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A day in the life of the Split Rock Lighthouse keeper

On: October 26, 2022

In all of Split Rock’s 112-year history, the lighthouse has always had a keeper. Right now, that person is Hayes Scriven, a self-described “history geek.” He and his family live on site. The site started in the hands of the U.S. Lighthouse Service, which was eventually absorbed into the Coast Guard. In the early 1970s, the State of Minnesota took over ownership. And in 1976, the Minnesota Historical Society began to run it. Read the full story by WDIO-TV – Duluth, MN.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221026-splitrocklighthouse-keeper

Hannah Reynolds

City looking at long-term lakefront fix

On: October 26, 2022

Portions of the Lake Michigan beachfront in Evanston, IL have been eaten up by rising waters, impacting not only the beaches, but also parkland nearby. Temporary fixes such as sand bags and rocks were used in 2020, but now the city is looking at a long-term fix. Read the full story by he Evanston Now.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221026-longterm-lakefrontfix

Hannah Reynolds

DNR releases tool to understand PFAS contamination in Wisconsin on anniversary of Clean Water Act

On: October 26, 2022

Governor Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, launched the PFAS Interactive Data Viewer on October 18, a new tool to understand how PFAS are impacting Wisconsin’s lands and waters. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Independent.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221026-pfascontaminationtool-dnr-wi

Hannah Reynolds

50 years later: Research seeks to rid the environment of ‘forever chemicals’

On: October 24, 2022

This past week marked the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act passed by Congress to protect U.S. waterways from abuses. Decades later, progress has been made but many waterways are still in peril and a new challenge has emerged; the fallout of thousands of sites potentially contaminated with perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid substances known as PFAS. Read the full story by Macomb Daily.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221024-cwa-pfas

Patrick Canniff

COMMENTARY: A Cleveland water history through beer labels as the Clean Water Act turns 50: Jeff Opperman

On: October 24, 2022

The history of Cleveland, Ohio is intertwined with the story of its water. Jeff Opperman retells the history of Cleveland and its relationship with Great Lakes water through beer labels focused on the history of the region. Read the full story by Cleveland.com.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221024-cleveland-history

Patrick Canniff

Michigan plans swamp to combat Lake Erie algal blooms

On: October 24, 2022

Algal blooms are wreaking havoc in Lake Erie, but the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has a plan: swamps. Since blooms commonly occur when runoff from farmland carrying fertilizer enters a body of water, like Lake Erie, a wetland that can intercept runoff from farms would act as a barrier, slowing down the flow of the water and giving the phosphorus time to absorb into the soil. Read the full story by Capital News Service.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221024-algae-bloom

Patrick Canniff

‘It’s one thing after another’ as paper mill waste spills into Kalamazoo River

On: October 24, 2022

Graphic Packaging spilled roughly 1,500 gallons of industrial wastewater into the Kalamazoo River this past week, sparking a no-contact order along a nearly six mile stretch of the river north of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Read the full story by MLive.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221024-kalamazoo-river

Patrick Canniff

Kept from key meetings, Wurtsmith experts decry PFAS cleanup secrecy

On: October 24, 2022

Community member conflict and criticism increase over limited involvement and PFAS cleanup efforts and plans at Wurtsmith Air Force Base Oscoda, Michigan. Read the full story by MLive.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221024-pfas

Patrick Canniff

Mission Possible: Short-sea shipping could increase jobs in Cleveland

On: October 24, 2022

Coastal port congestion is sparking interest in short-sea shipping on the Great Lakes, in U.S. ports like the Port of Cleveland and in Canadian ports. Read the full story by WKYC-TV – Cleveland, OH.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221024-short-shipping

Patrick Canniff

Canadian Coast Guard takes delivery of final AHTS icebreaker

On: October 24, 2022

CCGS Vincent Massey and her two sister ships, CCGS Jean Goodwill and CCGS Captain Molly Kool, were purchased in 2018 to keep icebreaking services running in Atlantic Canada, the St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes. Read the full story by Maritime Executive.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221024-icebreaker

Patrick Canniff

Wrap-up: Fall events review lake, watershed programs

On: October 24, 2022

This past week the Western New York Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management hosted its Invasive Species Symposium at SUNY Buffalo State, which is home to the Great Lakes Center. Over the course of the day, partners spoke about some of the many different adaptive management approaches that are in use across the region on both land and water, and what can be learned from their successes and failures. Read the full story by The Post-Journal.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221024-new-york-invasive

Patrick Canniff

Lake Ontario water levels lower than average this fall

On: October 24, 2022

Lake Ontario’s levels are currently just below the historical average, and just about a foot lower than at this time last year. Officials state that this is above the record lows, and within a normal range. Read the full story by WRVO-TV – Oswego, NY.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221024-lake-ontario

Patrick Canniff

Lakes limestone trade down 3.7 percent in September

On: October 24, 2022

Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 3.5 million tons in September, a decrease of 3.7 percent compared to a year ago. Limestone cargos were below the month’s 5-year average by 2.7 percent. Read the full story by Lake Superior News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221024-limestone-shipping

Patrick Canniff

Kaptur: $1.5 million awarded to combat Great Lakes algal blooms

On: October 21, 2022

Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) has announced $1.5 million have been awarded to five projects focused on combatting the harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes. The funding will support a variety of research and technological projects that are being led by national partners in both private and public sectors. Read the full story by WTVG – Toledo, OH.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221021-habs-funding

Feds: Enbridge can stop some internal pipeline crack inspections on Line 5 for next 15 years

On: October 21, 2022

The Justice Department announced a proposed modified consent decree with Canadian oil transport giant Enbridge on Tuesday that would no longer require the company to conduct internal inspections of certain kinds of cracks in its nearly 70-year-old, twin underwater oil and natural gas pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac. Read the full story by Detroit Free Press.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221021-pipeline-inspections

The Great Lakes’ lowly sucker is now swimming to the big leagues, research-wise, thanks to a Shedd scientist’s constant efforts

On: October 21, 2022

Karen Murchie, director of freshwater research at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, and a dedicated group of volunteers have forged ahead with studies that monitor whether suckers are loyal to the same spawning sites year after year and whether climate change is impacting their migratory patterns, drawing attention from the broader scientific community. Read the full story by WTTW – Chicago, IL.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221021-sucker-research

Minnow researcher uses YouTube, children’s literature to connect people with at-risk species

On: October 21, 2022

Ashley Watt, a University of Windsor doctoral student studying conservation, runs a YouTube channel about the redside dace and recently published a children’s book about the dangers it faces and how people can help protect it. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221021-minnow-education

Michigan court allows FishPass project to move forward

On: October 21, 2022

The FishPass project in Traverse City, Michigan, can move forward following an opinion issued by a panel of judges with the Michigan Court of Appeals. The project would replace the Union Street Dam with a facility where scientists could test sorting technology to limit the amount of fish passing through the Boardman River. Read the full story by WPBN-TV – Traverse City, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221021-fishpass-project

Sailing season comes to an end Friday, boats to be hoisted from Lake Michigan

On: October 21, 2022

On Friday, October 21, volunteers and big boat owners will come together to put away their boats for winter storage at the annual end-of-the-sailing-season ritual at the Milwaukee Sailing Center. Read the full story by WTMJ-TV – Milwaukee, WI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221021-sailing-season-ends

Nursing an important fish stream back to health

On: October 21, 2022

One of Ozaukee County, Wisconsin’s, most important streams for spawning fish is nearing a return to its natural state following years of disruption due to the habitat being destroyed by heavy rainfall and an emergency response. Read the full story by Ozaukee Press.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221021-fish-stream

Local author publishes book about Lake Michigan’s Southern Shore

On: October 21, 2022

Author David Hoppe of Long Beach, Indiana, recently published a book about life in the Indiana Dunes. Hoppe’s “Letters from Michiana: Reflections Along Lake Michigan’s Southern Shore” is a collection of essays on subjects that vary from public access to Indiana’s beaches to raking leaves in a forest. Read the full story by The Times of Northwest Indiana.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221021-lake-michigan-book

Diving in to clean up the river

On: October 21, 2022

The Kahnawake Environment Protection Office (KEPO) held a Tekakwitha Island, Québec, “clean-up operation” on Saturday for the second time – last year’s haul included a propeller, a bicycle, and a manhole cover. For KEPO, collaborating with environmental groups helps the organization pursue its larger goals around helping Kahnawa’kehró:non connect to and protect the natural world. Read the full story by The Eastern Door.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221021-river-cleanup

Watershed workshops scheduled for local municipal planners

On: October 21, 2022

In Seneca and Oswego counties, New York, state training workshops will help guide local governments through a variety of watershed issues, including floodplains and watersheds, why these features are important, and how they can be better protected with land use tools and best management practices. Read the full story by The Citizen.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221021-watershed-workshops

‘This is a legacy thing’: Irrigation could be the solution to Niagara’s surprising water-scarcity problem

On: October 19, 2022

Pipelines could be coming down the pike as a coalition of farmers, industry experts, and local politicians are attempting to construct an irrigation network across Niagara to stave off the worsening effects of climate change. Read the full story by Niagara This Week.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221019-irrigation-niagara-waterscarcity

Hannah Reynolds

Manitoulin First Nations leaders prominent in Can. Geographic, Swim Drink Fish Great Lakes protection project

On: October 19, 2022

The Swim Drink Fish Great Lakes protection project was launched September 26 in Niagara on the Lake with a number of First Nations leaders from Manitoulin Island as key participants. Read the full story by the Manitoulin Expositor.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221019-manitoulinfirstnations-swimdrinkfishproject

Hannah Reynolds

Great Lakes shipping cargo down 5.63% this year

On: October 19, 2022

Great Lakes shipping is down 5.63% so far this year, but a strong September brought the total closer to its 2021 level. Read the full story by NWITimes.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221019-greatlakesshipping

Hannah Reynolds

Milwaukee launches Water Current Tour

On: October 19, 2022

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.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221019-milwaukee-watercurrenttour

Hannah Reynolds

How Fishtown is Preserving Michigan’s Fading Fishing Heritage

On: October 19, 2022

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.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221019-fishtown-mifadingfishingheritage

Hannah Reynolds

ODNR dedicates new wetland in Lorain County

On: October 19, 2022

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.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221019-odnr-newwetland-loraincounty

Hannah Reynolds

Pandemic negatively impacted invasive species control in Great Lake waters

On: October 19, 2022

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.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221019-pandemic-negativeimpacts-invasivespeciescontrol-greatlakes

Hannah Reynolds

Record 52 cruise ships docked in Detroit this year

On: October 19, 2022

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.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221019-cruiseships-detroit

Hannah Reynolds

US Supreme Court set to decide whether to hear Lake Michigan beach-ownership case

On: October 19, 2022

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.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221019-ussupremecourt-lakemi-beachowners

Hannah Reynolds

Enbridge will pay $11 million to settle Minnesota pipeline violations

On: October 19, 2022

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.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221019-minnesota-pipelineviolations

Hannah Reynolds

How a fleet of robots could help solve the Great Lakes plastic pollution problem

On: October 17, 2022

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.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221017-plastic-pollution

Fishermen face felony charges over a cheating scandal at an Ohio tournament

On: October 17, 2022

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.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221017-fish-tournament

Boundary Waters algae blooms spark questions, concern

On: October 17, 2022

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.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221017-algae-blooms

New initiative seeks to improve access to the Apostle Islands for people living with disabilities

On: October 17, 2022

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.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221017-apostle-islands

Will climate change have an effect on human migration in New York?

On: October 17, 2022

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.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221017-climate-migration

Port of Cleveland takes vital step forward in transformational lakefront project

On: October 17, 2022

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.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221017-cleveland-cheers

Lake Michigan water levels hit ‘sweet spot’

On: October 17, 2022

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.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221017-water-levels

‘Great Lakes Untamed’ trailer is now available online

On: October 17, 2022

“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.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221017-great-lakes-video

Detroit sees record cruise ship activity in 2022. Here’s what the season looked like

On: October 17, 2022

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.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221017-cruise-activity

Evanston and Chicago climate advocates rally to stop pipelines in Great Lakes

On: October 17, 2022

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.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221017-pipelines

Trying to solve mussel mayhem in the Great Lakes

On: October 14, 2022

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.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221014-mussel-control

Flint reintroduces GLWA water back into distribution system

On: October 14, 2022

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.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221014-flint-water

New reports unveil new details about oil spill at Oswego Harbor

On: October 14, 2022

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.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221014-oil-spill-report

Fish sorting research project in Traverse City goes to court of appeals in Petoskey

On: October 14, 2022

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.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221014-fish-sorting

Map shows why more people could move to Michigan, Great Lakes in future

On: October 14, 2022

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.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221014-climate-migration

Residents fed up with odor that ‘smells like sewage’ at King and Strachan

On: October 14, 2022

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.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221014-sewer-overflow-tunnel

Conserving coastlines: Protecting ecosystems threatened by changing climate

On: October 14, 2022

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.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221014-algal-bloom-sensors