The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy will allocate $9 million in grants to push clean energy on the state’s bodies of water. Read the full story by The Center Square.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220225-energy-grants
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is sending one of its four deep-water hydrographic survey ships into the Great Lakes for several months this year to sonar-map the lakebed under heavily trafficked areas. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220225-sonar
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is sending one of its four deep-water hydrographic survey ships into the Great Lakes for several months this year to sonar-map the lakebed under heavily trafficked areas. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220225-sonar
As this region focuses on developing a stronger “blue economy” and prepares for a likely future as a national refuge from the worst effects of climate change, this federal investment comes at a critical moment. Read the full story by the Buffalo News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220225-cleanup
Legislation that could have scuttled a long-planned sewer project intended to keep human waste out of Lake Michigan has been revised by the Senate Utilities Committee. Read the full story by the Northwest Indiana Times.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220225-sewer
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources policy board adopted that state’s first limits on so-called “forever chemicals” in drinking and surface water. Read the full story by The Associated Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220225-drinking-water
The Midwest relies on the Great Lakes for drinking water, food, livelihood and recreation. But many mysteries about the lakes remain. We get insights from a tribal leader about how First Nations thought of the lakes. And then we hear about research regarding invasive species and the lakes in winter. Listen to the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220225-explore
State of Michigan officials are investigating an apparent chemical spill in a Huron River side channel near Detroit. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220223-chemical-spill
Former Deputy Director of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Todd Ambs weighs in on the importance of science-based, forward-thinking water policy. Read the full story by WUMW-TV – Milwaukee, WI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220223-water-policy
The president and CEO of The Joyce Foundation discusses the importance of the $1 billion investment from the bipartisan infrastructure law to clean up toxic pollution in the Great Lakes. Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220223-cleanup-investment
A Michigan author and policy expert recently updated his book, Great Lakes for Sale, in light of the recent climate catastrophes in the West to discuss what the author considers a lack of public action against the shortcomings of the Great Lakes Compact. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220223-policy
Surfers in southern Ontario are concerned that a current assessment by the local council of beach access points will impact their ability to use Lake Erie. Read the full story by CBC News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220223-surfers
According to the weekly report published by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District, Lakes Superior, Michigan and Huron are expected to remain steady near their current levels, Lake Erie is forecast to rise about 1 inch, and Lake Ontario is expected to rise about 4 inches over the next month. Read the full story by the Manistee News Advocate.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220223-ice-cover
A mid-Michigan city that has been dealing with lead in their dirking water launched a new dashboard that allows residents to check whether or not there are lead pipes providing water service to their homes. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220223-lead-dashboard
The Ohio Lake Erie Commission is celebrating its 30-year anniversary, and for all thirty years they’ve held a “Life on Lake Erie” photo contest. The contest is an opportunity for amateur photographers to showcase their talent for photographing one of Ohio’s most valuable natural resources. Read the full story by WTVG-TV – Toledo, OH.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220223-photo-contest
The majesty of rivers and their connection to the Great Lakes will be the topic of discussion at an event sponsored by Great Lakes Inspired, an informal partnership of Great Lakes artists, managers and advocates seeking to strengthen and promote links between Great Lakes arts and science as a way of inspiring Great Lakes stewardship. Read the full story by The News-Herald.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220223-stories
Residents in a southeast Michigan communality have been surrounded by frigid water for days as ice jams on the River Raisin continued to cause flooding in portions of the city. Read the full story by The Detroit News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220223-ice-jams
A new report by the Canadian environmental group Environmental Defence recommends upgrading Enbridge Inc.’s new Line 78 pipeline to handle most of what Line 5 now delivers to Ontario and Quebec, as well as several Midwestern states. Read the full story by The Canadian Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220221-line-5
To increase data for the Great Lakes in the winter scientists from 18 institutions in the U.S. and Canada, are fanning out in 12 teams this month across the lakes to grab as much data as possible. Read the full story by Duluth News Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220221-winter-research
The Saugatuck Dunes Coastal Alliance is fighting to preserve the marina portion of a historic shipping “ghost town” in West Michigan once titled “Singapore,” which met its ultimate demise in the early 1900s. Read the full story by Holland Sentinel.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220221-logging-ghost-town
Cleanup of the Twin Ports’ St. Louis River will accelerate under new federal Great Lakes restoration funding. The Lake Superior estuary is one of 22 designated “areas of concern” to be restored using $1 billion from the bipartisan infrastructure deal approved by Congress last fall. Read the full story by Star Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220221-st-louis-river
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is planning a pilot project set to launch this spring to determine best practices for minnow dealers who trap spottail shiners in lakes designated as infested waters for zebra mussels. Read the full story by Alexandria Echo Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220221-zebra-mussels
Respect for water was as much a part of Phillip Solomon’s fishing education as sawing through thick winter ice. The Anishinaabe fisherman can see how rising temperatures are changing Gitchigumi and the fish his community relies on. Read the full story by The Narwhal.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220221-climate-ice
A transformer at the Hydro One Bathurst Transmission Station in North York, ON failed last week resulting in insulating mineral oil being released into the Don River. The cleanup alongside the creek and outside the station is projected to take two to three days. Read the full story by CBC News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220221-oil
Lake Michigan’s ice cover hit 37% last week, the most yet in the season, and trended closer to average than originally forecasted according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory. Read the full story by The Chicago Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220221-ice-cover
A fisherman got lost in blowing snow on Lake Superior and then his snowmobile got stuck in heavy slush before rescuers found him overnight, officials said. The man was found miles from shore around 2 a.m. Monday by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter. Read the full story by MLive.com.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220221-lake-snow
The Chippewa Luce Mackinac Conservation District has distributed grants to support five Michigan conservation projects that support wildlife habitat, erosion control, recreation opportunities, student learning, pollinator habitat restoration, outdoor education, and vegetative management. Read the full story by The Sault News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220221-up-projects
On Thursday in Lorain, Ohio, President Joe Biden announced that $1 billion in funding in his administration’s infrastructure law would go toward cleanup and restoration of the Great Lakes. Read the full story by CNN.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220218-infrastructure-funding-
At a meeting in Lansing on Wednesday, the Mackinac Straits Corridor Authority approved Enbridge’s Request for Proposals. This document starts the bidding process for contractors looking to build the Great Lakes Tunnel. Read the full story Interlochen Public Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220218-enbridge
The city and St. Louis County have received a $258,000 federal grant to assess the erosion damage that has occurred in recent years, prioritize areas that are of most crucial concern and propose fixes. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220218-erosion
The invasive round goby fish that has wreaked havoc in the Great Lakes and spread across New York in the state canal system is heading toward Lake Champlain. Conservationists hope that keeping a lock closed on the Champlain Canal this year will block the invasion before it’s too late. Read the full story by the Adirondack Explorer.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220218-goby
According to the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, total ice coverage on the Great Lakes is at 49.9% and is up significantly from the 11.4% recorded in January. Read the full story by WXYZ-TV – Detroit, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220218-ice
$1 billion worth of aid is coming to regions of the Great Lakes affected by chronic water contamination. That includes the Milwaukee Estuary, which has been designated as an Area Of Concern (AOC) since 1987. Read the full story the Wisconsin Examiner.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220218-aoc
Aspiring sailors can learn how to sail on an 1810-replica tall ship built by the Michigan Maritime Museum in South Haven, Michigan, this spring. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220218-sailing-
Warmer weather in Northeast Ohio means the snow is melting, but snow runoff could be filled with trash and waste that may have a negative impact on our environment. The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District’s goal is to remove the junk before it reaches Lake Erie and other waterways in our area. Read the full story by WKSU – Kent, Ohio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220218-snow-melt-
The U.S. Coast Guard and Emmet County Office of Emergency Management are expected to conduct a training exercise later this month on Little Traverse Bay of Lake Michigan that will bring together several different emergency response agencies in the area. Read the full story the by the Petoskey News-Review.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220218-coast-guard
In Marquette, Michigan, the marina dock at Marquette’s Upper Harbor broke off and is floating in Lake Superior. The city says the lake’s ice pulled the dock away, leaving it stranded. Read the full story by WLUC-TV– Negaunee, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220218-dock
Endangered Great Lakes creatures on the brink of extinction – so called “ghost species” – could be restored and the vast biodiversity of the region protected, according to a Michigan university academic and author. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220218-ghost-species
River advocates and environmental regulators intend to fan out across northern Lower Michigan in coming months and determine where blooms of invasive “rock snot” algae threaten otherwise pristine, freshwater streams. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220216-rock-snot
The Climate Adaptation Science Center, a partnership between the University of Minnesota and the U.S. Department of Interior, will study climate change and the intersection of human activity and wildlife management in the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes region. It will pay special attention to tribal concerns and build off the unique and robust experience of Midwest Indigenous communities. Read the full story by WTIP – Cook County, MN.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220216-climate-center
Researchers at Michigan State University discovered that road salt and other salt sources created by humans are increasing Lake Michigan’s saltiness. Read the full story by WZZM-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220216-road-salt
A study by the University of Wisconsin-Madison found tributary rivers that feed into Lake Michigan play a critical role in transporting cancer-linked “forever chemicals” perfluoroalkyl acids, or PFAAs, into the Great Lakes system. Read the full story by The Hill.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220216-forever-chemicals
Trent University in Ontario is joining Winter Grab, a first-of-its-kind winter research effort to collect and analyze ice and water samples from all five of the Great Lakes. Read the full story by PTBO – Peterborough, ON.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220216-ice-testing
The owner of a Northwest Indiana steel mill will pay $3 million in penalties, donate more than 100 acres of land for conservation, and agreed to pollution controls after a 2019 spill of ammonia and cyanide from the mill killed thousands of fish in a Lake Michigan tributary. Read the full story by the Chicago Sun-Times.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220216-settlement
Communities across Michigan are calling out the impacts of environmental racism and environmental injustice. Data shows people living in the most socially vulnerable populations in the state are more likely to be exposed to polluted water, air pollution, and contaminated sites. Read the full story by WWMT-TV – Benton Harbor, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220216-environmental-racism
A new report by a Canadian environmental group says alternatives to Line 5 already exist if the controversial cross-border pipeline gets shut down. Read the full story by The Canadian Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220216-line-5
After more than two years, the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board is set to take up proposed standards to regulate harmful “forever chemicals” known as PFAS in drinking water, surface water, and groundwater later this month. Read the full story by WSAW-TV – Madison, WI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220216-pfas
A recent burst of cold weather has boosted Great Lakes ice coverage from initial projections that were well below historical average back to the typical range. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220216-ice-cover
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers states that inflows into Lake Superior are preliminarily estimated to be the lowest inflows on record for January. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220214-water-levels
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) will distribute more than $1.1 million in coastal management grants. Read the full story by WPBN- TV – Traverse City, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220214-coastline
