There’s not much that stumps researchers involved in the world’s longest-running predator/prey study on Michigan’s remote Isle Royale, but scientists made a first-time find recently when they examined a moose skeleton. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200825-isle-royale
A future U.S. Navy combat ship built in Marinette, Wisconsin completed acceptance trials in Lake Michigan over the weekend setting the stage for it to be commissioned in 2021. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200825-navy-warship
Two historic homes that were featured in the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair are under threat from worsening Lake Michigan erosion. Read and listen to the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200825-seawalls
The western Lake Erie’s summer algal bloom hasn’t changed dramatically, but the most intensity for the next few days appears likely to be in the shallow water along the shoreline between Toledo, Ohio and Monroe, Michigan. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200825-algal-bloom
A condition called hypoxia caused discolored water for some residents living in Cleveland, Ohio’s East Side neighborhoods, according to a news release sent on Sunday by the Cleveland Water Department. Read and view the full story by WEWS-TV – Cleveland, OH.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200825-cleveland-hypoxia
The waters around Rochester, New York are getting cleaner. This can be seen best by the low levels of toxins in fish and wildlife around the area. Read the full story by WROC-TV – Rochester, NY.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200825-fish-toxicity
While the Western Lake Erie watershed, which includes the Raisin and Huron rivers, has a low amount of toxins, its overall water quality remains poor, according to a report by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. The watershed earned an overall grade of 49%, a “C” score in the study. Read the full story by Bedford Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200825-lake-erie
The first phase of a $4.9 million outdoor enhancement project at Belle Isle’s Dossin Great Lakes Museum has been completed. Read the full story by The Detroit News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200825-dossin-museum
Desperate measures to protect homes from erosion and high water could have lasting impacts on Great Lakes’ once-natural coastlines that have been hardened with rock and steel. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200820-seawalls
According to the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project, a nonprofit that tracks drownings, there have been over 900 drownings in the Great Lakes since 2010. In 2020, there have already been 60 drownings — 34 of which took place in Lake Michigan. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200820-drownings
In 1959, L. David Mech arrived on the remote Isle Royale national park in Lake Superior to study the interaction between wolves and moose. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200820-isle-royale
The chance of a La Niña developing this fall has been increased to 60 percent. When La Niña is strong enough and lasts into winter, the weather pattern can be altered to a more harsh-winter situation. Read and view the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200820-la-nina
The Brecksville Diversion Dam and historic Pinery Feeder Dam have been removed and the Cuyahoga River is now free-flowing in Brecksville for the first time in over 190 years, according to National Park Service (NPS) officials. Read the full story by Akron.com.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200820-brecksville-dam
The Huron County Health Department announced the closure of Bird Creek Park and Wagener County Park beaches Aug. 19 due to high E. coli levels. Read the full story by the Huron Daily Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200820-ecoli
On Wednesday, a hydraulic excavator operator transferred dredged sands from a barge into a slurry box on the bay side of Park Point near the Aerial Lift Bridge in Duluth as part of a project to rebuild some of the eroding shoreline. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribute.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200820-park-point
Seven athletes will combine to swim, paddleboard and kayak 50 kilometres from Amherstburg, Ontario to Leamington, Ontario Saturday to raise awareness and funds for Lake Erie’s health. Read and listen to the full story by the Windsor Star.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200820-erie-fundraiser
Colin Boyd Shafer, a documentary photographer working for Environmental Defence, is highlighting the strong connections area residents have with the lake. Their stories that will be presented in a documentary this fall. Read the full story by Chatham This Week.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200820-lake-erie
Bowling Green State University professor Dr. Timothy Davis was one of nine international researchers recently named to the Scientific Steering Committee for GlobalHAB, an international program that is jointly sponsored by the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research and Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO. Read and view the full story by the Sentinel-Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200820-algal-blooms
The Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS) has entered into a partnership with Grand Circus, a tech-focused learning institution with campuses in Grand Rapids and Detroit, Michigan. Read the full story by Rapid Growth Media
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200813-glos
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Wednesday a $137 million loan to the City of Waukesha, Wisconsin to help implement the Great Lakes Water Supply Project. Read the full story by WITI -TV -Milwaukee, WI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200813-epa-waukesha
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) has agreed to examine allegations that it violated the civil rights of people living near a hazardous waste processing plant on Detroit’s east side. Read the full story by the Detroit Metro Times.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200813-environmental-investigation
Michigan’s 10-cent deposit law on beer, pop and other bottles and cans, enacted in 1976, has been wildly successful in getting those receptacles recycled, though the state still lags in overall recycling. But those involved in making, distributing and collecting those bottles and cans say the law needs revamping. Read and view the full story by the Detroit Free Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200813-bottle-deposits
Windsor resident Ian Parish, 39, has some advice to share after completing a 280-kilometre solo trip on Lake Erie last month. Read the full story by the Windsor Star.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200813-kayaker
Farm groups are suing the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) to stop the state from changing the rules for spreading manure. Read the full story by Michigan Public Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200813-manure-dispute
Environmental regulators in Wisconsin voted Wednesday to table rules setting new restrictions on firefighting foam containing PFAS chemicals. Read the full story by the Associated Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200813-wisconsin-pfas
The Nature Conservancy estimates, under the Trump administration’s new Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule, 55 percent of remaining wetlands in Wisconsin will lose federal protection. Read and listen to the full story by WXPR- Rhinelander, WI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200813-wisconsin-wetlands
An administrative law judge granted Bay Mills Indian Community the right to intervene in the ongoing pipeline fight uniting Tribes, environmental groups and community members against oil giant Enbridge. The decision will allow Bay Mills to be a party in the contested case process evaluating Enbridge’s Michigan Public Service Commission’s permit application. Read the full story by Earth Justice.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200813-enbridge-pipeline
Researchers from the Lake Erie Center have been analyzing this year’s algal bloom for the past few weeks, which has been rated a 5 out of 10 for severity. Read and view the full story by WNWO -TV-Toledo, OH.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200813-erie-algal-bloom
Crews have completed the first phase of a new “resiliency” project at Fair Haven Beach State Park in Cayuga County, New York on Lake Ontario. Read the full story by The Central New York Business Journal.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200813-resiliency-project
A marine and construction design company owned by artist Pepsy Kettavong, Novat Shoreline LLC, has designed the Smart BreakWall Diversion System to prevent property destruction caused by shoreline erosion from high waves along major bodies of water. Read the full story by the Rochester Beacon.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200813-shoreline-protection
Replacement work on a section of Line 5 running under the St. Clair River through Marysville, Michigan has been completed. Read the full story by the Port Huron Times Herald.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200806-enbridge
A hot summer has helped to push Lake Superior’s average water temperature several degrees above the long-term normal for this time of year. Read the full story by the Thunder Bay News Watch.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200806-superior-temperatures
As he canoed the shores of Lake Huron for a month, Waasekom of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation, considered his role as a steward of the land and water and sought to remind others of their responsibilities to protect both. Read the full story by Collingwood Today.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200806-canoe-journey
Deanna van Dijk, a professor of geology, geography, and environmental studies at Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan, had 1,250 tons of sand delivered to campus on Tuesday, August 4 for hands-on study of sand dunes. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200806-sand-dunes
In what might be the last hope to keep the invalidated Lake Erie Bill of Rights alive, Toledo activist Mike Ferner implored Ohio’s Sixth District Court of Appeals to think outside the box and be brave enough to put the world’s 11th largest freshwater lake first. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200806-Erie-BOR
Annual harmful algae blooms on a western New York lake in recent years has resulted in an innovative research project being conducted by the state Department of Environmental Conservation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for a possible, short-term solution to the problem. Read and view the full story by Syracuse.com.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200806-algal-bloom-study
City communications director Matthew Grant said councillors are expected to hear a confidential update Monday on “the subject of potential charges” regarding a 24 billion-litre sewage spill into Chedoke Creek. Read the full story by the Hamilton Spectator.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200806-sewergate
Asian carp continue to affect the fishing industry and damage ecosystems on the Illinois River. Sorce Enterprises is working on harvesting and utilizing them as a nutritional food source while providing jobs to local communities. Read the full story by WMDB -TV – Peoria, IL.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200806-invasive-carp
The contest will reward mask wearing by letting people submit short videos of themselves wearing masks at restaurants, stores, parks, hotels, or attractions in the Indiana Dunes or nearby Porter County communities for the chance to win prizes. Read the full story by the Northwest Indiana Times.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200806-indiana-dunes
The Great Lakes just experienced their first waterspout “outbreak” of the 2020 season. Wednesday marked the fifth consecutive day dozens of waterspouts were reported over the lakes, with the majority over Lakes Michigan, Erie, and Ontario. Read the full story by Yahoo! News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200806-water-spouts
Lac Supérieur is the Twitter handle for Lake Superior, an account run by a human who speaks not on behalf of the lake but as the lake, in a brash, anthropomorphic way, brimming with a mix of swagger and silliness. Read the full story by WTTW -TV-Chicago, IL.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200730-lake-superior
Scientists have focused on ocean acidification, called “climate change’s evil twin,” while overlooking the acidification of lakes and rivers, so not much is known about what carbon pollution means for the Great Lakes. Read the full story by Nexus Media.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200730-carbon-pollution
Saturday marked the 10th anniversary of Enbridge’s spilling almost a million gallons of heavy tar-sands oil into Michigan’s Kalamazoo River from its 41-year-old Line 6B — causing one of the worst inland oil spills in U.S. history. Now Enbridge is touting its proposed oil pipeline tunnel under the Great Lakes as a quick-and-simple fix to Line 5. Read the full story by The Detroit News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200730-kalamazoo-spill
After suburban communities like Lake Forest, Winnetka and Evanston were established in the mid-19th century, the North Shore became a haven for summer visitors. But the North Shore’s engineered shoreline and man-made beaches have proved to be no match for Lake Michigan. Read the full story by the Pioneer Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200730-erosion
Some water-quality groups say Michigan needs to take a stronger stance against Enbridge for its refusal to assume responsibility for losses related to a Line 5 oil pipeline failure in the Great Lakes. Read the full story by WHMI – Howell, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200730-line-5
Senator Tammy Baldwin and Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes were among the Wisconsin politicians taking part in a climate change town hall on Wednesday. Read and view the full story by WAOW – TV – Wausau, WI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200730-wisconsin-town-hall
Young plovers born near Green Bay Wisconsin this summer were transferred Friday to Illinois Beach State Park in Zion to avoid an outbreak of botulism at the plovers’ Wisconsin nesting site. Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200730-piping-plovers
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will use a $1.1 million grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to support the work of Minnesota’s Lake Superior Coastal Program, fund three significant local projects and continue the program’s quarterly short-term action request grants, according to a news release from the DNR. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200730-coastal-program
Algae blooms on Lake Superior have caused a lot of public concern in recent years and now researchers from the University of Minnesota – Duluth believe they know why they’ve been happening. Read and view the full story by WDIO – TV- Duluth, MN.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200730-algal-blooms
The city of Joliet, Illinois will hold a virtual stakeholders meeting Thursday on its alternative water source program. Read the full story by The Herald-News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200730-joliet
