thunder Bay, Ontario. As the fall grain harvest moved through the port, local grain elevators handled 840,000 tonnes of wheat, canola, and other grains in October. Grain shipments for the month increased by 33 per cent compared to September and were eight per cent more than October of 2021. Read the full story by the Chronicle Journal.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221111-potash
The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society is proud to announce the discovery of the 292-foot Whaleback vessel, found in Lake Superior, 35 miles off Vermilion Point, Michigan in 650 feet of water. Read the full story by WLUC-TV – Marquette, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221012-shipwreck
The threat of invasive species to America’s lakes and rivers has increased in recent years, but one Illinois project is attempting to protect the Great Lakes from invasive carp. Read the full story by the Public News Service.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221012-invasive-carp
After several water crises this year, funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will be able to help disenfranchised communities in the Great Lakes, but only with careful planning. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221012-upgrades
Though a White House memo vowed to elevate tribal consultation across the country, no formal cross-agency policy yet exists. Protecting wetlands in the Great Lakes region is testing this agreement. Read the full story by E&E News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221012-tribes
State officials say toxic forever chemicals known as PFAS have contaminated fish in two popular lakes on the Wisconsin River and are warning anglers to limit how much of it they eat. Read the full story by the Wisconsin State Journal.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221012-forever-chemicals
Officials in Yates and Somerset, New York, blame the state of New York for creating a system that pits local towns against developers of solar and wind energy. Read the full story by The Journal News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221012-turbines
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Agency have demonstrated a new technology designed to reduce harmful algal blooms in lakes, including Lake Erie, which have been plagued by eutrophication. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221012-new-technology
A local artist and a nonprofit are bringing awareness of plastic pollution in the Great Lakes to Hamburg, New York, with an art installation called Red Fish. Read the full story by the Spectrum News 1- TV – Buffalo, NY.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221012-red-fish
The season for salmon fishing in Michigan is coming to a close, and for fisheries managers, it’s time to plan for the future. Read the full story by the WIAA- Interlochen, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221012-chinook
A growing number of Ontario’s Niagara-region winemakers are embracing sustainable practices in the face of extreme weather and climate change. Read the full story by CBC News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221012-winemakers
