Grain silos may not be the first place that comes to mind as a spot to create artwork, but that’s exactly what is about to happen in Toledo. 28 ADM silos along the Maumee River are about to become host to a mural. It’s called the Glass City River Wall. Read and view the full story by WTVG-TV Toledo.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210204-toledo-river-art
A preliminary feasibility study is set to begin along the water’s edge of the historic Ford estate along Lake St. Clair. The goal is to restore a mile of coastline to benefit the Great Lakes aquatic ecosystem. Read the full story by WDET – FM – Detroit, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210204-ford-shoreline-restoration
Wolverine Worldwide is in the final stages of a feasibility study for the future of the House Street area, contaminated by PFAS, proposing either a nature preserve with remediation, or a 30-acre cap which would make the land mostly unusable. Read the full story by WZZM – TV – Grand Rapids, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210204-wolverine-pfas-pollution
It will be a few more days before a task force set up to study Michigan’s dam safety regulations will finish its final report due to task force member requests to soften the tone of the report. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210204-michigan-dam-regulation
The Great Lakes Research Consortium announced the call for proposals for 2021 Great Lakes Research Consortium small grants funding. Grants are available as seed funding for new, cooperative projects that contribute to the protection and restoration of the health of New York’s Great Lakes and for ecosystem-based management. Read and view the full story by NNY 360.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210204-restoration-grants
Officials in Hamilton, ON have been working toward removal of the fish, last year the team implanted tags in some larger goldfish to track their movements. In 2021, the team plans to further assess tagged fish to obtain an idea of the overall number in the harbour. Read the full story by Maclean’s.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210204-ontario-invasive
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced her appointments to the state’s new Council on Climate Solutions this week. Appointees are tasked with formulating the implementation of the MI Healthy Climate Plan, which will serve as the action plan for the state to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and transition toward economywide carbon neutrality by 2050. Read the full story by WXMI – TV – Grand Rapids, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210204-michigan-climate-change
According to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the ice cover on the Great Lakes is at its second lowest point since NOAA started keeping records in 1973, standing at 13%. Lake Huron in particular is at its third lowest point since that time. Read the full story by Huron Daily Tribune.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210204-ice-cover
A national hunting group filed a lawsuit this week to force an immediate start to Wisconsin’s wolf season before potential federal protections for the animals are implemented. Read the full story by WIBW – TV – Topeka, KS.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210204-wisconsin-wolf-hunt
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay and Canadian Coast Guard Griffon were deployed Tuesday afternoon to help break up ice jams that formed along the southern St. Clair River. Read the full story by the Port Huron Times Herald.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210203-icebreakers
South Haven L.I.F.E. is calling for lifeguards, among other beach safety measures, to be implemented at local beaches. One of the group’s leaders understands lifeguards would come with costs and liability but said it’s worth it. Read and view the full story by WOOD-TV Grand Rapids.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210203-lifeguards
After applying several bandaids to Erie Shore Drive’s flooding problems, Chatham-Kent is moving forward with several long-term solutions. Councillors voted to issue a request for proposals for an engineering consultant for Erie Shore Drive as they discussed the next steps for the road plagued by flooding and erosion. Read the full story by The Chatham Voice.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210203-road-repairs
Icy waves struck the shoreline of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois, on February 1, after a winter storm dumped more than 10 inches of snow across the city. Read the full story by Yahoo! News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210203-icy-waves
The Canadian Coast Guard says ice formation across the Great Lakes was at its lowest in 50 years at the end of January. Read the full story by the Blackburn News.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210203-ice-formation
Hamilton’s mayor is calling on the federal government to reconsider a plan to install swing gates blocking access to two Burlington Canal piers that are popular for photos, strolls and boat watching. Read the full story by CBC.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210203-canal
The U.S. Coast Guard is warning people to be careful on the Lake Erie ice. The current thickness of ice on the lake “far below” the seasonal average of years past, creating “extremely hazardous conditions” for anyone who goes out there. Read the full story by the Sandusky Register.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210203-ice-warning
Great Lakes steel production fell by 6,000 tons last week, the second straight week of decline, and remains depressed by nearly 10%, with U.S. steel mills only operating at about three-fourths of capacity. Read the full story by the Northwest Indiana Times.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210203-steel
Ice cover in the Great Lakes is near record lows, and federal forecasters say there’s little chance it will bounce back to normal. Meanwhile, snowfall across the state has been well below average this winter. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210203-climate
Quagga and zebra mussels, known collectively as dreissenid mussels, have irrevocably changed the Great Lakes ecosystem and others they’ve spread to. But signs of a new normal are emerging as regular surveys of dreissenid mussels in the Great Lakes reveal a changing community of invaders. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210203-mussel
The Roger Blough, a Great Lakes freighter with a special place in history caught fire overnight in a Wisconsin shipyard where it is being stored for the winter. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210202-roger-blough
Restoring the Great Lakes is a real-life example of how working together can deliver concrete results and perhaps even some national healing. Read the full story by The Chicago Sun Times.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210202-great-lakes-protection
Last week, business owners and supporters of the Erie Canal were informed during an online stakeholder meeting that the canal may not open until Memorial Day this year and could close as early as mid-September. Read the full story by The Buffalo News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210202-erie-canal
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. met with a small group of Indigenous leaders, water protectors, concerned citizens, politicians and activists on Saturday to learn more about their opposition to the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline replacement project. Read the full story by The Bemidji Pioneer.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210202-line-3-opposition
The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will host a public meeting to discuss updating the Wisconsin Walleye Management Plan for Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Walworth, Washington, and Waukesha counties. Read the full story by the Lake Superior News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210202-walleye-management
New evidence of beaver activity has been discovered on the Trenton Channel of the Detroit River in Trenton, Michigan. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210202-detroit-river
Despite the freezing conditions, a couple of brave surfers went out into Lake Erie on Monday afternoon. Read the full story by WTOL-TV – Toledo, OH.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210202-lake-erie-waves
The annual sturgeon fishing season will take place on Black Lake this Saturday at 8am in the northeastern corner of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. The annual harvest quota – which this year is six fish total – is often reached very quickly. Read the full story by The Toledo Blade.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210202-sturgeon
Locals in the Sarnia, Ontario area are voicing concerns about the devastation that will impact their community if the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline is disrupted or shut down in May by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Read the full story by CTV News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210202-line5
A major natural way of protecting the shoreline to enjoy summer on Presque Isle is the formation of ice dunes which not only preserve the environment they are around, but also help protect from sand erosion. Read the full story by WSMH – TV – Flint, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210202-presque-isle
The ongoing effort to prevent Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes has seen some recent momentum. Michigan, Illinois and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that they would collectively contribute $28.8 million to develop engineering and design plans during the next three to four years as a prelude to promised barrier construction at Brandon Road Lock and Dam in the Illinois River. Read the full story by The Columbus Dispatch.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210201-carp-progress
After a harsh winter storm blew out a window in the very remote Stannard Rock Lighthouse in Lake Superior, a team from the U.S. Coast Guard recently traveling via Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City to make an icy repair. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210201-lighthouse-repair
A proposed increase in Minnesota’s watercraft registration fee would help fund additional aquatic invasive species management activities. Read the full story by the Public News Service.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210201-ais-management
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced that it has chosen 100 lakes to be part of its Quality Sunfish Initiative, aimed at improving the size of sunfish. Read the full story by the West Central Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210201-sunfish-regulations
During 35 years of restoration in the Great Lakes Areas of Concern, there has been gradual progress and a hopeful future ahead, according to a new study. Read the full story by the Capital News Service.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210201-aoc-cleanup
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources announced that it is offering grants of up to $150,000 to purchase and improve public outdoor recreation projects. Read the full story by Dayton Daily News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210201-odnr-grants
Rising temperatures and the loss of ice cover is devastating the whitefish population of Lake Huron according to members of an advocacy group. Read the full story by The Sarnia Journal.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210201-climate-change-impact
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is proposing to increase annual state park fees in order to cover their budget deficit. Read the full story by MPR News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210201-state-park-fee
As cold temperatures persist, Lake Ontario begins to see ice formations that form over slushy waters. The rounded shapes that almost resemble lily-pads or pancakes. Listen to the full story by WROC-TV – Rochester, NY.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210201-pancake-ice
According to new data released by the Army Corps of Engineers, Lake Michigan’s water level is down 4 inches in the past month and 10 inches from one year ago. Read the full story by WLNS-TV – Lansing, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210201-lake-levels
Michigan regulators announced the approval of two permits that Enbridge needs to build a tunnel underneath the Straits of Mackinac that would house a replacement section of the Line 5 oil pipeline. The tunnel must receive further state and federal approval before beginning construction. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210129-line5-tunnel
In Illinois, the Joliet City Council voted this week to select the City of Chicago Department of Water Management to provide Joliet with Lake Michigan water by 2030. Faced with a water supply that will no longer be sustainable by 2030, the City of Joliet launched a study of alternative sources of water in August 2018. Read the full story by the Chicago Sun-Times.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210129-chicago-joliet
After a challenging year of delivering limestone, coal ore, and other essential goods, the Great Lakes shipping industry finished the season strong. Read the full story by The Alpena News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210129-lakers
Record low ice formation on the Great Lakes has major consequences for the environment, including increased shoreline erosion, reduced fish spawning, and fewer ice fishing opportunities. Read the full story by the West Elgin Chronicle.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210129-low-ice
The Cholera epidemic in Chicago during the 1850s spurred a decades-long project to transform the city’s water and wastewater management, leading to the construction that reversed the Chicago River’s flow away from Lake Michigan. Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210129-flashback
The slow start to winter has delayed the formation of ice balls on the shore of Lake Michigan. These slushy orbs form as lake temperatures drop and larger accumulations of ice form along the shores of the lakes. Read the full story by WOOD-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210129-ice-ball
City planners in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, are moving forward on a plan to increase access to Lake Erie through the construction of a public waterfront trail near the town of Euclid. Read the full story by WKSU – Kent, OH.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210129-cuyahoga
The city of Port Clinton, Ohio, is advancing toward the implementation of the long-awaited waterfront walkway along the Portage River and Lake Erie through downtown. Read the full story by the Fremont News Messenger.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210129-port-clinton
Grand Traverse County Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution on Thursday night to address PFAS contamination in East Bay Township in northern Michigan. Read the full story by WWTV-TV – Cadillac, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210129-grand-traverse
For the second season in a row, Lake Superior and the Great Lakes as a whole are expected to have below-average ice, which could increase shoreline erosion and threaten organisms that depend on ice cover, sending ripples through an ecosystem already challenged by warming waters. Read the full story by The Star Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210128-low-ice
The Inland Seas Education Association based in Suttons Bay, Michigan is hosting a free virtual event today, where you’ll be able to watch the documentary about a group of women that attempted to dive one historic site in all five Great Lakes within twenty-four hours. Read the full story by WOOD- TV- Grand Rapids, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210128-diving
