Harmful algae blooms are predicted to be smaller than average this year in Lake Erie. Although the bloom may be smaller, smaller blooms can still be toxic and affect drinking water. Read the full story at WTOL-TV – Toledo, OH.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220701-hab
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded the University of Michigan a five-year, $53 million grant to continue and expand the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research, which leads research for sustainability in the Great Lakes. Read the full story by The Detroit News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220629-um-research
The Lake Michigan and Lake Huron waters governed by an 1836 treaty are at the heart of negotiations between Michigan, the federal government and Native American tribes to determine how much and what kinds of fish can be harvested by recreational, state-licensed and Native American commercial fishers. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220629-fishing-rights
A representative of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission is cautiously optimistic that sea lamprey populations will be held in check in the next couple of years in the Great Lakes, even though control measures had to be curtailed recently due to the pandemic. Read the full story by The Manitoulin Expositor.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220629-lamprey
After a hiatus of nearly a decade, it’s a novelty for the port of Duluth-Superior to welcome cruise ships. The experience is just as novel for the guests disembarking to spend a day in the Twin Ports. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220629-cruise
High water levels along Lake Michigan could increase the danger of toxic contamination from industrial facilities along Wisconsin’s lakefront as climate change is expected to cause more intense storms, according to a new report. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220629-contamination
Wildlife biologists are finding whole colonies of birds dead or dying on islands in Lake Michigan. They are Caspian terns, which are listed as threatened in Michigan and endangered in Wisconsin. Read and hear the full story by Michigan Public Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220629-bird-flu
The Lake Michigan Coastal Program is looking for public input on funding priorities for 2023 grants, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources announced. Read the full story by WBND-TV- South Bend, IN.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220629-coastal-program
New research into Great Lakes water levels looks farther into the future to predict how much climate change will increase lake levels in four of the five Great Lakes. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220629-water-levels
A new report said steel walls near the Michigan City, Indiana coal plant aren’t keeping coal ash waste from getting into Lake Michigan and Trail Creek — and it will likely get worse over time. But the northern Indiana utility NIPSCO — which owns the plant — said info in the report has been “cherry-picked.” Read the full story by WVPE– Elkhart, IN.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220629-coal-ash
Lake Ontario is clean enough for swimming, says Toronto Public Health, but an unofficial survey by CBC News has found few people are taking the plunge this early in the season because it’s so cold. Read the full story by CBC News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220629-lake-ontario
A $6.7 million federal grant from the EPA’S Great Lakes Restoration Initiative will help scientists at Buffalo State and Cornell University further study mussels in the Great Lakes. Read the full story by Spectrum 1 News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220627-mussel-study
In response to growing alewife numbers, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is advancing a proposal this summer to boost the number of chinook, or “king” salmon it stocks in the lake to 1 million fish next year. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220627-chinook
Despite the work being done since the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, 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 Milwaukee Independent.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220627-commentary
Mayors from multiple Great Lakes coastal communities are coming together to urge the Ontario government to develop a marine strategy for the province. Read the full story by The Star.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220627-coastal-communities
New York Sea Grant (NYSG) and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) have announced the Summer 2022 Great Lakes Ecosystem Education Exchange (GLEEE) Workshops for teachers, environmental educators, and homeschoolers at sites in Oswego, Massena, Rochester, and Buffalo. Read the full story by Oswego County Today.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220627-education-program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has announced a second round of funding through the Environmental Quality Incentives (EQIP) Cover Crop Initiative. Read the full story by Ohio’s Country Journal.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220627-cover-crops
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Office of Coastal Management is moving away from Sandusky, although it will remain in Erie County. Read the full story by the Sandusky Register.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220627-coastal-management
The Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project is continuing its education program this summer to raise awareness about water safety and signs of drowning. Read the full story by WWTV- TV – Cadillac, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220627-water-safety
Aquatic Invasive Species Awareness Week, which begins July 1, serves as a collaborative outreach campaign to raise awareness about preventing the spread of aquatic invasive species through recreational boating and related activities. Read the full story by the Manistee News Advocate.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220627-landing-blitz
Three research buoys have been placed in Lake Michigan for the first full season of data collection as part of research being conducted by Northwestern Michigan College and Michigan Technological University. Read the full story by WPBN-TV – Traverse City, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220627-buoys
In a marketing event Wednesday, Illinois officials announced the focus-group-approved name for the prolific invasive species, Asian carp: now rebranded as Copi. Read the full story by The Washington Post.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220624-copi
Lake Michigan sediment cores reveal changes to the Great Lakes over the past few hundred years. Significant changes can be observed from both humans and invasive quagga mussels. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220624-human-impact
University of Texas researchers are looking at the indirect impacts of 6PPD-quinone, an antioxidant added to car tires to prolong their life, on Great Lakes fish. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220624-tire-chemicals
Lake whitefish in Lake Michigan and Lake Huron have a recruitment problem. Since the early 2000s fewer young whitefish have been making it to adulthood. Fewer adults mean fewer fish for commercial fishers to catch. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220624-whitefish
Nearly every piece of microplastic pulled out of Lake Ontario is tracked and recorded by the dozens of University of Toronto students participating in a study that pulls more than 10,000 pieces of microplastics out of the lake each day. Read the full story by the CTV National News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220624-microplastics
Climate change-fueled weather such as extreme storms will provide a direct threat to contaminated waste storage sites, nuclear power plants and industrial facilities at multiple sites on the shores of Lake Michigan, according to a new report. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220624-hazardous-waste
A group of Great Lakes mayors say Ontario should prioritize the maritime transport sector. The group, which represents more than 150 Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River mayors, says the Ontario government needs to create an effective Marine Strategy. Read the full story by CFLZ – Fort Erie, Ontario.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220624-marine-strategy
Reports of harmful algal blooms have increased in Michigan in recent years, and state officials have tips on how to keep an eye out for them. Read the full story by WXPR – Ironwood, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220624-algal-blooms
Tawas Point Lighthouse, located in Northern Michigan, rested on the edge of the point looking over Lake Huron when it was built in 1877. Over the years, the lighthouse began to almost recede into the peninsula, through a process called accretion. Read the full story by WRKR – Portage, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220624-lighthouse
The availability of expanded federal infrastructure resources offers a once-in-a-generation opportunity for the Upper Midwest to protect current and any potential residents. Read the full story by Crain’s Chicago Business.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220624-climate-refuge
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Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220623-carp
Quagga mussels are implicated in the decline of many Great Lakes fish species and their hold on phosphorus, a key nutrient in the Great Lakes, is causing huge ecological disruptions. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220622-1836-quagga
How the Great Lakes’ current shape compares with their past shape is important as negotiators update the consent decree addressing commercial and recreational fishing interests in waters covered by an 1836 treaty. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220622-1836-treaty
This week, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources plans to introduce a new name for the invasive fish that they hope will sound more appetizing and encourage people to target the fish for consumption. Read the full story by WOOD-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220622-asian-carp
Agencies involved in responding to last week’s release of thousands of gallons of an oil-based substance into the Michigan’s Flint River said Tuesday, June 21, that work is continuing in an effort to pinpoint the exact location of the breach. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220622-oil-spill
Pennsylvania’s Presque Isle State Park has returned to nearly normal operation two years after record-high Lake Erie water levels and storms caused massive damage across the peninsula. Read the full story by the Erie-Times News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220622-presque-isle
More than 800 kilograms (1,764 pounds) of debris was taken from Lake Ontario during the two-day ‘Dive Against Debris,’ an international initiative aimed at helping keep our waters clean. Read the full story by Global News Canada.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220622-dive-against-debris
The MacArthur Lock resumed operation in Sault Ste. Marie this weekend after unexpected maintenance complications extended its winter closure, slowing down shipping traffic in the bottleneck between Lake Superior and Lake Huron. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220622-soo-lock
A project to create new public hiking trails in Lake Michigan dunes took a step forward with a $100,000 grant from Entergy Corporation, the owner of the recently closed Palisades Power Plant in Covert Township, Michigan. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220622-hiking-trail
As Michigan wildlife officials continue in their fight against highly pathogenic Avian Influenza, dozens of dead birds, mostly cormorants, were found in Muskegon County, Michigan. Read the full story by WZZM-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220622-avian-flu
Plans for the Lake Metroparks Lakefront Path in Painesville, Ohio, kicked into high gear as the park system took steps to accept donated property access for the trail and Gov. Mike DeWine signed a state capital budget that awarded $400,000 for the project. Read the full story by The News-Herald.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220622-lake-metropark
In 2016, the accepted limit for PFOA – one of several PFAS chemicals – in drinking water was at 70 parts per trillion. Now, the EPA has lowered that number to .004 parts per trillion. This means that PFOA is 75,000 times more toxic than previously thought. Read the full story by WKAR Public Media.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220620-pfas
Community concerns of Lake Michigan contamination from a Waukegan power plant’s recently shuttered coal-fired units heightened last week after an environmental study, released by Chicago’s Environmental Law and Policy Center, identified the facility as a potential flood risk due to climate-related lake level changes. Read the full story by Daily Herald.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220620-coal
Negotiators are updating a 2000 consent decree, a legal settlement that spells out where and how much lake whitefish and lake trout can be harvested by recreational, state-licensed and Native American commercial fishers in the Great Lakes. The invasion of zebra and quagga mussel invasions, among other changes, to the Great Lakes have caused ecological disruption that sets the scene for deciding how to manage the lakes in the future. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220620-fish-harvest
Today (June 20th) marks the 10-year anniversary of the Duluth flood, more than 10 inches of rain fell in 24 hours and raging waters overcame the city’s hillside streams in its most devastating flood in history. Read the full story by The Star Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220620-duluth-flood
New court documents in the fight over Line 5 show that an energy industry consultant hired by Enbridge estimates shutting down the pipeline that runs under the Straits of Mackinac would have a minimal impact on fuel prices. According to the report prices for gasoline, jet fuel and diesel would rise by an estimated 0.5 cents per gallon, however the impact in Ontario would be far greater, closer to 5 cents per gallon. Read the full story by WOOD-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220620-line5
Researchers at Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, are studying clumps of the invasive species didymo or “rock snot” algae to learn more about its lifecycle and impacts. Didymo first appeared in the St. Mary’s River in 2015. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220620-didymo
The invasive plant, water chestnut, has been found a home below the village of Heuvelton’s dam on the Oswegatchie River in New York State, infesting hundreds of acres of bay and river. Volunteer efforts will continue this year to remove the invasive plant. Read the full story by Watertown Daily Town.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220620-invasive-plant
“Swim Shady,” a juvenile sturgeon, was released into the Detroit River June 3 after spending the school year in Michigan’s Gibraltar School District. The release, is the culmination of a St. Clair-Detroit River Sturgeon for Tomorrow project, which is designed to build awareness and appreciation for the environment. Read the full story by The News-Herald.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220620-sturgeon
