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U.S. Congressional committees have approved the Great Lakes Fisheries Research Reauthorization Act in both the House and the Senate, clearing them for full votes in both bodies. The legislation would authorize funding for the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) Great Lakes Science Center for another five years. Read the full story by SeafoodSource.

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Butterfly populations are in decline across the continental U.S., dropping by 22% between 2000 and 2020. To help combat that trend, the John Ball Zoo launched its Great Lakes Rare Butterfly Program in 2021 to protect the region’s most threatened species. Read the full story by the Daily Press.

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Each year, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources allocates $1.5 million in fisheries habitat grants to governments and nonprofit organizations around the state. Pre-proposal submissions for the yearly fisheries habitat grants are now being accepted. Read the full story by the Daily Press.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251105-state-soliciting-fisheries-habitat-projects

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American Cruise Lines’ American Patriot cruise ship, built in 2025, will stop in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, four times in 2026 on the Lake Michigan & Upper Peninsula cruise line, one of the company’s three Great Lakes cruises. Read the full story by The Post-Crescent.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251105-sheboygan-lake-michigan-cruise-ship-2026

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The Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Lake Superior Nov. 10, 1975, and killed all 29 men aboard. It’s a modern maritime tragedy that has echoed for decades. Read the full story by USA Today.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251105-edmund-fitzgerald-fifty-years-ago

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Scientists are using a remotely operated vehicle to explore and map nearly 100 square miles of lakebed along the Pennsylvania, New York and Canadian borders. The survey area includes the deepest areas of the eastern basin of Lake Erie, with depths ranging from 114 to 180 feet.  Read the full story by Erie Times-News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251010-scientists-rov-lakeerie

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Despite worries over rising temperatures, it turns out anglers have a greater effect on fish populations than climate change. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251010-fishing-midwest-fish-populations-warming

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Despite low river levels and summer heat, the Michigan DNR’s annual fish egg collection at the Little Manistee Weir in Manistee County saw strong returns this season, a welcome sign after numbers dipped in recent years. Read the full story by WGTU-TV – Traverse City, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251010-michigans-egg-collection-little-manistee-weir

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The Huron River winds through woods in Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, where thousands of residents fish, canoe and swim. A proposal aims to add a 300,000-square-foot data center with a 20-acre electric substation to the landscape, raising concerns over energy usage and light, noise, water and air pollution. Read the full story by Michigan Advance.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251010-los-alamos-national-security-ai-data-center

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The U.S. states and Canadian provinces that border the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River produce $9.3 trillion in total economic activity each year. The region’s leaders are coordinating to boost that higher while also protecting the  environment. Read the full story by The Daily News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251010-us-canadian-leaders-enhancing-greatlakes-cooperation

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The state of Michigan’s budget includes notable investments in conservation and restoration. Highlights include waterfront land conservation and funding to support an effort to reintroduce Arctic grayling to select rivers in the northern lower peninsula. Read the full story by Interlochen Public Radio.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251010-beaches-fishes-trees-northern-michigan

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In Ohio, the combination of drought and the current cyanobacteria blue-green algal bloom in the Sandusky Bay could result in fish kills, but favorable fall weather is likely to arrive in time to avoid the problem. Read the full story by the Fremont News-Messenger.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251010-fishkills-drought-algalbloom

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More than 120 people recently rolled up their sleeves to tackle litter on the Cobourg shoreline of Lake Ontario, collecting 1,200 pieces of plastic and other debris as part of the inaugural Great Lakes Coastal Cleanup. Read the full story by KawathaNOW.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251010-greatlakes-coastal-cleanup-coburg-volunteers

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The mighty Edmund Fitzgerald, immortalized in song by Gordon Lightfoot, sank 50 years ago on Lake Superior. Reporters spent a week on a Great Lakes freighter, the Wilfred Sykes, that survived the storm. Read the full story by the New York Times.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251010-edmund-fitzgerald

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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While the discovery of a wooden schooner hidden beneath the depths of Lake Michigan for nearly 140 years is noteworthy on its own, it also was the first time citizen scientists and community historians from around the Midwest were able to participate in looking for a historic wreck. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250915-lakemichigan-shipwreck-found-citizens

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As global aquaculture has grown to meet increasing demand for protein, a small but determined group of inland fish farmers in the Great Lakes region are building a more sustainable, local supply. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250915-inland-farmers-sustainable-future-greatlakes

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The Army Corps of Engineers’ latest cost estimate for the mega project to build a new shipping lock in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, has dropped to $2.6 billion. Read the full story by The Detroit News.

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The state of Michigan began testing a random assortment of rivers and streams for microplastics this year. Data from the first sampling round is being analyzed and quality-checked, but the preliminary results are not encouraging. Read the full story by MLive.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250915-michigan-microplastic-pollution-state-waters

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First lit in 1901, the red-roofed, south light house in the Duluth Canal has stood longer than the lift bridge itself. It has now been acquired by the Lake Superior Marine Museum Association, and they’re looking to give it some much needed renovations before opening it for tours in 2027. Read the full story by WDIO-TV – Duluth, MN.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250915-historic-lighthouse-tours

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Bowling Green State University biology students have made the University’s Ecology Research Station home to dozens of mini experiments to support the state of Ohio’s efforts to mitigate harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250915-bgsu-students-ohio-wetlands-implementation

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When Americans think of our coastlines, most picture the beaches of the Atlantic, the Pacific or the Gulf. But the Great Lakes are America’s fourth coast — a 2,300-mile expanse. Read the full story by The Time of Northwest Indiana. 

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On Friday, Traverse City business and education leaders broke ground on the Freshwater Research and Innovation Center at Discovery Pier in Elmwood Township, which they hope will attract the “blue tech” sector to northern Michigan. Read the full story by Interlochen Public Radio. 

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A new documentary showcasing the underwater beauty of the Great Lakes and the impact that invasive mussels are having on the lakes’ ecosystems is getting its Detroit premiere. The free screening is set for Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. at the Detroit Film Theatre (DFT) at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Read the full story by Bridge Michigan.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250915-greatlakes-underwater-secrets

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The newest state budget contained sweeping cuts to H2Ohio. In addition to slashing funds from the Ohio Department of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Agency, it halved the amount of money allocated to the Department of Natural Resources for wetlands restoration work. Read the full story by The Statehouse News Bureau.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250910-h2ohio-fundingcuts-future-wetland-restoration

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A recent report warns the region is not prepared for the unprecedented, growing demand from data centers and other big water users like agriculture. Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune.  

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250910-surging-number-data-centers-great-lakes-water-shortages

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The Ontario government is handing provincial parklands over to the town of Wasaga Beach, Ontario, in hopes of boosting the local economy. Residents wonder whether the beach will still be welcoming to endangered birds like piping plovers and the public. Read the full story by The Narwhal.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250910-wasaga-beach-piping-plovers-ontario

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Beware when heading out onto Lake Michigan — legend says ships are known to vanish in what’s known as the Lake Michigan Triangle, or do they? Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250910-great-lakes-mystery-triangle-disappearances

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From September 8-11, residents of Burlington, Ontario, may see catamaran boats on the waters of Lake Ontario, as more than 50 of the world’s best sailors take to the lake. The Hobie 14 North American Championship is an internationally-recognized event, with both European and World Championships using the world’s very first sports catamaran to compete. Read the full story by Burlington Today.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250910-catamarans-lakeontario-sailingevent

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The Ontario government is committing $180,000 to projects aimed at restoring and protecting waterways on Manitoulin Island, part of the Lake Huron watershed. The investment will help improve water quality, strengthen fish habitats and biodiversity, and support both environmental and economic resilience in the region. Read the full story by Wire Service Canada.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250910-ontario-invests-waterways-manitoulin-island

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The Canadian company Enbridge wants to move a section of its 645-mile gas and oil line that’s been operating for decades near Lake Superior within the Reservation of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. The change would move the section outside tribal land but still fall within the region’s stream- and wetland-rich landscape. Last November, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources approved Enbridge’s plan – but tribal and environmental groups are pushing back. Read the full story by WUWM – Milwaukee, WI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250910-pipeline-project-habitat-rich-northern-wisconsin

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The Cedar Creek watershed encompasses nearly 175,000 acres in northeast Indiana, spanning three counties and creating a unique and diverse ecosystem. Now, a plan to improve the quality of the watershed, put forth by the City of Fort Wayne Utilities is awaiting approval from the state. Cedar Creek is the largest watershed feeding into the St. Joseph River. The creek flows into the Maumee River, and ultimately into Lake Erie. Read the full story by WBOI – Fort Wayne, IN.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250910-cedarcreek-state-awaiting-approval

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When strong winds push Lake Erie’s water east or west, shorelines can be left dry or flooded in a matter of hours, resulting in the water levels drastically decreasing in a short amount of time. However, that water must go somewhere, and that “somewhere” is the opposite lakeshore. Read the full story by WGRD – Grand Rapids, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250910-greatlakes-strange-seiche-phenomenon

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The new Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Lake Erie Research Unit facility is located on the grounds of the Fairview State Fish Hatchery in Erie County, Pennsylvania, and it contains a research laboratory, library, conference room, and modern office space for three full-time biologists, seasonal biologist aides, and a Waterways Conservation Officer. Read the full story by PennWatch Media.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250910-pa-fish-boat-lakeerie-research-unit

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Nearly 100 people drown in the Great Lakes each year – an Upper Peninsula start-up called SwimSmart is working to address that. Read the full story by Second Wave Michigan.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250813-upper-peninsula-tech-company-beaches-safer

Hannah Reynolds

Though substantially reduced over the last 30 years by the impacts of invasive quagga mussels, yellow perch in Lake Michigan are showing signs of successful annual reproduction. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.   

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250813-yellow-perch-survival-reduction-wisconnsin

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The St. Clair River is expected to be filled with floats this weekend for an unsanctioned event officials with the U.S. and Canadian coast guards are calling “inherently dangerous.” High risk factors include the fast-moving current, weather conditions, water temperature, large number of participants, lack of life jackets and alcohol consumption. Read the full story by MLive.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250813-us-canadian-coast-guard-warn-porthuron-floatdown

Hannah Reynolds

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says it has stockpiled Michigan waters with 18 million fish so far this year. Fish stocking, a process in which officials raise and release both cool and coldwater species in state waters, occurs year-round, with additional fish stockings planned for the fall. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250813-dnr-adding-fish-michigan-waters

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The Great Lakes Fishery Commission will receive a $2.1 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to address the invasive sea lamprey in the Grand River in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.   

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250813-epa-grant-sea-lamprey-grandriver

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Invasive sea lamprey are a huge problem for the Great Lakes, impeding efforts to restore the lake trout population and steelhead fisheries. Read the full story by the Pocono Record.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250813-lampreys-pa-lakeerie

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Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial Swim participants had to abort their swim nine miles short of their finish at Sturgeon Point Lighthouse in Alcona County, Michigan, due to mechanical issues. Read the full story by The Alpena News. 

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250813-edmund-fitzgerald-memorial-swim

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In Michigan, Huron-Clinton Metroparks will recommend removing the Flat Rock and Huroc dams on the Huron River and replacing them with installed rock arches that would maintain wetlands and water levels in the impoundment behind the dam — a key concern of area residents. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press. 

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250813-metroparks-flatrock-dam

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