Work is underway on two projects meant to bolster the flood resiliency of parks in the Cayuga County village of Fair Haven, New York, in response to flooding along Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. Read the full story by The Citizen.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220819-flood-resiliency
A federal judge Thursday kept jurisdiction over a lawsuit seeking to close an oil pipeline crossing a section of the Great Lakes, rejecting Michigan’s effort to shift the case to state court. Read the full story by the Huron Daily Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220819-enbridge
An increasing number of hybrid pink and chinook salmon, “pinook”, are being caught in Lake Michigan but where exactly they are coming from remains a mystery. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220819-pinook
Pere Marquette beach in Muskegon, Michigan is the focus of an upcoming community cleanup effort that will begin at 9 a.m. Monday, Aug. 22 as part of the Alliance for the Great Lakes’ Adopt-A-Beach program. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220819-beach-cleanup
Scientists for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will begin research later this month on sea lampreys in and around Michigan’s Long Lake to estimate sea lamprey populations. Read the full story by The Alpena News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220819-lamprey
After a decade long hiatus, residents and tourists will soon be able to enjoy boat tours on the Canadian side of the St. Marys River again. Sault Lock Tours says it is excited to present the ‘Miss Marie,’ a 100-person capacity vessel that recently arrived at the Roberta Bondar dock. Read and listen to the full story by Soo Today.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220819-boat-tours
Illinois is fifth in the nation for clean energy jobs and investing in offshore wind will keep Illinois on the path to sustainability and continued economic growth. Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220819-offshore-energy
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is hosting a public meeting to gather feedback on the management of salmon and trout on Lake Michigan on Tuesday, Aug. 30, where DNR staff members will present the latest Lake Michigan survey information. Read the full story by the Ozaukee Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220819-trout-meeting
A combined $4.5 million in funding will allow five projects in Ozaukee Country, Wisconsin to get funded including Lion’s Den Gorge Nature Preserve along Lake Michigan. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220819-ozaukee-county
A boil-water advisory could last up to two weeks for more than 130,000 people in southeastern Michigan as crews repair a water pipe break affecting 23 communities. The break was discovered Saturday on a critical pipe in St. Clair County, which carries treated water from Lake Huron and is the largest in the Great Lakes Water Authority system. Read the full story by The Associated Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220817-water-advisory
For the first time in more than 70 years, two pairs of Great Lakes piping plovers have nested and successfully fledged five chicks from Gull Point at Presque Isle State Park in Erie, Pennsylvania. Read the full story by WJET-TV – Erie, PA.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220817-piping-plover
Shimmy, a Blanding’s turtle, had been tracked numerous times by biologists on the north shore of Lake Erie, who remarked on his “odd characteristics”: two missing feet, at the front left and rear right. So, when Shimmy, whose species is classified as “threatened” in Ontario, showed up more than 100 kilometres at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington, Ontario, how he managed to traverse roads, towns and farmland presented a mystery. Read the full story by CBC News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220817-turtle
Officials for the City of Hamilton announced plans to start dredging operations to remove hazardous sediment from Chedoke Creek, which received 24 billion liters of sewage from a combined sewer overflow between 2014 and 2018. The spill originated where Chedoke Creek connects with Lake Ontario at Princess Point. Read the full story by CBC News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220817-dredging
A pair of bright orange unmanned watercraft created by the California-based company Saildrone, will be plying the waters of western Lake Superior for the next month as part of a fish population study for the United States Geological Survey. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220817-saildrone
On the weekend of July 29, Tribar Manufacturing in Wixom, Michigan, released hexavalent chromium into the Wixom Sewage Treatment Facility, which discharges into the Huron River system. After almost two weeks, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has lifted its no-contact recommendation on parts of the Huron River following the chemical spill. Read the full story by Michigan Advance.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220817-chromium-spill
In an update to a harmful algal bloom detection in Lake Erie, Michigan’s Monroe County has lifted a whole-body contact advisory for Sterling State Park but retained the advisory at Luna Pier Beach, both of which border Lake Erie. The public is advised to keep aware of changing conditions and to avoid water activities in areas where the advisory remains. Read the full story by The Monroe News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220817-algae
The Mark W. Barker will be the first new U.S.-built bulk carrier to serve the Great Lakes in 35 years. Read the full story by WBAY – Green Bay, WI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220815-freighter
Despite the ongoing work being done to clean up the Great Lakes since the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was signed in 1972, the people of the U.S. and Canada have become complacent too soon after the pact’s early success. Read the full story by the Erie Times-News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220815-great-lakes-pollution
Technicians are visiting more than 350 survey monuments along the U.S. and Canadian Great Lakes shoreline to take new measurements for the International Great Lakes Datum. Read the full story by the Traverse City Record-Eagle.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220815-datum-survey
A Great Lakes piping plover from Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore has been confirmed as the first juvenile of the year to arrive at the species’ wintering grounds in the southern U.S. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220815-plover-chick
A team of biologists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service found evidence of an increase in sea lamprey that are spawning in the Duluth, Minnesota area. Read and hear the full story by WTIP – Grand Marais, MN.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220815-lamprey
At the annual “We Are Water” event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, groups highlighted work to be done to clean up the South Shore Beach which is part of the Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern. Read and hear the full story by WITI – TV – Milwaukee, WI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220815-milwaukee-estuary
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has started a Forest to MI Faucet initiative to protect the state’s drinking water by encouraging more sustainable forest land use and management. Read the full story by The Detroit News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220815-clean-water-initiative
A marathon swimmer has been training to cross Lake Ontario to raise funds for neurodegenerative disease research. Read the full story by The Globe and Mail.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220815-ontario-swimmer
Even with federal protection on its north shore, Lake Superior is still at risk. Read the full story by the National Observer.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220815-superior-protections
Cody Bertrand’s sighting while practicing for an Angler’s Choice tournament on Lake Calumet led to the finding and removal of a 22-pound silver carp; plus a primer on what to do in such cases Read the full story by the Chicago Sun Times.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220815-silver-carp
Two major studies are underway to try to better understand why mallard duck populations are declining in the U.S. The Great Lakes population has been down by about 16-17%. Researchers are using new technology to help solve the mystery. Read the full story by WKAR.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220812-mallardpopulations-greatlakes
Pelicans are becoming a common sight on many state waterways, including the Winnebago System, Mississippi River, the Fox River and Green Bay. The birds have earned a starring role in the book of modern Wisconsin wildlife recovery stories. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220812-featheredjewels-whitepelicans-wi
Climate change is imposing new challenges for the Great Lakes, such as lost ice cover, intensifying storms and fluctuating lake levels. However, so far, the impact of climate change on the health of the lakes is “undetermined,” according to the report. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220812-stateofthegreatlakes-climatechange
Several invasive species, such as the zebra mussel, are native to the Ponto-Caspian region, which includes the Black, Caspian and Azov Seas, and were imported to North America by transoceanic ships. These species are known to have disrupted ecosystems around the world, including those of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River. However, the impacts of these invaders on native biodiversity appear to have been less extensive in the St. Lawrence River than in the Great Lakes. This phenomenon might be explained by the river’s weaker conductivity. Read the full story by The Conversation.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220812-stlawrenceriver-hostiletoinvasivespecies
Gov. Tony Evers, together with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, announced Thursday their departments of transportation will seek $889.5 million in federal funding, available through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, to rebuild the John A. Blatnik Bridge between Duluth and Superior. Read the full story by Business North.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220812-federalfunds-duluthsuperiorbridgeproject
The first blue-green algae bloom appeared in Lake Superior a decade ago and until 2018, the blooms were small and short-lived, lasting from only a few hours to a day. But for Brenda Moraska Lafrancois, an aquatic ecologist for the National Park Service, a “sinking feeling” lingered long after the 2018 bloom. She realized this “wasn’t just a fluke but maybe part of a recurring pattern.” Read the full story by the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220812-bluegreenalgae-lakesuperior
Saildrone, a California based company that provides data solutions for maritime security, ocean mapping, and ocean data, launched two Saildrone Explorer uncrewed surface vehicles Tuesday on a large-scale mission in Lake Superior to support the sustainable management of the $7 billion per year Great Lakes fishery. Read the full story by TB News Watch.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220812-drones-lakesuperior
The Great Lakes region is enjoying another year of lower water levels and wider beaches. July water levels on Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are down more than 2 feet from 2020, a year of near historic highs when waves devoured cherished stretches of sandy coastline. With the exception of Lake Ontario, the other Great Lakes are falling as well. Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220812-lakemiwaterlevels
Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. may resume its long-stalled efforts to build the first offshore wind project in the U.S. Great Lakes after the Ohio Supreme Court rejected a challenge to its permit. Read the full story by G Captain.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220812-ohiosupremecourt-greatlakesoffshorewind
Over 60 nature organizations in Ontario have signed a letter calling on both the federal and provincial governments to officially protect the Great Lakes. This letter asks David Piccini, Ontario’s minister of environment, conservation and parks, and federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault to designate the lakes as a national marine conservation area. Read the full story by Canada’s National Observer.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220812-ontario-natureorganizations
Twenty-three-foot long Saildrone solar-powered sailboards are out on Lake Superior now recording data on populations of small fish like whitefish, herring and smelt. It’s part of a three-year project across the Great Lakes to see what larger research boats may have been missing under water. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220810-drones
A new network of high-tech radio transmitters is being installed along the Ohio coastline as part of a telecommunications project advocates say will help optimize Lake Erie environmental management and accelerate water-based technology development. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220810-radio-network
After flooding events between 2017 and 2019, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will work with federal agencies and the Great Lakes states to fund the Great Lakes Coastal Resiliency Study, estimated to cost $10.5 million over four years. Read the full story by Spectrum News Buffalo.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220810-coastal-resiliency
A 575-foot section of embankment that has significantly eroded and continues to pollute Michigan’s St. Joseph River with sediment and nutrients will be stabilized with a construction project starting this month. Read the full story by the South Bend Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220810-st-joseph-river
With species like wild rice, paper birch and moose at risk from a changing climate, the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, and Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa are all working on strategies to aid ecosystems on their reservation lands in northeast Minnesota. Read the full story by the Star Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220810-native-climate-change
For 12 days since mid-July, Niagara County health officials have deemed Krull Park beach in Olcott, New York, unsafe for swimming because of elevated bacteria levels in the water. Read the full story by The Buffalo News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220810-olcott-beach
Collaborative efforts are being made in Cedar River, Michigan, to help restore the sturgeon population in Lake Michigan. Members of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have been caring for 164 sturgeon and are gearing up for their eventual release at the end of August. Read the full story by the Daily Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220810-sturgeon
Project Clean Lake, currently underway in Northeast Ohio, has been reducing combined sewage overflow into Lake Erie through the construction of storage tunnels to channel stormwater and sewage to water treatment facilities before reaching the lake. Read the full story by WEWS-TV – Cleveland, OH.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220810-project-clean-lake
Based on indicators of ecosystem health, the Great Lakes are collectively assessed as ‘fair and unchanging’ in the State of the Great Lakes 2022 Report. While progress has been made in reducing toxic chemicals and the establishment of new non-native aquatic species, significant concerns remain. Read the full story by The Manitoulin Expositor.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220810-state-of-lake
All signs indicate that the warmest water on the Great Lakes is occurring now or has just happened. It could be downhill from here on the water temperature graphs. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220810-water-temperatures
New public life jacket stations have been set up at beaches in South Haven, Michigan, aimed at helping increase safety during a summer when several Lake Michigan drownings have occurred. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220810-life-jacket
Fall migration has begun for certain species of Great Lakes birds, marking the start of the annual spectacle when millions of waterfowl, waterbirds, shorebirds, songbirds and raptors leave their summer nesting areas and fly south to warmer climates for the winter. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220808-bird-migration
High-resolution satellite data and near real-time observations about the Earth’s atmosphere are now available to state-level air quality monitoring agencies across the Great Lakes. Michigan is already putting the information to good use. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220808-air-quality
Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper is working with the Buffalo Niagara River Land Trust on the Cayuga Creek Stream and Floodplain Restoration project in the Town of Niagara, New York. Read the full story by Niagara Frontier Publications.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220808-restoration
