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According to a new study, Lake St. Clair and its coastal zones in Macomb County, Michigan, brings a $1.6 billion economic impact and more than 18,000 jobs to the county and region. In the next few months, the Macomb County Chamber is forming a task force to support the study and further boost the economy around the lake. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.

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No cause has been determined yet for a massive fish kill stretching several kilometers up the Ausable River to the shores of Lake Huron, centered in Port Franks, Ontario. Everything from water temperature to run-off could be to blame. Read the full story by CTV News.

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Marine Pollution Control (MPC), an oil spill removal organization based in Detroit, recently held a simulated oil spill exercise at a Lake Huron harbor in Rogers City, Michigan. MPC’s training exercises aim to use tactics in a manner that addresses the trajectory and fate of any oil release in the Great Lakes. Read the full story by WKAR – East Lansing, MI.

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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources continues to help enhance fish populations in Lakes Michigan and Superior. Stocking efforts will continue throughout the year, including stocking 50,000 brook trout, 44,468 brown trout and 258,228 coho salmon into the Great Lakes, to ensure the 2023 stocking quotas are fulfilled. Read the full story by the Lake Geneva News.

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According to the International Lake Superior Board of Control, Lake Superior’s average water level at the beginning of August is above the seasonal long-term average and the level of a year ago. Meanwhile, Lake Michigan-Huron is above the seasonal long-term average, yet below the level of a year ago. Read the full story by SooToday.

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District announced the start of $1.25 million dredging operations at two Lake Michigan harbors in Ludington and Pentwater, Michigan, to keep the federal navigation system safe and open for commercial and recreational traffic. Read the full story by the Midland Daily News.

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In Charlevoix, Michigan, United States Geological Survey scientists will start getting information from an autonomous vessel called Saildrone in the Great Lakes. This bright orange solar and wind-powered boat was launched last week in Lake Michigan to understand fish stocks and allow scientists to compare its data to those from conventional research vessels. Read the full story by WPBN-TV – Traverse City, MI.

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For the first time in the state of Wisconsin, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released captive-reared Great Lakes piping plovers. Four 28-day-old chicks that had been rescued as eggs from an abandoned nest in the Apostle Islands were released at the Cat Island Restoration Site in Lower Green Bay, Wisconsin. Read the full story by WLUK-TV – Green Bay, WI.

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A swimmer’s itch outbreak has been detected in Lake Superior in areas of Whitefish Bay and Waishkey Bay in Chippewa County, Michigan. Health officials recommend beachgoers stay out of the water under certain weather conditions to lessen their risk of contracting the infection. Read the full story by MLive.

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Minnesota Department of Natural Resources researchers are attempting to learn how a freshwater algae, known as didymo or ‘rock snot’, impacts what various types of fish are eating in North Shore rivers and streams. The freshwater algae live in low nutrient, low-temperature environments and can form dense mats of brown slime that smother streambeds. Read and listen to the full story by WTIP – Grand Marais, MN.

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This spring, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) stocked Lake Michigan with one million chinook salmon, nearly 200,000 more fish than in 2022. As the population of salmon prey fish called alewife increases in Lake Michigan, the DNR is able to stock more salmon, ultimately leading to more fishing opportunities. Read the full story by WOOD-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.

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At University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Fresh Water Sciences, crew members and more than a dozen scientists from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are preparing for a month-long trip across the Great Lakes aboard the largest vessel to navigate the Great Lakes. The samples collected will help scientists understand temperature profiles in the water as well as depth and provide insight into the food chain from. Read the full story by WISN-TV – Milwaukee, WI.

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In Lake Superior near Marquette, Michigan, the Marquette Maritime Museum has sponsored a new buoy to make finding shipwrecks easier for the Great Lakes Scuba Divers and Lake Preservation Club. Anchoring this buoy to the lake bottom will help the D. Leuty shipwreck, the first to be marked by the club, and its artifacts stay intact. Read the full story by WLUC-TV – Marquette, MI.

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William Scriber, executive director and CEO of the Port of Oswego Authority (POA) was elected secretary of the American Great Lakes Ports Association last week. Scriber joined the POA in 2009 as logistics manager and has been the director since 2017. Under his leadership, the port set a record year in 2022 with shipping alone up over 300% compared to 2021. Read the full story by Oswego County Today.

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Lake Michigan Carferry announced on Tuesday that it will not operate the S.S. Badger for the remainder of the season after the ship’s ramp system was damaged last month. The Badger transports passengers from Ludington, Michigan to Manitowac, Wisconsin, and was scheduled to offer overnight sailings through August 6. Read the full story by WPBN-TV – Ludington, MI.

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Members of the Michigan Shipwreck Research Association say they have located a vessel in deep Lake Michigan waters but will wait to publicly identify the sunken ship until a later date. So far, the only information being released is the vessel is in the West Michigan portion of Lake Michigan in very deep waters, far offshore. Read the full story by MLive.

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In the Stella and Starks area of Oneida County, Wisconsin, nearly 100 private wells have been tested for PFAS and more than half have come back with at least a trace of PFAS contamination. The first private well tested in Stella about a year ago came back with levels thousands of times higher than the Wisconsin Department of Health’s safe drinking water standard. Read the full story by WXPR – Rhinelander, WI.

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Harmful algae blooms in Michigan and other states are spiking during the summer in freshwater bodies such as lakes, according to a recent CDC report. Toxins produced in these blooms can lead to illness in humans and animals. Read the full story by The Detroit Free Press.

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The AFTCO Bassmaster Elite’s 102-boat field will be held at Brandenburg Park in Chesterfield Township, Michigan, at Lake St. Clair from July 27-30. After the Day 2 weigh-in, the field will be cut to the top 50, with only the top 10 advancing to championship Sunday. Read the full story by The Macomb Daily.

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In Ottawa County, Michigan, E. coli levels continue to be a concern as dredging has resumed in the Grand Haven Channel. An advisory to “take precautions” at North Beach Park in Ferrysburg has been issued by the Ottawa County Health Department. Read the full story by MLive.

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Eastpointe, Michigan, is set to get $10 million in state funding for replacement of lead water lines after being named as an “action city” by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy. On July 18, the City of Eastpointe issued a public advisory for its 13,565 water customers after water testing samples from locations with known lead water lines showed seven of 60 homes tested had results of more than 15 parts per billion (ppb). Read and listen to the full story by The Macomb Daily.

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A Beach Hazards Statement is in effect for the Lake Michigan shore near South Haven, Michigan, today. Northwest winds at Holland State Park will push water toward the north pier causing swimmers to get caught in the structural current and be pushed out away from shore. Read the full story by WOOD-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service personnel will apply lampricides to the Pentwater River in Oceana County, Michigan, between July 18-23. The public is asked to minimize contact with the Pentwater River in Oceana County and agricultural irrigation must be suspended 24 hours before and after treatment. Read the full story by MLive.

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The Senate Appropriations Committee voted to provide the Army Corps of Engineers the full $235 million it had asked for to continue construction on a new Soo Lock at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Read the full story by The Detroit Free Press.

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The Harbor Princess, a boat with a storied history on two Great Lakes, has settled into its new home in Petoskey, Michigan, to offer sunset cruises on the Little Traverse Bay. The ferry service for the last few years has been port-hopping around the bay with stops to pick up and drop off passengers in Petoskey and neighboring Bay Harbor and Harbor Springs. Read the full story by MLive.

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Nearly 800 shipwrecks in Wisconsin lakes and waterways have been catalogued by the Wisconsin Historical Society Maritime Preservation Program and the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute. With the right equipment and skills, it is possible to visit several of them, with many becoming popular tourist attractions for curious scuba divers, snorkelers, kayakers and boaters. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision removed federal protections for many wetlands, leaving states to decide whether and how to protect them. In a watershed like the Great Lakes basin, wetland protections are only as good as the state with the weakest laws. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.

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The U.S. EPA has been utilizing two research vessels to collect data on Lake Ontario in order to properly address issues of nutrient pollution, chemical contaminants, habitats and invasive species. Read the full story by WIVB-TV – Buffalo, NY.

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Volunteers in Ellisburg, New York, are trying to make South Sandy Creek more resilient by increasing biodiversity. In just a few days, the team introduced 6,000 plants, including 25 different native species to the region. Read the full story by WWNY-TV – Carthage, NY.

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One of Metro Detroit’s most well-known historic estates is getting a $7 million federal grant to restore Ford Cove on Lake St. Clair, improve habitats for local species and make it more accessible. Read the full story by The Detroit News.

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A survey of lake sturgeon, a species that dates back to the time of dinosaurs, will count juveniles in Northern Michigan’s Black Lake for the first time since 2013. Read the full story by MLive.

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In New York, SUNY Cortland and SUNY Oswego are collaborating with the federal Tunison Lake Ontario Biological Station and several other groups to determine the best ways to transport, raise and reintroduce the coregonine subfamily of freshwater fish. Read the full story by WXHC – Homer, NY.

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Swimming is currently restricted on Beach 8 at Presque Isle State Park in Erie, Pennsylvania, because of high E. coli levels. Read the full story by WJET-TV – Erie, PA.

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The H. Lee White Maritime Museum in Oswego, New York, is hosting a new exhibit featuring twenty-five 3D printed and hand painted scale models of shipwrecks located beneath the waters of Lake Ontario and Central New York. Read the full story by Oswego County Today.

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking comment on the next phase of an Obama-era Great Lakes program that has become one of the region’s largest for environmental cleanups and wildlife restoration over the past 13 years. Read the full story by The Toledo Blade.

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Captain Paul Berger Jr., of the Interlake Steamship Company, said he is “at home” this shipping season aboard the M/V Mesabi Miner—an iron ore freighter dedicated to the Men and Women of Minnesota’s Mesabi Iron Range. Read the full story by the Mesabi Tribune.

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U.S. District Judge William Conley has ordered Canadian energy company Enbridge to shutter portions of an oil pipeline that runs through Bad River Band land in Wisconsin within three years and to pay the tribe nearly $5.2 million for trespassing plus a portion of its profits until the shutdown is completed. Read the full story by Reuters.

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The Supreme Court’s recent ruling to significantly reduce Clean Water Act wetlands protections has caused alarm among environmental advocates who fear it will endanger crucial habitats and human health and safety. Michigan’s wetlands may fare better than other states because of strong state regulations, including part 303 of Michigan’s Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act that regulates wetlands not covered by federal law. Read the full story by Planet Detroit.

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On Friday, Drew Gronewald, an associate professor with the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan, delivered his annual presentation on the current state of Great Lakes water levels. After a couple years of record highs, followed by a marked dip, Lake Michigan-Huron in 2023 is relatively unchanged from 2022; however, two factors that influence lake levels, evaporation and precipitation, are increasing in intensity. Read the full story by WTTW-TV – Chicago, IL.

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The Lincoln Township Beach on Lake Michigan in Stevensville, Michigan, has been closed for almost three years after high water levels in 2019 made for unfit parking conditions and eroded half of the parking lot and pavilion. In an effort to save one of its only public beaches, Stevensville city officials say they’re putting together plans to revive it. Read the full story by WNDU-TV – South Bend, IN.

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After years of leasing Lady Michigan to the Friends of the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary for the shipwreck excursions, the owner of the boat decided not to lease it any longer and intended to move it to another location or sell it. On Thursday, Alpena developer Jeff Konczak announced that he and his wife, Tina, purchased the Lady Michigan, ensuring its long-term future in Alpena. Read the full story by The Alpena News.

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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has made awards ranging from $25,000 to $50,000 available for local communities to restore and protect water quality in the Finger Lakes watershed. The grants are supported by the state’s Environmental Protection Fund and administered through the DEC’s Finger Lakes Watershed Grant Program. Read the full story by Finger Lakes Times.

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On May 18, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that the Lake Erie Quadrangle was officially under consideration for designation as a National Marine Sanctuary. This nomination has been in the works since 2015 and has the potential to transform Erie, Pennsylvania, economically and environmentally. Read the full story by The Erie Reader.

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The Viking Polaris arrived Friday in Algoma, Wisconsin, making its only stop in the state on the ship’s 15-day Great Lakes excursion tour between Duluth and Toronto. Since last fall, the community has been preparing for passengers on the city’s first cruise ship and those that will come on the eight other ships of the summer. Read the full story by WLUK-TV – Green Bay, WI.

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The Front Range Lighthouse in downtown Cheboygan, Michigan, has been an active aid to navigation since it was built in 1880. Now owned by the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association (GLLKA), the lighthouse is being restored to the 1940s time period, when bright red daymarks were added to the tower. Read the full story by Cheboygan Daily Tribune.

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An iconic fixture on the Welland Canal in Port Colborne’s north end, the former Robin Hood Multifoods flour mill has a new owner who has plans to keep the existing workforce and expand the facility. London Agricultural Commodities (LAC) recently announced the purchase of Ceres Global Ag’s Port Colborne terminal (formerly Robin Hood) for $4 million (U.S.). Read the full story by the St. Catharines Standard.

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In New York, following public concern over whether the poor air quality from the Canadian wildfires will impact drinking water, the Monroe County Water Authority says the wildfire smoke will have no impact on the quality of water coming from the tap. Chris Lamanna, director of production and transmission, explained that there has been no detectable increase in particulate matter in the raw water quality coming in from Lake Ontario or treated water going out to customers. Read the full story by WHEC-TV – Rochester, NY.

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Invasive, parasitic sea lampreys continue to hunt and kill Lake Superior fish above the levels biologists would like to see, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic caused parts of two summer seasons to be lost in the never-ending battle against the eel-like creatures. Lake Superior now has an estimated 108,000 lampreys, a three-year rolling average, far above the goal of 48,000 lampreys set by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission. Read the full story by Duluth News Tribune.

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Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper has launched the trash-trapping, in-water cleanup technology Seabin for a second season at Buffalo Harbor State Park, New York. This is the second season for the installation of this innovative trashing/trapping device at the water’s edge of Buffalo Harbor State Park – a new tool for Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper’s efforts to prevent garbage from polluting our region’s waterways. Read the full story by Niagara Frontier Publications.

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The city of Highland Park, Michigan, and the Great Lakes Water Authority have agreed to put a long-running court case on pause, giving the two sides more time to work out how the city will pay a $24 million court judgment after not paying disputed water and sewer bills for years. The city says it can’t afford to pay, and has requested a state financial review and expedited bankruptcy proceeding. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.

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