A ship quarantined off Milwaukee, Wisconsin because of an outbreak of COVID-19 will finally be allowed to dock on Monday. Read the full story by WLS- TV – Chicago, IL.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210405-shipping-vessel
A drop of $52 million in spending on the cleanup of the Lake Erie watershed is another result of the coronavirus pandemic and a new bill from Ohio State Sen. Theresa Gavarone, R-Bowling Green, is designed to reinvigorate and secure those funds. Read the full story by the Sentinel-Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210405-erie-cleanup
New York Sea Grant, in partnership with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), announced that funding is now available for projects that engage youth under the age of 21 and address local watershed challenges and New York’s Great Lakes Action Agenda priorities. Read the full story by the Watertown Daily Times.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210405-ny-sea-grant
A network of farms in the Wisconsin counties of Oconto, Marinette and Shawano aiming to demonstrate environmentally sustainable farming practices has been launched through the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. Read the full story by the Green Bay Press-Gazette.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210405-sustainable-farming
A wave of water known as a meteotsunami surged across Lake Michigan and damaged homes and boat docks in the beach town of Ludington, Michigan, almost exactly three years ago. Now, scientists say it was the first of its kind ever documented in the Great Lakes. Read the full story by the Weather Channel.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210405-meteotsunami
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is forecasting a three-inch rise in Lake Superior water levels during April and expects the lake to remain above average through summer. Read the full story by WDIO – TV – Duluth, MN.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210405-superior-water-levels
Detroit History Tours in Michigan has announced the return of its legendary boat tours on the eighty-five-foot-long tall schooner, the Appledore IV, following the cancelation of last year’s boat season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the full story by the Detroit Metro Times.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210405-detroit-sailing
A federal judge has dismissed the latest attempt by property owners in a northwestern Indiana town to deny public access to Lake Michigan beaches. Read the full story by the Associated Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210405-indiana-beaches
The Great Lakes Seaway Partnership, a coalition of U.S. and Canadian maritime groups, commissioned the “American Anchor” film series to “tell the untold tale of shipping in America.” The new short film series shines a spotlight on Great Lakes shipping and its wide-reaching economic impact. Read the full story by The Northwest Indiana Times .
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210405-shipping-film
Scientists are comparing the diet of bank swallows along shorelines to those that have moved further inland to understand what is causing their population decline. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210401-shorebird-diet
Enbridge says it has completed the engineering and design phase of a 4-mile tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac that will house a new segment of the controversial Line 5 oil pipeline. Read the full story by The Detroit News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210401-line5-construction
An on-going study in Lakes Huron and Michigan is finding species-specific differences in what fish eat in the two lakes. Read the full story by Ludington Daily News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210401-fish-diets
April is the month of Earth Day, and every year there is one type of litter that knows no boundaries. Balloons. Read the full story by KPC News – Kendallville, IN.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210401-balloons
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is attempting to use national defense policy legislation passed two years ago to force the U.S. Department of Defense into compliance with tough state pollution cleanup laws in Michigan. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210401-pfas-cleanup
The Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, Illinois needs volunteers to prepare Montrose Beach for the return of Monty and Rose, the Great Lakes piping plover pair who use the beach as their springtime nesting ground. Read the full story by Block Club Chicago.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210401-piping-plovers
The Bay of Green Bay, Wisconsin is the world’s largest freshwater estuary and an effort is underway to declare it a national reserve. The designation would create opportunities, like a state-of-the-art Visitor & Research Center, to help study this important body of water. Read the full story by WFRV – TV – Green Bay, WI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210401-national-reserve
The Lake Express Ferry from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Muskegon, Michigan will start making high-speed trips across Lake Michigan on May 7. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210401-muskegon-ferry
On Oct. 26, 1952, strong winds caused the ‘S.S City of Grand Rapids’ steamship to snap from its mooring and swing into the St. Joseph Channel, blocking traffic. Read the full story by WZZM -TV – Grand Rapids, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210401-stuck-ship
As Canadian officials lobbied a Michigan Senate committee in March to keep the Line 5 pipeline open, Michigan Sen. Winnie Brinks grew frustrated with a conversation that, up to that point, had focused mainly on the immediate economic and safety implications of a possible shutdown. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210401-line5
The 2021 shipping season has started in Thunder Bay. Tug Sharon M1 and Barge Huron Spirit arrived in the port late Friday evening. with the vessel combination coming to the Mission Pier entrance around 11:30 p.m. Read the full story by the Chronicle Journal.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210401-shipping
Many people may be unknowingly creating a bigger erosion problem in the Great Lakes by removing rocks from the shoreline. Read the full story by WKFR – Kalamazoo, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210318-erosion
Ducks Unlimited, a nonprofit dedicated to conserving North America’s waterfowl habitats, is launching the $2.1 million research study to reduce harmful algal blooms, improve water quality and enhance the population of mallards, an important waterfowl for the region. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210318-ducks-unlimited
A unique data set out of Lake Michigan is offering a glimpse into the future of seasons in the Great Lakes and the cascading effects that global warming is having on the region’s climate. Read the full story by WJBK – TV – Detroit, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210318-lake-michigan-study
For 24 years, the Milwaukee Clipper ship has been docked on Muskegon Lake in Muskegon, Michigan. A local group wants to breathe life back into the 117-year-old ship. Read and view the full story by WZZM – TV – Grand Rapids, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210318-milwaukee-clipper
For 24 years, the Milwaukee Clipper ship has been docked on Muskegon Lake in Muskegon, Michigan. A local group wants to breathe life back into the 117-year-old ship. Read and view the full story by WZZM – TV – Grand Rapids, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210318-milwaukee-clipper
The City of Marquette, Michigan is closing off a quarter-mile portion of Presque Isle Park roadway to vehicles over the next month to save lives. Read the full story by WNMU – Marquette, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210318-salamander-crossing
A proposed open-pit mine on the outskirts of Marathon, Ontario, a north shore community of 3,300, could attract as many as 2,000 more residents and workers over the next two to three years. Read the full story by Northern Ontario Business.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210318-marathon-mine
A change in Lake Michigan water levels has revealed a shipwreck from the 1880s that is visible in western Michigan for the first time since 2018. Read the full story by The Associated Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210318-shipwreck
After two seasons of unusable roadways and boat launches, the city of Grand Haven, Michigan is hoping that the past two years of planning will help it be more prepared if lake levels rise again soon. Read and view the full story by WOOD -TV – Grand Rapids, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210318-lake-michigan-water
Lake Ontario water levels continue to drop and are currently running near a foot below average. The risk of significant flooding is near zero for Lake Ontario and that is welcome news for those that had damage from the flooding over the past few years. Read and view the full story by WROC -TV – Rochester, NY.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210318-ontario-water-levels
Despite the border restrictions during the pandemic, Americans and Canadians who are part of the Detroit River Coalition will be working together during a week-long celebration and cleanup of the Detroit River, April 17-24. Read the full story by The Macomb Daily.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210318-earth-week
According to new research from Climate Central, a nonprofit news organization that analyzes and reports on climate science, although there are still high coverage years, the annual maximum ice coverage on the Great Lakes is 22 percent lower on average, compared to 50 years ago, with years of low ice cover becoming more frequent. Read the full story by WNEM- TV – Bay City, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210311-ice-coverage
Some anglers and conservationists oppose a controversial catfishing bill introduced in the Michigan Legislature. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210311-fishing
Five Michigan congressional members signed a letter Wednesday pressing President Joe Biden to stop Enbridge’s Line 5, an oil pipeline, from being potentially shut down in May. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210311-line5
2021 Wisconsin Water Week is a conference meant to bring river and lake lovers from all over Wisconsin together to share research, educational strategies and new ideas about how to care for the water of the state. Read and listen to the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210311-wisconsin-water-week
The SS Badger will carry passengers and cargo in the Great Lakes from May 20 through Oct. 10 this year and will run at a full 600-person capacity. Read the full story by Manitowoc Herald Times.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210311-ss-badger
Step one in prepping for the 2021 shipping season in the Twin Ports started Wednesday as the U.S. Coast Guard broke up ice with the cutter Alder. Read the full story by KBJR-TV- Duluth, MN.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210311-coast-guard
The Stannard Rock Lighthouse, located 25 miles from the shore of Marquette in Michigan’s upper peninsula, has the longest distance separating a lighthouse from shore on the continent. Read the full story by WKFR – Kalamazoo, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210311-loneliest-place
The Ohio Lake Erie Commission and Ohio Environmental Protection Agency are seeking public comments on the proposed removal of a beneficial use impairment within the Cuyahoga River Area of Concern. Read the full story by the Akron Beacon Journal.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210311-cuyahoga-river
After three years of extraordinarily high levels on Lake Ontario that flooded properties and marinas, residents are hoping for some normal this year. Read the full story by The Syracuse Post-Standard.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210311-lake-ontario
American infrastructure that manages water for drinking, agriculture, transportation, and flood control faces a mounting backlog of maintenance needs, witnesses and members of a congressional subcommittee chaired by Ohio U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo) said during a two-hour online hearing Wednesday. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210311-kaptur
U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin announced the reintroduction of the Great Lakes Winter Commerce Act Wednesday, which would expand Coast Guard icebreaking efforts across the Great Lakes. Read the full story by WKOW- TV – Madison, WI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210304-icebreaking
Lake Ontario’s water levels are nearly 2 feet lower than they were this time last year. It has Great Lakes officials optimistic shoreline communities will avoid any major flood damage this year. Read and listen to the full story by WBFO – Buffalo, NY.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210304-ontario
As one of the few Great Lakes wetlands remaining in the state, the Arcadia Marsh Preserve in Arcadia, Michigan provides visitors with a glimpse into the region’s rich ecological history. Read the full story by Manistee News Advocate.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210304-arcadia-marsh
Satellite observations show that more than half of seasonal freshwater level changes on Earth happen in human-managed reservoirs, underscoring the profound impact humanity has on the global water cycle. Read the full story by the Science Daily.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210304-human-control
Environmental experts in the Georgian Bay area say the warming of Lake Huron can have significant effects on the weather, environment and wildlife. Read the full story by Collingwood Today.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210304-georgian-bay
A report from the Pennenvironment Research and Policy Center looked at 53 Pennsylvania Waterways, including Lake Erie, Edinboro Lake, Elk Creek and Millcreek. Read the full story by WJET-TV – Erie, PA.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210304-pennsylvania-plastics
We can use human ingenuity to solve the climate crisis. But doing so will force us to redefine what we think of as nature. Read the full story by Wired Magazine.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210304-climate-lessons
The first flood outlook issued by the Northeast River Forecast Center highlights Western New York as having above normal river flood risk through mid-March.. Read the full story by WGRZ – TV – Buffalo, NY.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210304-new-york-flooding
The Minnesota Indian Affairs Council is asking Gov. Tim Walz to temporarily stop the ongoing construction of the Line 3 oil pipeline across northern Minnesota. Read the full story by The Circle.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210304-line-3
