Shepler’s Ferry is kicking off its Lighthouse Cruises and Night Sky Cruises this month with one new kind of cruise and some other fresh sights added into an always-popular lineup departing from Mackinaw City, Michigan. Read the full story by MLive.
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Always clean, drain, and dry your boat and fishing gear, says the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, and check your boats and gear for aquatic hitchhikers. Read the full story by the Times Herald-Record.
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Lighthouses traditionally warn sailors away from land, but this year, the oldest continuously operating lighthouse on the Great Lakes — Marblehead Lighthouse in Ohio — will be attracting visitors like moths to a flame. Read the full story by the Columbus Dispatch.
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Didymo, most commonly referred to as rock snot, is a kind of algae that continues to spread in Michigan’s Manistee River. The appearance of rock snot was first reported last fall, and it still continues to be a problem. Read the full story by WWTV-TV – Cadillac, MI.
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Great Lakes cruising has returned to the Port of Cleveland with the first ships dropping anchor in Northeast Ohio last month. Read the full story by WEWS-TV – Cleveland, OH.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220603-clevelandcruise
The massive Viking Octantis cruise ship is due to make its first-ever stop at the small Michigan Upper Peninsula town of Houghton on Wednesday, June 1. Read and hear the full story by MLive.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220601-cruise
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has set a goal of completing work to delist 22 of the 25 remaining Areas of Concern in the Great Lakes region. Of the three remaining AOCs that won’t be completely cleaned up, two are in Michigan. Read and hear the full story by Michigan Radio.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220601-aoc-cleanup
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers forecasts that water levels will be above the long-term average for most of the Great Lakes except Lake Superior. Read and listen to the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220601-water-levels
High water and ice scouring has shifted native wetlands inland and opened a door to invasive species along Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan coast. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220601-invasives
Monty, the beloved Great Lakes piping plover who died earlier this month at Montrose Beach in Chicago, Illinois, suffered from a severe fungal respiratory infection, officials announced Tuesday. Read the full story by Block Club Chicago.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220601-monty
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday it’s awarding Ohio with a $225,000 grant to monitor water quality at the state’s beaches. Read the full story by Spectrum News 1.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220601-water-monitoring
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is using harbor dredge material to shore up Lake Michigan beaches this summer. Read the full story by The Holland Sentinel.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220601-dredge
A man raising funds to benefit youth mental health and suicide prevention, has become the first person with a physical disability to ever travel from one country to another on a paddleboard. Read the full story by the Toronto Sun.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220601-paddleboard
A new form of biological control against the invasive garlic mustard, Alliaria petiolate, has been identified in the form of a tiny aphid. Read the full story by The Detroit Free Press.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220601-biocontrol
For the first time in 35 years, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has a ship operating in the Great Lakes, working to map the lakebed of Lake Erie. Read the full story by WKYC- TV – Cleveland, OH.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220601-noaa
Inflation, increased labor costs and supply chain issues have ballooned the estimated cost of a major reconstruction project at the Soo Locks shipping complex according to lawmakers, who say the pricey effort has doubled or tripled in price from current projections. Read the full story by Mlive.com
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220527-soo-locks
Today, the Marblehead Lighthouse, the oldest continuously operating lighthouse in the Great Lakes located along the south shore of Lake Erie, is as much tourist attraction as navigational aid, due to GPS and other on-shore landmarks. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220527-lighthouse
NOAA and other organizations are actively monitoring Great Lakes algae. The Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Monitoring System has been operational for several years. A new system was just launched in April of 2022 called Seagull. Both are expected to continue to be updated with new features and functionality. Read the full story by Thumbwind.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220527-algal-blooms
An ORV park on Michigan’s west side is temporarily restricting access to a small area for the sake of protecting a nesting pair of endangered Great Lakes piping plovers. Read the full story by MLive.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220527-piping-plovers
A federal appeals court has declined to disturb an Indiana Supreme Court ruling, later codified into Indiana law, which declared that Lake Michigan’s shoreline is — and always has been — owned by the state for the public’s use. Read the full story by the Associated Press.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220527-indiana-shoreline
A federal appeals court has declined to disturb an Indiana Supreme Court ruling, later codified into Indiana law, which declared that Lake Michigan’s shoreline is — and always has been — owned by the state for the public’s use. Read the full story by the Associated Press.
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Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio is working to preserve its Lake Erie shoreline and the village is finishing the first phase of its erosion protection project at the Township Park. Read the full story by WEWS – TV – Cleveland, OH.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220527-erosion
Reducing levels of the nutrient phosphorus to control harmful algal blooms in places like Lake Erie is actually advantageous to toxic cyanobacteria strains, which can lead to an increase in toxins in the water, according to a new modeling study. Read and hear the full story by Phys.org.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220527-phosphorus
While forests are known to enhance the water quality of nearby watersheds, oftentimes people don’t recognize forests’ role in providing clean drinking water, according to a new study from Michigan State University. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220527-forests
Birders, biologists, conservationists and those who happened to be swept up in the tale of two little birds gathered this week at Montrose Beach in Chicago, Illinois to mark the end of one story — while another was just beginning. Read the full story by The Chicago Tribune.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220527-monty-rose
Despite the unpredictability of the global market, officials expect the St. Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes to see stable growth during the 2022 shipping season, just like it did during a global pandemic. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220525-shipping-stable
A press conference was held on Tuesday to celebrate the completion of the restoration of the Muskegon Lake area of concern at Heritage Landing in Muskegon, Michigan. Read the full story by MLive.
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An environmental group calculated how much Toledo, Ohio residents and others pay for drinking water because of harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie, and the costs quickly add up. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220525-drinking-water-cost
Six years after a panel of experts concluded that the state’s public works were in “a state of disrepair,” the quality of Michigan’s water infrastructure and the consequences of failure are no longer being ignored. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220525-water
Last month’s first full month of seasonal shipping totals in the Twin Ports in western Lake Superior dipped considerably compared to the same month a season ago. Industry leaders blamed a difficult ice-out in March and April and used dip to advocate for another U.S. icebreaker. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220525-shipping-ice
The tugboat named “Lake Superior” that partially sunk in the Duluth Harbor, Minnesota back in March is now floating once again. Read the full story by KQDS-TV – Duluth, MN.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220525-tugboat
More than a century after they arrived, invasive sea lampreys still threaten the Great Lakes’ $7 billion fishing economy. Read the full story by Vox.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220525-sea-lamprey
Oceanographers from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration have released their first algal bloom forecast for Lake Erie for the upcoming season and predict a smaller bloom compared to previous years. Read the full story by WCPO-TV – Cincinnati, OH.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220525-algal-bloom-season
New research on water levels projects an unprecedented drop of water levels on Lakes Michigan-Huron and Georgian Bay to 1.1 meters below the record low by 2030. By 2040, levels may rise to 0.3 meters higher than the 1986 record high. Read the full story by The Manitoulin Expositor.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220525-lake-level
With toxic algae blooms becoming more prevalent in Lake Erie in recent summers, protecting the irreplaceable resource that Lake Erie represents, will prove to be our legacy for generations to follow suit. Read the full story by the Columbus Dispatch.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220525-algal-bloom
The City of Manitowoc, WI is again reminding residents it is unlawful to place grass clippings in city streets and alleys. When mowing your lawn, the city asks that you direct the blower away from the street and clean up any grass clippings that make it there. Grass blown into the street can easily enter the storm sewer, which ends up in rivers and lakes. Read the full story by the Herald Times Reporter.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220523-manitowoc-wi-grassclippings
The weather is getting warmer, attracting Chicagoans to the water. While people enjoy the lakefront, there is a darker side to the summer as it’s the highest water rescue season in Chicago. Read the full story by the DePaulia.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220523-increase-waterrescues-chicago
Ashtabula County’s neighbor to the north – Lake Erie – is expected to offer a good fishing experience in 2022, experts say. Read the full story by the Star Beacon.
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The summer months are just around the corner and with all the runoff water from this recent rain, there’s a potential threat to those considering a swim in Lake Superior. Read the full story by CBS 3 – Duluth, MN.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220523-bluegreenalgae-threat-duluth
Details on how to finance the Village of Minooka’s $20 million stake in the Grand Prairie Water Commission that would bring Lake Michigan water to town were reviewed by trustees at a committee of the whole workshop held last week. Read the full story by WSPY – Plano, IL.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220523-minooka-lakemiwater
Fishing seasons for muskellunge begin on June 1 in inland waters and June 15 in Great Lakes waters (Lake Erie, upper Niagara River, lower Niagara River, Lake Ontario, and the St. Lawrence River), according to state Department of Environmental Conservation officials. Read the full story by the Lockport Journal.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220523-muskiefishing
That blissful beach getaway you’ve been yearning for is much closer than you realize. Historically a busy trading post, Southampton, just a three-hour drive northwest from Toronto, features a sandy beach along Lake Huron, a community full of beautiful homes, more good food than you’ll have time to enjoy and an award-winning craft beer. Read the full story by the Toronto Star.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220523-lakehuron-southhampton
While the city has found no evidence of rogue sewage spills, an overwhelmed sewer system in the lower city that combines storm water and sewage in the same pipes has overflowed 44 times this year. Read the full story by the Hamilton Spectator.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220523-smellyalgae-hamilitonwestharbour
Corälee Allaert, a 22-year-old University of Guelph student, has decided to tackle a big challenge to make something positive in her life. She will be swimming across two of the Great Lakes to commemorate the youth who have lost their lives to suicide. Read the full story by Guelph Today.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220523-swimming-greatlakes
EDITORIAL – The rise in fuel prices has prompted renewed interest in expanding container shipping at America’s Great Lakes ports, like Duluth and Cleveland. There is potential for Port of Duluth to develop containerized dry bulk agricultural exports to Europe, where growing numbers of customers are willing to take delivery of containers of agricultural produce. Read the full story by The Maritime Executive.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220523-greatlakes-containershipping
The Great Lakes have been receding from record high water levels over the past few years. The amount of water that has left the Great Lakes is staggering. Each Great Lake peaked in a different year, and each of the Great Lakes’ water levels have fallen from there. Read the full story by MLive.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220520-lakemichigan-lakehuron-waterloss
Fishing reports from charter captains and walleye tournament anglers have spotlighted the outstanding early-season walleye fishing in the deeper waters of the Central Basin of Lake Erie. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220520-lakeerie-walleyefishing
The round goby, a prolific and destructive invasive fish, has spread from the Great Lakes all the way to the Hudson River. New York’s canal operators are trying to keep it from invading Lake Champlain too. Read the full story by The River.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220520-roundgoby-hudsonriver
The round goby, a prolific and destructive invasive fish, has spread from the Great Lakes all the way to the Hudson River. New York’s canal operators are trying to keep it from invading Lake Champlain too. Read the full story by The River.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220520-roundgoby-hudsonriver
Fishing seasons for muskellunge begin on June 1 in inland waters and June 15 in the Great Lakes waters of Lake Erie, Upper Niagara River, Lower Niagara River, Lake Ontario, and the St. Lawrence River. Read the full story by The Daily News.
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