Marina officials in Indiana along the Lake Michigan shoreline said that while some aspects of their operations have been impacted by the COVID-19 virus, boaters have been respectful of social distancing mandates as the season gets under way. Read the full story by The Post-Tribune.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200504-marina

Ceci Weibert

Du­luth, Minnesota, tour­ism lead­ers are ready for Min­ne­so­tans that may be look­ing for summer va­ca­tions close to home. Vis­it Du­luth, the city’s tour­ism non­prof­it, plans to use taglines like “Lake Superior: Big en­ough for ev­er­y­one.”  Read the full story by the Star Tribune.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200501-duluth

Patrick Canniff

Despite a delay, Emmet County, Michigan, is slated to open the Crooked River Lock later this month. The lock regulates water levels between the Crooked River and Crooked Lake, and is one passageway in the extended Inland Waterway connecting to Lake Huron. Read the full story by the Petoskey News-Review.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200501-crooked-lock

Patrick Canniff

As Ohio begins to open some businesses again, Lake Erie fishing guides will be back in operation. The guide operations will be taking customers fishing starting Friday, but only if the guides and their customers diligently follow the COVID-19 protocols mandated by Gov. Mike DeWine. Read the full story by Cleveland.com.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200501-charter

Patrick Canniff

Once a city in decline, the city of Duluth has rebounded as a tourism destination and a “climate haven”. However, changing weather patterns and higher lake levels are forcing citizens to adapt and prepare for future challenges. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200430-duluth

Ned Willig

The novel coronavirus pandemic has drawn attention to the consequences of insufficient water access, air pollution and the role of federal oversight in protecting the basic right to clean water. Read the full story by WDET – Radio – Detroit, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200430-water-is-a-human-right

Ned Willig

As spring returns and birds migrate north, bird enthusiasts in Chicago are hoping a locally famous pair of piping plovers returns to Lake Michigan. As the coronavirus shuts down activity along Chicago’s beaches, bird enthusiasts hope that the new quiet help birds like the piping plover safely nest and hatch their eggs. Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200430-plovers

Ned Willig

Stay-out-home orders and restrictions on “non-essential” businesses have left Ohio’s fishing and tourism industry floundering. The halt in manufacturing across the region has also beached cargo shipping along the lakes. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200430-fish-n-freight

Ned Willig

At a recent public hearing, community environmental groups urged the Northern Indiana Public Service Company to protect public health and fully remediate the areas currently used as a coal ash pond near a power generation facility in Northwest Indiana. Read the full story by the Indiana Environmental Reporter.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200430-nipsco

Ned Willig

The port of Thunder Bay has seen a noticeable uptick in ocean-going vessel traffic this season so far. Tim Heney, chief executive officer for the Port of Thunder Bay, said that restrictions around the COVID-19 pandemic are not really slowing things down. Read the full story by the Chronicle Journal.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200429-thunder-bay

Jill Estrada

The potential solutions to address longtime flooding and erosion issues along a problematic 120-kilometre stretch of Lake Erie shoreline in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, could top $217 million, but no commitments have been made. Read the full story by The Chatham Daily News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200428-lake-erie-erosion

Samantha Stanton

One month ago, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it would ease up on enforcing some of the more routine procedural violations of pollution laws. But the Chicago-based Environmental Policy & Law Center said it has crunched data and documented declines in enforcement of Clean Water Act violations across the Great Lakes region for several years now. Read the full story by The Toledo Blade.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200428-epa-enforcement

Samantha Stanton

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced a change that removes the legal foundation for regulations on mercury and other toxins emitted from coal- and oil-fired power plants. The change, some experts worry, might set a precedent for rolling back pollution standards that have improved air quality in the Great Lakes area. Read the full story by the Indy Star.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200428-mercury-standards

Samantha Stanton

Nearly halfway into a 10-year pledge to combat the toxic algae that turns Lake Erie a ghastly shade of green, Ohio has made little progress. The governor has authorized an ambitious plan that this year will begin offering farmers financial incentives to adopt new agriculture practices and will create a network of wetlands to capture and filter runoff from fields. Read the full story by The Associated Press.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200427-algae

Margo Davis

The practice of holding Chinook salmon in holding pens in the Great Lakes began in the St. Joseph River, which feeds Lake Michigan. It is now widely accepted as a great way to reduce predation on the valuable salmon stocks not only in the Great Lakes but also on the West Coast. Read the full story by The Buffalo News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200427-pen

Margo Davis

Six years after the City of Flint switched its water source to the Flint River, ultimately beginning the Flint Water Crisis, the city is still struggling to address critical infrastructure needs, one of which is a secondary or back-up water source. Read the full story by WWMT-TV – Flint, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200427-flint

Margo Davis

Trout season opened across most of Ontario on Saturday, but the owner and co-host of a Canadian fishing TV show is urging anglers in southern Ontario to reconsider casting their lines. With many public boat launches closed, there is concern that limited riverbanks will be busy and anglers won’t be able to maintain physical distance. Read the full story by CBC News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200427-fishing

Margo Davis

In 2019 Republican Mike DeWine got the Ohio General Assembly to fund an unprecedented, statewide commitment to water quality branded under the moniker H2Ohio. Now, because of costs associated with the coronavirus pandemic, it’s in limbo. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200427-h2ohio

Margo Davis