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Over 30 years ago I helped the Nature Conservancy of Wis with their acquisition of most of Point au Sable.

Then by pure luck and over one year of work, I put together the transaction for the Northeastern Wis Land Trust for their acquisition of the “Twin Silos” 11 acres + property along Nicolet Drive which gave the Land Trust access to an additional 60+ acres that they also purchased.

This took over a year of work and is one of my most favorite transactions I ever did in my 35 years in real estate. I live very close to this area and can even see Point au Sauble from my windows of our bay cottage.

There is more to this as hopefully more property will be added to make this the finest future nature park in NE Wisconsin!

A red-headed woodpecker pauses from foraging on a tree. Photo by Debbie Koenigs/USFWS.

Read the full article: https://fws.gov/midwest/news/wequiockcreek.html?fbclid=IwAR1R80l5-tWFkCw3P9sQWUThKuuEIeqNsheGhhc_zkmdRcXotLMJJKxfs70

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PFAS News Roundup: Questions about the EPA’s nationwide PFAS rule, answered

PFAS, short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a group of widespread man-made chemicals that don’t break down in the environment or the human body and have been flagged as a major contaminant in sources of water across the country.

Keep up with PFAS-related developments in the Great Lakes area.

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...NEXT ROUND OF WINTRY WEATHER APPROACHES... .A second round of snow will arrive for tonight, as precipitation transitions over to a wintry mix from north-central WI southeastwards. Snow totals will be highest across far northern WI. Initial snow will likely be heavy and wet before gradually becoming relatively lighter as cold air pushes in from the northeast.

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One year ago, the Illinois DNR, as part of a national initiative, began calling invasive carp “Copi”, a play on the word copious and a reference to the vast number of carp swimming in state waters. Read the full story by The State-Journal Register.

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The Duluth Seaway Port Authority held a first ship welcoming ceremony Thursday morning. The invite-only event happened on the first saltie that came through the port earlier this week. That ship was the Federal Dart, which arrived on Tuesday and made history as the earliest saltie to come through the port of Duluth-Superior in the spring. Read the full story by KQDS-TV – Duluth, MN.

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Sam Laud, a 635-foot freighter, sounded its ear-piercing horn just after 8 p.m. Wednesday — one long blast and two short blasts to signal its long-awaited arrival to Manistee, MI — that officially begins the shipping season for this Lake Michigan port. Read the full story by the Ludington Daily News.

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Lake Michigan’s bounty of fish developed a thriving commercial fishing industry that continues to this day, but on a smaller scale. In the early days, fishing the waters on the lake was noted as early as 1836 by explorers who witnessed local Indigenous people spearing fish. By 1845, four extensive fisheries cemented the industry in Sheboygan, WI. Read the full story by the Sheboygan Press.

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If all goes as planned, a renewable energy revolution could begin in a few years with a pilot project rising just eight miles off the Cleveland’s shoreline, above the waves of Lake Erie. The six turbines will transform wind rolling over the lake into electricity, then supply it to a network onshore. Read the full story by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Returning for 2023, are the annual spring Lake Huron Regional Fisheries Workshops, which are free and open to the public. Whether you have an interest in the offshore fisheries, the Les Cheneaux and St. Mary’s River area or Saginaw Bay, a plethora of information will be presented in coming weeks about the Lake Huron fisheries. Read the full story by Iosco County News-Herald.

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A bill introduced to the Ohio House would prevent oil and natural gas drilling under Lake Erie, something environmental activists have been worried about, but the oil and gas industry said the legislation isn’t necessary. Read the full story by WEWS-TV – Cleveland, OH.

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In operation since 1990, the ferry is the only legally approved border crossing for hazardous goods in the local area. Trucks carrying dangerous or flammable materials must otherwise cross at Sarnia’s Bluewater Bridge or, illegally, on the 94-year-old Ambassador Bridge. Read the full story by the Windsor Star.

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It's better suited than batteries to power large vehicles that need to travel long distances like semi-trucks, because hydrogen refuels much faster than batteries recharge.

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...SLIPPERY ROADS AND SIDEWALKS POSSIBLE TONIGHT... A wintry mix of rain, snow, sleet and freezing rain will continue to push across much of central, northeast and east central Wisconsin late this evening. With surface temperatures hovering near freezing, untreated roads, overpasses, sidewalks could be slippery. Use caution if traveling.

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...SLIPPERY ROADS AND SIDEWALKS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING... A wintry mix of rain, snow, sleet and freezing rain will continue to push across much of central and east central Wisconsin this evening. With surface temperatures hovering near freezing, some roads, overpasses, sidewalks could be slippery for a time this evening.

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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service

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Some banned pesticides fade from Great Lakes air, while others persist

Two recently banned pesticides have all but disappeared from the atmosphere around the Great Lakes, while others phased out decades ago are still hanging around.

Marta Venier, an environmental chemist at Indiana University, and her team looked at air samples taken every 12 days since 1990 by the Environmental Protection Agency around the Great Lakes region, which measure the atmospheric concentration of hundreds of compounds, including pesticides, PCBs, and other persistent chemicals.

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Birders look at cormorants off Barker’s Island. Image credit: Marie Zhuikov, Wisconsin Sea Grant

Students, educators, families and friends are invited to celebrate Earth Day with the kickoff of the Center for Great Lakes Literacy’s 4th Annual Great Lakes BioBlitz. This event is a great opportunity to engage youth and the public in community science, collect data to support biodiversity research and conservation, and learn more about the living things in the Great Lakes Basin.

What is the Great Lakes BioBlitz?

A free event that focuses on finding and identifying as many wild, living things as possible in the Canadian provinces and U.S. states that border the Great Lakes during a specified period of time.

When is the Great Lakes BioBlitz?

The BioBlitz begins on Earth Day (Saturday, April 22) and it runs for four weeks, ending on Saturday, May 20.

How do I participate in the Great Lakes BioBlitz?

The beauty of this project is that you decide your level of participation. Take an afternoon to explore and document some plants or wildlife in an area, or pick a location to return to weekly, or set a goal to find something new every day–there are many ways to participate. You may participate as an individual, a family, a class, or other group.

Joining is as easy as saying “One-two-three-CHEESE!”

  1. Visit iNaturalist or download the app onto your phone and create an account.  
  2. Visit and become a member of the Great Lakes BioBlitz project.
  3. Get outside, get out your cameras, and start making and posting observations!
  4. To be a Bioblitz wizard, verify other participants’ Great Lakes BioBlitz Project postings.

Want to learn more about the Great Lake BioBlitz?

Visit the Great Lakes BioBlitz Resources webpage for more information about the project and educator resources for engaging youth in this wonderful learning experience.

WEBINAR! Want to learn more about a community science project that uses iNaturalist data?

Register for and attend the 2023 Great Lakes BioBlitz webinar featuring guest scientist Professor David Drake of the UW Madison, Urban Canid Project. Join us 4-5:30 p.m. CDT, April 12 on Zoom to learn about how Drake and his team are using iNaturalist to better manage urban coyotes and red foxes. It uses iNaturalist to collect the public’s sightings of coyotes and red foxes in the Madison area. His presentation will describe the type of iNaturalist data collected and how the information is used for improved urban canid management.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information on how to join the webinar. Please contact Anne Moser at akmoser@aqua.wisc.edu or (608) 262 3069 if you have any questions regarding registration, the webinar, or have accommodations and accessibility requests.

Why would we want to encourage our community to do this? 

There are so many benefits of becoming a BioBlitz wizard:

  1. Engage in an outdoor activity, discover the wild living things in the world around you, form and strengthen a connection to your place
  2. Join a global community of observers, learners, and scientists passionate about biodiversity and the Great Lakes
  3. Contribute to a global database of organisms. Observations made on iNaturalists contribute to research, conservation, and educational outreach programs.

Time to get outside!

 

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Artificial reefs bring wild lake trout to Lake Huron

This article was republished here with permission from Great Lakes Echo.

By Daniel Schoenherr, Great Lakes Echo

The ecological success of artificial reefs in Lake Huron’s Thunder Bay could teach people how to restore fish populations across the world.

Ellen Marsden, a fisheries and wildlife expert from the University of Vermont, spearheaded the construction of 29 reefs built with small stones – cobble aggregate – in Thunder Bay in 2010.

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This past weekend at Edgewater Park in Cleveland, Ohio, an abundance of dead gizzard shad, a non-native species of fish commonly found in the Great Lakes, was found floating in the water. Read the full story by WEWS-TV – Cleveland, OH.

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As of March 24, all of the Great Lakes remained above their March long-term average levels, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District. Specifically, on Lake Ontario, water levels were eight inches above the long-term monthly average for March and four inches above levels in February. Read the full story by WWTI-TV – Watertown, NY.

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In southeastern Wisconsin, starry stonewort, an invasive alga that can significantly harm aquatic ecosystems, is starting to make its way across lakes and rivers. First confirmed in Wisconsin in 2014 at Little Muskego Lake, starry stonewort has been documented on 27 other lakes, including 4 in Southeast Wisconsin. Read the full story by the Kenosha News.

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In Newaygo County, Michigan, anglers should be on the lookout this spring for Michigan Department of Natural Resources personnel collecting walleye eggs below Croton Dam. Electrofishing boat crews will collect walleye starting as early as the week of March 27, depending on water temperatures, the presence of ripe fish and other factors. Read the full story by The Daily Press.

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Previously, researchers have not able to collect much data on Lake Ontario over the winter outside of surface temperatures. Now, an international project between the United States and Canada is studying how the temperature of Lake Ontario below the surface changes throughout the year. Read the full story by WROC-TV – Rochester, NY.

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A Dutch shipping company is set to launch a monthly liner service between Duluth, Minnesota, and Antwerp, Belgium, allowing cargo and containers to traverse the Atlantic Ocean on a regular basis. Starting in May, ships are expected to arrive in the port approximately once a month until the St. Lawrence Seaway closes in late December. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.

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On March 27, remains of the wreck of the Emeline, a late 19th-century lumber-carrying schooner that lies in Lake Michigan off Anclam Park in Baileys Harbor, was added to the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places. Read the full story by the Green Bay Press-Gazette.

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The Lake Huron Coastal Centre is looking for community scientists to help monitor the Lake Huron Shoreline in Ontario, Canada. A group of volunteers called Coastwatchers collect data on weather conditions, algae blooms, plastic pollution, human activity, erosion, and wildlife once a week from May until October. Read the full story by Bayshore Broadcasting.

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Adam Swanson stands in front of one of his murals. Submitted image.

The River Talks will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 12 with “Art as a Voice for Science,” an in-person and virtual presentation at the Lake Superior Estuarium Confluence Room (3 Marina Drive, Barker’s Island in Superior) given by Adam Swanson, local muralist and environmental artist whose work has been exhibited internationally.

Science and art are both attempts to understand and describe the world. Understanding and communicating abstract ideas are important in the modern merging of the two disciplines. Swanson will discuss how he integrates science topics into his artwork, he’ll describe some of his science/art residencies and he will overview other science-based artists he’s met. Refreshments will be provided.

To join by Zoom, please pre-register at this link: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEtd-2vpz8tGd25-1MKz4NAeH5uBroYdAR6

The final River Talks of the season will be held May 10. For more information, visit the River Talks page: go.wisc.edu/4uz720.

The River Talks are sponsored by the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve and the Wisconsin Sea Grant Program.

 

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...SNOW SHOWERS COULD CAUSE SLIPPERY ROADS AND SIDEWALKS... A cold front moving across eastern central Wisconsin will produce snow showers that could some slippery roads and sidewalks early this morning. Accumulations will be a half inch or less.

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To raise awareness about the importance of the Great Lakes to Wisconsin’s culture and economy, Wisconsin Sea Grant announced today it will confer a Great Lakes Champion Award this summer. A call for nominations is now open at seagrant.wisc.edu/championaward. 

 Those eligible for the award are any group, program, organization, or individual that displays:

  1. A demonstrated commitment to the Great Lakes through some or all of these factors: dedicated actions, facilitated education or enacted policies that have resulted in the conservation and sustainable use of lakes Michigan and Superior, and the rest of the basin, if applicable.
  2. Long-term consistent care and concern for the Great Lakes in keeping with the Wisconsin Sea Grant mission—promoting the sustainable use of the Great Lakes through research, education and outreach. As well as in support of the program’s vision statement—thriving coastal communities.
  3. Leadership in some or all of the following areas: cultivating freshwater partnerships; fostering collaborative action on behalf of Great Lakes issues; enhancing environmental justice, diversity and inclusion in the basin, or service built upon trust and transparency.
  4. A contribution to accomplishments in some or all of Sea Grant’s focus areas: healthy coastal ecosystems, sustainable fisheries and aquaculture, resilient communities and economies and/or environmental literacy and workforce development.

The award is given every two years. In 2021, Brown County Port and Resource Recovery Department Director Dean Haen was selected.

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Dean Haen, winner of the 2021 Great Lakes Champion Award and director of the shipping port in Green Bay.

This will be the second time the award is presented; and it will occur at an event to be held in Milwaukee in August. Nominations are due at midnight, CT, June 14, through an online portal accessible through the website with other competition details,seagrant.wisc.edu/championaward  

 

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Enbridge Line 5 tunnel project in Michigan delayed another 1.5 years

By Kelly House, Bridge Michigan

The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television; and Michigan Radio, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; who work together to bring audiences news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water.

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Mapping the Great Lakes: Benefits of “blue spaces”

Love staring at a map and discovering something interesting? Then “Mapping the Great Lakes” is for you. It’s a monthly Great Lakes Now feature created by Alex B. Hill, a self-described “data nerd and anthropologist” who combines cartography, data, and analytics with storytelling and human experience.

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Canada has pledged a significant increase in spending to improve water quality in the Great Lakes following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden, whose administration also has boosted funding for the shared waters.  Read the full story Minnesota Public Radio.

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For two to three weeks each year, the Army Corps of Engineers pulls tons of sludge from the Black River in Ohio. Normally, that material would be poured into a collection facility in the harbor. But by next year, it will find its way farther downriver and, eventually, shipped back out as topsoil or other usable material. Read the full story by the Chronicle Telegram.

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Parking was hard to come by Friday night as people made their way into the Soo Locks Park to watch the first freighter officially open the 2023 shipping season in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan. A few hundred people packed the viewing platform at midnight to photograph, video, and talk about the 1004′ x 105′ Edwin H. Gott slowly working its way into the Poe Lock. Read the full story by Soo Today.

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The “status quo” for the Hamilton (ON) Waterfront Trust isn’t among the mix as the new city council pursues a fresh approach to the harbor. That involves studying the arm’s-length agency’s dissolution with the city taking over its functions. Read the full story by the Hamilton Spectator.

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It’s important in Northeast Ohio to have places that provide boats with clear access to Lake Erie. The Ohio Department of Resources has released $500,000 for an important project in the Mentor Harbor Channel based on an announcement recently made by state Rep. Callender and State Sen. Cirino. Read the full story by The News-Herald.

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Three northern Michigan men are set to cross Lake Ontario this summer on stand-up paddleboards. The 65-mile round trip will complete the trio’s eight-year quest to paddle across all five Great Lakes, raising tens of thousands of dollars for nonprofits and public awareness about environmental issues affecting the lakes in the process. Read the full story by The Traverse City Ticker.

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ErieStat: Project Archive

This project has ended. Archived project materials are available below. For information about ongoing work in this area, please visit the Blue Accounting website: www.blueaccounting.org/issue/eriestat/

Excess phosphorus entering Lake Erie contributes to the formation of harmful algal blooms and dead zones, which can be dangerous for fish, wildlife and people. Under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, the U.S. and Canada agreed to work together to reduce to amount of phosphorus entering the western and central basins of Lake Erie by 40 percent (from 2008 levels).  ErieStat is part of the Great Lakes Commission’s groundbreaking Blue Accounting program and brings together water quality experts to discuss and agree on methods to measure progress toward the 40% reduction goal.

The nutrient annex of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (Annex 4) set the goal of a 40% reduction in the amount of total and dissolved reactive phosphorus entering the western and central basins of Lake Erie. ErieStat is a web-based platform, developed by a binational workgroup of water quality professionals and designed to track progress toward the binational phosphorus reduction goals. ErieStat also shares the strategies and investments intended to achieve the shared goal of phosphorus reduction in western and central Lake Erie.

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Tracking progress toward a healthier Lake Erie

Lake Erie has a significant social and economic impact on the surrounding region. Currently, harmful algal blooms (HABs) and seasonal hypoxia, which are thought to be the result of excessive phosphorus (P) loading, threaten the water quality and biodiversity of the lake. Recognizing the substantial threat HABs and hypoxia present to the surrounding region, governors and premieres agreed to reduce P loading by 40% (from 2008 loads) by 2025 in the 2015 Collaborative agreement. In the same year, the Great Lakes Commission’s own Lake Erie Nutrient Targets report established similar goals and a set of 10 steps to achieve the targets. Both of those efforts gained further support when the governments of Canada and the United States formally adopted a 40% reduction goal in February 2016 through Annex 4 of the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement between the two nations.

ErieStat is a web-based platform for tracking progress toward the goal of a 40% reduction in phosphorus loads to the western and central basins of Lake Erie. ErieStat provides valuable services to the states of Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York and the province of Ontario as these governments work to implement policies and programs to achieve the binational phosphorus reduction goal.

Reducing P loading is expected to substantially decrease the intensity and frequency of HABs while also reducing the areal extent of the hypoxic zone within the central basin, therefore improving water quality for surrounding communities that depend on Lake Erie for safe drinking water and the Lake’s ecosystem as a whole.

ErieStat was led by a team from the Great Lakes Commission. Guidance for ErieStat came from our Steering Committee and Content Advisory Group, which include members from state, provincial, and federal government; academic research institutions; nonprofit organizations; and other experts in the region.

Reducing Phosphorus into Lake Erie

Excess phosphorus entering Lake Erie contributes to the formation of harmful algal blooms and dead zones, and can be dangerous for fish, wildlife and people.

In June 2015, the Governors of Michigan and Ohio and Premier of Ontario signed a Collaborative Agreement to work together toward a 40% reduction in the amount of total and dissolved reactive phosphorus entering Lake Erie’s Western Basin by the year 2025, with an interim goal of a 20% reduction by 2020. In the same year, the Great Lakes Commission’s own Lake Erie Nutrient Targets report established similar goals and a set of 10 steps to achieve the targets. Both of those efforts gained further support when the governments of Canada and the United States formally adopted a 40% reduction goal for phosphorus in the western and central basins in February 2016 through Annex 4 of the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement between the two nations. The Commission is working closely with Annex 4 in developing ErieStat.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

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Laura Andrews

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...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .Periods of snow, heavy at times, and gusty north winds are expected across east-central Wisconsin today. Additional snowfall accumulations of 4 to 6 inches are expected with north winds gusting to 35 mph at times. Hazardous travel conditions are anticipated, especially this morning.

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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service

Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service

https://alerts.weather.gov/cap/wwacapget.php?x=WI12663D57E9B8.WinterStormWarning.12663D590B90WI.GRBWSWGRB.45e648d4d4739514def2bbff252e775f

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