Roughly 11 thousand Chinook salmon fingerlings were released into a special net pen Friday in the Kenosha Harbor as part of a new effort to increase salmon returns during spawning seasons. View the full video by Kenosha News.
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Great Lakes ice extent is down to 7.8%. The flow of water out of Lake Superior is below the average rate, and the flow into St. Clair River is above the average rate showing more water leaving the lakes suggesting a decrease in lake levels for Lake Huron and Michigan. Lake Erie and Ontario are both above the April average water levels. Read the full story by WOOD-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.
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After a two-year hiatus, Great Lakes cruise ships are back, and the industry is trying to prepare itself. Read the full story by The Capital News Service.
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A shoreline protection program is currently underway in the West River near Buckhorn Island State Park near Grand Island, NY for the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Read the full story by Niagara Frontier Publications.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220411-restoration
As the Great Lakes start their seasonal rise over the next month, hydrologists do not anticipate the lakes will rise near their record-high levels in 2022, though lakes Erie, St. Clair and Michigan-Huron likely will be above average. Read the full story by The Detroit News.
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As global warming is predicted to produce more frequent high rainfall events in the Upper Great Lakes, scientists wonder what impact that will have on lake levels and beach access. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.
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The proposed walkway along the Buffalo River would reduce the distance for walkers and bicyclists between Canalside and the Outer Harbor in Buffalo, New York and improve waterfront access Read the full story by the Buffalo News.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220408-riverwalk
Additional funding will support food web monitoring efforts on the Great Lakes as Cornell University confirmed it will continue efforts to monitor and research the lower parts of the food web on the Great Lakes. Read the full story by WWTI-TV – Watertown, NY.
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In an unusual sighting, a pair of piping plover siblings that hatched last summer at Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore have been spotted on their wintering grounds, still together. Read the full story by MLive
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A new wetland is coming to Wood County, just on the outskirts of Bowling Green, Ohio, and it is one of many that will be part of the H2Ohio program that was instituted by Gov. Mike DeWine to cut harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie. Read the full story by the Sentinel-Tribune.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220408-wetland-restoration
A $13.5 million effort, dubbed the Muskegon Channel Crossing Project, is providing a second water source to communities north of the channel that leads from Lake Michigan to Muskegon Lake. Read the full story by MLive.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220408-water-pipe
After two years of a halt in the cruise industry because of the pandemic, Milwaukee, Wisconsin is expecting a boom in that industry. Port Milwaukee has plans underway to add a larger dock to their South Shore location to serve larger ships. Read the full story by WDJT-TV – Milwaukee, WI.
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On the Great Lakes, long-time fishing families are being forced from their livelihoods by waterfront tourism development and high-end housing. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
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New regulation on the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario will allow American vessels out for recreation or tourism to enter Canadian waters and leave without reporting to Canada Boarder Service Agency as long as boaters do not land in Canada. Read the full story by CKVV-Kemptville, ON.
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April 15th will mark the 50th anniversary of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement between the U.S. and Canada; an expression of binational commitment to restore and maintain the chemical, physical and biological integrity of the waters of the Great Lakes basin ecosystem. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
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The State of Michigan wants feedback on a new interactive tool that scores communities on environmental justice factors. Referred to as the MiEJScreen, it identifies communities disproportionately impacted by environmental hazards. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220406-environmental-justice
Tribal and state officials are warning against harassment of spearfishers as the Indigenous harvest season starts in northern Wisconsin. Read the full story by the Green Bay Press-Gazette.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220406-spearfishing
Northern Michigan could see benefits in critical infrastructure, Great Lakes protection, and PFAS remediation in the newly proposed federal budget for fiscal year 2023. Read the full story by The Petoskey News-Review.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220406-restoration
Lake County, Ohio, will receive $11.3 million in state funding to construct a much-needed containment basin to store dredged material from the Grand River, to support interstate and international commerce. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220406-dreged-material
Michigan state environmental regulators are seeking $32 million in federal money to seal up hundreds of abandoned oil wells which can leak contaminants into surface and groundwater, and methane and other greenhouse gases can also escape and contribute to climate change. Read the full story by MLive.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220406-oil-wells
The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District Board of Trustees could vote Thursday, April 7 on a $1.48 million pre-design services contract for the removal of Horseshoe Lake dam and the restoration of Doan Brook in its place in northern Ohio. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.
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The Great Lakes Seaway Partnership is celebrating the start of the Great Lakes shipping season by running a photo contest. Boat enthusiasts are encouraged to submit their best photos depicting Great Lakes shipping. Read the full story by the Northwest Indiana Times.
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Minnesota recorded its highest moose population estimate in 11 years as the population has stabilized in recent years, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Read the full story by KMSP-TV – Minneapolis, MN.
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While suffering some erosion from winter storms, Pennsylvania’s Presque Isle State Park’s beaches are in good shape compared with the past few springs. Read the full story by the Erie Times-News.
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Lake Michigan-Huron experienced a decline of 15 inches in water level in the past year – Lake Superior fell about 11 inches. Read and hear the full story by WJRT-TV – Flint, MI.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220404-level-drop
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy Office of the Great Lakes announced on Wednesday that a $100,000 grant will be made available to help protect wild rice, one of the state’s most culturally and ecologically significant native plants. Read the full story by The Petoskey News-Review.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220404-wild-rice
More than $3.4 million has been awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for projects to be done in Grand Haven, Michigan’s harbor. Read the full story by the Holland Sentinel.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220404-grand-haven
The fate of a small, crescent-shaped island off Munger Landing in the Wisconsin waters remains undetermined as ownership remains up in the air. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220404-ownership
A bill going to the desk of Illinois Governor JB Pritzker would require locations along Lake Michigan to have essential rescue equipment. Read the full story by the WFLD -TV – Chicago, IL.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220404-safety
The Ohio legislature could soon pass a bill allowing for deregulating the development of “ephemeral streams” — natural flows of water that form after rain and snowmelt. Read the full story by WEWS – TV – Cleveland, OH.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220404-deregulation
Ohio EPA has released its latest statewide water quality report. The biennual document describes the general condition of Ohio’s waters and includes a list of impaired waters that are not meeting their federal or state water quality goals. Read the full story by The Highland County Press.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220404-water-quality
More than 200 people jumped into Lake Ontario in Toronto, Ontario early Saturday to celebrate community resilience after two long years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the full story by CBC News.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220404-plunge
In last-minute decision, province says the Municipality of Port Hope, Ontario’s plan to purchase 1,334 acres of land along the Lake Ontario shoreline needs to be reassessed. Read the full story by kawarthaNOW.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220404-lakefront
More than $150 million in federal funding has been spent since 1992 to remove harmful chemicals from Illinois’ Waukegan Harbor, and now officials say the harbor finally is poised to be taken off the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Great Lakes Areas of Concern list. Read the full story by the Daily Herald.
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Federal investigators have confirmed their suspicions that an old deteriorating underground storage tank was the source of a recent leak into Michigan’s Huron River. Read the full story by the News-Herald.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220404-oil-leak
After sandblasting and 800 gallons of paint, the 69-year-old S.S. Badger looks like new again. Read and hear the full story by MLive.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220404-badger
After a year of maintenance, a U.S. Coast Guard vessel arrived in Duluth, Minnesota on Wednesday that will break up ice for ships moving through Lake Superior and northern Lake Michigan. Read and hear the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.
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Buffalo State College has announced that its Great Lakes Center is the recipient of more than $3 million federal dollars to fund research on benthic invertebrates, such as zooplankton, and mysid crustaceans in the Great Lakes. Read the full story by WBFO- Buffalo, NY.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220401-research
On Tuesday, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) held an instructional webinar on how to use a new map that identifies environmental inequality. Read the full story by Interlochen Public Radio.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220401-environmental-inequality
A bill to require the U.S. Coast Guard to study the potential impacts of an oil spill has made its way through the first hurdle in Congress. Read the full story by Watertown Daily News.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220401-congress
The Environmental Integrity Project released a report looking at pollution levels in waterways and bodies of water in all 50 states. Read the full story by the Midland Daily News.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220401-pollution
The John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids, Michigan has a new exhibit featuring sculptures made from recycled plastic to spread awareness about Great Lakes pollution. Read the full story by WZZM – TV – Grand Rapids, MI.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220401-exhibit
Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper will conduct a study along 16 miles of shoreline in Buffalo, New York. Funding for the study is made possible by a $750,000 grant from the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation. Read the full story by The Buffalo News.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220401-buffalo
Ten shipping vessels have been freed and are now on their way after getting stuck in the ice in Whitefish Bay near Sault Ste Marie, Ontario. Read the full story by CBC News.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220401-icebreaker
Smelt netting opens Friday night, April 1, in Chicago, Illinois and a faint hint of hope edges in this season, experts indicate. Read the full story The Chicago Sun Times.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220401-smelt
The anonymous buyer seeking to purchase an environmentally sensitive area of land along the Lake Michigan shoreline is doing so to keep the property on the tax rolls, instead of allowing it to become a “never-ending expense.”. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220401-lake-michigan
Michigan anglers who catch certain tagged walleye and report it to the Department of Natural Resources could earn some cash. Read the full story by MLive.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220401-walleye
The ice boom is not quite fully removed from the east end of Lake Erie, a New York Power Authority spokesman said Thursday. Read and hear the full story by The Buffalo News.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220401-boom
President Joe Biden’s proposed $5.8 trillion budget calls for $340 million in funding for the federal Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and at least $300 million for electrifying the federal fleet, as well as $126 million to combat PFAS contamination. Read the full story by The Detroit News.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220330-budget
Ohio’s Defiance County soil and water conservation office, the City of Defiance, and the Great Lakes Commission, with property owners Mike and Michelle Zeedyk, signed an agreement for an experimental water quality project that aims to reduce nutrient loading into the Maumee River. Read the full story by The Crescent-News.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220330-nutrient-loading
