Concerns about potential impacts on rivers and lakes linger in the lead-up to a long-awaited environmental hearing into a proposed palladium and copper mine near Marathon, Ontario. Read the full story by The Chronicle-Journal.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220314-mining
More than a year after it arrived at the U.S. Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore for a scheduled maintenance overhaul to prep it for its Great Lakes assignment, the 225-foot cutter Spar is on its way to its new home port in Lake Superior. Read the full story by MLive.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220314-ice-breaker
Scientists at Bowling Green State University recently joined researchers from around the region in studying how Great Lakes algal blooms persist in winter months. Read the full story by Sentinel-Tribune.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220314-winter-algae
An experimental project, named Phosphorous Optimal Wetland Demonstration, located in Defiance, OH is aimed at preventing harmful algae blooms and improving water quality in the Great Lakes and is featured in the February edition of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers magazine, The Corps Environment. Read the full story by The Star Beacon.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220314-phosphorous-ohio
The Ontario government is proposing legislative changes that would open the door to storing carbon dioxide underground in the province. Experts say the area near the north shore of Lake Erie between Port Dover and Windsor has the best geologic potential for storing carbon dioxide in Ontario. Read the full story by Canada’s National Observer.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220314-carbon
Sandusky, Ohio has begun construction on the Cedar Point Causeway Wetlands, a long-awaited 30-acre wetlands project on the west side of the Cedar Point Causeway, using material dredged from the Sandusky harbor to provide a new home for wildlife like birds and fish. Read the full story by the Sandusky Register.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220314-cedar-point
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has recorded at least 18 earthquakes so far this year in Ohio, higher than the typical two or three earthquakes per month. Read the full story by Tribune Chronicle.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220314-earthquakes
A wholesale fish dealer from Platteville has been convicted of illegally selling invasive carp in Wisconsin. As the state’s first case involving illegal sale of bighead, grass and silver carp, Li Fish Farm, LLC was ordered to pay more than $13,000 in penalties. Read the full story by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220311-carp
Approaching two years since Great Lakes Now’s initial reports on the pandemic’s immediate impact on the shipping industry, most ports have adjusted to the setbacks they once faced, including those in the Great Lakes. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220311-shipping
A scientist may have found a native aquatic plant in Ohio that was once thought to be wiped out in the state, a watermilfoil species has not been seen in Ohio in at least 20 years. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220311-watermilfoil
Wild rice that grows in Michigan’s clearest and most pristine waters will be the focus of new state efforts to safeguard among the most culturally and ecologically important native plants in the upper Great Lakes. Read the full story by MLive.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220311-wild-rice
The Ohio Lake Erie Commission, which serves to preserve Lake Erie’s natural resources and protect the lake’s ecosystems, held its quarterly meeting Wednesday to discuss future plans for Lake Erie. Read the full story by WNWO-TV – Toledo, OH.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220311-commission
The U.S. Brig Niagara will sail to six ports of call in the Great Lakes this coming summer before returning home for Tall Ships Erie. But a new strategy to make the ship more accessible to the public and to collaborate more with the Erie Maritime Museum in coming years could shorten the ship’s sailing schedule. Read the full story by Erie Times News.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220311-oil-brig-niagara
New York Department of Environmental Conservation officials, water pollution remediation crews, and U.S. Coast Guard members are working to address an oil spill at Lake Ontario’s Oswego Harbor. Read the full story by Oswego County News Now.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220311-oil-spill
Houghton, Michigan and the Keweenaw Peninsula will welcome thousands of people seeing the area for the first time this summer as part of a series of summer cruises. Between June 1 and Sept. 21, seven cruises from Viking cruise line and two from the Victory fleet will dock in Houghton. Read the full story by the Mining Journal.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220311-cruise-ships
The Biden administration directed states this week to make sure that disadvantaged communities which struggle with disproportionally higher pollution and environmental health risks get an equitable share of new water infrastructure funding over the next five years. Read the full story by MLive.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220311-epa
Michigan needs to do more to combat climate change. The state has an opportunity, with federal infrastructure dollars, to enable the protection of remaining natural lands and for broader adoption of natural climate solutions like green stormwater infrastructure, especially in rapidly developing regions. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220311-climate-change
It’s time for the State of New York to do its part and stop the invasive round goby from spreading through the New York canal system before the ecology of Lake Champlain is changed forever. Read the full story by the Times Union.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220311-lake-champlain
he Ohio Department of Natural Resources announced it will begin releasing rainbow trout in public lakes and ponds throughout the state, including in Northeast Ohio, on March 15. Read the full story by WEWS-TV – Cleveland, OH.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220309-rainbow-trout
A deep-water hydrographic survey vessel from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will use multi-beam sonar to create 3D images of the Detroit River and Lake Erie. Read the full story by the Windsor Star.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220309-sonar-map
One target of the 2021 federal infrastructure package is a decades-long effort to remediate industrial contamination in five locations in Wisconsin where rivers and estuaries flow into the Great Lakes. Read the full story by PBS Wisconsin.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220309-wisconsin-cleanup
The Rouge River in metro Detroit, Michigan, is among the state’s environmental areas of concern that will receive significant funding for restoration projects. Read the full story by C&G Newspapers.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220309-restoration
University of Wisconsin researchers are seeing more and more salt in the Great Lakes — so much that the lakes’ ecosystems are starting to change. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220309-salty
A top infrastructure official from Macomb County in southeast Michigan is feuding with state environmental regulators over water protection, claiming the state is not doing enough to clean up sewage systems contaminated by pesticide runoff and drugs being flushed down drains and toilets. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220309-contaminated-water
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says filters distributed by Michigan state and county health departments since 2018 to remove lead from tap water in Benton Harbor are working effectively. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220309-water-filters
A shipwreck dating back to the 1890s was discovered 650 feet below the surface of Lake Superior, 35 miles offshore from Deer Park in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Read the full story by Midland Daily News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220309-shipwreck
The Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge is attracting once rare bald eagles to the delight of bird watchers this winter. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220309-bald-eagles
After a two-and-a-half-year absence, cruise ships filled with tourists are set to return with a vengeance to the Great Lakes this spring. Read the full story by the Windsor Star.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220309-cruise-ships
The ice cover on the Great Lakes has reached its peak coverage for the winter and all of the Great Lakes spent some time with more ice than the long-term average for individual dates. Read the full story by MLive.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220309-ice-cover
As the megadrought in the Western U.S. worsens, calls for freshwater diversions from the Great Lakes to the West have grown increasingly popular. Read and hear the full story by Lansing City Pulse.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220307-water
A new rule went into effect last month, requiring oil and gas companies to better monitor their pipelines if they are in sensitive coastal areas such as the Great Lakes. Read the full story by Michigan Public Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220307-gas
Through the efforts of several regulatory committees, the River Raisin AOC designation may be removed soon. Read the full story by The Monroe News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220307-aoc
The U.S. Coast Guard started breaking ice in the lower St. Marys River on March 7 in preparation for the 2022 Great Lakes commercial shipping season. Read the full story by Lake Superior News.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220307-coast-guard
Chicago, Illinois Mayor Lori Lightfoot led the charge Sunday as thousands bore frigid temperatures and unforgiving winds while streaming into Lake Michigan for the return of the Polar Plunge. Read the full story by the Chicago Sun Times.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220307-polar-plunge
A new collaborative between Watersheds Canada, Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, Raisin Region Conservation Authority, River Institute, and Great River Network will restore shoreline health in the St. Lawrence River Area of Concern (AOC) from 2021 to 2024. Read the full story by the Seaway News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220307-restoration
A northern Indiana utility would spend nearly $12 million to clean soil contamination around homes adjacent to Indiana Dunes National Park, according to a settlement announced by the U.S. Department of Justice.. Read the full story by WISH – TV –Indianapolis, IN.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220307-dunes
The Detroit Free Press reports that artificial sweeteners, cocaine, nicotine, antibiotics, pesticides, nonstick compounds and a lot more were found in water samples in the corridor between Lake Huron and Lake Erie, including the Detroit River and Lake St. Clair, according to a study by Wayne State University and the University of Florida. Read the full story by Deadline Detroit.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220307-water-pollution
Experts explain the impact of three of the most unwanted species in Ontario, Canada. Read the full story by CBC News.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220307-invasive-species
Residents of Michigan can expect to experience more frequent torrential downpours, heavy lake effect snowstorms, flooded homes and streets, oppressive heat waves, crop failures, and more. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220307-climate
The state of Michigan last week announced that 31 projects will share $3.6 million in grants through the Michigan Invasive Species Grant Program. Read the full story by the Oscoda Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220307-invasive
Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland and Ohio Congressperson Marcy Kaptur emphasized the importance of conserving wildlife and growing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Read and hear the full story by WTOL– TV – Toledo, OH.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220307-wetlands
A shipwreck dating back to the 1890s has been discovered in Lake Superior. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society announced Thursday that the 172-foot schooner-barge Atlanta was found 35 miles off Deer Park, Michigan. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220304-shipwreck
State Assembly member Patrick Burke has introduced legislation in Albany to create a Great Lakes Bill of Rights, that would secure legal rights for the entire ecosystem, and give people and nature a role in the decision-making process regarding current and future Great Lakes projects. Read the full story by WBFO – Buffalo, NY.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220304-bill
The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are collaborating with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Geological Survey to find solutions to water quality issues within the Great Lakes. Read the full story by The Vicksburg Post.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220304-water-quality
All boaters in Ontario are now required by law to clean their boats before they take them out on the water. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220304-watercraft
The Great Lakes Marsh Monitoring Program began more than 25 years ago, and to this day, continues to work with both professional and citizen scientists to monitor the health of wetlands in the region. Read the full story by the Toronto Star.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220304-wetlands
President Biden was in Superior, Wisconsin Wednesday to publicize his infrastructure law and discuss the nation’s need for infrastructure investment, and the billion-dollar investment dedicated to Great Lakes restoration. Read the full story by KAAL-TV – Austin, MN.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220304-biden
For the first time in Michigan history, the potential climate impacts of a proposed industrial installation were allowed to be considered during a permit hearing under the Michigan Environmental Protection Act. Read the full story by the Petosky New-Review.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220304-line-5
What happens when the warming climate upends your way of life and your livelihood? Anishinaabe-kwe journalist Jolene Banning explored that question with Phillip “Benny” Solomon, a member of Fort William First Nation, located on the northern shores of Gitchigumi, otherwise known as Lake Superior. Read the full story by The Narwhale.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220304-ice
There’s only one legal underground ‘geologic’ nuclear waste storage facility in the world. Another proposed site, on the US-Canada border and just miles from the Great Lakes, is sparking controversy. Read the full story by The Independent.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220304-nuclear-waste
