Milwaukee has launched the Water Current Tour, a self-guided walking tour that showcases how the city manages its natural water resources in a sustainable and resilient way. The Water Current tour is part of Milwaukee’s Water Centric City Initiative. Read the full story by WITI-TV- Milwaukee, WI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221019-milwaukee-watercurrenttour
Saved from recent high-water levels that threatened its very foundation, Fishtown in Leland, one of Northern Michigan’s most iconic tourist attractions is working to help with a save of its own: preserving the state’s fading commercial fishing heritage. Read the full story by Traverse Magazine.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221019-fishtown-mifadingfishingheritage
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources and the City of Lorain dedicated the Martin’s Run Wetland And Stream Restoration Project in Lorain County on Oct. 18, as a part of Gov. Mike DeWine’s H2Ohio initiative. Read the full story by Spectrum News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221019-odnr-newwetland-loraincounty
A study soon to be released reveals that due to the COVID-19 pandemic forcing limited treatment control on sea lamprey, there was an increase in the invasive species numbers throughout the Great Lakes. Read the full story by the Manitoulin Expositor.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221019-pandemic-negativeimpacts-invasivespeciescontrol-greatlakes
This summer was a record-breaking cruising season along the Great Lakes: 52 cruise ships visited Detroit in 2022, more than double the last cruising season in 2019. Read the full story by WXYZ-TV – Detroit, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221019-cruiseships-detroit
The U.S. Supreme Court may decide next week whether to hear an appeal filed by three lake-adjacent property owners in the town of Porter who have been unsuccessful in their attempts to claim ownership of a private beach on Lake Michigan. Read the full story by Northwest Indiana Times.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221019-ussupremecourt-lakemi-beachowners
Enbridge Energy, the owner and operator of the Line 3 pipeline project in northern Minnesota, will pay more than $11 million after investigations identified water quality violations and three aquifer breaches related to the pipeline’s construction. Read the full story by WIZM – La Crosse, WI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221019-minnesota-pipelineviolations
Dozens of waste-collection drones and beach-cleaning robots join in-water trash receptables across the Great Lakes this fall. Read the full story by The Verge.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221017-plastic-pollution
Two men caught cheating during a Lake Erie Walleye Trail tournament in Cleveland, Ohio will face criminal charges. Read and view the full story by National Public Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221017-fish-tournament
An algae bloom in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness near Tofte, Minnesota has sparked questions and concerns from locals. Read and hear the full story by MNP News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221017-algae-blooms
The nonprofit group Friends of the Apostle Islands, with a funding match from the National Park Service, plans to improve wheelchair access to the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221017-apostle-islands
The New York Sea Grant will look at the question of climate-induced human migration in the state. Read the full story by Spectrum News 1.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221017-climate-migration
The Port of Cleveland, Ohio’s board of directors took a vital step forward this week in embarking on a $300 million, multi-decade and ‘transformational’ project that would dramatically redefine the eastern shoreline of Lake Erie. Read and hear the full story by WEWS-TV – Cleveland, OH.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221017-cleveland-cheers
Lake Michigan’s water levels continue to drop from the record highs of 2020 as it enters the seasonal period when officials say evaporation is at its peak. Read and view the full story by the Midland Daily News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221017-water-levels
“Great Lakes Untamed” is the definitive piece of natural history about the lakes and covers their history and the role they play in human lives. Read the full story by Deeper Blue.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221017-great-lakes-video
Cruise ships docked in Detroit, Michigan more than 50 times during the 2022 season, a record and more than double the amount of dockings in Detroit in 2019, the Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority and a coalition of Midwest states, cruise lines and others said Friday. Read the full story by The Detroit Free Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221017-cruise-activity
At a Sunday climate justice rally, residents from Evanston and Chicago, Illinois came together to protest Enbridge’s Line 3 and Line 5. Read the full story by The Daily Northwestern.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221017-pipelines
Top research scientists from across the country are working to control the impacts of the invasive zebra and quagga mussels with biocontrol agents in labs, while others are experimenting with blunt instruments, deep down on the bottom of Lake Michigan. Read and listen to the full story by WIAA – Interlochen, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221014-mussel-control
Two months after a break in the Great Lakes Water Authority pipeline that supplies Flint, Michigan’s drinking water, the city has completed the process of reintroducing GLWA water into its distribution system. On Thursday, Oct. 13, Flint’s water supply returned to a mix of 95% water from GLWA and 5% from Genesee County. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221014-flint-water
An oil spill at Oswego Harbor, New York leaked between 500 to 750 gallons of fuel oil into Lake Ontario from March 8 to March 11, 2022. Remediation and site restoration work concluded in August, while monitoring of groundwater quality, storm sewer discharges, and the shoreline will continue for at least another year on a quarterly basis. Read the full story by Oswego County News Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221014-oil-spill-report
A 20 year-long restoration effort on the Boardman-Ottaway River in Traverse City, Michigan is nearing completion, but a legal roadblock has delayed the effort which includes a “FishPass” component to identify methods of sorting fish moving through a new dam. Read the full story by the Cheboygan Daily Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221014-fish-sorting
As climate change threatens the water supplies of the American Southwest, scientists from multiple research centers in the Great Lakes anticipate rising interest in migration to the water-abundant Great Lakes region. Read the full story by WJBK – Detroit, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221014-climate-migration
Toronto, Ontario residents living above a tunnel designed to reduce the discharge of untreated stormwater and combined sewer overflows into Lake Ontario have complained of the foul stench from accumulated sewage in the pumping station. Read the full story by CBC News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221014-sewer-overflow-tunnel
With the help of the University of Toledo’s expert faculty, important advancements have been made in monitoring cyanotoxin levels in Lake Erie during the harmful algal bloom season, including testing a new real-time algae sensor inside a water treatment plant. Read the full story by The Toledo Blade.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221014-algal-bloom-sensors
At the Great Lakes Commission meeting on Wednesday, several local leaders gathered at one Bayfront hotel. Each year, stakeholders meet to discuss their progress, voice concerns and talk about solutions to challenges facing the Great Lakes. Read the full story by WJET-TV – Erie, PA.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221014-glc-meeting
The Michigan Maritime Museum reopened its campus in South Haven in August after a nearly year-long rebuild. A grand opening of the new $3.6 million Maritime Heritage Center took place on September 30, 2022. Read the full story by WWMT – Kalamazoo, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221014-museum-opening
The Fresh Coast Film Festival, a documentary film festival that celebrates the outdoor lifestyle, water-rich environment and resilient spirit of the Great Lakes, lasts from Wednesday, October 13 to Sunday, October 16, 2022. Read the full story by WLUC-TV – Marquette, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221014-film-freshwater
The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society is proud to announce the discovery of the 292-foot Whaleback vessel, found in Lake Superior, 35 miles off Vermilion Point, Michigan in 650 feet of water. Read the full story by WLUC-TV – Marquette, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221012-shipwreck
The threat of invasive species to America’s lakes and rivers has increased in recent years, but one Illinois project is attempting to protect the Great Lakes from invasive carp. Read the full story by the Public News Service.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221012-invasive-carp
After several water crises this year, funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will be able to help disenfranchised communities in the Great Lakes, but only with careful planning. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221012-upgrades
Though a White House memo vowed to elevate tribal consultation across the country, no formal cross-agency policy yet exists. Protecting wetlands in the Great Lakes region is testing this agreement. Read the full story by E&E News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221012-tribes
State officials say toxic forever chemicals known as PFAS have contaminated fish in two popular lakes on the Wisconsin River and are warning anglers to limit how much of it they eat. Read the full story by the Wisconsin State Journal.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221012-forever-chemicals
Officials in Yates and Somerset, New York, blame the state of New York for creating a system that pits local towns against developers of solar and wind energy. Read the full story by The Journal News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221012-turbines
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Agency have demonstrated a new technology designed to reduce harmful algal blooms in lakes, including Lake Erie, which have been plagued by eutrophication. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221012-new-technology
A local artist and a nonprofit are bringing awareness of plastic pollution in the Great Lakes to Hamburg, New York, with an art installation called Red Fish. Read the full story by the Spectrum News 1- TV – Buffalo, NY.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221012-red-fish
The season for salmon fishing in Michigan is coming to a close, and for fisheries managers, it’s time to plan for the future. Read the full story by the WIAA- Interlochen, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221012-chinook
A growing number of Ontario’s Niagara-region winemakers are embracing sustainable practices in the face of extreme weather and climate change. Read the full story by CBC News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221012-winemakers
Historically, Michigan’s Rouge River has been one of the most polluted in the Great Lakes. Today, it’s being transformed into a cherished natural resource and a national model of urban watershed restoration. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221010-rouge-river
Enbridge’s’ proposed Line 5 tunnel continues to face opposition, including from the Michigan environmental group Oil and Water Don’t Mix, who call the plan a recipe for disaster. Read and listen to the full story by WXPR – Rhinelander, WI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221010-line-5
The sale by Discovery World Museum of Wisconsin’s flagship schooner to an organization in Boston, Massachusetts leaves many local supporters in Milwaukee “heartbroken” and leaves questions about the deal unanswered. Read the full story by the Shepherd Express.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221010-denis-sullivan
Zebra mussels have already wreaked havoc in the Great Lakes and now the invasive species has been detected in the St. John River watershed in Lac Témiscouata, just across the border in Québec. Read the full story by CBC News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221010-zebra-mussles
Researchers at the University of Michigan are developing web-based tools in anticipation of a future influx in climate migration. The tools will be an important part in helping Great Lakes communities prepare and plan for the future, which may include many new residents. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221010-population-growth
A new report calling the conditions in Lake Erie poor may have some questioning whether it is safe to consume fish from the lake. The New York Department of Health provides guidelines for individual species and how frequently they can be consumed. Read the full story by WYRX – Buffalo, NY.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221010-fish-safty
Responding to the Ohio Lake Erie Commission’s and Ohio EPA’s recommendations from earlier this year, U.S. EPA has agreed to remove the “Restrictions on Fish and Wildlife Consumption” Beneficial Use Impairment from the Maumee Area of Concern. Read the full story by the Sentinel Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221010-maumee-river
Of all the rivers in the world, the St. Lawrence River is undeniably one of the most challenging for mariners, resulting in several thousand wrecks hidden below the river’s surface. New expeditions continue to explore the notable wrecks. Read the full story by The Conversation.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221010-shipwrecks
As of this week, 95 percent of Benton Harbor’s 4,500 water lines have either been replaced or verified as non-lead. The milestone comes exactly one year after state officials, with a big push from activists, began trucking cases of bottled water to the Michigan city that began struggling with elevated lead levels in 2018. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221010-benton-harbor
While Tribal Nations will receive $720 million for climate and energy funding via the Inflation Reduction Act, true partnership means respecting tribal treaty rights and defending tribal sovereignty against fossil fuel projects. In Michigan and other states, agencies must consult in a meaningful way with Tribal Nations. Read and listen to the full story by Newsweek.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221010-indigenous-peoples-day
When a commercial fisherman pulled four grass carp out of the lower Sandusky River 10 years ago, biologists who monitor Lake Erie became suspicious. Today, a multi-million-dollar effort funded by Congress, partly through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, is underway to keep the invasive carp at bay. Read the full story by the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221007-grass-carp
Public comment is being accepted on a multi-year action plan regarding New York’s Great Lakes. The plan would guide restoration and conservation, and foster sustainable, resilient, communities in New York’s Great Lakes region. Read the full story by WRFA – Jamestown, NY.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221007-new-york-plan
The City of Ann Arbor, Michigan says an estimated 1.38 million gallons (5.2 million liters) of partially treated wastewater flowed into the Huron River during maintenance at its treatment plant. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221007-huron-river
