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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Michigan Senator Gary Peters has introduced legislation to strengthen federal pipeline safety measures and mandate better oil spill cleanup methods. The new legislation is called Preventing Releases of Toxic Environment Contaminants Threatening Our Great Lakes Act – called PROTECT for short. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220520-legislation-preventoilspills-greatlakes
Fish caught in certain areas of Akwesasne should not be consumed. This is based on a warning from the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe’s Environment Division. Read the full story by ABC50 NOW.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220520-contaminatedfish-ny
Just how big an underinvestment Ontario is facing when it comes to the state of its drinking and wastewater infrastructure is difficult to tabulate. Some estimate the province is investing billions of dollars less than what’s needed to keep the system running smoothly. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220520-ontario
Experts say Michigan needs deep changes to water policy and financing, such as reducing the number of water systems, collecting and cataloging performance data, and ensuring the poorest residents can afford their bills. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220520-drinking-water
The first U.S. Navy vessel to dock in the local port since 1993, when the Navy conducted regular Great Lakes tours, was outlined in festive bunting Thursday as it docked on Rice’s Point. The hulking, nearly 400-foot war ship USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul is scheduled to be commissioned into the Navy during a ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday in Duluth, Minnesota. Read the full story by The Bemidji Pioneer.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220520-warship-duluth
Algal blooms can become toxic under the right conditions. Researchers project an average bloom in 2022 based on current observations and rain forecasts. Read the full story by WDET – Detroit, MI.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220520-lakeerie-algaebloompredictions
Great Lakes ports are seeing a major jump in agriculture exports as the war in Ukraine’s ripple effects on global grain markets continue to play out. Read the full story by Michigan Farm News.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220520-greatlakesshipments
From Memorial Day to Labor Day, the boat will focus on cleaning up Lake Michigan, Green Bay, and the Fox River. They’ll specifically target areas around marinas, where they expect to find concentrations of litter. Read the full story by Spectrum News 1.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220520-pollutionvessel-greatlakes
A pair of 20-something lake sturgeons in a “touch tank” are ready to greet summer visitors to a new freshwater science center at Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Read the full story by MLive.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220518-lakeerie-algalbloom
A pair of 20-something lake sturgeons in a “touch tank” are ready to greet summer visitors to a new freshwater science center at Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Read the full story by MLive.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220518-sturgeon-touchtank
The city of South Haven, Michigan, has the authority to close beaches and Lake Michigan piers when there are unsafe conditions, after a new ordinance was adopted in January. Read the full story by MLive.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220518-southhaven-unsafepiers
The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission has awarded money through its Boating Facility Grant Program that will lead to several new fishing and boating access areas open to public use. Read the full story by The Patriot-News.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220518-pa-anglers-access
Have you caught any odd-looking walleye from Lake Huron? The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said it had received several reports of possible tissue degeneration in walleye from Lake Huron in the town of Au Gres, Michigan. Read the full story by WSMH-TV – Flint, MI.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220518-discoloredwalleye
For two centuries, Marblehead Lighthouse has been a towering mainstay along Lake Erie’s shoreline. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is hosting a series of events this year to honor Marblehead Lighthouse’s bicentennial anniversary. Read the full story by the Fremont News-Messenger.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220518-marbleheadlighthouse
Researchers from the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, and Wayne State University met in Traverse City, Michigan, to discuss the impacts of microplastics pollution. More than 22 million pounds of plastic go into the Great Lakes every year. Read the full story by WKBD-TV – Detroit, MI.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220518-freighter-microplastics-greatlakes
If you want to feel small, stand a few feet from a 740-foot freighter as it slides past on its way out of a 1,200-foot shipping lock at the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Read the full story by MLive.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220518-freighter-soolocks
More than $100 million in funding for restoration to portions of the St. Louis River near Duluth, Minnesota, was announced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Tuesday. A large portion will be funded through President Biden’s infrastructure law, which will accelerate long-awaited work in St. Louis River Area of Concern on Lake Superior. Read the full story by KSMP-TV – Duluth, MN.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220518-greatlakes-duluth-restorationprojects
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials are forecasting that Great Lakes water levels will continue their seasonal rise. Read the full story by Radio Results Network.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220518-greatlakes-waterlevels
A new study from the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the University of Waterloo, projects a roasty future in Canadian cities as temperatures continue to rise, warming on average at twice the global rate. Read the full story by Toronto Sun.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220516-canada
For more than 100 years we managed to foul the world’s largest freshwater resource to the point that their waters were undrinkable, unswimmable, unfishable. The GLRI is not a debt we are pushing onto future taxpayers, it is a debt we are paying off from our past actions. And it makes economic sense, as restoration dollars return two to three times their investment in value to our region and our nation. Read the full story by The Hill.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220516-glri
In a brief announcement on social media, news was shared late last week that Monty the piping plover has died. Monty’s unexpected death left members of Chicago’s birding community stunned, as well as those who’ve been following his romance with mate Rose from afar for the past four years. Read the full story by WTTW-TV – Chicago, IL.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220516-piping-plover
Michigan communities have reached an inflection point. After decades of maintenance and managerial failures, water systems across the state have deteriorated to the point of crisis. Read the full story by NPR.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220516-michigan
Forty years after the goalpost set by the federal government under the Clean Water Act, Indiana couldn’t be farther from the finish line. Indiana maintains the most polluted waterways out of any state in the country. Of the 62,500 miles of rivers and streams in the state, more than 24,000 miles (38%) are impaired by pollutants. Read the full story by The Herald Bulletin.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220516-indiana
Electric Vehicle drivers will have more spots to charge up along Lake Michigan starting this summer. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says it will add 30 EV charging stations at state parks along the Lake Michigan shore, as part of an effort to create a network of chargers encircling the lake. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220516-electric
According to a Wisconsin study recently published in the Atmospheric Environment Journal, high fossil fuel emissions are traveling from coastal cities by lake breeze to areas surrounding Lake Michigan and creating concern for people with major health issues such as asthma. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220516-lake-breeze
Among the issues the development team members will address are public access to the waterfront and environmental concerns related to wetland mitigation. Construction has already begun on the $110 million Harbor 31 project. Among its features are a subdivision, senior housing, marina, apartments, retail and boat storage and sales. Read the full story by Mlive.com.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220516-development
The Cross Lake community in New York State (located 30 minutes from Syracuse in north western New York) are demanding a solution from state officials after they were left underwater for months last summer while others along the Seneca River remained relatively dry. Read the full story by WSTM – Syracuse, NY.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220516-flooding
Wisconsin’s Kenosha Sport Fishing and Conservation Association was created in 1970 with a specific request to create a rearing pond for the purpose of raising fingerling Chinook Salmon. The group raises them for a release into the Pike River, which eventually sends many of them to Lake Michigan. Read the full story by WDJT-TV – Milwaukee, WI.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220516-fish
As the weather gets warmer you may consider taking a dip in one of the Great Lakes. But, even for the most experienced swimmers, the Great Lakes can be very dangerous, with over 1,000 recorded drownings in the Great Lakes since 2010. Read the full story by WILX-TV – Onondaga, MI.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220513-drownings
Detroit City Council is trying to get the Detroit River included in a list of world heritage sites and local activists from Detroit and Windsor are pushing The United Nations Education and Scientific Cultural Organization to recognize the local landmark. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220513-detroit-river
It has been a year since the state of Michigan ordered Enbridge to stop its operation and organizations, like the National Wildlife Federation, are fighting to keep it that way. Read the full story by WLUC-TV – Marquette, MI.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220513-line-5
The smart buoys that have become an important source of data for Cleveland Water and other organizations that monitor Lake Erie were redeployed this week. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220513-buoys
While many are excited that funding designated to river cleanups are being taken seriously, others note that the $1 billion from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is nowhere near enough. Read the full story by KMGH-TV – Denver, CO.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220513-infrastructure-law
Sunken vessels, like the Argo of Lake Erie can influence the structure, chemistry and biology of marine ecosystems, even decades after they occur. Read the full story by the Smithsonian Magazine.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220513-sunken-vessels
High levels of PFOS — one of a group of related chemicals known collectively as PFAS have been found in smelt sampled along the south shore of Lake Superior. Health officials are advising smelters not to eat more than a meal a month of the tiny silvery fish. Read the full story by Minnesota Public Radio.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220513-smelt
With the ice finally gone on most Minnesota lakes, the spring fish harvest is in full swing. Tribal members say the annual ritual of gathering fish through spearing or netting provides a vital food source for the community and preserves a cultural tradition. Read the full story by Minnesota Public Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220513-fish-harvest
As Michigan parks are primed for another year of pandemic-induced high visitation, upcoming investments couldn’t be coming at a better time. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220513-state-parks
During this year’s ice season, the U.S.-flag Great Lakes shipping industry lost the equivalent of a month due to delays in ice covered waters. Read the full story by Lake Superior News.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220513-icebreakers
Indigenous water protectors from Great Lakes tribes and their supporters are calling on a federal agency to fully review and reject a Line 5 project in northern Wisconsin, which they say would be “an act of cultural genocide” if permitted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Read the full story by the Michigan Advance.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220511-indigenouswomen-line5reroute
The S.S. Badger is set to make its first voyage of the season on Thursday. The 410-foot Great Lakes car ferry will sail 60 miles from Ludington to Manitowoc, Wisconsin sporting a fresh coat of paint. Read the full story by the Manistee News Advocate.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220511-ssbadger-michigan
Michigan is set to receive more than $1 billion over the next five years to repair water infrastructure. The federal funds are an opportunity to reinvest in essential public works. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220511-michigan-infrastructurewindfall
The University of Toledo christened its newest research vessel Tuesday at the Lake Erie Center. The 21-foot R/V Spangler, named after the late charter boat captain and water quality advocate Dave Spangler, will replace the Mayflier. Read the full story by WNWO-TV – Toledo, OH.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220511-lakeerie-newvessel
A University of Michigan research team says it could not find a clear link between increasing seismic activity and recent high water levels in Lake Erie. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220511-lakeerie-earthquakestudy
The first cruise ship since 2013 to arrive in Duluth’s harbor will arrive May 30 and dock at the new customs facility in the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center. Read the full story by Duluth News Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220511-duluthport-cruiseship
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee hopes to get more students interested in Great Lakes research by taking them out on research vessel Neeskay. Read the full story by Spectrum News 1.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220511-greatlakesresearch-neeskay
It’s the oldest mystery on the Great Lakes: Whatever happened to the Griffon? It was the first big ship to sail the Great Lakes. Loaded with furs in what’s now Wisconsin, the Griffon was said to have sunk somewhere in northern Lake Michigan in 1679. A couple in Charlevoix, Michigan, think they’ve found it. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220511-griffon-glshipwreck
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore’s first Great Lakes piping plover nests of 2022 have been spotted, kicking off what’s hoped to be another great summer for the endangered bird. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220511-pipingplover-firstnest
If you are looking for an escape from the unseasonably warm weather, taking a dip in the Great Lakes isn’t a good option yet, according to surface water temperature data. Read the full story by Midland Daily News.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220511-heatwave-unsafewatertemps
Canada’s Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is doubling down on the claim that the continuing operation of the Line 5 pipeline is “non-negotiable” despite continued opposition across Michigan and Wisconsin. Read the full story by The Canadian Press.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220509-line-5
