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Open Doors: Great Lakes tourist destinations make 2021 a new start

On: May 26, 2021

With summer quickly approaching, popular tourist destinations across the Great Lakes region are fully opening for business and hoping to attract tourists to the many recreational opportunities along the lake shoreline. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210526-tourists

UofT researchers are dumping plastic bottles into Lake Ontario, here’s why

On: May 26, 2021

University of Toronto researchers released plastic bottles with GPS trackers into the Toronto Harbor with the hope of monitoring the bottles’ travel throughout Lake Ontario. The research will inform the movement of garbage across the lake and improve waste management. Read the full story by Yahoo News Canada.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210526-plastic-bottles

Saginaw, Muskegon to resume shutoffs for unpaid water bills

On: May 26, 2021

The cities of Saginaw, Michigan, and Muskegon, Michigan, are resuming water shutoffs for failure to pay water bills. The change comes after a statewide pandemic moratorium expired at the end of March. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210526-shutoffs

Michigan’s U.S. Senators address climate summit

On: May 26, 2021

The Michigan Climate and Energy Summit brought out Michigan’s two US Senators to discuss the federal government’s response to climate change, including the impact of President Biden’s stimulus plan on addressing Great Lakes protection and tackling climate impacts of the region’s agriculture and forestry industry. Read the full story by WWUP -TV – Sault St. Marie, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210526-climate-summit

‘Car graveyard’ hides below bluff, linked to Michigan history few know about

On: May 26, 2021

When Lake Michigan water levels were high in the 1960s, one resident in St. Joseph, Michigan, adopted a unique strategy for creating a breakwall to prevent erosion: piling junk cars on the beach to stabilize the shoreline and prevent bluff erosion. Read the full story by WZZM-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210526-car-graveyard

City beaches reopening Friday

On: May 26, 2021

Chicago’s 22 beaches along Lake Michigan will re-open to the public for the first time since September 2019. Read the full story by the Chicago Sun Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210526-chicago-beaches-open

Agencies are increasing efforts to remove grass carp, block them from spawning habitat

On: May 26, 2021

A panel of experts on invasive grass carp convened at this week’s Great Lakes Fishery Commission annual meeting discussed strategies for removing grass carp from the northwest Ohio waterways and installing structural barriers to prevent the further spread of carp. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210526-grass-carp

Outdoors: Steelhead, salmon shery improving after Michigan dam comes down

On: May 26, 2021

The removal of the Pucker Street Dam on the Dowagiac River in Berrien County, Michigan, heralded the return of salmon and steelhead fish to upstream breeding grounds. The dam removal will support the fishery industry by improve fish breeding. Read the full story by The Toledo Blade.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210526-remove-the-dams

President Biden wants to replace all lead pipes. Flint has lessons to share

On: May 26, 2021

President Biden proposed billions in funding to replace the nation’s lead water pipes. Flint, Michigan, is an example of how to fix the problem and the challenges that could slow progress. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210526-lead-pipes

Impacts of high water levels on Lake Michigan

On: May 26, 2021

Even as water levels drop on Lake Michigan, coastal erosion continues to damage the shoreline and impact infrastructure and buildings along the coast. Read the full story by WXMI-TV—Grand Rapids, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210526-water-levels

Great Lakes’ water levels forecast to be in the ‘sweet spot’ for summer

On: May 14, 2021

Dry weather is putting the Great Lakes’ water levels on a downward trend, with new forecasts for the summer placing water levels at depths where boaters and shipping won’t have to worry about low water levels or adjusting dock heights due to record high water. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210514-waterlevels

Conservation coordination: Black Lake sturgeon fishing highlights contrasts between Native and state approaches

On: May 14, 2021

Tribes in Michigan are legally entitled to hunting and fishing rights in Michigan through historic treaties. However, because wildlife and fish often cross jurisdictional boundaries, tribes, state and federal agencies must work together to manage wildlife populations and reconcile conflicting science and management priorities. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210514-conservation-coordination

After weak 2020, shipments through Twin Ports off to encouraging start

On: May 14, 2021

Taconite iron ore shipments on the Great Lakes are trending up, and the Port of Duluth-Superior is experiencing a bustling start to the shipping campaign. This year’s shipments represent a 48% increase over the 2020 pace and a 23% improvement on the five-season average. Read the full story by Duluth News Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210514-taconite

Great Lakes piping plovers Monty and Rose lay eggs at Chicago’s Montrose Beach

On: May 14, 2021

The Chicago Park District announced that Monty and Rose, a pair of endangered Great Lakes piping plovers, have produced three eggs at their breeding grounds at Montrose Beach Dunes Natural Area on Chicago’s north side. Read the full story by WLS-TV – Chicago, IL.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210514-plover-eggs

Greens get behind Great Lakes Anishinaabe in fights against controversial herbicide, Enbridge Line 5

On: May 14, 2021

Anishinaabe chiefs of the upper Great Lakes are calling for a ban on aerial spraying of the herbicide across the Robinson Huron Treaty area in northern Ontario. Their requests are receiving parliamentary support by Ontario MPs in the Green Party. Read the full story by APTN News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210514-anishinaabe

Federal government to give away Cleveland lighthouse in Lake Erie for free

On: May 14, 2021

The federal government announced on Thursday that it no longer needs the Cleveland Harbor West Pierhead Lighthouse, and would be giving away the lighthouse for free to eligible, federal, state or local organizations. Read the full story by WOIO-TV – Cleveland, OH.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210514-free-lighthouse

Poll results show strong desire for more CAFO regulations

On: May 14, 2021

Eighty-one percent of registered northwest Ohio voters want stronger rules and regulations on large livestock facilities known as concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, according to results of a new poll released Thursday. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210514-cafos

Poll results show strong desire for more CAFO regulations

On: May 14, 2021

Eighty-one percent of registered northwest Ohio voters want stronger rules and regulations on large livestock facilities known as concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, according to results of a new poll released Thursday. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210514-cafos

Company defies Michigan governor’s order to close pipeline

On: May 14, 2021

Enbridge Energy defied Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s order to shutdown the Line 5 pipeline, breaking Michigan state law. Read the full story by WNEM-TV – Saginaw, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210514-enbridge

Company defies Michigan governor’s order to close pipeline

On: May 14, 2021

Enbridge Energy defied Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s order to shutdown the Line 5 pipeline, breaking Michigan state law. Read the full story by WNEM-TV – Saginaw, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210514-enbridge

COMMENTARY: Bill aims to strip away water safeguards and hang Ohioans out to dry

On: May 14, 2021

A bill proposed by Ohio lawmakers seeks to remove pollution control for a large swath of Ohio streams and wetlands by relaxing regulations to align Ohio’s rules with the environmentally unsound federal regulation known as the Navigable Waters Protection Rule. Read the full story by The Columbus Dispatch.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210514-bill

Algoma U partners to study Lake Superior watershed

On: May 14, 2021

Algoma University in Sault St. Marie, Ontario, is partnering with other universities and community partners in the Lake Superior region to create the Lake Superior Climate Action Field School. The Field School will train a diverse group of young Canadians to become regional and national climate leaders through an experiential program of virtual workshops, community site visits, and events around the Lake Superior watershed. Read the full story by The Sault Star.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210514-climate-school

Turning in tagged fish could be rewarding

On: May 14, 2021

Anglers on Lake Huron are encouraged to check any salmon or trout they catch in Lake Huron for an electronic tag on the fish’s adipose fin. The tags are used by state and federal researchers to track fish populations, and anglers could receive $100 for their catches. Read the full story by The News Herald.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210514-fish-tags

Plastic debris is getting into the Great Lakes, our drinking water, and our food

On: May 6, 2021

Every year, 22 million pounds of plastic end up in the Great Lakes. This plastic breaks down and slips through water treatment systems, entering our drinking water and the food we eat. Read and listen to the full story by Michigan Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210506-plastic

Tribal nations back Michigan in Line 5 pipeline dispute

On: May 6, 2021

Native American tribes say the risk of an oil spill from the Line 5 oil pipeline poses a “grave threat” to their right to hunt, fish and gather in northern Michigan and the Great Lakes. Tribal nations in Michigan assert that the Straits of Mackinac remain critically important for tribal fishers in the region, connected with cultural and spiritual practices and as a way to pass down teachings through generations. Read the full story by Canada’s National Observer.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210506-tribes-line5

Congress considers once-in-a-generation bill for conservation

On: May 6, 2021

A bipartisan bill to enhance wildlife protection was introduced in Congress this week. The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act would provide states, territories and tribes with $1.4 billion annually to protect important species and their associated habitats, and directs the money towards Wildlife Action Plans used by conservation agencies. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210506-conservation-bill

Elected officials, environmental group raises alarm about large livestock pollution

On: May 6, 2021

Local elected officials and a Lake Erie environmental group raised the alarm Wednesday about a burst in new applications to expand or establish new intensive livestock operations on farms in the western Lake Erie watershed. Manure from these operations flows into tributaries and feed harmful algal bloom on Lake Erie. Read the full story by Toledo Blade.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210506-cafo-concerns

DeWine celebrates Lake Erie as major tourist attraction, talks algal blooms during Toledo visit

On: May 6, 2021

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine stopped in Toledo, Ohio, on Wednesday, to highlight Lake Erie as a tourism destination on Ohio Tourism Day. Governor DeWine touted his H2Ohio initiative to address serious water issues in Ohio, including harmful algal blooms on Lake Erie caused by phosphorus runoff from farm fertilizer. Read the full story by TV – WTOL – Toledo, Ohio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210506-dewine

The Lake Express Ferry to begin daily service on May 7

On: May 6, 2021

The Lake Express Ferry will launch its 2021 travel season on Friday, May 7 with four daily crossings on Lake Michigan between Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Muskegon, Michigan. Officials say the four-engine powered ship provides the most daily crossings of Lake Michigan and the fastest service with each trip taking only two-and-a-half hours. Read the full story by TV – WDJT – Milwauke, WI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210506-milwaukee-ferry

Lake Erie water levels trending lower than last year: What that means for erosion

On: May 6, 2021

Heading into the summer season, water levels on Lake Erie are about 17 inches lower than they were last year, according to the Army Corps of Engineers. Lower levels will help lessen erosion and flooding issues along the lakeshore – especially near the western basin where the lake is much more shallow. Read the full story by TV – WOIO – Cleveland, Ohio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210506-erosion

Great Lakes Way project aims to unify greenways and water trails along Michigan’s southeast coast

On: May 6, 2021

Community organizations and philanthropic foundations in Southeast Michigan are working on a new plan to create a land and water trail along the St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, and Detroit River. Read the full story by Metromode.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210506-bike-path

Presque Isle lighthouses provide link to the past

On: May 6, 2021

The Presque Isle Lighthouse near Erie, Pennsylvania is considered one of the area’s most treasured historic sites, watching over the water near Beach 9 since the 1870s. Read the full story by Erie News Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210506-presque-isle-pa

A big fight in Lansing over fishing rules on the Great Lakes

On: April 15, 2021

Declining fish populations in the Great Lakes has created conflicts between commercial fishermen, charter-boat fishermen, and tribes who are all competing for fishing allotments set by Michigan state regulators. Read the full story by Bridge Magazine.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210415-fish-fight

How Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline is dividing Indigenous lands and people

On: April 15, 2021

As the Line 3 pipeline cuts through the Fond du Lac reservation, treaty lands of several other bands of Ojibwe and the headwaters of the Mississippi River in northern Minnesota, the project has brought controversy and discord into tribal communities who are divided over the risks and benefits from the pipeline. Read the full story by The Narwhal.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210415-line3

Students to stand-up paddleboard 50 miles to raise money for the Great Lakes

On: April 15, 2021

Three northern Michigan middle schoolers are setting out on a paddleboard journey from the Soo Locks to Drummond Island on Lake Huron to raise awareness about plastic pollution in the Great Lakes. Read the full story by UpNorthLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210415-support-the-gl

Community funds raised to preserve 43 acres of Lake Michigan dunes

On: April 15, 2021

The Land Conservancy of West Michigan announced the purchase of forty-three acres of the Lake Michigan shoreline, expanding the conservancy’s tract of protected forested dune habitat. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210415-preserve

Scugog First Nation community roots stretch back more than 300 years

On: April 15, 2021

The Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation in Ontario can trace their connection to the community back more than 300 years, settling on bountiful lands near Lake Ontario after being uprooted from their former homelands north of Lake Huron. Read the full story by the Durham Region.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210415-scugog

New sunfish regulations let Minnesota’s fish grow

On: April 15, 2021

Growing public concern about shrinking sunfish sizes led to lower daily harvest limits across Minnesota this year. Read the full story by the Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210415-sunfish

Michigan EGLE tests for PFAS outside Gogebic-Iron County Airport

On: April 15, 2021

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy is testing residential wells in North Ironwood, Michigan, for harmful chemicals this week, after some were found at the Gogebic-Iron County airport. Read and listen to the full story by WXPR – Rhinelander, WI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210414-kalamazoo

DNR’s spring steelhead egg collection on Little Manistee River is underway

On: April 15, 2021

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ annual collection of steelhead eggs from the Little Manistee River is underway. Yearling steelhead produced through hatchery operations are stocked in select tributaries of all the Great Lakes and provide one of Michigan’s premier sport fishing opportunities for both Great Lakes open water and tributary stream fishing. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210415-dnr-steelhead

Michigan PFAS Response Team discusses ways to clean up PFAS contamination near airport

On: April 15, 2021

Residents near Cherry Capital Airport in Traverse City, Michigan, are facing concerns about PFAS in groundwater stemming from the use of firefighting foams used at the airport. Read the full story by UpNorthLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210415-pfas-tc

Floating wind turbines in Great Lakes? State agency to study idea

On: March 25, 2021

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority will study the feasibility of building wind turbines in the Great Lakes and assess whether turbines can be placed on floating platforms instead of being anchored to the lake beds. Read the full story by The Buffalo News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210325-floating-turbines

Early Detection: When it comes to Great Lakes invasives, prevention is the only cure

On: March 25, 2021

By stopping invasive plant and animal species before they establish in the Great Lakes system, the impacts and costs of invasive species could be significantly reduced. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210325-early-detection

Ohio, Louisiana, and Indiana weigh in on Enbridge’s Line 5 lawsuit

On: March 25, 2021

Attorneys general from Ohio, Louisiana, and Indiana requested to join Enbridge Energy’s case against Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s revocation of the easement for the Line 5 pipeline, claiming that shutting down Line 5 would impact their states financially. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210324-gull

Strong steel demand fuels hopes for solid Great Lakes shipping season

On: March 25, 2021

Great Lakes shipping season kicked off this week with high hopes for a much-improved year following a year of record low shipping levels. Read the full story by the Duluth Star Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210325-steel-hopes

Michigan warns of PFAS contamination in Lake Superior smelt

On: March 25, 2021

After Wisconsin scientists discovered high levels of PFAS in the tissue of fish taken near the Apostle Islands in western Lake Superior, Michigan regulators are urging residents to limit consumption of smelt taken from Lake Superior. Read the full story by Bridge Magazine.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210325-pfas-smelt

Line 5 critics call for equal time

On: March 25, 2021

Michigan business leaders are sounding the alarm on Republican Senators for undermining governor’s order to shut down Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline, accusing the Senate of failing to listen to Michigan business interests and favoring Canadian industry. Read the full story by Public News Service.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210325-line5-concerns

Line 5 critics call for equal time

On: March 25, 2021

Michigan business leaders are sounding the alarm on Republican Senators for undermining governor’s order to shut down Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline, accusing the Senate of failing to listen to Michigan business interests and favoring Canadian industry. Read the full story by Public News Service.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210325-line5-concerns

Illinois lawmakers propose additional fishing fee to fight Asian carp

On: March 25, 2021

Illinois lawmakers are working to add another fee for those who want permission to fish in the state’s waterbodies. The fee would fund further efforts to fight off the spread of invasive Asian carp in the state. Read the full story by Neighbor Newspapers.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210325-il-carp-fee

‘Pandemic fatigue’ may have increased Great Lakes drownings

On: March 25, 2021

A new study attributes a spike in drownings on Lake Huron and Lake Ontario last year to unsafe beach conditions related to pandemic restrictions. Read the full story by Manistee News Advocate.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210325-pandemic-fatigue