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Mike Smalligan, the Forest Stewardship Coordinator for the Forest Resources Division of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, is putting together the Forest to MI Faucet program to use trees to help keep sources of drinking water cleaner. It builds on a federal program that educates landowners and others about the connections between forests and water. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.

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Organized by Bridgman’s Shoreline Resiliency Committee, folks got a preview of Michigan State University’s Citizen-Science Coastal Change Monitoring Program before picking up trash. Using drones, researchers gather data and map about five miles of Lake Michigan shoreline over an extended period to gain a better understanding of these rapidly changing lake levels. Read the full story by WNDU-TV – South Bend, IN.

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Pamela Palmater, a Mi’kmaw citizen and member of the Eel River Bar First Nation in northern New Brunswick, produced the short documentary film Samqwan, which translates to water in the Mi’kmaq language, to raise awareness about the Indigenous connection to water. Indigenous people have been standing up to protect water for decades — because to them, is more than just hydration; water is alive and holds a spirit. Read the full story by CBC Radio.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230424-indigenous-water-protection

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With 120 lighthouses dotting its shoreline, Michigan has the most lighthouses of any state in the nation. To ensure the lighthouses receive the care they need, the State Historic Preservation Office directed $106,000 in Michigan Lighthouse Assistance Program grant funding to the Rock of Ages Lighthouse and the Eagle Harbor Lighthouse, both located in the Michigan’s upper peninsula. Read the full story by The Sault News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230424-lighthouse-restoration

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The Province of Ontario has earmarked about $66,000 so that five Indigenous communities can assess fish consumption levels in parts of Lake Superior that remain classified as “areas of concerns” due to historical pollution. Read the full story by the Chronical Journal.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230424-fish-consumption

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The Great Lakes Environmental Festival kicked off Friday in downtown Manistee, Michigan, at West Shore Community College. The festival was started by husband and wife, Dr. Ziggy Kozicki and Dr. Stephanie Baiyasi-Kozicki in a college classroom in 2007; since then, the festival has grown to teach communities about environmental issues and ways people can keep the Earth clean. Read the full story by WWTV-TV – Cadillac, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230424-environmental-festival

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A record number of cruises are expected to dock in Detroit this year as part of a growing Great Lakes cruise industry. Last year, there were a record 52 cruise ships that docked in Detroit, and according to Cruise the Great Lakes and the Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority, there will be 67 cruise ships docking during the season. Read the full story by WXYZ-TV – Detroit, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230414-detroit-cruise

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Former U.N. water adviser Maude Barlow is the veteran Canadian and international water rights activist who was instrumental in securing the human right to water declaration by the United Nations in 2010. Barlow recently spoke with Great Lakes Now in an interview that in addition to the World Water conference, covered U.S and Canada’s relationship with the Great Lakes and recent tension between the two countries. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230414-water-insight

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In Door County, Wisconsin, wetter weather means the water level in Lake Michigan is higher than usual for this time of year. Although, the water level isn’t as high as it was at this time last year, and the forecasted levels for this summer are nowhere near the record-setting highs they reached three and four years ago. Read the full story by the Green Bay Press-Gazette.

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Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s office announced the Fresh Coast Maritime Challenge program in a Monday night release. The program is a partnership between Traverse Connect and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation awarding up to $150,000 in grants to decarbonize and electrify Michigan watercraft and marinas. Read the full story by Traverse City Record-Eagle.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service personnel will apply lampricides to the Black River in Alcona County, Michigan, to kill sea lamprey larvae burrowed in the stream bottom. The applications will be conducted between April 24 to May 4 in accordance with State of Michigan permits. Read the full story by Iosco County News-Herald.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230414-lamprey-control

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A storage basin containing wastewater at the Waste Treatment Plant in Washburn, Wisconsin, is on track to overflow due to the fast melting of snow, and that is threatening Lake Superior. The storage basin at Washburn’s treatment plant typically takes in 175,000 to 200,000 gallons of water per day; in four days, it took in over 3.4 million gallons. Read the full story by WDIO-DT – Duluth, MN.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230414-wastewater-overflow

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The Nature Conservancy of Canada has made a deal to buy Batchewana Island in Lake Superior north of Sault Ste. Marie to protect it from development. It is Lake Superior’s largest privately-owned island and has 27 kilometres of shoreline and more than 2,000 hectares of forests and wetlands. Read the full story by CTV News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230414-island-purchase

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This year, more than 300 students at six Milwaukee-area schools are investigating the importance of clean water, from our faucets to Lake Michigan. In the classroom, the student’s goal was to learn how to do the experiments before they run the same tests at Bradford Beach next month. Read the full story by WISN-TV – Milwaukee, WI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230414-student-water-testing

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Canada’s worst invasive plant is a little less evident thanks to a comprehensive and collaborative initiative founded in 2013 that sees phragmites removed from the community. A partnership between the Municipality of Kincardine, Ontario, Dr. Janice Gilbert, and the Lake Huron Coastal Centre in 2013 created the Phragmites Management Plan to control the destructive plant. Read the full story by the Saugeen Times.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230414-phragmite-remediation

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The cities of Joliet, Channahon, Crest Hill, Minooka, Shorewood and Romeoville, Illinois are all participating in the Wyland Mayor’s Challenge that asks residents to conserve water, energy and other natural resources on behalf of their city through a series of informative, easy-to-use pledges online. Read the full story by WJOL – Joliet, IL.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230414-water-conservation-challenge

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This past weekend at Edgewater Park in Cleveland, Ohio, an abundance of dead gizzard shad, a non-native species of fish commonly found in the Great Lakes, was found floating in the water. Read the full story by WEWS-TV – Cleveland, OH.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230329-invasive-fish-kill

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As of March 24, all of the Great Lakes remained above their March long-term average levels, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District. Specifically, on Lake Ontario, water levels were eight inches above the long-term monthly average for March and four inches above levels in February. Read the full story by WWTI-TV – Watertown, NY.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230329-ontario-water-levels

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Dredging will start soon on a Lake Michigan channel near Muskegon, Michigan, that otherwise would be impassable to all watercraft. Water depths in the Mona Lake Channel are as low as one foot in some areas. Read the full story by MLive.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230329-channel-dredging

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In southeastern Wisconsin, starry stonewort, an invasive alga that can significantly harm aquatic ecosystems, is starting to make its way across lakes and rivers. First confirmed in Wisconsin in 2014 at Little Muskego Lake, starry stonewort has been documented on 27 other lakes, including 4 in Southeast Wisconsin. Read the full story by the Kenosha News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230329-invasive-spread

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In Newaygo County, Michigan, anglers should be on the lookout this spring for Michigan Department of Natural Resources personnel collecting walleye eggs below Croton Dam. Electrofishing boat crews will collect walleye starting as early as the week of March 27, depending on water temperatures, the presence of ripe fish and other factors. Read the full story by The Daily Press.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230329-walleye-egg-collection

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Previously, researchers have not able to collect much data on Lake Ontario over the winter outside of surface temperatures. Now, an international project between the United States and Canada is studying how the temperature of Lake Ontario below the surface changes throughout the year. Read the full story by WROC-TV – Rochester, NY.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230329-ontario-study

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A Dutch shipping company is set to launch a monthly liner service between Duluth, Minnesota, and Antwerp, Belgium, allowing cargo and containers to traverse the Atlantic Ocean on a regular basis. Starting in May, ships are expected to arrive in the port approximately once a month until the St. Lawrence Seaway closes in late December. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.

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On March 27, remains of the wreck of the Emeline, a late 19th-century lumber-carrying schooner that lies in Lake Michigan off Anclam Park in Baileys Harbor, was added to the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places. Read the full story by the Green Bay Press-Gazette.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230329-shipwreck-historic-register

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The Lake Huron Coastal Centre is looking for community scientists to help monitor the Lake Huron Shoreline in Ontario, Canada. A group of volunteers called Coastwatchers collect data on weather conditions, algae blooms, plastic pollution, human activity, erosion, and wildlife once a week from May until October. Read the full story by Bayshore Broadcasting.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230329-huron-volunteers

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A bipartisan group of Great Lakes lawmakers wrote Thursday to President Joe Biden ahead of his official visit to Ottawa this month, urging him to press Canadian leaders on boosting their financial support for restoring and protecting the Great Lakes. The nine U.S. lawmakers stressed that “sustained investments” from partnerships between the U.S. and Canada are needed to clean up toxic Areas of Concern in the freshwater lakes, combat invasive species, restore habitats and reduce algae blooms. Read the full story by The Detroit News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230310-canadian-funding

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In 2021, the U.S. Coast Guard announced it no longer needed the lighthouse that was built in 1910 at the end of the north breakwater of Duluth’s shipping canal. Rethos, a St. Paul-based historic preservation nonprofit, was awarded the Duluth Harbor North Pierhead Light by the National Park Service last month. Read the full story by Minnesota Public Radio.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230310-duluth-lighthouse

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After a mild January and February, Lake Superior ice levels are lower than normal for this time of year, say Canadian federal observers. By the middle of February, Superior’s ice thickness in the vicinity of Thunder Bay, Ontario was estimated to be only 45 centimeters, about 20 cm less for the same time last year and 15 cm less than the seasonal average, according to data provided by the Meteorological Service of Canada. Read the full story by the Chronicle Journal.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230310-superior-ice-cover

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The Lake Huron Forever initiative awarded grants totaling $30,000 to four community projects aimed at protecting and enhancing the water quality of Lake Huron. The initiative aims to support community conversation and action to design and complete on-the-ground work to strengthen the health and well-being of residents and their surrounding natural resources. Read the full story by Iosco County News-Herald.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230310-water-quality-funding

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration facility in Alpena, Michigan is partnering with its Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory to learn more about the acidification of the freshwater Great Lakes. The goal is to get a baseline understanding of acidification in the lakes now so they can study them for years in the future. Read the full story by WBKB-TV – Alpena, MI.

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While the Oneida County Board discusses a resolution opposing the Pelican River Forest project, the Sokaogon Chippewa government passed a resolution in support of it. The project would protect natural resources the Sokaogon Chippewa Community and other Ojibwe Tribes have relied on like wild rice, medicinal plants, and subsistence hunting. Read the full story by WXPR – Rhinelander, WI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230310-conservation-resolution

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Ice-breaking operations in Midland, Ontario Harbour are expected around March 18 to open the Great Lakes shipping routes around March 22. The Canada Steamship Lines bulk carrier MV Frontenac is expected to move from her winter mooring at the ADM Mill in Midland Harbour after a Canadian Coast Guard ice breaker clears a path in from the open waters of Georgian Bay. Read the full story by CTV News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230310-ice-breaking

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Eastern Lake Ontario, with 43 known shipwrecks and one aircraft, is on the verge of becoming a national marine sanctuary. The years-long effort has been supported by local governments, including Cayuga County, and the State of New York. If the sanctuary is established, the state will co-manage it with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Read the full story by The Citizen.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230310-marine-sanctuary-proposal

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Promote Michigan President Dianna Stampfler will swing through the Harbor Beach (Michigan) Area District Library on Wednesday, March 15, with her Ladies of the Lights presentation to talk about women in the Great Lakes region who have worked in lighthouses for Women’s History Month. The presentation includes readings from newspaper articles, autobiographies, and historic photos of the women and the lighthouses they cared for. Read the full story by Huron Daily Tribune.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230310-lighthouse-women

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The city of Detroit and the Wayne Metropolitan Action Agency recently added 1,125 gallons of water per person per month to a program that prevents water shut-offs in low-income households, expanding a program launched in August to erase water bill debt, repair plumbing, and lower monthly bills for low-income residents. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230301-water-shutoff-prevention

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A new national report gave Michigan a failing grade for its efforts to combat lead contamination in school drinking water. While the researchers praise Detroit schools for working to install hundreds of filtered water stations across the school district, they award only partial credit for Michigan’s plan to replace every lead service line in the state by 2041. Read the full story by WKAR-TV – East Lansing, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230301-lead-response-report

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In 2019, a team of historians, underwater archaeologists, and technicians located the wreckage of the Ironton, a 191-foot (58-meter) cargo vessel that collided with a grain hauler on a blustery night in September 1894, and deployed remotely controlled cameras to scan and document it. The Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Alpena, Michigan, plans to reveal the location in coming months and is considering placing a mooring buoy at the site. Read the full story by The Associated Press.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230301-ship-wreck-discovery

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The Canadian Coast Guard has responded to just 20 requests for icebreaking on the Great Lakes this winter as ice coverage for the lakes is at a record low for this time of year. Read the full story by Blackburn News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230301-icebreaking-usage

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The New York Power Authority announced Wednesday that preparations are underway to remove the Niagara River Ice Boom. Since 1964, the boom has been installed near the outlet of Lake Erie to reduce the amount of ice entering the Niagara River. Read the full story by WKBW-TV – Buffalo, NY.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230301-ice-boom-removal

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A water monitoring system called MiWaterNet is powered by participatory community scientists and provides real time data for researchers across northern Michigan. These data on small stream quality helps researchers answer important questions about a watershed’s condition. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230301-water-monitoring

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The State of Michigan continues to hold Community Resource Fairs in Benton Harbor for residents to learn about how they can keep themselves safe from lead in their homes. More than 100 people attended a fair Tuesday at the Virginia Edwards Community Center. Read the full story by WSJM – Benton Harbor, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230301-lead-resources

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U.S. District Judge David Lawson has ordered Flint, Michigan, to replace any remaining lead or steel water lines by Aug. 1, the latest intervention after a series of missed deadlines. Judge Lawson signed off on an agreement between the city and the Natural Resources Defense Council, which represents residents in long-running litigation that began in 2016. Read the full story by The Associated Press.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230301-flint-litigation

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In August, Amy Stout of Petersburg, Michigan, became the second woman to complete the Lake Erie Solo Challenge in the event’s 16-year history. The 455-mile sailing event began in 2007, with just three women having attempted it thus far. Read the full story by The Monroe News.

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A federal judge has given Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel another chance to argue that her lawsuit seeking to shut down the Line 5 petroleum pipeline is best heard in state court. The issue of which court holds jurisdiction over the lawsuit has become a crucial detail in the legal battle over Enbridge Energy’s pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230224-line-5-litigation

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The governors of Michigan and Illinois are proposing to jointly pay $114 million toward an infrastructure project that would stop invasive silver and bighead carp from moving into the Great Lakes via Chicagoland waterways. Combined, the two state appropriations would cover the total non-federal share of current estimated project costs for the Brandon Road Lock and Dam. Read the full story by MLive.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230224-carp-funding

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Last year the Lake Michigan Commercial Fishing Board made a formal request to begin netting lake trout on Lake Michigan. To that end, the Wisconsin DNR formed the Lake Michigan Lake Trout Commercial Harvest Stakeholder Group, made up of about a dozen state residents, to provide input on the commercial harvest of lake trout. Read the full story by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230224-lake-trout-netting

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Detroit District and Great Lakes Fishery Commission (GLFC) have announced the completion of a $1.67 million permanent sea lamprey trap on the East Branch AuGres River in National City, Michigan. The finalization of the project represents a long-standing partnership between USACE and GLFC to control invasive sea lampreys and protect the $7 billion Great Lakes fishery. Read the full story by Oscoda Press.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230224-lamprey-trap

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A restoration plan is close to being finalized for the Tittabawassee River, Saginaw River, and Saginaw Bay watershed to compensate the public for the loss of natural habitats and recreation opportunities, due to decades of industrial activity and pollution. The project, which will restore and preserve thousands of acres of wetlands and other natural habitats is funded by a nearly $6 million settlement with Dow Chemical and General Motors. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230224-watershed-rehabilitation

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A special training program will take place over the weekends of April 22-23 and May 20-21, 2023 in South Haven, Michigan and is free with membership in the Michigan Maritime Museum in South Haven. Participants who complete both weekends will be eligible to join the crew of the museum’s own tall ship, “Friends Good Will.” Read the full story by MLive.com.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230224-tall-ship-training

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Last September, Hoverlink Ontario Inc. held an open house to announce its plan to build the first-ever hovercraft transit service in North America. It plans to carry 180 passengers at a time across Lake Ontario between Toronto and Niagara Falls in just 30 minutes. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230224-hovercraft-travel

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