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Gov. Cuomo announced groundbreaking for 2 projects in Greece

On: May 7, 2021

Construction began this week for two of the 11 projects awarded to the Town of Greece, New York, through the Resiliency and Economic Development Initiative. The projects will improve stormwater management. Read the full story by WROC-TV – Rochester, NY.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210507-groundbreak

Whitmer signs bill for $37.8 million worth of park expansion and improvement projects

On: May 7, 2021

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill Thursday allowing for nearly $38 million in spending on park expansion and improvement projects around Michigan. Read the full story by WJRT-TV – Flint, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210507-expansion

Lighthouse restoration begins on Plum Island

On: May 7, 2021

A lighthouse restoration project kicked off on Plum Island in northern Door County, Wisconsin. The front range light will receive new paint and foundation repairs, and the watch and lantern rooms of the 65-foot-tall rear range light will get a makeover. Read the full story by the Door County Pulse.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210507-plum

Guiding light: How the North Pier Light evolved as a beacon for navigation

On: May 7, 2021

A 7-mile peninsula juts out into Lake Erie from the city of Erie, Pennsylvania, forming a magnificent natural harbor called Presque Isle Bay. Today, two active lighthouses protect the ships plying Lake Erie. The North Pierhead Lighthouse is one of them. Read the full story by the Erie Times-News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210507-northpier

What’s new at Peninsula State Park? Campgrounds receive upgrades, Eagle Tower remains closed

On: May 7, 2021

This year’s Peninsula State Park visitors can experience the park’s face lift with new and upgraded amenities, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced Wednesday. Read the full story by the Green Bay Press-Gazette.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210507-peninsula

Ogdensburg port among 8 U.S. sites to receive Pacesetter Award

On: May 7, 2021

The U.S. Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation announced that eight U.S. ports in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System received the Robert J. Lewis Pacesetter Award registering increases in international cargo tonnage shipped through their ports during the 2020 navigation season. Read the full story by the Watertown Daily Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210507-port

National Park Service seeks input on Finger Lakes National Heritage Area study

On: May 7, 2021

The National Park Service is inviting public input on a study to determine the feasibility of designating the Finger Lakes region of New York as a national heritage area. Read the full story by The Daily News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210507-parks

Supreme Court affirms block of key PolyMet mine permit

On: April 30, 2021

The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed a lower court’s reversal of a critical mining permit for the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota. Read the full story by The Associated Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210430-polymet

Judge rules Traverse City FishPass project must go to a vote

On: April 30, 2021

A circuit court judge ruled the proposed FishPass project at the Union Street Dam in Traverse City, Michigan, needs voter approval before construction can go forward. Read the full story by Interlochen Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210430-fishpass

Federal regulator steps in to protect Minnesota’s wild rice stands

On: April 30, 2021

Wild rice waters contaminated with sulfate from industrial pollution have never been included on Minnesota’s long list of officially polluted waters that require fixing. They will now, thanks to federal regulators who stepped in to say the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency was breaking federal law by not listing them as impaired. Read the full story by the Star Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210430-wildrice

Macomb County finds partial solution to lake pollution with manhole vents

On: April 30, 2021

Just in time for boating and beach season on Lake St. Clair, officials in Macomb County, Michigan, said they now can reduce the volume of county sewage that overflows into the lake during heavy rains. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210430-manhole

Michigan judge sends mining permit for Back Forty project back for review

On: April 30, 2021

Another permit has been called into question for Aquila Resources’ plans to build the Back Forty mine near the Menominee River on the Michigan-Wisconsin border. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210430-backforty

240-pound sturgeon caught in Detroit River among biggest ever recorded in US

On: April 30, 2021

A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service crew caught a 240-pound sturgeon last week. It is 6-foot-10, with a girth of nearly 4 feet. It is a native — and threatened — species to Michigan, and one of the largest lake sturgeon ever caught in the United States. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210430-hugesturgeon

Great Lakes mayors ask Congress to invest in water equity

On: April 30, 2021

The Mayors Commission on Water Equity of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative is calling upon Congress to allocate $58 billion to replace lead pipes, as well as lead paint in homes and schools. Read the full story by WUWM – Milwaukee, WI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210430-mayors

Already a hotspot for birdwatching, Macomb County plans to fly further with a new birding trail

On: April 30, 2021

Michigan bird enthusiasts will be excited to hear about an upcoming birding trail mapping initiative, a joint project between Macomb and St. Clair Counties. Read the full story by Metromode Detroit.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210430-birdwatching

Sturgeon sighting in the Boardman River

On: April 30, 2021

Social media has been buzzing with reported sturgeon sightings in the Boardman River in Traverse City, Michigan, and one woman caught it on camera. Read the full story by WWTV-TV – Traverse City, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210430-sturgeonsighting

Selling Port Colborne’s mini public beaches deemed ‘not an option’ by consultant

On: April 30, 2021

In Ontario, the slow process of sorting out what to do with Port Colborne’s eight miniature public beaches continued this week, with a consultant coming down definitively against any plan to sell them into private ownership. Read the full story by the Port Colborne Leader.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210430-colborne

Guards needed to protect lake sturgeon traveling upstream in Michigan’s Black River

On: April 23, 2021

Michigan’s lake sturgeon need your help. The Department of Natural Resources and its partners in Cheboygan County are seeking volunteers to stand guard as mature lake sturgeon head upstream to their spawning sites along the Black River. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210423-sturgeonguards

Little-known Sleeping Bear Dunes ‘gateway’ road inching forward, but still decades away

On: April 23, 2021

A long-proposed, scenic road between U.S. Highway 31 and M-22 taking people from Beulah, Michigan, into Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is still far from reality. Read the full story by Interlochen Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210423-sleepingbear

State cites two invasive species to look out for this year in Macomb County

On: April 23, 2021

In Macomb County, Michigan, recent statewide grant funds will go toward the local study and control of two invasive species named on a watch list: red swamp crayfish and water lettuce. Read the full story by C&G Newspapers.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210423-macombcounty

Legislators introduce PFAS Accountability Act to help victims and expose polluters

On: April 23, 2021

After decades of contamination affecting drinking water and groundwater, legislators from three states are introducing the PFAS Accountability Act to help victims and hold polluters accountable. Read the full story by WBPN-TV – Traverse City, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210423-pfasaccountability

Parkgoers react positively to proposed shoreline renovation project

On: April 23, 2021

In Ohio, as Cleveland Metroparks unveiled their project aimed at rejuvenating the lakefront, park guests were excited to imagine a spruced-up park on the east side. Read the full story by WOIO-TV – Cleveland, OH.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210423-shorelinereno

City of Oswego breaks ground on $9.5 million pier revitalization project

On: April 23, 2021

The City of Oswego, New York, has begun construction work on the International Pier to protect the deteriorating structure and convert it to a pedestrian-friendly open space. Read the full story by WSTM-TV – Syracuse, NY.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210423-oswegopier

Longer seaway season would be beneficial to Thunder Bay port, says shipping company CEO

On: April 23, 2021

In Ontario, the company opening up the Port of Thunder Bay says the Great Lakes shipping industry would benefit from the St. Lawrence Seaway following the schedule of the locks at Sault Ste. Marie. Read the full story by CBC News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210423-thunderbay

Pennsylvania DEP provides $22.5 million for water quality projects

On: April 23, 2021

More than $22 million will be allocated to schools, local governments, and nonprofit organizations in Pennsylvania for projects to improve water quality in their communities and watersheds. Read the full story by Erie News Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210423-pennsylvaniadep

22-mile route along historic Au Sable River named Michigan’s most scenic drive

On: April 23, 2021

The road running parallel to Michigan’s historic Au Sable River in Iosco County features lush forest and breathtaking vistas from the many scenic overlooks. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210423-scenicdrive

Canadian shipping company fined US$500K after dumping wastewater into Lake Ontario

On: April 16, 2021

A Canadian shipping company, Algoma Central Corporation, has been fined US$500,000 after pleading guilty to dumping “unprocessed oily bilge water” into Lake Ontario in 2017. Read the full story by CTV News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210416-companyfined

‘A rolling disaster’: Forestville Millpond drawdown concerns rise as sediment builds up in Ahnapee River

On: April 16, 2021

Nearly a year and a half into the drawdown of the Forestville Millpond in Door County, Wisconsin, residents’ frustrations since last summer have not lessened. The drawdown started as a way to improve water quality, reduce the invasive carp population and encourage native plant diversity. Read the full story by the Green Bay Press-Gazette.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210416-millpond

Changes in migratory bird patterns likely caused by climate change, study finds

On: April 16, 2021

Migratory bird patterns are shifting as temperatures increase in North America, according to a new study. Researchers say some birds arrive in Michigan earlier than normal because of “false springs,” a consequence of climate change. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210416-migration

On course for a ‘phenomenal year’: Charter captains hope for boom in 2021

On: April 16, 2021

As the COVID-19 pandemic has upended much business as usual in the last year, charter fishing ventures on the Great Lakes say they’ve experienced higher demand for their services and look to this summer with anticipation. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210416-charterboats

Why freshwater drum (sheepshead) deserve some respect in southern Lake Michigan

On: April 16, 2021

Freshwater drum are a native nearshore species that play a beneficial role by eating invasive mussels in Lake Michigan. Read the full story by the Chicago Sun-Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210416-sheepshead

Water flow through Blind Bay wetlands restored in private, public partnership

On: April 16, 2021

An expanse of marsh land at the southwest corner of St. Lawrence County in Hammond, New York, has been restored in a private-public partnership to improve fish habitat. Read the full story by the Watertown Daily Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210416-blindbay

Great Lakes BioBlitz gets kids outdoors, tuned in to nature

On: April 16, 2021

Born last spring of the pandemic, the second annual Great Lakes BioBlitz — an effort to find, identify and record Great Lakes biodiversity — starts April 22. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210416-bioblitz

Duck stamp: Little stamp has big impacts in the Great Lakes and nationwide

On: April 16, 2021

Since its inception in 1934 when Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act into law, the duck stamp (as it’s commonly known) has garnered more than $1 billion for habitat conservation in the national wildlife refuge system. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210416-duckstamp

New MSU study to help save eroding shorelines in Chikaming Township and South Haven

On: April 16, 2021

As record high lake levels continue to dominate the Michigan coast, shorelines in South Haven and Chikaming Township continue to crumble and will be featured in a new coastal study. Read the full story by WNDU-TV – South Bend, IN.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210416-chikaming

Electric currents, underwater speakers scare up invasive Asian carp in Mississippi River near La Crosse

On: April 9, 2021

A fishing expedition for a highly invasive species of carp is underway in the waters of the Mississippi River near La Crosse, Wisconsin. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210409-scarecarp

High-capacity wells are reducing lake levels in Wisconsin’s Central Sands region, a new study finds

On: April 9, 2021

A new study by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources shows that high-capacity wells have been reducing the level of three lakes in the Central Sands region, affecting ecosystems and recreation in the area. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210409-centralsands

Lakefront development bill finds bipartisan support in House, Senate; second reading expected Monday

On: April 9, 2021

Gary, Indiana, and other lakefront municipalities are one step closer to accessing a tool designed to encourage development along Lake Michigan. Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210409-lakefronts

Firefighting foam spill at Kalamazoo airport causes PFAS spike at wastewater treatment plant

On: April 9, 2021

In Michigan, a spill of firefighting foam at the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport caused a spike of PFAS pollution at the Kalamazoo wastewater treatment plant, sending some into the Kalamazoo River. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210409-kalamazoo

City of Hamilton will spend $40K on biodiversity plan to protect species, habitats

On: April 9, 2021

The City of Hamilton, Ontario, will spend $40,000 on a biodiversity plan it says will help protect local habitats and species. Read the full story by CBC News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210409-hamilton

What’s new for Genesee River kayakers this spring and summer? New signage aids adventures

On: April 9, 2021

Visitors to New York’s Genesee River will notice something new this spring and summer — a series of mile markers and reflective signs to help guide kayakers on their adventures. Read the full story by the Daily Reporter.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210409-kayakers

Low Long Lake water level dependent on Mother Nature

On: April 9, 2021

In Alpena, Michigan, bereft of runoff from melting snow, Long Lake’s water level is the lowest in recent memory. Read the full story by The Alpena News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210409-longlake

The muskie are back at the Lake Wingra dam and, yes, they like to jump

On: April 9, 2021

The muskellunge, some of which can exceed 50 inches, make their way from Wisconsin’s Lake Monona each spring with hopes of leaping into Lake Wingra. Read the full story by the Wisconsin State Journal.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210409-muskies

Business lobby group files restraining order against DNR ‘forever chemical’ testing program

On: April 2, 2021

Wisconsin’s largest business lobbying group has filed a suit against the Department of Natural Resources, claiming the agency doesn’t have the authority to sample for “forever chemicals” in the wastewater discharged by businesses across the state. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210402-business

Duluth seeks long-term solution to Park Point erosion

On: April 2, 2021

The Mayor of Duluth, Minnesota, is asking the Army Corps of Engineers to investigate whether the federal agency’s maintenance work on shipping channels could have caused shoreline erosion on Park Point. Read the full story by the Star Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210402-parkpoint

New Baltimore seeks grant for shoreline restoration

On: April 2, 2021

The city of New Baltimore, Michigan, is seeking a grant to restore the stretch of Anchor Bay shoreline that runs through Ruedisale Point Park on Lake St. Clair. Read the full story by The Voice.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210402-newbaltimore

Local waters to receive fish this year

On: April 2, 2021

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources plans to stock more than 400,000 catchable brook, brown, rainbow, and lake trout this year in lakes, rivers and ponds. Read the full story by Waupaca County News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210402-wisconsinfish

Invasive species have cost the world at least $1.62 trillion since 1970: study

On: April 2, 2021

A new study suggests that the global economic cost of invasive species has been at least $1.62 trillion over the last 50 years. Read the full story by CTV News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210402-invasivecosts

Grant funding sought for wetlands development

On: April 2, 2021

Representatives from the Blanchard River Watershed Partnership in Ohio met with the Hancock County Board of Commissioners on Thursday to discuss the development of wetlands in the area. Read the full story by The Courier.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210402-wetlandsfunds

Macomb and Oakland’s sewers are getting increasingly clogged with disposable wipes

On: April 2, 2021

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 WJBK–TV – Detroit, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210402-sewers