Green algae scum is visible along Magee Marsh Wildlife Area’s shoreline, as scientists have bumped up their Lake Erie Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) severity seasonal projections this week. NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science and its research partners originally predicted a severity of 3.5 on a scale of 10 in late June. Wednesday, NOAA revised its projection and now expects a bloom with a severity of 4.5 with a range up to 5.5 due to model uncertainty. Read the full story by Fremont News Messenger.

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Rock snot, officially called didymo, was the centerpiece of the underwater research the DNR recently conducted in Lake Superior. Rantala and several other DNR researchers, fisheries biologists and members of the state agency’s aquatic invasive species unit traveled to Grand Marais in late July to collect samples from the bottom of Lake Superior. Read the full story by WTIP – Grand Marais, MN.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220805-lakesuperiordive

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Toxic algae in lakes and rivers is a growing problem for cities, pets, swimmers and fishers — and, increasingly, the farmers who are causing it. Harmful algal blooms are becoming a regular summer feature around the country, thanks to fertilizer-laden runoff and hot water temperatures. NOAA estimates algal blooms have cost coastal economies $1 billion over the past several decades in lost recreation, tourism and seafood harvesting. Read the full story by POLITICO.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220805-toxicalgae-perennialcrop

Hannah Reynolds

“Tremendous progress” is being made to restore and protect the Great Lakes from the impacts of toxic chemicals and the introduction of non-native invasive species. That’s according to the authors of a joint report issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Climate Change Canada on July 29.  Lake Michigan was assessed as “fair” and “unchanging.” Read the full story by the Manistee News Advocate.

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Positioning wind farms offshore has proven successful in oceanic waters off Europe. Some say it has never been done in freshwater lakes and should not be tried on Lake Erie. Oceans are excellent for siting wind farms; freshwater lakes are better. The absence of corrosive salt water, oceanic tides, storms, and great depth give lakes the edge. Read the full story by The Buffalo News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220805-lakeeriewindfarm

Hannah Reynolds

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Trash Free Waters Program paid for the UW-Oshkosh Marine Debris Mitigation Project boat that is helping to clear the waters of the Great Lakes. It’s Wisconsin’s first aquatic trash boat. Read the full story by Door County Pulse.

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Muskegon is one of 27 Great Lakes ports that are welcoming passengers back after cruises were grounded for two years due to the pandemic. Pent-up demand and the growing popularity of Great Lakes cruises are making this a record-breaking year and bringing millions of dollars to local communities. Read the full story by MLive.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220805-cruiseshipsmuskegon

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Researchers are on a mission to map the bottom of all five Great Lakes, a system so sparsely-documented, some portions contain only one or two data points to cover an area the size of Detroit. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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A tank of live invasive sea lampreys — the vampires of the Great Lakes — will visit the Midland Tall Ships Festival from July 22 through July 24. Read the full story by Midland Today.  

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The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission announced that it has conducted targeted invasive carp sampling in Presque Isle Bay, Erie County, after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) detected the presence of Silver Carp environmental DNA (eDNA). Read the full story by PennWATCH.

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Some South Haven businesses have started offering red flag day specials — deals to incentivize families to visit them rather than Lake Michigan when conditions are dangerous. Read the full story by UP Matters.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220722-redflagdealslakemi

Hannah Reynolds

Member agencies of the St. Marys River Fisheries Task Group will conduct a fish community survey of the entire St. Marys River during August. The St. Marys River is a connecting channel between Lake Superior and Lake Huron. The survey work will cover many locations along the 70-mile-long river, from the upper river near Brimley to where the river empties into Lake Huron at DeTour. Read the full story by The Mining Journal.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220722-fishsurverystmarysriver

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West Michigan welcomes tens of thousands of visitors from around the world every summer and many of them travel by cruise ship. Cruise the Great Lakes expects about 150,000 visitors into ports around the Midwest and Canada in 2022. There are 4 cruise lines serving Great Lakes ports, generating more than $120 million this season. One of those ports is Muskegon. Read the full story by Fox 7 News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220722-greatlakescruises

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A local history museum paired with the public library would make for an “exciting” combination at the Discovery Centre on Hamilton’s west harbour, Mayor Fred Eisenberger says. Read the full story by the Hamilton Spectator.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220722-waterfrontdiscoverycentre

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Three parks in Northeast Michigan will undergo improvements after Michigan allocated $535,000 to help fund renovations. Rogers City is slated to receive $185,000 to update the popular Lakeside Park on Lake Huron. Read the full story by The Alpena News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220722-localparkfunding

Hannah Reynolds

Jurors heard closing arguments Thursday in the only trial to arise thus far from the Flint water crisis, a dispute over whether two engineering firms should be held partially responsible for the city’s lead contamination in 2014-15. Read the full story by WNEM-TV – Saginaw, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220722-flintwatercase

Hannah Reynolds

Sixty years of the Canadian Coast Guard service in Canada was recognized during a service aboard the Canadian Coast Guard vessel and museum, the Alexander Henry, on Monday. The Alexander Henry, a decommissioned icebreaker and part of the Lakehead Transportation Museum in Thunder Bay, was also celebrated — as it was launched in the city 64 years ago. Read the full story by The Chronicle Journal.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220722-cacoastguard

Hannah Reynolds

The base of the food chain across the Great Lakes is changing in ways affecting the top of the food chain, the fish we love to catch and eat, and scientists at the Natural Resources Research Institute at the University of Minnesota Duluth are trying to find out why. The problems are different in each lake, but start with tiny plants called phytoplankton, microscopic marine algae. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.  

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/202207011-phytoplankton-greatlakesfoodchain

Hannah Reynolds

Until now, the scope of PFAS problems in Illinois remained unknown. More than 8 million people in the state — 6 out of every 10 Illinoisans — get their drinking water from a utility where at least one forever chemical has been detected, according to a Chicago Tribune investigation that included a computerized analysis of test results and a review of court documents, government records and scientific studies. Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune. 

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/202207011-illinois-pfas-drinkingwater

Hannah Reynolds

While electric boats represent just two percent of the marine economy, industry players see big potential – and see northern Michigan as an ideal place to make an early mark. Read the full story by The Ticker.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/202207011-electricboatindustry-michigan

Hannah Reynolds

Eighteen lake sturgeon were detected migrating upstream this spring in the Milwaukee River, according to data from the Department of Natural Resources. The number is a modern-era record and was cheered by sturgeon recovery advocates. Read the full story by The Wausau Daily Herald.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/202207011-sturgeon-milwaukeeriver

Hannah Reynolds

The Motor City was awash with maritime revelry Saturday as the Ocean Navigator cruise ship anchored at the RiverWalk in Detroit, MI for the first Port Days event aimed at showcasing maritime travel on Michigan’s beloved waters. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/202207011-portdaysevent-detroit

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The Keweenaw Invasive Species Management Area is working alongside other Upper Peninsula cooperative invasive species management areas to survey for native and invasive phragmites in Houghton, Baraga and Keweenaw counties (Michigan). Read the full story by The Mining Journal.

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This year, partners in the Sault Ste. Marie area have come together to participate and want to invite the local community and partners to take part in this critical clean up initiative on Saturday, July 16, 2022. Since launching in Canada in 1994, the Ocean Wise Shoreline Cleanup Program has expanded across Canada and now into the United States. Read the full story by Superior Media.  

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To meet the growing enthusiasm for Québec City as a cruise destination, the Port of Québec now has a modern terminal as welcoming as the city itself. The cruise terminal was built following consultation with the local cruise industry, which had identified the need for a new terminal to improve the reception of cruise passengers in Québec City and ensure a high satisfaction rate. Read the full story by PortNews.

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Members of the Superior Watershed Partnership’s Great Lakes Climate Corps, take part in a habitat-improvement project Friday at McCarty’s Cove in Marquette. The day’s activities were to include pulling invasive vegetation and planting native beach grass. Read the full story by The Mining Journal.

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The appetite to get back on the water was clear as Welland’s Canadian Tire Floatfest broke two records last weekend on the Welland Canal, says Angie St. Pierre, the event’s safety and security co-ordinator. “We had more than 2,500 people registered, and approximately 1,800 floated which are both record numbers. said St. Pierre.  Read the full story by the St. Catharines Standard.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/202207011-tirefloatfest

Hannah Reynolds

A Michigan regulatory panel said Thursday that it needs more information about safety risks before it can rule on Enbridge Energy’s plan to extend an oil pipeline through a tunnel beneath a waterway linking two of the Great Lakes. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220708-greatlakesoiltunnelplan

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When ships come to the St. Lawrence River, it’s what they leave behind that’s an issue for environmentalists, and members of Congress. They’ve penned a letter, hoping for change to protect what’s in the Thousand Islands. Read the full story by WWNY-TV – Watertown, NY.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220708-stricterballastcontrols

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Canada’s Invasive Species Centre (ISC) hopes to eradicate an aquatic plant that forms extremely dense floating mats of vegetation that shades out native vegetation and decreases plant biodiversity first discovered in the Welland River two years ago. Said Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority outreach worker Kerry Royer, “We certainly wouldn’t want it getting into the Niagara River and then move into the Great Lakes.” Read the full story by the St. Catharines Standard.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220708-waterchestnut

Hannah Reynolds

Residents of eastern Quebec probably remember the exceptional weather conditions and the very high tide of Dec. 6, 2010. The combination caused flooding along the shores of the St. Lawrence River and millions of dollars in damage to public and private infrastructure. Researchers are now asking when might the exceptional high tides of the St. Lawrence River strike next? Read the full story by the National Post.

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Lake Michigan is considered the deadliest of the Great Lakes. Numbers show Lake Michigan has had the most drownings in the past two years. Now, Racine wants to change that. Read the full story by FOX6 News Milwaukee.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220708-watersafetyenhancements

Hannah Reynolds

This year’s Tall Ships Festival in Cleveland will include some of the more disgusting denizens of the Great Lakes – sea lampreys. The Great Lakes Fishery Commission will be on hand with a half-dozen sea lampreys in a tank to publicize the destructive nature of the invasive species and why it’s important to continue controlling its population. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.  

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220708-clevelandsealamprey

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Gov. Tony Evers appeared in Algoma Thursday, announcing four grants from the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program (WCMP) that will impact Kewaunee County, WI. Read the full story by WLUK-TV –  Algoma, WI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220708-wisconsincmp

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June has shaped up to be much busier than the same time last year with improved cargo volumes in the Thunder Bay, Ontario port. Both potash and general cargo shipments were up, while grain volumes had a modest rebound. Read the full story by The Chronicle Journal.

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After 100 years of coordinated effort, 98% of all the sea lamprey in the Great Lakes have been eliminated. Researchers are looking towards modern technology to eliminate that last 2%. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220708-sealampreycontrol

Hannah Reynolds

Fisheries researchers go to great lengths, or sometimes deep waters, to seek answers to their questions. Recently, an interdisciplinary team of scientists aboard the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) research vessel Lake Char discovered the deepest occurrence of lake char (or lake trout) spawning in the Great Lakes at a depth of over 400 feet off the north side of Isle Royale in Lake Superior. Read the full story by WLUC-TV – Negaunee, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220708-egghunt

Hannah Reynolds

The City of Manitowoc, WI is again reminding residents it is unlawful to place grass clippings in city streets and alleys. When mowing your lawn, the city asks that you direct the blower away from the street and clean up any grass clippings that make it there. Grass blown into the street can easily enter the storm sewer, which ends up in rivers and lakes. Read the full story by the Herald Times Reporter.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220523-manitowoc-wi-grassclippings

Hannah Reynolds

The weather is getting warmer, attracting Chicagoans to the water. While people enjoy the lakefront, there is a darker side to the summer as it’s the highest water rescue season in Chicago. Read the full story by the DePaulia.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220523-increase-waterrescues-chicago

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Ashtabula County’s neighbor to the north – Lake Erie – is expected to offer a good fishing experience in 2022, experts say. Read the full story by the Star Beacon.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220523-lakeerie-walleyecapital

Hannah Reynolds

The summer months are just around the corner and with all the runoff water from this recent rain, there’s a potential threat to those considering a swim in Lake Superior. Read the full story by CBS 3 – Duluth, MN.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220523-bluegreenalgae-threat-duluth

Hannah Reynolds

Details on how to finance the Village of Minooka’s $20 million stake in the Grand Prairie Water Commission that would bring Lake Michigan water to town were reviewed by trustees at a committee of the whole workshop held last week. Read the full story by WSPY – Plano, IL.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220523-minooka-lakemiwater

Hannah Reynolds

Fishing seasons for muskellunge begin on June 1 in inland waters and June 15 in Great Lakes waters (Lake Erie, upper Niagara River, lower Niagara River, Lake Ontario, and the St. Lawrence River), according to state Department of Environmental Conservation officials. Read the full story by the Lockport Journal.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220523-muskiefishing

Hannah Reynolds

That blissful beach getaway you’ve been yearning for is much closer than you realize. Historically a busy trading post, Southampton, just a three-hour drive northwest from Toronto, features a sandy beach along Lake Huron, a community full of beautiful homes, more good food than you’ll have time to enjoy and an award-winning craft beer. Read the full story by the Toronto Star.  

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220523-lakehuron-southhampton

Hannah Reynolds

While the city has found no evidence of rogue sewage spills, an overwhelmed sewer system in the lower city that combines storm water and sewage in the same pipes has overflowed 44 times this year. Read the full story by the Hamilton Spectator.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220523-smellyalgae-hamilitonwestharbour

Hannah Reynolds

Corälee Allaert, a 22-year-old University of Guelph student, has decided to tackle a big challenge to make something positive in her life. She will be swimming across two of the Great Lakes to commemorate the youth who have lost their lives to suicide. Read the full story by Guelph Today.

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Hannah Reynolds