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The Alpena County Library and the Friends of the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary have installed a Story Walk along the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Trail in Alpena, Michigan, for all to enjoy. The picture book tells the story of how the lakes were formed, their importance as a major source of freshwater, and how to preserve this amazing resource. Read the full story by The Alpena News.

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The bottom of the Great Lakes are home to thousands of shipwrecks and other historical artifacts. The state of Michigan has an Underwater Salvage and Preserve Committee that works to protect and preserve these bottomlands. One Central Michigan University staff member was recently re-appointed to this committee. Read the full story by WCMU – Mt. Pleasant, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250815-bottomlands-protections

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A 62-year-old lake trout named Mary Catherine was found in 2023 on the reefs of a remote island in the middle of Lake Superior. While lake trout can live for decades, the discovery of a fish this old is unusual. Read the full story by WJBK-TV – Detroit, Michigan.

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In 1878, a vessel carrying a cargo of rye grain sunk to the bottom of Lake Huron after hitting a submerged sand bank during a storm. Thanks to the perseverance of a Michigan whisky distiller, its haul is about to be used to make whisky. Read the full story by The Drinks Business.

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Nothing says quintessential Wisconsin summer like days spent on the shores of Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. And now, after the New York Times published a story highlighting six Great Lakes beaches, more than just Wisconsin residents may be flocking to the state’s lakeshores. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Potential beach days are popping up across Michigan as drier and cooler weather approaches the state. However, 15 swimming spots are closed or under contamination advisories for water quality that’s unsafe or questionable for human contact. Read the full story by MLive.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250815-beach-closings

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Hoping to plan a last-minute trip before the kids go back to school? Michigan’s Great Lakes offer a great opportunity to cool off and could be a quick trip, depending on where you live in the state. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250815-summer-ending

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Environmental groups gathered over the weekend to mark the 15th anniversary of an oil spill into the Kalamazoo River in Michigan. Attendees warned that the 15-year-old oil spill foreshadows what could happen if an oil pipeline that runs through the Great Lakes is not shut down. Read the full story by Michigan Public Radio.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250728-historic-oil-spill

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In Ohio, Toledo’s newly expanded maritime museum includes a fully accessible historic pilothouse and an experience that humanizes the legacy of the inland seas. The 5,000 square foot space surprises, challenges, and reimagines maritime storytelling. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250728-maritime-museum-expansion

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A dashboard created by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy keeps track of which beaches contain unsafe bacteria levels for swimming. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250728-beach-closures

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Ohio lawmakers are trying to reel in a catch by making walleye the official state fish with a bipartisan bill. If passed it would make Ohio the second Great Lakes state to give the species that title. Read the full story by the Ohio Capital Journal.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250728-ohio-walleye

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A professor of geology and team of researchers at Hope College are studying the source of high levels of nitrates in well water at Oval Beach along the Kalamazoo River in Michigan. The research team has been working in the area for over a decade. Read the full story by the Michigan Public.

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A new documentary examines the impact of invasive mussels on the Great Lakes. The film is scheduled to be released in 2026 on PBS in the U.S. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250728-great-lakes-documentary

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At an event on Friday, U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell and Great Lakes advocates and researchers cautioned against funding cuts to a critical research institute, warning that the loss of staff and funding could have dire consequences for keeping the Great Lakes clean and healthy. Read the full story by Michigan Advance.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250728-funding-advocating

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Michigan officials recently reported six new detections of a toxic chemical spread through Ann Arbor but have not yet concluded whether the detections mean the chemical plume is still moving. Read the full story by MLive.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250728-chemical-plume

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Seiches can happen in any of the Great Lakes, but they’re much more dramatic in Lake Erie because of its unique shape and shallow depth. Read the full story by WTVG – Toledo, OH.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250728-erie-seiches

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Total cargo shipped on the St. Lawrence Seaway is up 496,000 tonnes of goods in June mostly due to increases in the transportation of grain and dry bulk goods. Read the full story by The Sault Star.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250728-seaway-cargo

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Michigan state officials on July 24 said an invasive crayfish species that has been found in several Michigan counties was discovered in a rearing pond at Wolf Lake State Fish Hatchery. Read the full story by the Lansing State Journal

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250725-invasive-crayfish

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A group of long-distance swimmers will begin a journey this weekend to complete the voyage the ill-fated Edmund Fitzgerald started 50 years ago. They will swim more than 400 miles from where the ship sank in Lake Superior to Detroit, Michigan. Read the full story by MPR News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250725-swimming-journey

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Port Huron officials requested $6.5 million from a Michigan House subcommittee to restore the city’s Black River Canal which has been closed since 2014. Officials argue reopening this vital waterway would help revive waterfront tourism and better protect boaters during emergency situations. Read the full story by the Port Huron Times Herald.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250725-canal-repair

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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy have investigated reports of high and discolored water on Lake Angeline, located south of Ishpeming in Marquette County. Read the full story by the Marquette Mining Journal.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250725-discolored-water

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A bill with bipartisan support instructing the U.S. Coast Guard to develop a plan for the design and building of a new Great Lakes icebreaker was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives this month. Read the full story by Michigan Advance.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250725-icebreaker-bill

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The Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary’s freshwater acidification monitoring project is working to improve understanding of freshwater acidification and its potential impact on Great Lakes food webs. Read the full story by The Alpena News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250725-lake-acidification

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A new photography book, The Third Coast, was published earlier this month by a Michigan-born photographer and author. The book explores all five Great Lakes through a mix of landscapes and human-centered stories. Read the full story by WZMQ – Marquette, MI.

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The National Wildlife Federation wants the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy to look at whether drilling a tunnel to house Enbridge’s Line 5 under the Straits of Mackinac could cause damage. Read the full story by Michigan Public.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250725-line5-damage

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Since 2012, a total of 34 grass carp have been captured in Canadian waters. Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada crews are documenting the native ecosystem, as the entire Great Lakes watershed may be on the brink of irreversible change. Read the full story by CBC News.

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July marks the time of year when piping plover chicks start to fledge and the adults start to get antsy for migration. Piping plover females are the first to leave the Great Lakes and head south to their wintering site. Read the full story by MLive.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250716-plover-migration

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Under the USDA rule aimed at protecting wetlands known as “Swampbuster,” farmers have to agree not to drain or fill their wetlands, in order to receive farm benefits such as crop insurance, disaster relief and USDA loans. The rule is being challenged in court and could impact farmers across the country. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Advocates at the Alliance for the Great Lakes believe that voluntary measures to reduce algal blooms in Lake Erie have failed to meet phosphorus reduction targets and new regulations are needed to make progress on the issue. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250716-algal-blooms

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A federal drinking water rule required Chicago officials to warn approximately 900,000 renters, homeowners and landlords before Nov. 16, 2024, that their drinking water is at risk of lead contamination. But as of early July, Chicago had only notified 7% of the people on its list that their water may be dangerously contaminated. Read the full story by WBEZ, Grist and Inside Climate News.

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The Great Lakes Aquarium, now one of Duluth, Minnesota’s most popular attractions, was once an unlikely prospect – and weathered years of turbulence after opening in 2000. It is one of few aquariums in the United States that focuses predominantly on freshwater exhibits. Read the full story by Duluth News Tribune.

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At a time when NOAA is under assault in many ways, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin has introduced the Digital Coast Act, a bipartisan proposal to help coastal communities prepare for storms, cope with varying water levels and plan for future development. Read the full story by The Cap Times.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250716-coastal-resiliance-legislation

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American white pelican sightings have been increasing in Michigan. While the state’s shorelines have been a nesting ground for the past 15 years, the species has been expanding their historic breeding range eastward. Michigan is on the current edge of that range. Read the full story by MLive.

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An art gallery in Evanston, Illinois, has opened a new exhibition focused on the Great Lakes. A portion of sales will go to the nonprofit Alliance for the Great Lakes. Read the full story by the Evanston RoundTable.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250716-art-exhibit

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Great Lakes trade has fueled the Midwest for centuries. Today, experts say its future is key to sustaining U.S. manufacturing, farming and economic security. Read the full story by WTOL-TV – Toledo, OH.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250716-shipping-importance

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Artificial intelligence data centers consume massive amounts of water for cooling servers and generating electricity. It is currently unknown exactly how much water these centers are already withdrawing from the Great Lakes and what future withdrawals will be. Read the full story by Cleveland Magazine.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250630-ai-water-use

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Researchers at Michigan State University are using genealogy to determine if the lake whitefish population in the Great Lakes is too low. Read the full story by WILX-TV – Lansing, MI.

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The non-profit group Waterkeeper Alliance announced the results of a study conducted across 19 states, which revealed PFAS contamination in 98% of the waterways tested including Great Lakes states. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250630-pfas-contamination

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Lake whitefish have survived and fed Michiganders for centuries, but celebrations of this culturally and economically important fish have taken a bittersweet tone as they near collapse. Read the full story by Michigan Public.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250630-whitefish-collapse

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Aquatic Invasive Species Awareness Week, scheduled for June 29-July 5, highlights the importance of stopping the spread of nonnative aquatic plants and organisms, known as AIS (Aquatic Invasive Species), that threaten Michigan’s ecosystems. More than 50 AIS Landing Blitz events will be held across Michigan and other Great Lakes states and provinces where local partners will offer tips to boaters and anglers on preventing invasive species spread. Read the full story by Up North Voice.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250630-ais-week

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In Lake Erie, warmer waters, earlier in the season are extending the duration of algal blooms and increasing the rate of potentially toxic cyanobacterial growth. Read the full story by The Conversation.

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A science teacher at Ashley Community Schools in Michigan was chosen to work aboard an Environmental Protection Agency research vessel on the Great Lakes for a week. Teacher, Deann Smith, plans to pass on knowledge gained to her students. Read the full story by WNEM-TV – Bay City, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250630-teacher-expedition

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The Ohio House and Senate passed the state budget Wednesday which includes a nearly 40% cut to the H2Ohio Program. Environmentalists warn the cuts will affect the state’s ability to cut phosphorus runoff from farms into Lake Erie and the algal blooms that come from it. Read the full story by WKSU – Kent, OH.

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Four of the five Great Lakes are below last year’s water levels, but the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s monitoring reports indicate level are soon to rise. Read the full story by The Cool Down.

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced nearly $4 million will support farmer water quality efforts in the Western Lake Erie Basin. Great Lakes Program Office Director says awarded projects are in response to feedback from the agricultural industry and farmers. Read the full story by Brownfield Ag News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250630-water-quality-efforts

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A 253-foot-long superyacht owned by billionaire John Henry, who owns the Boston Red Sox and the Boston Globe newspaper, has been sighted on the St. Lawrence River. A seaway ship watcher’s network says superyacht sightings have become increasingly common on the St. Lawrence. Read the full story by WWNY-TV-Watertown, NY.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250630-st.lawrence-super-yacht

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An invasive fish that’s getting dangerously close to the waters of Lake Michigan, is slowly finding a new fate in the form of a dog treat. And pets are taking the bait. Read the full story by WLS-TV – Chicago, IL.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250627-invasive-fish-dog-treats

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‘Ship goo’ was found oozing out of a University of Minnesota Duluth research vessel’s rudder shaft. DNA sequencing revealed it was a previously unknown microbe species. It seems to thrive in a warm, oxygen-free environment. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250627-ship-goo

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Biologists released lake sturgeon into the Great Lakes this June. The ancient species is a longtime resident of the regional waters around Michigan and efforts have been ongoing to conserve their numbers. Read the full story by WJBK-TV – Detroit, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250627-sturgeon-recovery-efforts

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As the Fourth of July approaches, travelers are heading to the Great Lakes to celebrate. In Michigan, Lake Michigan near Saint Joseph has warmed up due to recent hot weather, making it more appealing for swimmers, while Lake Huron near Caseville remains quite chilly. Read the full story by WDIV-TV – Detroit, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250627-water-temperatures

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