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Indigenous water protectors from Great Lakes tribes and their supporters are calling on a federal agency to fully review and reject a Line 5 project in northern Wisconsin, which they say would be “an act of cultural genocide” if permitted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Read the full story by the Michigan Advance. 

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The S.S. Badger is set to make its first voyage of the season on Thursday. The 410-foot Great Lakes car ferry will sail 60 miles from Ludington to Manitowoc, Wisconsin sporting a fresh coat of paint. Read the full story by the Manistee News Advocate. 

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Michigan is set to receive more than $1 billion over the next five years to repair water infrastructure. The federal funds are an opportunity to reinvest in essential public works. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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The University of Toledo christened its newest research vessel Tuesday at the Lake Erie Center. The 21-foot R/V Spangler, named after the late charter boat captain and water quality advocate Dave Spangler, will replace the Mayflier. Read the full story by WNWO-TV – Toledo, OH.

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A University of Michigan research team says it could not find a clear link between increasing seismic activity and recent high water levels in Lake Erie. Read the full story by MLive.

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The first cruise ship since 2013 to arrive in Duluth’s harbor will arrive May 30 and dock at the new customs facility in the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center. Read the full story by Duluth News Tribune.

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The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee hopes to get more students interested in Great Lakes research by taking them out on research vessel Neeskay. Read the full story by Spectrum News 1.

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It’s the oldest mystery on the Great Lakes: Whatever happened to the Griffon? It was the first big ship to sail the Great Lakes. Loaded with furs in what’s now Wisconsin, the Griffon was said to have sunk somewhere in northern Lake Michigan in 1679. A couple in Charlevoix, Michigan, think they’ve found it. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.

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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore’s first Great Lakes piping plover nests of 2022 have been spotted, kicking off what’s hoped to be another great summer for the endangered bird. Read the full story by MLive.

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If you are looking for an escape from the unseasonably warm weather, taking a dip in the Great Lakes isn’t a good option yet, according to surface water temperature data. Read the full story by Midland Daily News.

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After getting wiped out in the early 1900s due to fur traders and deteriorating water conditions in the Detroit River, river otters have officially made their triumphant return to southeast Michigan, local biologists happily announced on Friday. Read and listen to the full story by WWJ Newsradio 950 – Detroit, MI.

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Great Lakes Awareness Day celebrates the Great Lakes and highlights the issues they face, and how the lakes can be preserved. Read the full story by the Telegraph Forum.

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The Viking Octantis, the first of two new purpose-built expedition ships from the cruise ship company Viking, stopped in Port Colborne, ON Sunday during its inaugural voyage in the Great Lakes. Read the full story by the Niagara Falls Review.

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The largest and most modern cruise ship on the Great Lakes will visit its first port of call in Michigan on Tuesday after its inaugural journey through the St. Lawrence Seaway. Read the full story by MLive.

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Coastal restoration efforts are underway across the state as recipients of the Michigan Coastal Management Program grants begin work locally. Read the full story by The Mining Journal.

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The 767-foot, self-unloading freighter was carrying about 25,000 tons of stone from Port Inland, Michigan, when it grounded Thursday, April 28, as it was approaching Muskegon’s harbor. The Kaye E. Barker was able to transit to Verplank Dock in Muskegon Sunday after lightening additional product from the vessel. Read the full story by the Muskegon Chronicle.

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Several freshwater fishing opportunities opened across New York over the weekend. This included fishing for northern pike, pickerel, tiger muskellunge and walleye as the seasons opened on Sunday, May 1. Read the full story by ABC50 NOW.

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How’s the fishing on the St. Marys River? Fisheries staff with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry will be asking this summer and fall during a creel survey beginning in May and running through October.  Read the full story by The Sault News.

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In Onaway, MI campers squat atop a low cliff overlooking a wending, swiftly-flowing river to protect sturgeon. Read the full story by The Alpena News.

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Six years ago a panel of experts convened by former Governor Rick Snyder concluded that Michigan’s public works — its roads, sewers, water distribution pipes, and other vital systems — were in “a state of disrepair” and Michigan was losing competitive advantage in a globalized economy by not investing in fundamental connective assets like potable water and wastewater treatment. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.

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Volunteers gathered at Wendy Park in Cleveland to clean up the beach during Earth Day weekend. The litter picked up this year along the shores of the Great Lakes could put the total amount of trash that’s been kept out of our lakes at over half a million pounds. Read the full story by the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

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The Meijer company has donated $1 million toward cleaning up the Great Lakes. The money will be used by the Council of the Great Lakes Region to clean up beaches and waterways throughout the Midwest and to educate the public about plastics pollution. Read the full story by WGRT – Port Huron, MI.

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In New York, nearly 300 Earth Week volunteers gathered at Hamburg’s Woodlawn Beach, hauling away a winter’s worth of debris deposited on shore. Read the full story by The Buffalo News.

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Algal blooms cause lower housing prices in Lake Erie communities, according to a study published earlier this year in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics. View the full video story by Great Lakes Echo.

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If you’re at a Great Lakes port this season, you might see one of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ large fisheries research vessels conducting annual fish surveys. The vessels are based out of Marquette, Alpena, Charlevoix and Harrison Township harbors in Michigan. Read the full story by WLUC-TV – Negaunee, MI.

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In light of the present crisis unfolding on The Sullivans – and the fact that epoxy is a temporary fix for holes in its hull that caused it to list severely last week – a larger plan to protect the future of the ship has risen in importance. Read the full story by the Buffalo News.

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After last year’s free parking program for beaches, the city has decided to charge $15 for the season. Trish Sorrenti, corporate executive administrator, said last year’s free parking program was a struggle for staff. Read the full story by the St. Catherines Standard.

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As the invasive tench tries to make inroads in the St. Lawrence River from east to west, another aquatic invasive critter, cousin to the round goby, is making its mark from the opposite direction. Read the full story by the Watertown Daily Times.

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In March, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the Building Michigan Together Plan, which included the largest infrastructure investment in state history. Included in that investment is nearly $2 billion for water infrastructure. Read the full story by the Petoskey News-Review.

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An area like the Great Lakes that has rain and higher temperatures in the summer, followed by a cold, snowy winter, is best suited for maple production. But the Great Lakes maple season is evolving as climate change increasingly impacts maple syrup production with shorter harvest seasons, less sugar production and unreliable sap flow. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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