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New research on water levels projects an unprecedented drop of water levels on Lakes Michigan-Huron and Georgian Bay to 1.1 meters below the record low by 2030. By 2040, levels may rise to 0.3 meters higher than the 1986 record high. Read the full story by The Manitoulin Expositor.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220525-lake-level

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With toxic algae blooms becoming more prevalent in Lake Erie in recent summers, protecting the irreplaceable resource that Lake Erie represents, will prove to be our legacy for generations to follow suit. Read the full story by the Columbus Dispatch.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220525-algal-bloom

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As the weather gets warmer you may consider taking a dip in one of the Great Lakes. But, even for the most experienced swimmers, the Great Lakes can be very dangerous, with over 1,000 recorded drownings in the Great Lakes since 2010. Read the full story by WILX-TV – Onondaga, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220513-drownings

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Detroit City Council is trying to get the Detroit River included in a list of world heritage sites and local activists from Detroit and Windsor are pushing The United Nations Education and Scientific Cultural Organization to recognize the local landmark. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220513-detroit-river

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It has been a year since the state of Michigan ordered Enbridge to stop its operation and organizations, like the National Wildlife Federation, are fighting to keep it that way. Read the full story by WLUC-TV – Marquette, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220513-line-5

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The smart buoys that have become an important source of data for Cleveland Water and other organizations that monitor Lake Erie were redeployed this week. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220513-buoys

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While many are excited that funding designated to river cleanups are being taken seriously, others note that the $1 billion from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is nowhere near enough. Read the full story by KMGH-TV – Denver, CO.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220513-infrastructure-law

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Sunken vessels, like the Argo of Lake Erie can influence the structure, chemistry and biology of marine ecosystems, even decades after they occur. Read the full story by the Smithsonian Magazine.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220513-sunken-vessels

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High levels of PFOS — one of a group of related chemicals known collectively as PFAS have been found in smelt sampled along the south shore of Lake Superior. Health officials are advising smelters not to eat more than a meal a month of the tiny silvery fish. Read the full story by Minnesota Public Radio.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220513-smelt

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With the ice finally gone on most Minnesota lakes, the spring fish harvest is in full swing. Tribal members say the annual ritual of gathering fish through spearing or netting provides a vital food source for the community and preserves a cultural tradition. Read the full story by Minnesota Public Radio.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220513-fish-harvest

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As Michigan parks are primed for another year of pandemic-induced high visitation, upcoming investments couldn’t be coming at a better time. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220513-state-parks

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During this year’s ice season, the U.S.-flag Great Lakes shipping industry lost the equivalent of a month due to delays in ice covered waters. Read the full story by Lake Superior News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220513-icebreakers

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As the nation prepares to pour billions of federal dollars into rescuing water systems, the Great Lakes News Collaborative investigates the true cost of water in Michigan with a special series of reports and events during May. Read the full story by Circle of Blue. 

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220429-true-cost-water

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is launching a comprehensive study of the Great Lakes shoreline after securing $1.1 million to begin the long-awaited look at vulnerability to high water and erosion along the inland coast. Read the full story by MLive.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220429-coastal-resilience

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is launching a comprehensive study of the Great Lakes shoreline after securing $1.1 million to begin the long-awaited look at vulnerability to high water and erosion along the inland coast. Read the full story by MLive.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220429-coastal-resilience

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Now out in the Great Lakes are the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Great Lakes research vessels, where crews will be monitoring fish population sizes and habitats. Read the full story by the Petoskey New-Review.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220429-fish-surveys

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Now out in the Great Lakes are the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Great Lakes research vessels, where crews will be monitoring fish population sizes and habitats. Read the full story by the Petoskey New-Review.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220429-fish-surveys

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Meag Schwartz, network coordinator for the Northeast Michigan Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative, has been leading trash cleanups along the shore of Lake Huron. The most common litter found in her cleanups, cigarette butts. Read the full story by The Alpena News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220429-trash-cleanups

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Meag Schwartz, network coordinator for the Northeast Michigan Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative, has been leading trash cleanups along the shore of Lake Huron. The most common litter found in her cleanups, cigarette butts. Read the full story by The Alpena News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220429-trash-cleanups

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Aiming to protect fish in Lake Superior, teams race to understand a messy invader previously foreign to trout streams Up North. Read the full story by the Star Tribune.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220429-rock-snot

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Aiming to protect fish in Lake Superior, teams race to understand a messy invader previously foreign to trout streams Up North. Read the full story by the Star Tribune.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220429-rock-snot

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A recent study suggests that a binational regulation targeting ship ballast water has had a remarkable suppressive effect on the invasion rate. Read the full story by the Toronto Star.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220429-ballast

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A proposed moratorium on freshwater wind turbines was defeated by members of the New York state Senate’s Environmental Conservation Committee. Read the full story by The Post-Journal.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220429-wind-turbines

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Indigenous women leaders and more than 200 advocacy organizations sent a letter Wednesday demanding that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers block federal permits for an expansion of Enbridge’s Line 5, a 645-mile-long pipeline that currently transports millions of gallons of crude oil and natural gas liquids per day from Wisconsin to Ontario, Canada. Read the full story by Truthout.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220429-line-5

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Not surveyed since the 1940s, areas of Lake Erie’s south shore and the Detroit River will be mapped by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) deep-water hydrographic survey vessel Thomas Jefferson. Read the full story by the Niagara Fall Review.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220429-floor-mapping

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The Great Lakes Basin will continue receiving funding with the reauthorization of the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act. It was approved in the U.S. House with bipartisan support this week. Read the full story by WSJM-TV – Benton Harbor, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220429-great-lakes-fish

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Nearly 22 million pounds of plastic debris get into the Great Lakes each year, according to a Rochester Institute of Technology study. Beach cleanups help combat that by collecting plastic and other litter found on beaches and by raising awareness about the problem. Read the full story by WOOD-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220422-plastic

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The Great Lakes Water Authority in Detroit announced that due to the continued high level of performance of its Water Resource Recovery Facility, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has terminated the Administrative Consent Order it imposed more than a decade ago due to frequent non-compliance of the utility’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit. Read the full story by DBusiness.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220422-glwa

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A rare Great Lakes piping plover was spotted this week at Rainbow Beach in Chicago, which was recently named by birders as the most promising new nesting site for the endangered bird. Neighbors hope to encourage the plover to stay by cleaning the beach this weekend. Read the full story by Block Club Chicago.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220422-plover

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Milwaukee was selected as one of more than a dozen cities deemed to be “climate havens” – places that could avoid the worst effects of natural disasters and support larger populations, according to a report from CNBC. Making the list are also several other cities close to the Great Lakes. Read the full story by WTMJ-TV – Milwaukee, WI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220422-climate-haven

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Workers and volunteer fire personnel were at work along the Olcott region lakeshore, filling and laying sandbags in trouble spots in order to stem potential erosion and flooding. This work is not uncommon for this time of year, as water levels in Lake Ontario begin to rise. Read the full story by the Niagara Gazette.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220422-water-level

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On the shores of Lake Ontario, the St. Lawrence River and other North Country water bodies lie unique communities driven by seasonal tourism. Despite many challenges in the past few years, the communities have been driven in part by the marine industry, which has proven to thrive. Read the full story by WWTI-TV – Henderson Harbor, NY.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220422-marine-industry

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The Town of Marathon and Biigtigong Nishnaabeg, Ontario, are looking to revive the port facilities at the site of the former Marathon Pulp mill. Read the full story by Northern Ontario Business.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220422-port

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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources stated that it and partner organizations will begin conducting an acoustic telemetry study this month that looks at walleye in the Saginaw Bay region of Lake Huron and their spawning habits. Read the full story by MLive.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220422-walleye

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An Illinois bill that requires life equipment to be available along the Lake Michigan coasts was passed by both houses of the state’s Congress after activists pushed for increased safety measures following multiple drownings. Read the full by the Loyola Phoenix.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220422-rescue-equipment

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Changing ecosystems and the COVID-19 pandemic are forcing Lake Michigan commercial fishing companies to change where they fish and how they sell their products. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220422-fishing

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In the next two years, cruise lines are expecting more than 50,000 people to get aboard Great Lake cruises as local travel has become more popular during the pandemic. Read the full story by WPBN-TV – Traverse City, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220415-cruise

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Researchers warn dangerous algae blooms and warming water around the Great Lakes will impact Metro Detroit more intensely and for longer as climate change continues to heat up around the globe. Read the full story by WWJ – Detroit, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220415-climate

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Earlier this week, the first Great Lakes piping plover to be seen back in Michigan this spring was spotted at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220415-plover

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Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has a decision on his hands whether to sign into law or veto a bill approved by the Legislature last week that would ease the way Ohio’s ephemeral streams are regulated. Read the full story WEWS-TV – Cleveland, OH.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220415-ephemeral-stream

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The town of Evans, New York, is hoping for a total reconstruction of the Sturgeon Point Marina harbor wall along the Lake Erie Shoreline. Read the full story by WGRZ-TV – Buffalo, New York.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220415-harbor-wall

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As of Thursday evening, The Sullivans, a WW II destroyer, could be seen listing (tilting in the water) and the rear deck has started to go underwater. Read and view the full story by WGRZ-TV – Buffalo, New York.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220415-the-sullivans

Theresa Gruninger

More than 150 inches of snow fell on the Grand Marais area of Minnesota this winter, creating powerful waterfall along the North Shore of Lake Superior. Read the full story by Star Tribune.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220415-waterfalls

Theresa Gruninger

The Thousand Islands Land Trust reached an agreement with Blind Bay Associates to buy the property on the St. Lawrence River that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection was eyeing for a new facility, but that they deemed environmentally sensitive. Read the full story by WWNY-TV – Carthage, NY.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220415-blind-bay

Theresa Gruninger

The Legault government has unveiled a new, more modest vision of its “third link” tunnel that would connect Québec City and the city of Lévis, on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. Read the full story by CBC News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220415-tunnel

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Perch and other fish native to the Great Lakes have dwindled in part due to invasive species. UWM School of Freshwater Sciences’ Osvaldo Jhonatan Sepulveda Villet says the solution might be to farm these fish through genetically improved lines that breed fish that grow bigger faster. Read the full story WUWM – Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220415-perch

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Shipping season is underway on the Great Lakes, but some of the big lakers are bunched up in a group just off the Marquette coastline today, apparently waiting out some big winds whipping across Lake Superior. Read the full story by Mlive.com.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220415-gale-winds

Theresa Gruninger

As the Great Lakes start their seasonal rise over the next month, hydrologists do not anticipate the lakes will rise near their record-high levels in 2022, though lakes Erie, St. Clair and Michigan-Huron likely will be above average. Read the full story by The Detroit News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220408-lake-levels

Theresa Gruninger

As global warming is predicted to produce more frequent high rainfall events in the Upper Great Lakes, scientists wonder what impact that will have on lake levels and beach access. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220408-climate-change

Theresa Gruninger

The proposed walkway along the Buffalo River would reduce the distance for walkers and bicyclists between Canalside and the Outer Harbor in Buffalo, New York and improve waterfront access  Read the full story by the Buffalo News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220408-riverwalk

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