Daily News (Page 129)

Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative announces new coastal protection programs for Michigan

On: April 27, 2022

The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative announced this past week that it will expand its Resilient Coastal Projects Initiative to include shoreline in West Michigan. The initiative will partner with mayors along the Lake Michigan shoreline to create funding-ready implementation frameworks for priority coastal protection projects with the goal of advancing coastal resilience. Read the full story by News-Review.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220427-coastal-protection

Patrick Canniff

Flint’s secondary water pipeline project is complete

On: April 27, 2022

On the eighth anniversary of the beginning of the Flint water crisis, the city of Flint, Michigan, announced the completion of its $17 million water pipeline project. The new system will ensure the city has a backup water source in case of an emergency. Read the full story by Flint Beat.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220427-flint

Patrick Canniff

COMMENTARY: Great Lakes need more protections

On: April 27, 2022

Despite 50 years of working jointly to address water quality challenges, the U.S. and Canada are far from declaring “mission accomplished.” We are still up against toxic algal blooms undermining access to safe drinking water, thousands of tons of plastics and microplastics ending up in our waterways and invasive species wreaking havoc on our fisheries and infrastructure. Read the full story by The Hamilton Spectator.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220427-great-lakes

Patrick Canniff

A Michigan woman’s quest to pick up 1M pieces of trash around Great Lakes turns into a nonprofit

On: April 27, 2022

A Michigan woman started with the goal to pick up one million pieces of trash and instead launched Great Lakes Great Responsibility, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting Great Lakes freshwater sources. Read the full story by WXYZ-TV – Detroit, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220427-pollution

Patrick Canniff

The first Great Lakes piping plover tour In Michigan comes to Sleeping Bear Dunes

On: April 27, 2022

Started by a former National Parks Service ranger, the first and only tour service authorized to lead tours into the wilderness areas of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is educating and bringing small groups to observe piping plovers. Read the full story by The Ticker.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220427-piping-plover

Patrick Canniff

After unprecedented year of poor-quality air, Minnesota officials on alert for more of same

On: April 27, 2022

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is hoping not to see a repeat of last year when it comes to air quality. Much of the smoke that afflicted Minnesotans drifted south from Canada pooling over Lake Superior and then was being cycled back into the Duluth area. Read the full story by Duluth News-Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220427-minnesota

Patrick Canniff

Biggest Week in American Birding is back

On: April 27, 2022

The Biggest Week in American Birding is just a week and a half away, and that means tens of thousands of people are flocking to northwest Ohio to view the return of migratory birds. Read the full story by WTVG-TV – Toledo, OH.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220427-birding

Patrick Canniff

Great Lakes research vessels focus on fish

On: April 27, 2022

Great Lakes research vessels will be visiting ports across the Great Lakes this year as a part of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ effort to conducting annual fish surveys. Read the full story by The Daily Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220427-ship

Patrick Canniff

Volunteers celebrate Earth Day weekend with beach clean-up at Wendy Park

On: April 25, 2022

Volunteers gathered at Wendy Park in Cleveland to clean up the beach during Earth Day weekend. The litter picked up this year along the shores of the Great Lakes could put the total amount of trash that’s been kept out of our lakes at over half a million pounds. Read the full story by the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220425-beachcleanupwendypark

Hannah Reynolds

Meijer, Council of the Great Lakes Region team up to clean beaches and waterways

On: April 25, 2022

The Meijer company has donated $1 million toward cleaning up the Great Lakes. The money will be used by the Council of the Great Lakes Region to clean up beaches and waterways throughout the Midwest and to educate the public about plastics pollution. Read the full story by WGRT – Port Huron, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220425-beachcleanupdonation

Hannah Reynolds

Volunteers haul away tons of debris – even a catfish – from local waterways

On: April 25, 2022

In New York, nearly 300 Earth Week volunteers gathered at Hamburg’s Woodlawn Beach, hauling away a winter’s worth of debris deposited on shore. Read the full story by The Buffalo News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220425-earthweekcleanup

Hannah Reynolds

Algae contamination affects Lake Erie housing prices

On: April 25, 2022

Algal blooms cause lower housing prices in Lake Erie communities, according to a study published earlier this year in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics. View the full video story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220425-housingprices

Hannah Reynolds

Great Lakes research vessels collect information on fish populations

On: April 25, 2022

If you’re at a Great Lakes port this season, you might see one of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ large fisheries research vessels conducting annual fish surveys. The vessels are based out of Marquette, Alpena, Charlevoix and Harrison Township harbors in Michigan. Read the full story by WLUC-TV – Negaunee, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220425-fishpopulations

Hannah Reynolds

Buffalo’s Naval Park revisits long-term solutions as USS The Sullivans remains in crisis

On: April 25, 2022

In light of the present crisis unfolding on The Sullivans – and the fact that epoxy is a temporary fix for holes in its hull that caused it to list severely last week – a larger plan to protect the future of the ship has risen in importance. Read the full story by the Buffalo News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220425-thesullivans

Hannah Reynolds

Residents’ association calls paid parking at St. Catharines beaches a ‘knee jerk’ reaction to pandemic crowds

On: April 25, 2022

After last year’s free parking program for beaches, the city has decided to charge $15 for the season. Trish Sorrenti, corporate executive administrator, said last year’s free parking program was a struggle for staff. Read the full story by the St. Catherines Standard.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220425-beachparking

Hannah Reynolds

Invasive tubenose gobies joining their ‘round’ cousins in the St. Lawrence River

On: April 25, 2022

As the invasive tench tries to make inroads in the St. Lawrence River from east to west, another aquatic invasive critter, cousin to the round goby, is making its mark from the opposite direction. Read the full story by the Watertown Daily Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220425-invasivegobies

Hannah Reynolds

State bill provides funding for water infrastructure

On: April 25, 2022

In March, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the Building Michigan Together Plan, which included the largest infrastructure investment in state history. Included in that investment is nearly $2 billion for water infrastructure. Read the full story by the Petoskey News-Review.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220425-waterinfrastructure

Hannah Reynolds

The Great Lakes sugaring season is changing

On: April 25, 2022

An area like the Great Lakes that has rain and higher temperatures in the summer, followed by a cold, snowy winter, is best suited for maple production. But the Great Lakes maple season is evolving as climate change increasingly impacts maple syrup production with shorter harvest seasons, less sugar production and unreliable sap flow. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220425-sugaring

Hannah Reynolds

Beach cleanups: Help keep plastic out of the Great Lakes

On: April 22, 2022

Nearly 22 million pounds of plastic debris get into the Great Lakes each year, according to a Rochester Institute of Technology study. Beach cleanups help combat that by collecting plastic and other litter found on beaches and by raising awareness about the problem. Read the full story by WOOD-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220422-plastic

Theresa Gruninger

Great Lakes Water Authority removed from state and federal oversight

On: April 22, 2022

The Great Lakes Water Authority in Detroit announced that due to the continued high level of performance of its Water Resource Recovery Facility, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has terminated the Administrative Consent Order it imposed more than a decade ago due to frequent non-compliance of the utility’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit. Read the full story by DBusiness.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220422-glwa

Theresa Gruninger

New piping plover spotted at Chicago’s Rainbow Beach. Will South Side get its own shot at plover mania?

On: April 22, 2022

A rare Great Lakes piping plover was spotted this week at Rainbow Beach in Chicago, which was recently named by birders as the most promising new nesting site for the endangered bird. Neighbors hope to encourage the plover to stay by cleaning the beach this weekend. Read the full story by Block Club Chicago.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220422-plover

Theresa Gruninger

Milwaukee deemed ‘climate haven’ for resistance against climate disasters

On: April 22, 2022

Milwaukee was selected as one of more than a dozen cities deemed to be “climate havens” – places that could avoid the worst effects of natural disasters and support larger populations, according to a report from CNBC. Making the list are also several other cities close to the Great Lakes. Read the full story by WTMJ-TV – Milwaukee, WI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220422-climate-haven

Theresa Gruninger

Shoring up the gaps along Lake Ontario

On: April 22, 2022

Workers and volunteer fire personnel were at work along the Olcott region lakeshore, filling and laying sandbags in trouble spots in order to stem potential erosion and flooding. This work is not uncommon for this time of year, as water levels in Lake Ontario begin to rise. Read the full story by the Niagara Gazette.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220422-water-level

Theresa Gruninger

Lake Ontario marine industry sees growth in preparation for summer season

On: April 22, 2022

On the shores of Lake Ontario, the St. Lawrence River and other North Country water bodies lie unique communities driven by seasonal tourism. Despite many challenges in the past few years, the communities have been driven in part by the marine industry, which has proven to thrive. Read the full story by WWTI-TV – Henderson Harbor, NY.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220422-marine-industry

Theresa Gruninger

Two North Shore communities have ambition to revive a Lake Superior port

On: April 22, 2022

The Town of Marathon and Biigtigong Nishnaabeg, Ontario, are looking to revive the port facilities at the site of the former Marathon Pulp mill. Read the full story by Northern Ontario Business.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220422-port

Theresa Gruninger

Saginaw Bay walleyes getting surgically implanted transmitters for spawning study

On: April 22, 2022

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources stated that it and partner organizations will begin conducting an acoustic telemetry study this month that looks at walleye in the Saginaw Bay region of Lake Huron and their spawning habits. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220422-walleye

Theresa Gruninger

Lake Michigan Rescue Equipment Act passed by Illinois House

On: April 22, 2022

An Illinois bill that requires life equipment to be available along the Lake Michigan coasts was passed by both houses of the state’s Congress after activists pushed for increased safety measures following multiple drownings. Read the full by the Loyola Phoenix.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220422-rescue-equipment

Theresa Gruninger

State commercial fishing industry adapting to changing ecosystems, COVID-19 pandemic

On: April 22, 2022

Changing ecosystems and the COVID-19 pandemic are forcing Lake Michigan commercial fishing companies to change where they fish and how they sell their products. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220422-fishing

Theresa Gruninger

To build a new pipeline or not: Illinois city seeks Lake Michigan water

On: April 20, 2022

In less than a decade, the city of Joliet, Illinois, home to 150,000 people and roughly 45 minutes southwest of Chicago, could run out of water. The city is facing a looming water crisis as the patchwork of underground wells and aquifers it currently uses for municipal water is drying up, leading elected officials to join with other municipalities to create a regional water commission now focused on one looming goal: connecting these communities to Lake Michigan water. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220420-lake-michigan

Patrick Canniff

Shifting energy landscape creates opportunity for ‘world’s largest batteries’

On: April 20, 2022

In western Michigan, sprawled like a gigantic swimming pool atop a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan, is the Ludington Pumped Storage Plant, which uses simple technology to produce electricity for 1.6 million households: water is piped from a lower reservoir to an upper one, then released downhill through supersized turbines that generate electricity. Read the full story by The Associated Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220420-energy

Patrick Canniff

Climate change, microplastics pose threat to Georgian Bay, Severn Sound watershed

On: April 20, 2022

Rising water temperatures and pollutants such as microplastics and road salt are threatening the health of Ontario’s Georgian Bay in Lake Huron. Read the full story by the Midland Mirror.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220420-loon

Patrick Canniff

World’s oldest loon pair returns to Michigan for 26th summer

On: April 20, 2022

The world’s two oldest-known common loons once again have returned to Michigan, and if they choose each other as mates, it will mark a record 26 consecutive summers together for the pair. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220420-loon

Patrick Canniff

COMMENTARY: Fighting the Great Lakes carp invasion

On: April 20, 2022

As the weather warms up, Ontarians are looking to get back outside and to the lakes, with fishing being a favorite pastime for many. While the Great Lakes provide many great fishing spots, the lakes have struggled in a battle against invasive carp species, and anglers must take caution against contributing to the risk of invasion. Read the full story by The Hamilton Spectator.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220420-carp

Patrick Canniff

COMMENTARY: What is the round goby and why invasive fish found in Hudson River is a problem

On: April 20, 2022

Round gobies, an invasive fish, are of particular concern in the Great Lakes because of the impact they can have on the sporting fishing industry. Gobies first established themselves in Lake Erie and Lake Ontario and continued their eastern migration into the St. Lawrence River. Read the full story by the Poughkeepsie Journal.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220420-goby

Patrick Canniff

Little chance of Lake Ontario flooding even if 2022 is a wet year, officials say

On: April 20, 2022

The International Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Board, the organization that controls outflows from Lake Ontario, indicated this week that it is not worried that flooding will occur on the lake’s New York shore this year based on current water levels. Read the full story by The Buffalo News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220420-flooding

Patrick Canniff

Coalition pushes for transparency over Benton Harbor water

On: April 20, 2022

The People’s Water Board Coalition in Benton Harbor, Michigan, is calling on state and local officials to be more transparent with the public about the quality of the town’s drinking water over concerns about bacterial contamination. Read the full story by The Herald-Palladium.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220420-benton-harbor

Patrick Canniff

Craig Lake State Park in Marquette gets land gift

On: April 20, 2022

The Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy has gifted nearly 1,300 acres of pristine highlands wilderness in Marquette County to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to protect the property from degradation and maintain public access. Read the full story by Up North Voice.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220420-land-gift

Patrick Canniff

Public invited to view shore restoration plans at Ford House

On: April 18, 2022

Plans to restore the Ford Cove shoreline along Lake St. Clair will be shared with the public during an event on April 30 from 1-4pm. Read and hear the full story by Macomb Daily.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220418-ford-house

U.S. Coast Guard concludes icebreaking operations on the western Great Lakes

On: April 18, 2022

The U.S. Coast Guard announced Saturday that its icebreaking operations on the western Great Lakes are complete for the season. Read and hear the full story by WLUC-TV – Marquette, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220418-icebreaking

Why most Minnesota lakes put the ‘Lake’ part of the name second

On: April 18, 2022

In Minnesota, where early colonists came from France and later came from other parts of Europe, roughly 90 percent of lakes in the researchers’ sample were Name Lake. Read the full story by MinnPost.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220418-lake-names

EPA, Canada commemorate Water Quality Agreement anniversary

On: April 18, 2022

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan and Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault have issued a statement to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the United States-Canada Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. Read the full story by the WaterWorld Magazine.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220418-wqa

Combined sewage systems could keep overflowing as Wisconsin sees more and more rain

On: April 18, 2022

Head of Alliance for the Great Lakes praises Milwaukee initiative to stop overflows by 2035. Read the full story by the Wisconsin Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220418-overflow

Celebrate Michigan’s beauty during National Park Week

On: April 18, 2022

Michigan is home to five national parks: Isle Royale park, Keweenaw park, Sleeping Bear Dunes, Pictured Rocks national lakeshore and River Raisin park. These five gems are rich in both history and scenery. Read the full story by the WDIV -TV – Detroit, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220418-national-parks

Use this updated map, itinerary to tour more than 100 Lake Michigan lighthouses

On: April 18, 2022

The West Michigan Tourist Association has once again released its Lake Michigan Lighthouse map. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220418-lighthouses

DNR says majority of Michigan’s lakes, streams have healthy fish

On: April 18, 2022

DNR teams completed more than 260 fisheries surveys across Michigan in 2021. DNR fisheries staff surveyed 152 inland lakes and 115 streams. Read the full story by The Detroit News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220418-dnr-survey

Fish and Wildlife Service working to bring back lake sturgeon

On: April 18, 2022

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has partnered with other Michigan organizations to sponsor and oversee the restocking of lake sturgeon in the Saginaw Bay watershed and other bodies of water feeding into Lake Huron. Read the full story by the Huron Daily Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220418-sturgeon

Researchers find wetland plant can filter PFAS chemicals

On: April 18, 2022

Researchers have found that a common wetland plant native to Australia can remove toxic “forever chemicals” from the surrounding environment. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220418-pfas

A funny thing happened to Sandusky Bay’s water: It got better

On: April 18, 2022

Scientists studying the bay this summer, including George Bullerjahn, a biology professor at Bowling Green State University who has studied the bay’s algae for years, hope to figure out why Sandusky Bay’s algal bloom problem suddenly went away in 2020 and 2021,. Read the full story by The Advertiser-Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220418-sandusky-bay

Trout Tales: Indiana DNR stocks St. Joseph River with young steelheads

On: April 18, 2022

The Indiana DNR is busy stocking steelhead trout in the St. Joseph River, a tributary of Lake Michigan. Read the full story by WNDU – TV – South Bend, IN.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220418-trout

Great Lakes cruise ships expect to make up for lost time

On: April 15, 2022

In the next two years, cruise lines are expecting more than 50,000 people to get aboard Great Lake cruises as local travel has become more popular during the pandemic. Read the full story by WPBN-TV – Traverse City, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220415-cruise

Theresa Gruninger