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Under the Great Lakes revitalization program and after four decades and $460M of expenditures, the Rochester embayment area once deemed ‘severely polluted’ is improving; the revitalization of the Rochester embayment is one out of 43 locations on the Great Lakes that were first identified nearly four decades ago as severely polluted by the governments of the United States and Canada. Read the full story by Democrat and Chronicle.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200827-lake-ontario-pollution

Patrick Canniff

The Dearborn (Michigan) City Council unanimously passed an ordinance Tuesday aimed at reducing air pollution from industrial debris after a nearly two-year push by members of the community; the ordinance seeks to limit the amount of airborne dust from industrial sites and trucks hauling industrial materials. Read the full story by The Detroit News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200827-michigan-air-pollution

Patrick Canniff

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy’s Surface Water Assessment Section (EGLE) developed a work plan to sample algae blooms and shoreline deposits in an effort to help better understand water quality issues and factors affecting the beaches’ quality. Read to the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200827-water-quality-michigan

Patrick Canniff

Stantec is undertaking the next stage of a multi-year planning, preliminary design and environmental assessment process to determine how to best overhaul or replace the declining century-old swing bridge that connects Manitoulin Island to the mainland of Ontario. Read the full story by Northern Ontario Business.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200827-manitoulin-bridge-ontario

Patrick Canniff

The Hamilton Harbour Remedial Action Plan has been allotted $205,000 for the goal of delisting the Ontario harbour that spans between Burlington and Hamilton as an area of concern due to environmental degradation. Read the full story by Simcoe Reformer.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200827-ontario-waterfront-restoration

Patrick Canniff

The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences scored both the Western Lake Erie basin and the Western Lake Erie watershed in a report card for the year 2018. The basin scored 58%, a C+, based on indicators in water quality, fish and algal blooms. Read the full story by Farm and Dairy.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200818-erie-report

Patrick Canniff

A draft report suggests Norfolk County, ON should adopt a piecemeal response to a changing climate. Through hundreds of specific modifications, the report says Norfolk can fortify itself against a future which climate models suggest will be warmer, wetter and punctuated with more frequent events that include drought and extremes of heat and cold. Read the full story by Simcoe Reformer.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200818-norfolk-ontario-climate

Patrick Canniff

A free app and website, Swim Guide, was developed as a part of the Swim Drink Fish initiative by Lake Ontario Waterkeeper to help people find healthy beaches, and includes E. coli and water quality results for Kingston swimming locations. Read to the full story by Kingstonist News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200818-swim-guide-water-quality

Patrick Canniff

More than 140 businesses in shoreline communities have received a portion of $17 million from New York State’s Lake Ontario Resiliency Program; the grants were awarded to businesses affected in the eight-county area that surrounds Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. Read and view the full story by Niagara Gazette.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200818-ontario-business-grants

Patrick Canniff

Michigan regulators have rejected a plan to convert a drainage canal in suburban Detroit to a sewage overflow treatment basin on Lake St. Clair, citing residual chlorine in the treated sewage that would have made a wetland unworkable. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200818-michigan-sewer-plan

Patrick Canniff

Bay Mills Indian Community has developed a draft watershed management plan for Michigan’s Waishkey River which is now in a review period; over five years, partners created a watershed management plan to reduce pollutants including pathogens, nutrients, pesticides, sediment and heavy metals. Read the full story by The Sault News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200818-waishkey-river-plan

Patrick Canniff

The St. Mary’s River Drive Boardwalk in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario will be under repair and remediation as a construction firm was awarded a $741,795 contract. Read the full story by SooToday.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200818-sault-construction-funding

Patrick Canniff

From the Porcupine Mountains to Lime Island and Harrisville to Tawas and Van Buren state parks, the record or near-record Great Lakes water levels have impacted Michigan forcing the closure of numerous facilities including more than 20 boating access sites.  Read the full story by Daily Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200818-high-water-michigan

Patrick Canniff

The effect of climate change can be observed across Wisconsin’s farming landscape with more intense spring rains and resulting mud are keeping farmers from the field. Read the full story by Clayton News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200818-climate-agriculture

Patrick Canniff

Enbridge has said it won’t seek to condemn private property for the proposed pipeline relocation around Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa reservation because it’s reached agreements with approximately 300 landowners. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200811-enbridge-line5-wisconsin

Patrick Canniff

New findings from an Indiana state-wide survey conducted by Indiana University’s Environmental Resilience Institute indicate that racial disparity extends to how Hoosiers perceive climate change and its risks. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200811-climate-perception

Patrick Canniff

An Indiana steelmaker is still violating its wastewater permits by discharging an excess amount of ammonia as recently as July, according to an analysis by Chicago-based Environmental Law & Policy Center. Read the full story by Post-Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200811-ammonia-steel-pollution

Patrick Canniff

Proponents of the launch site advocate for the projected economic development; those against the proposed launch site emphasize the impact to the sensitive shoreline and cite potential pollution to The Great Lakes. Read the full story by Detroit Free Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200811-rockets-michigan-pollution

Patrick Canniff

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency documents how the Rainy River has been transformed, with water quality now defined as “good to excellent,” providing clean drinking water, and a world-class walleye and sturgeon fishery. Read and listen to the full story by Minnesota Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200811-rainy-river-minnesota-pollution

Patrick Canniff

Several large lake sturgeon have been found along Lake Michigan at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Michigan; there have been multiple instances this summer. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200811-sturgeon-sleeping-bear

Patrick Canniff

Through a cooperative effort of federal, state, and local government agencies, electric companies, and others, Sturgeon Passage Project on Wisconsin’s Menominee River was built, complete with a fish elevator, to help transport the fish back and forth between Sturgeon Falls and Lake Michigan. Read the full story by Daily Yonder.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200811-sturgeon-population

Patrick Canniff

Two shipwrecks off the coast of the town of Hammond in St. Lawrence County may have the chance to be included in the proposal to establish a national marine sanctuary on Lake Ontario. Read the full story by NNY 360.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200811-shipwrecks-marine-sanctuary

Patrick Canniff

Residents were concerned as around 80 ducks were found around a pond in Westland, MI. The Department of Natural Resources has concluded Avian Botulism to be the cause. Read and view the full story by WXYZ-TV – Detroit, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200811-avian-botulism-detroit

Patrick Canniff

The Oswego, IL Village Board Tuesday night will consider hiring a consultant to do an analysis concerning alternative water supply sources in the village as projections showing the aquifer that the region’s municipalities rely on for well water is depleting. Proposed new sources include Lake Michigan water through the DuPage Water Commission. Read the full story by Aurora Beacon-News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200804-illinois-water-quality-source

Patrick Canniff

The Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy is looking to protect a 166-acre property identified as of the highest priority for permanent protection in the Platte River Watershed Management Plan. The proposed preserve would protect a total of more than 6,000 feet of water frontage Platte River watershed and dubbed the Embayment Lakes Nature Preserve. Read the full story by Manistee News Advocate.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200804-nature-preserve-watershed

Patrick Canniff

As sand deposits grow higher in the federal navigation channel of Waukegan Harbor, potentially imperiling shipping, the United States Army Corps of Engineers has developed a plan to use the sand recovered from dredging the port to combat erosion at area beaches. Read the full story by Lake County News-Sun.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200804-waukegan-dredge-beaches

Patrick Canniff

In a bid to protect fish stocks and natural habitat in Nipissing from the harmful impacts of double-crested cormorants, the Ontario government is introducing a fall harvest for the species. Read the full story by BayToday.ca

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200804-ontario-cormorants

Patrick Canniff

Water levels on Lakes Michigan and Huron have set record monthly highs each month so far in 2020 with water levels currently two inches from a record high level. Read the full story by Spectrum News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200804-wisconsin-lake-levels

Patrick Canniff

The International Joint Commission has released a report identifying why there are reduced fish populations in four of the five Great Lakes, including Huron, citing invasive species, algal blooms, and other aspects affecting water quality. Read and listen to the full story by Blackburnnews.com.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200804-fish-ijc

Patrick Canniff

Michigan’s new PFAS drinking water standards went into effect this week; the restrictions include seven more common chemicals from the PFAS family. Michigan’s regulations are among the strictest in the U.S. Read and listen to the full story by Michigan Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200804-michigan-pfas

Patrick Canniff

Thumb Land Conservancy acquired the 42-acre Bidwell Sanctuary in Burtchville Township, MI last month in a proposal to join this property with other nearby nature preserves, creating a nearly 4.5 mile continuous park to be called Southern Lake Huron Coastal Park. Read the full story by Port Huron Times Herald.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200804-michigan-preserve

Patrick Canniff

Fishing on the Great Lakes is in limbo right now, with legislation in the state Senate to change commercial fishing regulations, and five Michigan Native American tribes are in negotiations with the state over fishing rights. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200804-fishing-great-lakes

Patrick Canniff

In an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act is a provision that would require the Department of Defense to use the most stringent applicable standard when cleaning up PFAS contamination. Read and view the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200804-pfas-contamination

Patrick Canniff

The Montreal Port Authority is launching a public procurement process for the construction of a new container terminal in Contrecoeur that’s valued at $750 million to $950 million and is scheduled to be ready by 2024. Building the South Shore facility will allow Quebec’s biggest port to boost capacity by about 50 per cent. Read the full story by the Montreal Gazette.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200804-montreal-port

Patrick Canniff

This week Traverse City will begin construction of a temporary containment area around the low point of the city’s sewer system that will hold up to 3,700 gallons; the system has seen sanitary sewer overflows totaling 57,000 gallons in three rain events since late May, many more than the single overflow in 2019. Read the full story by Traverse City Record-Eagle.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200728-traverse-city-sewer

Patrick Canniff

The 118-year-old S.S. Columbia holds a special place in history as it once traveled throughout the Great Lakes, but now sits in a state of disrepair along the Buffalo River. Read and listen to the full story by WBFO-Buffalo, NY.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200728-buffalo-history

Patrick Canniff

Some potentially harmful blue-green algal blooms have been spotted in recent days in New York’s Chautauqua Lake; the discovery of a bloom at Long Point State Park prompted officials to post “no swimming” signs at the beach. Read the full story by Erie News Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200728-algal-bloom-new-york

Patrick Canniff

New York State’s environmental restrictions on dredging in Olcott Harbor may be lifted as plans come into focus for construction next year of a long-awaited breakwall to protect the harbor from Lake Ontario’s rising waters. Read the full story by The Buffalo News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200728-harbor-dredge-dec

Patrick Canniff

A major project to stop PFAS discharges from reaching the Flint River has restarted; the project entails  rerouting 3,600 feet of a storm sewer line through Buick City. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200728-pfas-flint-river

Patrick Canniff

Milwaukee’s harbor plans to install a trash interceptor in the Kinnickinnic River to catch floating trash before it reaches Lake Michigan. Read and listen to the full story by WUWM – Milwaukee, WI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200728-milwaukee-harbor-trash

Patrick Canniff

Color and material design students at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, MI have come up with an ingenious way to repurpose zebra mussel shells. Read the full story by Fast Company.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200728-zebra-mussel-glass

Patrick Canniff

The controversial proposed Back Forty open pit metallic sulfide mine on the Michigan-Wisconsin border has suffered major financial and permitting setbacks due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and increasing public concerns over the safety of tailings dams to store mine waste. Read the full story by Urban Milwaukee.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200728-mine-pollution-concern

Patrick Canniff

A group of Port of Montreal workers plans to walk off the job for four days next week as negotiations over a new labor contract drag on. The walkout will also affect operations at the port’s Contrecoeur terminal. The port serves Canada and several U.S. states. Read the full story by the Montreal Gazette.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200728-montreal-dock-walkout

Patrick Canniff

This latest grant announcement includes $1.83 million for FishPass, a project in Traverse City, MI that allows native fish to pass through the waterways while blocking invasive species. FishPass is expected to be operational in 2023. Read and view the full story by WWTV-TV-Cadillac, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200728-funding-traverse-city

Patrick Canniff

A warm winter followed by a hot spell in early summer for the Great Lakes region has left Lake Michigan nearly 10 degrees hotter than normal. Read and listen to the full story by Interlochen Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200728-warming-lakes-michigan

Patrick Canniff

The National Sea Grant office awarded the funds to the new Great Lakes Aquaculture Collaborative, a group aiming to bring together scientists and educators from all eight states in the Great Lakes basin. Read the full story by GreatLakesNow.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200728-aquaculture-great-lakes

Patrick Canniff

A walking trail along the Milwaukee River is being extended thanks to easements donated by three adjacent commercial property owners, allowing additional public access along the west bank of the river. Read the full story by MIlwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200721-milwaukee-river-trail

Patrick Canniff

A popular northern Michigan children’s museum will be postponing its reopening this spring as environmental testing mandated by the state’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy revealed contaminant soil gas vapors under the floor of the museum. Read the full story by UpNorthLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200721-museum-contamination

Patrick Canniff

The Indiana Dunes National Park launched a coronavirus safety “Think Before You Beach” campaign urging visitors to the northwestern Indiana park to practice social distancing and other precautions when they hit the beach. Read the full story by The Associated Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200721-indiana-dunes

Patrick Canniff

Sewage spills that repeatedly fouled the Boardman River and kept swimmers out of the water at several Traverse City beaches have city leaders looking for solutions to Traverse City’s system of old sewage pipes that let groundwater seep in tandem with high lake levels and downpours. Read the full story by Record-Eagle.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200721-traverse-city-sewage

Patrick Canniff