At a meeting in Lansing on Wednesday, the Mackinac Straits Corridor Authority approved Enbridge’s Request for Proposals. This document starts the bidding process for contractors looking to build the Great Lakes Tunnel. Read the full story Interlochen Public Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220218-enbridge
The city and St. Louis County have received a $258,000 federal grant to assess the erosion damage that has occurred in recent years, prioritize areas that are of most crucial concern and propose fixes. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220218-erosion
The invasive round goby fish that has wreaked havoc in the Great Lakes and spread across New York in the state canal system is heading toward Lake Champlain. Conservationists hope that keeping a lock closed on the Champlain Canal this year will block the invasion before it’s too late. Read the full story by the Adirondack Explorer.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220218-goby
According to the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, total ice coverage on the Great Lakes is at 49.9% and is up significantly from the 11.4% recorded in January. Read the full story by WXYZ-TV – Detroit, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220218-ice
$1 billion worth of aid is coming to regions of the Great Lakes affected by chronic water contamination. That includes the Milwaukee Estuary, which has been designated as an Area Of Concern (AOC) since 1987. Read the full story the Wisconsin Examiner.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220218-aoc
Aspiring sailors can learn how to sail on an 1810-replica tall ship built by the Michigan Maritime Museum in South Haven, Michigan, this spring. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220218-sailing-
Warmer weather in Northeast Ohio means the snow is melting, but snow runoff could be filled with trash and waste that may have a negative impact on our environment. The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District’s goal is to remove the junk before it reaches Lake Erie and other waterways in our area. Read the full story by WKSU – Kent, Ohio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220218-snow-melt-
The U.S. Coast Guard and Emmet County Office of Emergency Management are expected to conduct a training exercise later this month on Little Traverse Bay of Lake Michigan that will bring together several different emergency response agencies in the area. Read the full story the by the Petoskey News-Review.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220218-coast-guard
In Marquette, Michigan, the marina dock at Marquette’s Upper Harbor broke off and is floating in Lake Superior. The city says the lake’s ice pulled the dock away, leaving it stranded. Read the full story by WLUC-TV– Negaunee, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220218-dock
Endangered Great Lakes creatures on the brink of extinction – so called “ghost species” – could be restored and the vast biodiversity of the region protected, according to a Michigan university academic and author. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220218-ghost-species
The Great Lakes are staying frozen for less time each year, and the ice that does form is more unstable thanks to shifting climate patterns and water temperatures. Read the full story by Grist.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/202202011-climate-change
As the U.S. EPA prepares to expand its Great Lakes Restoration Initiative with the $1 billion-dollar windfall from the infrastructure bill, Ojibwe Tribal executive Michael “Mic” Isham wants an increased emphasis on protection of the Great Lakes with a priority for Lake Superior. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/202202011-lake-superior
Wednesday, Rep. Frank J. Mrvan announced that the Sanitary District of Michigan City, Indiana, will receive a grant award from the Nonpoint Source Runoff and Nutrient Reduction Program under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. Read the full story by WIMS – Michigan City, IN.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/202202011-glri-grant
According to NOAA’s Great Lakes Regional Coordinator, the designation of an area in Lake Ontario waters as a national marine sanctuary to protect a nationally significant collection of shipwrecks is about to enter its final stage. Read the full story by the Watertown Daily Times.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/202202011-marine-sanctuary
Pennsylvania’s Coastal Resources Management Program has awarded Erie County over $250,000 for coastal projects to address increasing pressure from development, erosion, biodiversity loss, and pollution. Read the full story by Erie News Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/202202011-coastal
Some Ohio residents have mounted a legal challenge to the wind project being deliberated by the Ohio Supreme Court citing concerns about the turbines’ environmental impact. Read the full story by Spectrum News1.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/202202011-wind-farm
Forty-three species of native freshwater mussels exist in Michigan, but up to 75 percent of them are endangered or threatened. The native freshwater mussels are an important factor in maintaining thriving rivers and lakes, so how can we better protect them? Read the full story by WWTV-TV – Cadillac, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/202202011-mussels
The government of Québec Premier François Legault is taking a step back and will re-evaluate its megaproject of a tunnel between Québec City and Lévis under the St. Lawrence River that was originally proposed to have 6 lanes and cost $10 billion. Read the fully story by the Montreal Gazette.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/202202011-tunnel
Historical satellite imagery from Google Earth shows how erosion along the Lake Michigan shoreline in Wisconsin counties has affected public spaces, as well as lakefront homes. Read the full story the Wisconsin State Journal.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/202202011-erosion
The proposal to build a cruise ship dock in Holland, Michigan could put it at odds with Muskegon, which, just 31 miles north, has its own dock for cruise ships in Lake Michigan. But Holland City Manager Keith Van Beek said he doesn’t expect a Holland cruise ship dock would take business from Muskegon. Read the full story by MLive.com.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/202202011-dock
The Great Lakes Commission launched a new website to track progress on important environmental issues, including dealing with harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie. Read the full story by the Sandusky Register.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220209-website
The ice near a Great Lake’s shoreline might look safe. Satellite images show why it’s very dangerous. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220209-ice
In a weekly Great Lakes water level update from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lake Ontario outflows through the St. Lawrence River were confirmed to be above average and are expected to remain high. Read the full story by WWTI-TV – Watertown, NY.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220209-outflows
Those fishing in the Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron may have noticed a lack of perch on their fishing lines. According to the Michigan DNR, the reason why lies in an effort to increase the walleye population in the Great Lakes. Read the full story by the Huron Daily Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220209-perch
Almost fifty years after a Lake Huron storm washed away a portion of Old Lakeshore Road, Sarnia, Ontario, is taking action to re-establish ownership of the right-of-way for public use and reconnect to existing lakefront trails. Read the full story by The Sarnia Journal.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220209-shoreline-
A large amount of plastic—the equivalent of about 3,400 plastic water bottles in volume—were found in Lake Ontario during a four-month period last year by a Toronto “Trash Team”. Read the full story by CTV News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220209-trash-team
Millions of federal dollars from the Infrastructure and Jobs Act are going towards shoring up and improving the infrastructure of the Port of Duluth-Superior. Read the full story by KQDS-TV – Duluth, MN.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220209-infrastructure-funding-
Photos and videos captured from around Lake Michigan highlight a strange the frozen phenomenon of “ice volcanoes”. Read the full story by WOOD-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220209-volcanoes
The Ontario city of Sault Ste. Marie has created a task force to analyze the potential opportunity, consult with the public and develop a competitive bid to host the federal agency. Read the full story by The Sault Star.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220209-canada-water-agency
Starting on Feb. 9, the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes in Kingston, Ontario, will be open and conducting tours to share maritime heritage of the Great Lakes once again. Read the full story by the Global News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220209-museum-
Minnesota regulators are hoping to reduce possible human, wild animal and pet waste that spurs E. coli outbreaks, as five Duluth waterfront areas are being targeted for bacteria reduction. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220202-bacteria-
Five members of Congress have signed a letter urging the Navy to increase its shipyard capacity, and to pick Ohio as the place to do it. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220202-shipyard
Three species of Michigan birds will be the subject of free webinars hosted by Audubon Great Lakes and MI Birds in the coming weeks, including a webinar on Great Lakes piping plover recovery efforts. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220202-webinar
A water rescue expert from the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project warns about ice and ice shelves on Lake Michigan, as water underneath can make the icy areas unstable. Read the full story by WXMI-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220202-ice
On a cold Sunday afternoon at Grand Haven State Park in Grand Haven, Michigan, the noise of crackling could be heard as ice shards began stacking and piling up on the shore. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220202-ice-shards
As ice coverage across the Great Lakes expands with colder weather, the deepest freeze is likely still to come, which can reveal a lot about what is to be expected regarding lake levels, fish health, and algae blooms in the warmer months. Read the full story by the Harbor Light.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220202-ice-cover
In Michigan, the Marquette City Commission authorized the submission of a grant application to the U.S. Economic Development Administration to fund the creation of eight miles of trails along Lake Superior shoreline and install green infrastructure to stabilize erosion sites. Read the full story by WNMU – Marquette, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220202-trail
The Ontario Government is investing $1,698,792 million in three Hastings-Lennox and Addington communities to build, upgrade and rehabilitate storm and wastewater infrastructure to protect the Bay of Quinte and eastern Lake Ontario. Read the full story by the Kingstonist.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220202-wastewater-
It has been confirmed with officials from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission that the Brig Niagara, Pennsylvania’s Flagship, will sail the Great Lakes again this summer. Read the full story by WICU-TV – Erie, PA.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220202-niagara
Recently released Ohio Department of Natural Resources yellow perch hatch results indicate more of the same: overall mediocrity, leaning toward the not-so-good side. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220121-perch
Michigan’s two U.S. Senators say construction of a new lock at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan could be completed as much as two years ahead of schedule thanks to new federal funding. Read the full story by WDIO-TV – Duluth, MN.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220121-soo-lock
Critics of a plan to relocate the Line 5 pipeline into a tunnel beneath Great Lakes waters argue Enbridge’s own federal filings prove there’s no need for the infrastructure to be built. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220121-line-5
Canada plans to store spent nuclear fuel deep, deep underground in the Great Lakes basin. That is, if an industry group can find a community willing to play host. Read the full story by The Narwhal.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220121-nuclear-waste
Cleveland took another step forward on Wednesday in joining another Ohio city, Toledo, as the City Council’s Safety Committee moved ahead with legislation outlawing large balloon releases citywide. Read the full story by WEWS-TV – Cleveland, OH.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220121-balloon
On January 31, Friends of the Detroit River will host a virtual meeting where the Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Michigan Department of Environment Great Lakes and Energy, Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, and the Detroit River Public Advisory Council will give presentations describing project plans for sediment remediation in the Trenton Channel. Read the full story by the News-Herald.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220121-sediment-cleanup
The Times Beach Nature Preserve, a 55-acre site on Buffalo, New York’s Outer Harbor that has been battered into disuse by frequent storms in recent years, will be restored thanks to one of the first local outlays from last year’s $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal. Read the full story by The Buffalo News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220121-times-beach
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has received a $1 million gift from the Milwaukee-based Brookby Foundation to support its School of Freshwater Sciences’ new research vessel. Read the full story by BizTimes.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220121-research-vessel
Ice cover is ticking up as temperatures cool, and Lake Michigan could see peak coverage close to its long-term average, according to the latest projections from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory. Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220121-ice
The Two Harbors City Council has directed the Minnesota Attorney General’s office to review whether Mayor Chris Swanson’s pursuit of an underwater hotel in Lake Superior crossed an ethical or legal line and issue a written opinion on it. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220121-hotel
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers researchers are working with the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians and other Native American tribes to help improve wild rice productivity in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Read the full story by Midland Daily News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220114-rice
