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Once abundant Lake Erie fish to be stocked Saturday at three Cuyahoga River sites

On: October 3, 2025

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources will release 2,000 fingerling sturgeon into the Cuyahoga River, hoping that in 15 to 20 years they will come back to reproduce. The goal is to reestablish a healthy sturgeon population in Lake Erie that was depleted starting in the 1800s. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251003-sturgeon-stocking

Man’s ‘Around the Lake in 8 Days’ bike ride raises $25K for charity

On: October 3, 2025

A Chicago man biked 1,000 miles around Lake Michigan in eight days, battling self-doubts and a major thunderstorm while raising $25,000 for the Michigan Credit Union Foundation. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251003-lake-michigan-bike-ride

Marine coalition says future of St. Lawrence-Great Lakes waterway requires major investment

On: October 3, 2025

A coalition of maritime groups says the St. Lawrence-Great Lakes waterway is the logistical and industrial backbone of North America and will require major infrastructure investments, a faster shift to new energy sources, and a stronger shipbuilding industry. Read the full story by the Welland Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251003-st-lawrence-investment-need

Two new cruise lines will set sail from Milwaukee next year

On: October 3, 2025

American Cruise Lines is launching three Great Lakes cruise lines come 2026, two of which will depart from Milwaukee. Read the full story by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251003-new-great-lakes-cruises

Matthew Felan steps down as CEO of Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance

On: October 3, 2025

The Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance has named an interim director as its longtime CEO has left for other opportunities after 11 years of service. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251003-new-alliance-interim-director

Omnibus budget with $51B spending plan passed by Michigan legislature

On: October 3, 2025

The Michigan legislature recently approved what was described as a compromise budget to fund the government and its agencies. Steep cuts were seen by the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy. Read the full story by Michigan Advance.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251003-omnibus-budget

Boom or burden? Climate migration’s impact on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

On: October 1, 2025

Could climate migration bring new life to shrinking towns in Michigan’s U.P., or will rising costs and lagging infrastructure get in the way of population growth? Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251001-burden-climate-migration-impact-michigan-upper-peninsula

Hannah Reynolds

Western and Indigenous knowledge will help lake sturgeon, study shows

On: October 1, 2025

A recent collaborative study conducted by nine Indigenous entities and academic researchers was conducted to understand how climate change threatens the lake sturgeon and to develop adaptation strategies rooted in tribal knowledge. Read the full story by Capital News Service.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251001-western-indigenous-knowledge-lakesturgeon

Hannah Reynolds

Did you know there are dozens of Great Lakes islands with year-round residents?

On: October 1, 2025

The Great Lakes are home to as many as 30 islands with year-round residents, including nine in Michigan alone. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251001-greatlakes-islands-yearround-residents

Hannah Reynolds

Underwater robot makes amazing scans of deep Lake Michigan shipwrecks before time runs out

On: October 1, 2025

Scientists used an autonomous underwater vehicle to explore shipwrecks in Lake Michigan for the first time. The expedition highlighted the significant challenges of exploring the Great Lakes, even with advanced tools. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251001-underwater-robot-deep-scans-lake-michigan-shipwrecks

Hannah Reynolds

Finger Lakes farms awarded over $4 million to protect water quality

On: October 1, 2025

In New York, Farmers across five Finger Lakes counties are receiving major support for conservation projects that reduce runoff, manage nutrients, and improve long-term water quality throughout the state. Read the full story by Fingerlakes1.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251001-fingerlakes-award-waterquality

Hannah Reynolds

Ernest McSorley: The last captain of the Edmund Fitzgerald

On: October 1, 2025

As the 50th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald’s sinking approaches, a new book revisits the ship’s captain, Ernest McSorley, and the tragedy that claimed 29 lives. Read the full story by The Sun Times News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251001-last-captain-edmund-fitzgerald

Hannah Reynolds

Hundreds of lake sturgeon to be released into Cuyahoga River

On: October 1, 2025

At Cleveland’s Sturgeon Fest, to be held on October 4, 1,500 lake sturgeon fingerlings will be released into the Cuyahoga River. Read the full story by WKYC-TV – Cleveland, OH.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251001-lakesturgeon-cuyahogariver

Hannah Reynolds

Erie expo on Great Lakes beach glass, art a must see for collectors and enthusiasts

On: October 1, 2025

A show that brings Great Lakes beach glass enthusiasts is returning to Erie, Pennsylvania, on October 11 and 12. Read the full story by Erie Times-News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251001-erie-expo-beach-glass

Hannah Reynolds

Port Washington data center moving ahead as new report urges cities to plan for water supply

On: October 1, 2025

An $8 billion data center campus is coming to Port Washington, Wisconsin. The city’s common council unanimously approved the development in August, despite dozens of residents sharing their concerns over the potential environmental impacts and energy needs of the massive facility. Read the full story by Spectrum News 1.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251001-port-washington-data-center-watersupply

Hannah Reynolds

New York faces painful history as it marks the Erie Canal’s bicentennial

On: September 29, 2025

As the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal approaches on October 26 in New York, organizers are seeking to temper the celebration with an acknowledgment of the waterway’s displacement of Native American communities. Read the full story by The New York Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250929-erie-canal-bicentennial

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Mark 50 years since Edmund Fitzgerald sinking with historic cuisine, wreath laying

On: September 29, 2025

From dining on authentic cuisine served on the ill-fated freighter to a solemn laying of wreaths on the water, the Detroit Historical Society is hosting a weekend of events to honor the 29 mariners who died in the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald nearly 50 years ago. Read the full story by The Detroit Free Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250929-edmund-fitzgerald-anniversary

Taaja Tucker-Silva

The citizen suit that led to Campbell’s admitting over 5,000 Clean Water Act Violations

On: September 29, 2025

As part of a court case filed by environmental advocacy groups, The Campbell’s Company recently admitted to violating the Clean Water Act more than 5,000 times from 2018 to 2024 at their Napoleon, Ohio, facility which discharges water into the Maumee River. Read the full story by Spectrum News 1.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250929-campbells-violations

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Cruise line focused on all-U.S. itineraries to join growing Great Lakes cruising industry

On: September 29, 2025

A cruise line focused on U.S. destinations will join the growing Great Lakes cruising industry in 2026. The new ship will sail lakes Erie, Huron, Michigan, and Ontario from May to August 2026 with 9- and 14-day itineraries. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250929-great-lakes-cruises

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Wisconsin DNR steps up monitoring for invasive fish in Lake Winnebago

On: September 29, 2025

After recent sightings, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is increasing monitoring in Lake Winnebago for invasive round gobies. The DNR is working with local fishing groups and partners to help catch the fish. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250929-winnebago-gobies

Taaja Tucker-Silva

For want of a ferryman, a two-century U.S.-Canada link is severed

On: September 29, 2025

With the closing of a crossing between a sleepy Ontario island and a village in New York State, islanders face modest inconvenience — and the end of an era. Read the story by The New York Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250929-us-canada-ferry

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Search is on for radio used to make last contact with Edmund Fitzgerald

On: September 29, 2025

Local historians are looking for one of the last radios to be in contact with the Edmund Fitzgerald. The radio was among discarded items when the Auxiliary Coast Guard building in Grand Marais, Michigan, was emptied. Read the full story by The Detroit Free Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250929-missing-radio

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Lake sturgeon making progress towards Maumee River revival

On: September 29, 2025

A lake sturgeon reintroduction program in Ohio’s Maumee River has released 3,000 fingerlings annually since 2018. Early survival rates are promising, and researchers aim to establish a self-sustaining population of 1,500 sturgeon by 2038. Read the full story by WFFT-TV – Fort Wayne, IN.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250929-maumee-sturgeon

Taaja Tucker-Silva

E-Foil lessons ‘feel like flying’ on the Detroit River

On: September 29, 2025

A new business provides lessons along the Detroit River on a relatively new type of watercraft. e-Foils, motorized surfboard-like watercraft derived from kiteboarding, allow users to travel over the water at up to 30 mph for about an hour at a time. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250929-efoil-lessons

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Second Wave expands the National Museum of the Great Lakes

On: September 29, 2025

A $5.5 million expansion at the National Museum of the Great Lakes in Toledo, Ohio, made room for a pilot house, a new permanent gallery, space for rotating exhibits, offices, a conference room and places for seminars and workshops. Read the full story by the Toledo City Paper.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250929-museum-expansion

Taaja Tucker-Silva

How Great Lakes cities are preparing for climate migration

On: September 26, 2025

Cities across the Great Lakes are trying to plan and prepare for a growing population due to climate migration. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250926-climate-migration

Trump’s proposed Great Lakes science cuts would hurt locally, group says

On: September 26, 2025

Federal cuts to Great Lakes science would harm the quality of life, the multibillion-dollar economies built around the lakes, and emergency preparedness, a group of environmental advocacy officials, academics and local government representatives said Wednesday. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250926-greatlakes-science-cuts

Great Lakes ‘Fresh Coast’ initiative targets 18M new jobs while protecting vast water resource

On: September 26, 2025

Mayors from major cities in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River region launched a 10-year economic transformation plan positioning the region as a “Fresh Coast” corridor to capitalize on growing global water scarcity. Read the full story by the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250926-fresh-coast-initiative

Thunder Bay is joining the Great Lakes cleanup – here’s how you can get involved

On: September 26, 2025

Thunder Bay, Ontario, is joining the first-ever Great Lakes Coastal Cleanup on September 28, World Rivers Day. Read the full story by CBC News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250926-thunderbay-cleanup

Employee error caused wastewater overflow that dumped 10,000 gallons into Lake Michigan

On: September 26, 2025

An employee error led to the wastewater leak at the South Shore Water Reclamation Facility in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, earlier this month. Read the full story by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250926-wastewater-overflow

Could the Cuyahoga River ever host an open swim like Chicago just did?

On: September 26, 2025

The Chicago River made news recently for hosting an open water swim, the first organized swim event in the river in nearly 100 years. The Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio, may not be ready for such an event. Read the full story by the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250926-cuyahga-river-swim

More Great Lakes spearfishing? Michigan anglers push for better opportunities

On: September 26, 2025

Expanding underwater spearfishing in Michigan would open more of the Great Lakes to the sport and broaden the kinds of fish anglers could harvest, but wildlife regulators must first approve the change. Read the full story by WJBK – Detroit, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250926-michigan-spearfishing

Avon Lake City Council demands answers after 6,600-gallon Lubrizol spill

On: September 26, 2025

City council members are demanding accountability after a chemical spill from Lubrizol’s Avon Lake, Ohio, facility released 6,600 gallons of diluted polyurethane into Powdermaker Creek. Read the full story by the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250926-avon-lake-spill

Rare Great Lakes piping plovers rebound in northern Michigan at record rates

On: September 26, 2025

Great Lakes piping plovers, a rare shorebird species endemic to the Great Lakes basin, are experiencing a remarkable resurgence in northern Michigan. Read the full story by Up North Live.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250926-piping-plovers

Grand Portage Band launches first Indigenous-led coast guard on Lake Superior

On: September 24, 2025

After the U.S. Coast Guard closed its Grand Marais, Minnesota, station in 2022, the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa launched what’s believed to be the first Indigenous-led coast guard, now rescuing vessels and serving Minnesota’s North Shore. Read the full story by WTIP – Grand Marais, MN.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250924-indigenous-coast-guard

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Lawmakers want Lake Superior island chain to become national park

On: September 24, 2025

Wisconsin Congressman Tom Tiffany reintroduced the Apostle Islands National Park and Preserve Act this month, which aims to designate Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Wisconsin as a National Park. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250924-apostle-islands

Taaja Tucker-Silva

U.S. Coast Guard to implement emergency alerts for Lake Erie, Lake Ontario

On: September 24, 2025

The U.S. Coast Guard Sector of the Eastern Great Lakes plans to introduce a tool called Aqua Alerts, which will be sent straight to the public’s phones to notify them and local mariners about search and rescue efforts on Lakes Erie and Ontario. Read the full story by Spectrum News 1.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250924-aqua-alerts

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Report: 19% of Lake Michigan shore now armored, limiting public access

On: September 24, 2025

New research shows a fivefold expansion of seawalls, riprap, groins and other hard armoring of Lake Michigan beaches in recent years. Coastal armoring temporarily protects properties from erosion but makes the problem worse in the long run. Read the full story by Bridge Michigan.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250924-armored-shoreline

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Project Clean Lake more than halfway to completion

On: September 24, 2025

The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District’s $3 billion ‘Project Clean Lake’ has passed the halfway point, with billions of gallons of sewage already kept out of Lake Erie. When completed, massive storage tunnels will help capture and treat 99% of the district’s combined stormwater and sanitary sewage. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250924-project-clean-lake

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Riveredge Nature Center to release more lake sturgeon into Lake Michigan

On: September 24, 2025

The Riveredge Nature Center in Saukville, Wisconsin, has raised hundreds of lake sturgeon that will soon be released in Lake Michigan. In partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, this rehabilitation effort has released over 22,000 sturgeon in the past two decades. Read the full story by Spectrum News 1.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250924-sturgeon-release

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Engines didn’t respond in S.S. Badger’s collision with docked ship

On: September 24, 2025

The Lake Michigan car ferry, S.S. Badger, crashed into a docked ship last week when its engines didn’t respond. The engines are in working order despite this anomaly, but the ship’s damaged seagate was removed and will be replaced at the end of the season. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250924-badger-collision

Taaja Tucker-Silva

How Edmund Fitzgerald compares to other shipwrecks

On: September 24, 2025

In terms of popular fascination, few shipwrecks compare to the foundering of the Edmund Fitzgerald in a 1975 Lake Superior storm, with the loss of its entire 29-person crew. The shipwreck’s ‘human element’ keeps its story alive. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250924-edmund-fitzgerald

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Opinion: Rush to build data centers threatens Great Lakes resources

On: September 24, 2025

The Alliance for the Great Lakes recently issued a report that the Great Lakes region isn’t prepared for the dramatic water and energy use demands of data centers. The region is at a critical moment, one that requires caution, statewide oversight, strong regional planning, and transparency. Read the full story by The Capital Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250924-data-centers

Taaja Tucker-Silva

The F.J. King, lost in 1886, is found in the depths of Lake Michigan

On: September 24, 2025

Long rumored to be on the floor of the lake but never seen, the F.J. King schooner had eluded divers and taunted storytellers for generations. It was miles off the Door Peninsula in Wisconsin. Read the full story by the New York Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250924-new-shipwreck

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Michigan Supreme Court takes up challenge to Line 5

On: September 22, 2025

The Michigan Supreme Court said it will hear a challenge brought by Indigenous Nations and environmental advocates who argue that the Michigan Public Service Commission broke state laws in approving Enbridge’s proposal to construct a massive oil tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac. Read the full story by WLUC-TV – Marquette, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250922-pipeline-legal-challenge

Michigan Supreme Court takes up challenge to Line 5

On: September 22, 2025

The Michigan Supreme Court said it will hear a challenge brought by Indigenous Nations and environmental advocates who argue that the Michigan Public Service Commission broke state laws in approving Enbridge’s proposal to construct a massive oil tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac. Read the full story by WLUC-TV – Marquette, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250922-pipeline-legal-challenge

Nitrate contamination of drinking water could cost Wisconsin communities millions, new report finds

On: September 22, 2025

According to a new report by the Alliance for the Great Lakes and Clean Wisconsin, nitrate contamination could cost communities millions of dollars in remediation and lead to higher health care bills for thousands of residents in largely rural areas where people rely on private drinking water wells. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250922-nitrate-impacts-report

Nitrate contamination of drinking water could cost Wisconsin communities millions, new report finds

On: September 22, 2025

According to a new report by the Alliance for the Great Lakes and Clean Wisconsin, nitrate contamination could cost communities millions of dollars in remediation and lead to higher health care bills for thousands of residents in largely rural areas where people rely on private drinking water wells. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250922-nitrate-impacts-report

$1 billion being spent to ‘significantly’ improve Niagara River water quality

On: September 22, 2025

One billion dollars will be spent in efforts to “significantly” improve water quality in the Niagara River, according to an agreement announced Friday between the Buffalo Sewer Authority, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the Attorney General’s Office. Read the full story by WIVB-TV – Buffalo, NY.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250922-water-quality-funding

$1 billion being spent to ‘significantly’ improve Niagara River water quality

On: September 22, 2025

One billion dollars will be spent in efforts to “significantly” improve water quality in the Niagara River, according to an agreement announced Friday between the Buffalo Sewer Authority, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the Attorney General’s Office. Read the full story by WIVB-TV – Buffalo, NY.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250922-water-quality-funding