A local artist and a nonprofit are bringing awareness of plastic pollution in the Great Lakes to Hamburg, New York, with an art installation called Red Fish. Read the full story by the Spectrum News 1- TV – Buffalo, NY.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221012-red-fish
The season for salmon fishing in Michigan is coming to a close, and for fisheries managers, it’s time to plan for the future. Read the full story by the WIAA- Interlochen, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221012-chinook
A growing number of Ontario’s Niagara-region winemakers are embracing sustainable practices in the face of extreme weather and climate change. Read the full story by CBC News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221012-winemakers
When a commercial fisherman pulled four grass carp out of the lower Sandusky River 10 years ago, biologists who monitor Lake Erie became suspicious. Today, a multi-million-dollar effort funded by Congress, partly through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, is underway to keep the invasive carp at bay. Read the full story by the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221007-grass-carp
Public comment is being accepted on a multi-year action plan regarding New York’s Great Lakes. The plan would guide restoration and conservation, and foster sustainable, resilient, communities in New York’s Great Lakes region. Read the full story by WRFA – Jamestown, NY.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221007-new-york-plan
The City of Ann Arbor, Michigan says an estimated 1.38 million gallons (5.2 million liters) of partially treated wastewater flowed into the Huron River during maintenance at its treatment plant. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221007-huron-river
If the Supreme Court rules for the Sacketts, swaths of the country’s wetlands could lose protections under the Clean Water Act. Read the full story by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221007-sackett-epa
The International Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Board (ILOSLR) will be reducing outflow through the Moses-Saunders dam this weekend to give boaters on Lake St. Lawrence an opportunity to remove their boats from the water. Read the full story by WROC-TV – Rochester, NY.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221007-ijc-action
Meteorology students at SUNY Oswego are taking part in a multi-million-dollar project funded by the National Science Foundation to study lake effect lightning events east of Lake Ontario. Read the full story by WROC-TV – Rochester, NY.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221007-oswego-study
Great Lakes steel production fell by 16,000 tons, while steel capacity utilization ticked up last week, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute. Read the full story by The Times of Northwest Indiana.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221007-steel-production
Despite being some of the sea’s most exotic creatures, jellyfish have become an increasingly common sight in the Great Lakes region, including near Brighton, Michigan. Read the full story by FOX 2- TV – Detroit, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221007-jellyfish
The city of Flint, Michigan says it’s preparing for a return to using water from the Great Lakes Water Authority pipeline following a transmission main break that forced it to use its backup water source for more than seven weeks. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221007-flint-water
Michigan and seven other coastal states have signed an agreement to pay for a comprehensive federal study of the Great Lakes shoreline. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221007-coastal-study
Twenty-three-foot long Saildrone solar-powered sailboards are out on Lake Superior now recording data on populations of small fish like whitefish, herring and smelt. It’s part of a three-year project across the Great Lakes to see what larger research boats may have been missing under water. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220810-drones
A new network of high-tech radio transmitters is being installed along the Ohio coastline as part of a telecommunications project advocates say will help optimize Lake Erie environmental management and accelerate water-based technology development. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220810-radio-network
After flooding events between 2017 and 2019, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will work with federal agencies and the Great Lakes states to fund the Great Lakes Coastal Resiliency Study, estimated to cost $10.5 million over four years. Read the full story by Spectrum News Buffalo.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220810-coastal-resiliency
A 575-foot section of embankment that has significantly eroded and continues to pollute Michigan’s St. Joseph River with sediment and nutrients will be stabilized with a construction project starting this month. Read the full story by the South Bend Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220810-st-joseph-river
With species like wild rice, paper birch and moose at risk from a changing climate, the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, and Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa are all working on strategies to aid ecosystems on their reservation lands in northeast Minnesota. Read the full story by the Star Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220810-native-climate-change
For 12 days since mid-July, Niagara County health officials have deemed Krull Park beach in Olcott, New York, unsafe for swimming because of elevated bacteria levels in the water. Read the full story by The Buffalo News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220810-olcott-beach
Collaborative efforts are being made in Cedar River, Michigan, to help restore the sturgeon population in Lake Michigan. Members of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have been caring for 164 sturgeon and are gearing up for their eventual release at the end of August. Read the full story by the Daily Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220810-sturgeon
Project Clean Lake, currently underway in Northeast Ohio, has been reducing combined sewage overflow into Lake Erie through the construction of storage tunnels to channel stormwater and sewage to water treatment facilities before reaching the lake. Read the full story by WEWS-TV – Cleveland, OH.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220810-project-clean-lake
Based on indicators of ecosystem health, the Great Lakes are collectively assessed as ‘fair and unchanging’ in the State of the Great Lakes 2022 Report. While progress has been made in reducing toxic chemicals and the establishment of new non-native aquatic species, significant concerns remain. Read the full story by The Manitoulin Expositor.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220810-state-of-lake
All signs indicate that the warmest water on the Great Lakes is occurring now or has just happened. It could be downhill from here on the water temperature graphs. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220810-water-temperatures
New public life jacket stations have been set up at beaches in South Haven, Michigan, aimed at helping increase safety during a summer when several Lake Michigan drownings have occurred. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220810-life-jacket
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will launch a robotic Uncrewed Surface Vehicle in Lake Erie to help with Great Lakes monitoring and is asking the public to keep their distance. Read the full story by The Toledo Blade.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220803-drones
Advocates for the Mississippi River are hoping that a proposed federal funding program, modeled after the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, could assist with river restoration efforts. Read the full story by WWNO – New Orleans, LA.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220803-mississippi
In Ohio, decomposing algae at the bottom of Lake Erie has led to recurring problems with discolored water reaching the taps of some Cleveland Water Department customers, which is an issue the department is now looking to remedy. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220803-discolored-water
A Chicago man recently completed his 1,400-mile biking journey around Lake Superior, which is the last of the five Great Lakes he has biked since starting his journey twelve years ago. Read the full story by WLUC-TV – Negaunee, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220803-bike
Great Lakes’ water temperatures usually mimic summer air temperatures, but Lake Superior has remained cooler than average. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220803-water-temperature
With federal authorities limited in their ability to require power plants to substitute fossil fuels with other energy sources, state efforts in New York will need to ramp up to reduce future climate risks to the Great Lakes. Read the full story by Spectrum News Buffalo.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220803-power-plants
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources reports that 73 nests were observed this year and 65 of those nests hatched, giving this threatened species hope for recovery. Read the full story by WZZM-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220803-piping-plovers
The nonprofit organization Sturgeon for Tomorrow and a team of fishery biologists have been working together for seven years on the Sturgeon-in-the-Classroom program to engage students through community science to help reintroduce lake sturgeon in Great Lakes tributaries. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220803-sturgeon
As some species recover from past population declines, the rise in their population has the adverse effect on other Great Lakes threatened species. Read the full story by The Associated Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220803-species
The high concentration of microplastics in the Great Lakes is causing issues for humans and wildlife, and recycling alone will not remedy the problem. Read the full story by the Hamilton Spectator.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220720-miroplastics
With the improvement of water and wildlife conditions within the Rochester, New York, embayment of Lake Ontario, health and environmental agencies are seeking public input on the proposed elimination of the Area of Concern designation. Read the full story by the Rochester Business Journal.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220720-rochester-embayment
A harmful algae bloom that can be toxic to humans and aquatic life has been spotted in western parts of Lake Erie over the past couple of days. The type of algae present in this algae bloom has been identified as Microcystis cyanobacteria. Read the full story by WKBN-TV – Youngstown, OH.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220720-algae-bloom
A recent meeting of the Pennsylvania Senate’s Game & Fisheries Committee focused on the recovery of fish populations and water quality in Lake Erie, as well as the need for more funding to promote tourism for the area. Read the full story by The Center Square.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220720-erie-hearing
For the first time in four years, local, tribal, and state groups came together with the U.S. Coast Guard to train for disasters on the Great Lakes. Drones, self-driving personal watercraft, and other remote-controlled water vehicles took center stage on Lake Huron. Read the full story by WPBN-TV – Traverse City, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220720-oil-spills
Working with the organization Save the River, 34 members of U.S. Congress have sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lobbying for stricter ballast water discharge standards. Read the full story by WRVO- Oswego, NY.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220720-ballast-standards
Awaiting state budget approval, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy could soon be building a jetty in the first step to clean up mine waste from Buffalo Reef on Lake Superior with the help of six additional agencies. Read the full story by WLUC-TV – Marquette, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220720-egle-jetty
A group of Duluth, Minnesota, high school students has collaborated with their peers in Petrozavodsk, Russia, to produce a video celebrating their shared connections as residents of communities located on two of the largest freshwater lakes in the world — Lake Superior and Lake Onega. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220720-student-connections
The Great Lakes Water Authority announced that they’ve denied about 24,000 claims from victims of last year’s extensive southeast Michigan summer flooding after a probe found that heavy rainfall was the primary cause, not the electrical problems at two east-side pumping stations that reduced the ability to pump wastewater. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220720-flooding-claims
