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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221007-huron-river
If the Supreme Court rules for the Sacketts, swaths of the country’s wetlands could lose protections under the Clean Water Act. Read the full story by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221007-sackett-epa
The International Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Board (ILOSLR) will be reducing outflow through the Moses-Saunders dam this weekend to give boaters on Lake St. Lawrence an opportunity to remove their boats from the water. Read the full story by WROC-TV – Rochester, NY.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221007-ijc-action
Meteorology students at SUNY Oswego are taking part in a multi-million-dollar project funded by the National Science Foundation to study lake effect lightning events east of Lake Ontario. Read the full story by WROC-TV – Rochester, NY.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221007-oswego-study
Great Lakes steel production fell by 16,000 tons, while steel capacity utilization ticked up last week, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute. Read the full story by The Times of Northwest Indiana.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221007-steel-production
Despite being some of the sea’s most exotic creatures, jellyfish have become an increasingly common sight in the Great Lakes region, including near Brighton, Michigan. Read the full story by FOX 2- TV – Detroit, MI.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221007-jellyfish
The city of Flint, Michigan says it’s preparing for a return to using water from the Great Lakes Water Authority pipeline following a transmission main break that forced it to use its backup water source for more than seven weeks. Read the full story by MLive.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221007-flint-water
Michigan and seven other coastal states have signed an agreement to pay for a comprehensive federal study of the Great Lakes shoreline. Read the full story by MLive.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221007-coastal-study
The State of the Great Lakes report, issued by the United States and Canada in July, assessed the overall condition of Lake Erie as poor and unchanging. Jill Jedlicka, Executive Director for the Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper, believes that land use, development and individual decisions can change this trend for the better. Read the full story by WGRZ – Buffalo, NY.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221005-erie-condition
In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the Metropolitan Sewerage District and Ducks Unlimited are leading a multi-year, multi-watershed effort to mitigate climate change in southeastern Wisconsin. The Reforestation & Wetland Restoration Program aims to plant six million trees and restore 4,000 acres worth of wetlands. Read the full story by WUWM – Milwaukee, WI.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221005-restoration-wetland-forest
The Butler County agriculture conservation education site, established in 2019, provides an eight-acre plot to teach Ohio farmers different practices to make their soil healthier such as grassed waterways, pollinator plots and cover crops. Read the full story by WVXU – Cincinnati, OH.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221005-farm-education
Scarborough, Ontario’s Rouge Beach has been closed for repairs three times in six years, and Parks Canada has started a “stabilization strategy” which could involve hardening parts of the shoreline around the mouth of the Rouge River. The strategy involves implementing measures to reduce erosion and stabilize and grow the beach through natural long shore deposition. Read the full story by Metroland Media Toronto.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221005-beach-stabilization
Near Cleveland, Ohio, Lake Erie’s water temperature is reading 64 degrees Fahrenheit which is slightly cooler than the normal 66 degrees Fahrenheit this time of year. The water temperature on the lake is closely watched by meteorologists as it is used as a guide to figure out if the lake will be able to produce lake effect clouds and precipitation. Read the full story by WKBN-TV – Youngstown, OH.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221005-erie-temperature
The Great Lakes Water Authority announced Monday that a major water main — which distributes drinking water to several Metro Detroit communities — has resumed normal operations. A leak was detected in the water main’s 10-foot-diameter pipe on Aug. 13, causing the main to close for repairs since. Read the full story by WDIV-TV – Detroit, MI.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221005-main-repair
The behavior of Lake Superior’s fish can be affected by noise pollution, according to Allen Mensinger, a University of Minnesota marine biologist. Loud underwater noises mask other important sounds from fish, impairing their communication and the ability to avoid danger. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221005-superior-winters
State, local and federal dignitaries, including U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, gathered recently at the St. Lawrence Seaway Eisenhower Lock in Massena, New York to break ground for a new Seaway Visitors Center. Read the full story by NNY 360.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221005-seaway-visitorcenter
Inspired by the true story of Port Hope, a community along the shores of Lake Ontario in southern Ontario, “King of Hope” addresses to the looming issue of nuclear facility decommissioning, which will soon be a reality for the Great Lakes region, according to the book’s author Kim Conklin. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221005-novel-nuclearwaste
In 1905, a fierce storm on Lake Superior sank 29 ships, including the Madeira near Gold Rock. Researchers are now using 3D photogrammetry software to assemble images of the ship and create a 3D model of it. Read the full story by CBS Minnesota.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221005-ship-model
In May of 2022, an infrastructure project was completed modernizing Flint’s water plant and establishing a secondary connection to Lake Huron. The city of Flint is now entering its final phase of lead service line replacement. Read the full story by CBS Detroit.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221003-flint-replacement-leadserviceline
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently released the draft “New York’s Great Lakes Action Agenda 2022-2030,” a multiyear action plan to guide restoration and conservation, and foster sustainable, resilient communities in New York’s Great Lakes region. Read the full story by Niagara Frontier Publications.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221003-dec-greatlakesactionagenda
The Canadian Coast Guard recently purchased a light icebreaker that will supplement its operations in the Great Lakes, St. Lawrence, and Atlantic regions. Today, it was officially announced that icebreaker has been named the CCGS Judy LaMarsh. Read the full story by PRNewswire.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221003-canadiancoastguard-icebreaker-judylamarsh
The effort to replenish the decimated lake sturgeon population in Lake Erie has shown early signs of success, but it will be decades before biologists know if they have accomplished their mission. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221003-lakesturgeon-stockingmaumeeriver
The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors & Premiers recently announced a new initiative called “100% Whitefish” that aims to use all of the fish. The group is looking to Iceland for guidance and as an example. That country, among others, has pioneered using all of the fish it catches in various products, greatly increasing the value of the catch while developing new products and markets. Read the full story by The Mining Journal.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221003-whitefish-expandingmarket
Plastic Free MKE encourages businesses to become “Lake Friendly” by making decisions that benefit the long-term health of Lake Michigan. Transfer Pizzeria in Milwaukee is one business making this commitment. The business has a landfill, a recycling stream and organic waste that turns into compost. Read the full story by Spectrum News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221003-plasticfreebusinesses-protectthegreatlakes
In the largest design and construction project of its kind currently underway in North America, crews are restoring the natural systems of the mouth of the Don River, where it empties into Lake Ontario. The river, in its current configuration, is being moved. Read the full story by Canadian Architect.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221003-recalibratinginfrastructure-ontario
