The Nature Conservancy estimates, under the Trump administration’s new Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule, 55 percent of remaining wetlands in Wisconsin will lose federal protection. Read and listen to the full story by WXPR- Rhinelander, WI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200813-wisconsin-wetlands

Jill Estrada

An administrative law judge granted Bay Mills Indian Community the right to intervene in the ongoing pipeline fight uniting Tribes, environmental groups and community members against oil giant Enbridge. The decision will allow Bay Mills to be a party in the contested case process evaluating Enbridge’s Michigan Public Service Commission’s permit application. Read the full story by Earth Justice.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200813-enbridge-pipeline

Jill Estrada

A marine and construction design company owned by artist Pepsy Kettavong, Novat Shoreline LLC, has designed the Smart BreakWall Diversion System to prevent property destruction caused by shoreline erosion from high waves along major bodies of water. Read the full story by the Rochester Beacon.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200813-shoreline-protection

Jill Estrada

During Scott Pruitt’s brief stint as the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, his bizarre behavior was considered almost comical. With Pruitt gone, and Andrew Wheeler in his place, nobody is laughing about anything that has to do with the EPA anymore or the environmental rollbacks the Trump administration has put into place.  Read the full story by Downtown News Magazine.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200812-rollbacks

Ken Gibbons

An eco-explorer recently added a kayak trip across Lake Ontario to his long list of adventures. The Toronto-native began the 355-kilometre journey in Hamilton, Ontario, and eventually made it to the Thousand Islands region 20 days later — all while raising money for charity. Read the full story by CTV News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200812-kayak-ontario

Ken Gibbons

The Ohio Lake Erie Commission and Ohio Environmental Protection Agency are seeking public comments for the proposed removal of a “beneficial use impairment” that restricts navigational dredging activities within the Ashtabula River Area of Concern. Read the full story by the Star Beacon.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200812-AOC

Ken Gibbons

Enbridge has said it won’t seek to condemn private property for the proposed pipeline relocation around Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa reservation because it’s reached agreements with approximately 300 landowners. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200811-enbridge-line5-wisconsin

Patrick Canniff

New findings from an Indiana state-wide survey conducted by Indiana University’s Environmental Resilience Institute indicate that racial disparity extends to how Hoosiers perceive climate change and its risks. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200811-climate-perception

Patrick Canniff

An Indiana steelmaker is still violating its wastewater permits by discharging an excess amount of ammonia as recently as July, according to an analysis by Chicago-based Environmental Law & Policy Center. Read the full story by Post-Tribune.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200811-ammonia-steel-pollution

Patrick Canniff

Proponents of the launch site advocate for the projected economic development; those against the proposed launch site emphasize the impact to the sensitive shoreline and cite potential pollution to The Great Lakes. Read the full story by Detroit Free Press.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200811-rockets-michigan-pollution

Patrick Canniff

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency documents how the Rainy River has been transformed, with water quality now defined as “good to excellent,” providing clean drinking water, and a world-class walleye and sturgeon fishery. Read and listen to the full story by Minnesota Public Radio.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200811-rainy-river-minnesota-pollution

Patrick Canniff

Through a cooperative effort of federal, state, and local government agencies, electric companies, and others, Sturgeon Passage Project on Wisconsin’s Menominee River was built, complete with a fish elevator, to help transport the fish back and forth between Sturgeon Falls and Lake Michigan. Read the full story by Daily Yonder.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200811-sturgeon-population

Patrick Canniff

Residents were concerned as around 80 ducks were found around a pond in Westland, MI. The Department of Natural Resources has concluded Avian Botulism to be the cause. Read and view the full story by WXYZ-TV – Detroit, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200811-avian-botulism-detroit

Patrick Canniff

A team from the University of Minnesota Duluth has identified two major factors that contribute to the presence of algae blooms in Lake Superior: a warm year, combined with major weather events or historic rainfall. Read the full story by WLNS-TV – Lake Superior, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200810-superior-algae-blooms

Samantha Tank

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy is accusing Boyce Hydro of impeding the department’s ability to assess the remaining danger from two collapsed dams that flooded Midland County earlier this year. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200807-midland-dam

Ned Willig

While Lake Michigan water temperatures are above-average this year, some areas along the Michigan coast have seen fluctuations of 30-degrees Fahrenheit due to upwelling of colder waters from the bottom of the lake to the surface. Read the full story by WBCK – Battle Creek, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200807-lake-mich-temps

Ned Willig

Researchers at Loyola University in Chicago are trapping invasive red swamp crayfish on the Chicago River system near Lake Michigan to understand their ecological dynamics and develop possible control mechanisms for slowing their spread. Read the full story by the Chicago Sun Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200807-crayfish

Ned Willig

As he canoed the shores of Lake Huron for a month, Waasekom of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation, considered his role as a steward of the land and water and sought to remind others of their responsibilities to protect both. Read the full story by Collingwood Today.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200806-canoe-journey

Jill Estrada

In what might be the last hope to keep the invalidated Lake Erie Bill of Rights alive, Toledo activist Mike Ferner implored Ohio’s Sixth District Court of Appeals to think outside the box and be brave enough to put the world’s 11th largest freshwater lake first. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200806-Erie-BOR

Jill Estrada