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Snowmelt and recent rain have brought Great Lakes water levels up. This spring rise is normal – and water levels are projected to increase even more this month. Water levels for the Great Lakes are still lower than their record high from a couple of years ago. However, all the lakes are up from their long-term average, by between six and 13 inches, as of May 5. Read the full story by WKAR – East Lansing, MI.

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To mark national Drinking Water Week, the Free Press provided tips on tap water safety to a family in Grosse Pointe Park — and they decided to stop buying bottled water. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.

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Commercial fishers are catching fewer whitefish in parts of the Great Lakes – and the Anishinaabe people are trying to figure out why. The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians is looking into low reproduction rates for the fish. Read the full story by Bridge Michigan.

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Water levels tend to fluctuate during the year, but seasonally speaking, lake levels typically rise during the spring and early summer. Highest water usually occurs in July. The water level of Lake Michigan and Huron, (hydrologically, a single lake) has fallen a net 4 inches from one year ago. However, this level still stands 6 inches above the May average, which has been tracked since 1918. Read the full story by WXMI-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.

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An aging sewer main that crosses the Muskegon River poses a “high environmental risk” and needs to be replaced at an estimated cost of $43 million. The county public works board agreed to apply for a state loan to pay for replacement of the approximately 6 miles of metal pipe that is at risk of breaking and does not meet capacity needs. Read the full story by MLive.

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Single-use plastics are one of the world’s most pervasive pollutants. More than 22 million pounds of plastic end up in the Great Lakes every year, and the concentration of plastic in the Great Lakes surface water is among the highest in the world. Because unlike our oceans, which flow fairly freely around the world, the Great Lakes are more of a closed system, and so that plastic just stays there. Read the full story by WGRZ-TV -Buffalo, NY.

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Once plentiful in Lake Huron, the Chinook salmon fishery collapsed after its main food source, the herring-like alewife, dried up in 2003. The salmon — a species that is not native to the Great Lakes — never fully recovered, and although many fishermen competing at the derby prefer it, it’s unlikely to fetch the weights of 20 years ago. Read the full story by CBC News.

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Fish sticks, also known as shoreline woody habitat structures, will be among several conservation projects on Michigan lakes and streams funded by $1.7 million in grants. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is awarding the fisheries habitat grants for projects that will rehabilitate and protect valuable fish habitats that provide the foundation for Michigan’s world-class fisheries. Read the full story by The Detroit News.

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After finding the shipwrecks of the C.F. Curtis and the Selden E. Marvin, the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society has set its sights on finding the Annie M. Peterson, hoping to finally close the book on a more than 100-year-old mystery. The ships disappeared on Lake Superior Nov. 18, 1914, during a bad storm. Read the full story by WOOD-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.

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A tugboat that has become synonymous with South Haven, MI maritime museum is turning 100 years old, and to celebrate its legacy, a group of volunteers from the Michigan Maritime Museum recently spent the winter months refurbishing the vessel. Read the full story by the South Haven Tribune.

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Viking is rolling out two new long itineraries in the Great Lakes where the line is sailing its two expedition ships, Viking Polaris and the Viking Octantis. Last year, Viking sailed its debut season in the Great Lakes with the Octantis. This year, Viking doubles its presence in the region. Read the full story by Travel Weekly.

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Michigan is the Great Lakes State. The shores of Michigan touch four out of five of the Great Lakes, the world’s largest freshwater system. To recognize that importance, Herrick District Library, located in Holland, MI will host a Nature Conservancy program focused on the natural treasure of the Great Lakes, and on the conservancy’s part in preserving this treasure. Read the full story by the Holland Sentinel.

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Nearly 11 million residents depend on Lake Erie for drinking water. To help keep that water safe, a tool called sondes is used to measure what is in the water. Sondes aren’t new, they’ve been around for about a decade. However, as technology improves, they’re becoming cheaper, giving smaller utility operators in smaller watersheds access. Read the full story by WEWS-TV – Cleveland, OH.

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Emergency personnel from a slew of Northern Michigan agencies traveled to Beaver Island over the weekend. It was all part of an emergency response training exercise called Operation Maritime Resolve. The focus of the exercise was to confirm the agencies’ ability to respond to multiple hypothetical emergencies in a remote location like Beaver Island. Read the full story by MLive.

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Martin Imbleau claims it can wait only “a few weeks” for the additional funding he’s requested from Ottawa to finance a new shipping container terminal. The new C$1.4 billion terminal — about 50 kilometres downstream of downtown Montreal in Contrecoeur, Que. — would boost the port’s container capacity by 60 per cent to 2.1 million TEUs. Read the full story by the Montreal Gazette.

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PortsToronto welcomed its first cruise ship of the 2023 season on Friday, April 28. The Viking Octantis officially launched another record-breaking cruise ship season, which will see 54 ships visit Canada’s largest city between May and October, bringing more than 22,000 passengers to enjoy all Toronto has to offer. Read the full story by CNW Group.

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Due to constant weather changes, anglers have been facing challenges with reeling in trout. There is still some hope that if it warms up a bit the bass season should be good. Read the full story by Big Rapid Pioneer.

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The Viking Octantis is set to dock on May 4 at Port Milwaukee, marking the beginning of Milwaukee’s 2023 cruise season with 31 port calls scheduled by different cruise ships, bringing about 12,000 passengers to the city.  Read the full story by Cruise Industry News.

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The Youngstown Yacht Club in Youngstown, NY is set to hold its 10th annual CanAm Challenge and Great Lakes PHRF Fest on July 28-30, for two days of hosting competitors from all over the U.S. and Canada. It is the largest sailing event on Lake Ontario. Read the full story by Niagara Frontier Publications.

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The Mariners’ Service came back April 28 after a three-year hiatus due to COVID-19. The service is created in collaboration between the Port Huron Yacht Club and Port Huron, Michigan’s Grace Episcopal Church. The service is a time to bless the nautical community prior to the boating season. Read the full story by the Port Huron Times Herald.

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It’s been over a decade since researchers began looking into microplastics in the Great Lakes. Now, the issue is getting renewed attention amid broader concerns about the potential effects of microplastics on the human body and a possible future link to the hydro-fracking boom currently happening in the region. Read the full story by ABC News.

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Muskegon, Michigan, city leaders failed to pass an amendment on the proposed development of a boat storage facility on Muskegon Lake. Read the full story by WZZM-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.

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In Michigan, the Muskegon River Watershed Assembly’s plans to remove the Nartron Dam, located on the Hersey River in Osceola County, are moving forward after property owners agreed to its removal. Read the full story by The Herald Review.

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MLive and the nonprofit Council of the Great Lakes Region will co-host an upcoming free webinar about how in coming decades it’s expected millions of people will flee the worst effects of climate change and come to settle in the binational area around the Great Lakes. Read the full story by MLive.

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After two decades, the continent’s only international wildlife refuge has a bus stop to make it more accessible. Read the full story by Bridge Detroit.

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Spring’s rollercoaster of temperatures from the cold, to record warmth and back to cold affects the fish in our Great Lakes. While spring is a time Michiganders flock outdoors, it’s also a time when you might see more dead fish washing ashore. Read the full story by WPBN-TV – Traverse City, MI.

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It’s springtime at the Erie Maritime Museum, which means it’s rigging time on the U.S. Brig Niagara. After being put away for the winter and maintenance, it’s time for the U.S. Brig Niagara to be put back together for the sailing season. This past week, the Niagara had its winter cover removed along with other projects like putting the bowsprit and mast into place. Read the full story by WJET-TV – Erie, PA.

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Ship buffs looking to glimpse a piece of history will get their chance when the SS Keewatin passes by the Blue Water Area in Port Huron, Michigan, early Wednesday. Read the full story by the Port Huron Times Herald.

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A historic freighter operating on the Great Lakes, the Kaye E. Barker, briefly grounded on Monday, April 25. The ship survived the latest incident in her long career with no injuries, pollution, or damage. Read the full story by MLive.

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The Ontario government is investing nearly $1 million to support Indigenous-led projects and increased collaboration with Indigenous organizations and youth to help protect and restore the Great Lakes. Read and listen to the full story by Muskoka411.

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A little bird that lives along the Lake Michigan shoreline is showing new signs of life thanks to the efforts from a team at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Forty years ago, the Great Lakes piping plover was on the brink of extinction. While the population has rebounded, the birds are still considered extremely vulnerable. Read the full story by WOOD-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.

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The MV Federal Dart arrived at the Port of Thunder Bay on Friday marking it as the first ocean-going “salty” vessel of the 2023 shipping season. The five-year-old Marshall Islands-flagged bulker berthed at Superior Elevator and loaded with Canadian wheat before heading back on a 15-day voyage to the United Kingdom. Read the full story by the Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal.

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It felt like peak beach season for most of the week and first responders are already looking ahead to the summer tourism season. One way the City of South Haven tries to protect everyone who visits Lake Michigan is through a buoy that monitors water conditions 24/7. Read the full story by WWMT-TV – Kalamazoo, MI.

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More than a dozen environmental groups are suing the federal Environmental Protection Agency over its failure to set water pollution limits for some industrial contaminants as well as its reluctance to update decades-old standards for others, arguing that the agency’s inaction amounts to a “free pass to pollute” for hundreds of chemical and fertilizer plants, oil refineries, plastics manufacturers and other industrial facilities. Read the full story by the Wausau Pilot and Review.  

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Stabilization measures began this week on Port Burwell’s 1840-vintage wooden lighthouse – the oldest one on Lake Erie’s north shore – so badly in need of repair it was at risk of toppling over. Read the full story by The Beacon Herald.

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Michigan has a rich history of rearing fish since the state began operating hatcheries 150 years ago. The use of stocked fish has long been one of the cornerstones in managing Michigan’s fisheries, but it has gone through many changes over time.  Read the full story by the Daily Press.

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Fish samples taken at 30 or so locations that included the Ohio River, Lake Erie and tributaries of both turned up measurable levels of the chemicals known as PFAS and PFOS. Read the full story by The Columbus Dispatch.

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It was the end of an era Saturday, at Fincantieri Marinette Marine in Marinette, Wisconsin. The final littoral combat ship built at the shipyard was launched and christened. The future USS Cleveland (LCS 31), a Freedom-variant littoral combat ship, is the 16th and final Freedom-variant LCS. Read the full story by Fox 11 News – Green Bay.

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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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Amid PFAS fears, oversimplified warnings could discourage residents from consuming a food central to Ojibwe lifeways. Read the full story by MinnPost.

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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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Michigan’s recurring webinar series on invasive species will return next month. The first session will detail the decades-long binational program to manage the effects of invasive sea lamprey on the Great Lakes. Read the full story by MLive.

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More than $159 million in Great Lakes projects is included in President Joe Biden’s proposed budget, including a study that would identify coastal areas vulnerable to flooding and find ways to shore them up. Read the full story by MLive.

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The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed the first federal limits on harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water, a long-awaited protection the agency said will save thousands of lives and prevent serious illnesses, including cancer. The plan would limit toxic PFAS chemicals to the lowest level that tests can detect. Read the full story by The Associated Press.

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