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10 new counties now eligible for H2Ohio incentive program

On: July 12, 2021

Ten more counties have been added to the H2Ohio farmer incentive program in the new state budget. The H2Ohio program helps farmers reduce their nutrient runoff by installing limiters, plant cover crops during non-growing seasons, and will help purchase new equipment that distributes fertilizer beneath the surface instead of on top. Read the full story by WTOL–TV – Toledo, OH.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210712-ohio-nutrient-pollution

Patrick Canniff

After early struggles, Isle Royale’s transplanted wolves show healthy signs of settling in

On: July 12, 2021

Nineteen wolves were transplanted on Isle Royale’s national park between 2018 and 2019 to bolster its nearly vanished wolf population and counterbalance the island’s swelling numbers of moose, and are now settling in. During the annual survey by Michigan Technological University researchers found evidence of least two litters of wolf cubs. Read the full story by Detroit Free Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210712-wolves-isle-royale

Patrick Canniff

Four of nation’s rarest birds hatch along eastern shore of Lake Ontario

On: July 12, 2021

Four piping plover chicks have hatched at Sandy Island Beach State Park in Oswego County, marking the second time this summer that a pair of the rare birds successfully nested on the beach and the first time in about 50 years that two breeding pairs were present on Lake Ontario’s eastern shore. Read full story by Syracuse.com.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210712-piping-plover-ontario

Patrick Canniff

MDNR works to restore rare forested wetland on Belle Isle

On: July 12, 2021

Restoration specialists with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources are at work to bring back 200 acres of globally rare, forested wetland at the 2.5-mile-long island park in the Detroit River. Read the full story by The Voice.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210712-restoration-michigan

Patrick Canniff

Michigan hunters say wolves lowering deer numbers in U.P. Experts say no.

On: July 12, 2021

State biologists and outside experts say wolves are not driving the low deer numbers in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Instead, they have reported that weather, habitat availability, hunting and other factors have greater influence over deer population trends. Read the full story by Bridge Michigan.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210712-wolves-michigan

Patrick Canniff

Researchers study how algal bloom toxins may harm Great Lakes air

On: July 12, 2021

A doctoral student and aerosol researcher at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has published a study about airborne toxins from algal blooms. The study has evidence to suggest harmful toxins and algae itself are found in the air, indicating that airborne algal toxins may be more of a threat in the Great Lakes than previously thought. Read the full story by The Detroit News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210712-algae-pollution

Patrick Canniff

60% of Great Lakes beaches potentially unsafe because of E. coli in 2020, report finds

On: July 9, 2021

According to a report about 60% of Great Lake beaches were potentially unsafe on at least one day in 2020, and some locations with 20% or more unsafe beach days. Read the full story by the Plain Dealer.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210709-beaches-ecoli

Patrick Canniff

There’s a way to end Lake Erie’s ‘environmental destruction.’ Is there a will?

On: July 9, 2021

A reoccurring environmental nightmare in Lake Erie can be fixed, but governments need the will to do it, says a Canadian Great Lakes researcher. Read the full story by Simcoe Reformer.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210709-lake-erie

Patrick Canniff

New York State investing $14 million in Lake Ontario shoreline protection in WNY

On: July 9, 2021

The state of New York is investing $14 million dollars in shoreline protection upgrades on the Olcott Harbor to rebuild and improve the shoreline structures that suffered heavy damage due to flooding in 2019. Read the full story by WKBW-TV – Buffalo, NY.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210709-shoreline-ontario

Patrick Canniff

MSU researchers enlist public’s help to study water levels, shoreline erosion

On: July 9, 2021

Researchers at Michigan State University are enlisting the public’s help in studying water levels and erosion along the Great Lakes’ shorelines. Read the full story by WJRT-TV – Flint, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210709-public-erosion

Patrick Canniff

NOAA releases draft plan for Lake Ontario marine sanctuary

On: July 9, 2021

NOAA has released a nearly 200-page document for public comment that includes a draft management plan and environmental impact statement for the proposed Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary, which aims to protect and promote shipwrecks and other historically significant assets. Read the full story by Oswego County News Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210709-ontario-marine-sanctuary

Patrick Canniff

USFWS to survey some Upper Michigan rivers, streams for sea lamprey; apply lampricides

On: July 9, 2021

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service assessment crews will be surveying for sea lamprey and applying lampricides in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula this month. Read the full story by WLUC–TV – Negaunee, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210709-lamprey-michigan

Patrick Canniff

The battle between a great city and a Great Lake

On: July 9, 2021

A clash between elemental forces — sun, rain, heat and ice — is what is threatening to upend centuries of relative stability along the Great Lakes’ 10,000 miles of shoreline, including the 22 miles that define Chicago’s eastern edge. And the best explanation is climate change. Read full story by The New York Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210709-climate-change

Patrick Canniff

Researchers find relationship between invasive zebra mussels, toxic algae

On: July 9, 2021

Scientists first noticed an invasive population of zebra mussels in Michigan’s Gull Lake in the mid-1990s. Afterwards, unexpected harmful algal blooms started appearing. Now, a long-term research project at the lake has shown that the mussels led to an increase in a type of bacteria called Microcystis that produces the algae. Read full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210709-mussel-algae

Patrick Canniff

They’ve hatched! Monty and Rose’s new chicks are here

On: July 9, 2021

Chicago’s indomitable piping plovers, Monty and Rose, have welcomed three chicks with a fourth still possibly on the way. Read the full story by WTTW-TV – Chicago, IL.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210709-piping-plovers

Patrick Canniff

Report: Great Lakes region needs about $2B for flood repairs

On: July 9, 2021

Shoreline cities and towns in the Great Lakes region will be spending heavily in coming years to fix public infrastructure damaged by recent flooding and erosion, with estimated costs approaching $2 billion, officials said Thursday. Read the full story by The Associated Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210709-flooding

Patrick Canniff

Ohio expands farmer incentive program to clean up Lake Erie

On: July 7, 2021

Farmers in 10 more northern Ohio counties will be eligible to receive financial incentives for using new agriculture practices that improve water quality in Lake Erie, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday. Read the full story by The Associate Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210707-erie-algae

Partnership aims to bolster coastal resiliency along Lake Michigan communities

On: July 7, 2021

A partnership between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative will use federal funds to deal with erosion and high water levels along Lake Michigan. Read the full story by the Holland Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210707-partnership

The Milwaukee Estuary could soon be cleaner, thanks to another round of dredging and a new sediment containment facility

On: July 7, 2021

The Milwaukee Estuary is moving a step closer to clean water and space for recreation, thanks to partial approval of funding for a sediment containment facility. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210707-estuary

34 people drowned in Great Lakes this year, officials say

On: July 7, 2021

According to the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project, 34 drownings were reported on the Great Lakes to date (July 4) — a 36% increase from last year when 25 people drowned in the Great Lakes. Read the full story by WDIV –TV – Detroit, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210707-drownings

Great Lakes’ water temperatures back to mid-summer feel

On: July 7, 2021

Great Lakes’ waters are warming up. At least Lake Superior has warmed well past its normal temperatures. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210707-water-temperature

National Museum of the Great Lakes celebrates 10th year in Toledo

On: July 7, 2021

The National Museum of the Great Lakes opened in 2014, three years after the re-christening and after a long effort to bring it over from its original home in Vermilion, Ohio. Read the full story by Norwalk Reflector.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210707-museum

Offshore wind could provide double the electricity Michigan residents used in 2019

On: July 7, 2021

Coastal wind is a strong, consistent power source and Michigan’s more than 3,000 miles of coast could provide double the electricity residents used from all sources in 2019. Read the full story by the Hillsdale Daily News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210707-offshore-wind

Water levels rise in lakes Superior, St. Clair, Erie, with help from June rainfall

On: July 7, 2021

Water levels rose in June in three of the Great Lakes due in part to seasonal conditions and to the record rainfall parts of Michigan received last weekend. Read the full story by The Detroit News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210707-water-levels

Lake Ontario drought conditions expected to persist through summer, River Board says

On: July 7, 2021

The International Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Board recently announced the river and the Great Lakes have experienced drought conditions through the spring. And it’s expected to remain that way for the summer. Read the full story by Spectrum News 1.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210707-erie-drought

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Alder prepares to leave Duluth-Superior port

On: July 7, 2021

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Alder is preparing to leave the Duluth-Superior port in Minnesota Wednesday after nearly two decades of service. Read the full story by WDIO – TV – Duluth, MN.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210707-alder-cutter

Milwaukee beach ambassadors hope to educate swimmers, prevent drownings

On: July 2, 2021

To prevent drownings, Milwaukee area non-profits have developed the beach ambassadors to educate beachgoers regarding water quality, the flag warning system and dangerous rip currents. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210702-beach-ambassadors

How flooding affects lake bacteria and water levels ahead of holiday weekend

On: July 2, 2021

With heavy rain and flooding in certain areas over the past few days, officials are asking people to take precautions when heading out to the beach this holiday weekend. High rain and flooding can quickly cause the lake to load up with bacteria. The rain can also contribute to high water and wave levels, which can make it unsafe to swim or go boating. Read the full story by Erie News Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210702-flooding

Port Milwaukee’s $31 million intermodal project viewed as key to state’s agriculture industry

On: July 2, 2021

Port Milwaukee director Adam Tindall-Schlicht said the $31 million investment is the largest one-time investment into Port Milwaukee since the 1950s and going forward it will be instrumental to the port’s continued growth. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Business Journal.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210702-milwaukee-port

Epic paddling journey chronicles fresh water concern

On: July 2, 2021

A 425-mile paddling expedition is giving voice to the Great Lakes and the people who seek its protection. Three participants will paddle from the Mackinaw Bridge to Lansing to rally political forces on behalf of the lakes. Read the full story by the Traverse City Record-Eagle.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210702-paddling-journey

Testing for dangerous chemicals to expand near federal superfund site in mid-Michigan

On: July 2, 2021

Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy plans to test the soil from an abandoned rail bed near the former Velsicol Chemical Co. plant in St. Louis for hazardous chemicals. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210702-chemicals

Ron Johnson, Glenn Grothman and Mike Gallagher call for review of Lake Michigan marine sanctuary every 5 years

On: July 2, 2021

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and two Republican members of the state’s congressional delegation are calling for state-led assessments of a recently designated marine sanctuary in Lake Michigan. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210702-marine-sanctuary

The EPA’s floating laboratory – Lake Guardian

On: July 2, 2021

The EPA’s floating laboratory – Lake Guardian – was spotted upbound in St. Mary’s River North Channel. The Research Vessel Lake Guardian is the largest research vessel in the E.P.A. fleet and the largest research vessel operating on the Great Lakes. Read the full story by Lake Superior News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210702-floating-lab

Detroit flooding previews risks from a warming climate

On: July 2, 2021

Six inches of rain battered the Detroit metro area last weekend, a deluge that overwhelmed the region’s drainage system. Hundreds of basements flooded, cars floated on freeways, and the usually-packed Interstate 94 looked more like a river than a roadway. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210702-flooding-detroit

Concerns remain even after DNR signals final approval allowing Waukesha to tap into Lake Michigan

On: July 2, 2021

The city of Waukesha, Wisconsin got official news Wednesday that it can pipe Lake Michigan water to residents, replacing their radium-tainted supply. Some still question whether Waukesha should be granted a diversion under the Great Lakes Compact. Read the full story by WUWM- Milwaukee, WI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210702-waukesha

Concerns remain even after DNR signals final approval allowing Waukesha to tap into Lake Michigan

On: July 2, 2021

The city of Waukesha, Wisconsin got official news Wednesday that it can pipe Lake Michigan water to residents, replacing their radium-tainted supply. Some still question whether Waukesha should be granted a diversion under the Great Lakes Compact. Read the full story by WUWM- Milwaukee, WI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210702-waukesha

1st piping plover chicks hatch on Ohio’s Lake Erie coast in 83 years

On: July 2, 2021

The Lake Erie coast in Ohio is home to a piping plover family for the first time in 83 years. Four piping plover chicks hatched at Maumee Bay State Park in Ohio on Thursday, July 1. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210702-plover

1st piping plover chicks hatch on Ohio’s Lake Erie coast in 83 years

On: July 2, 2021

The Lake Erie coast in Ohio is home to a piping plover family for the first time in 83 years. Four piping plover chicks hatched at Maumee Bay State Park in Ohio on Thursday, July 1. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210702-plover

Gov. Evers announces $1.4 Million in grants for Wisconsin’s coastal communities

On: June 30, 2021

Gov. Tony Evers announced on Monday, June 28, $1.41 million in coastal grants to 40 local communities across Wisconsin. Read the full story by WDJT – Milwaukee, WI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210630-wisconsin-grants

DNR approves almost $4M in grants for recreational boating improvements, development

On: June 30, 2021

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources today announced that more than $4 million in grant funding will be awarded to 23 communities throughout the state to boost recreational boating. Read the full story by WLUC – Lansing, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210630-dnr

Science helping to predict Lake Erie water toxicity with new buoys

On: June 30, 2021

Four more “smart” buoys have been installed on Lake Erie to create a warning system for Lake Erie drinking water. Read the full story by WKYC – Cleveland, OH.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210630-erie

As the Lake Michigan shoreline falls apart, local students will learn how to protect it

On: June 30, 2021

Wisconsin’s crumbling Lake Michigan shoreline will receive some needed TLC from local 12 and 13-year-olds through a pilot program that will bring coastal engineering and stewardship ideas into classrooms this school year, and also bring classrooms to the beach. Read the full story by The Journal Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210630-shoreline

In Chicago, flooding overwhelmingly strikes communities of color

On: June 30, 2021

Urban flooding continues to plague Chicago residents — particularly in its communities of color — and some experts say it is time for a fresh approach. Read the full story by Circle of Blue/Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210630-flooding

In Chicago, flooding overwhelmingly strikes communities of color

On: June 30, 2021

Urban flooding continues to plague Chicago residents — particularly in its communities of color — and some experts say it is time for a fresh approach. Read the full story by Circle of Blue/Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210630-flooding

State rescinds bacteria advisory for Maumee Bay State Park’s Lake Erie beach

On: June 30, 2021

The Ohio Department of Health said Tuesday it has removed the bacteria-driven swimming advisory that had been in place at Maumee Bay State Park’s Lake Erie beach since June 17, the longest stretch this year that such an advisory had been in effect. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210630-maumee

COMMENTARY: Will Biden choose fossil fuel or Minnesota’s rivers, and a cooler planet, in the fight against Line 3?

On: June 30, 2021

If Enbridge has its way, Line 3, which partly reroutes and replaces a decaying older pipeline, will bore under the Mississippi River twice as it flows north and then loops south from its source, Lake Itasca. Any leaks and spills could poison the Mississippi and more: Line 3 will cross 211 other rivers and streams, and threaten scores of lakes and wetlands in Minnesota’s choicest wild rice harvesting region, granted to Indian tribes by 19th century treaties. Read the full story by the Los Angeles Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210630-erosion

Why Indiana’s Lake Michigan waterfront is seeing its worst erosion in decades

On: June 30, 2021

In the last year, erosion has pummeled Indiana’s Lake Michigan shoreline and the property edging it. It was, locals say, the worst erosion they’ve seen on the lake in decades. But it’s not unprecedented. In fact, it’s part of a natural cycle that has been happening on the lake for centuries. Read the full story by the Indianapolis Star.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210630-erosion

Summer 2021 algal bloom still expected to be mild for western Lake Erie

On: June 30, 2021

Despite searing heat and heavy showers at various times this month, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is sticking to its prediction that western Lake Erie’s Summer 2021 will be smaller than last year and relatively mild overall. . Read the full story by Toledo Blade.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210630-bloom

Detroit mayor requests assistance from FEMA following severe floods

On: June 28, 2021

Detroit mayor Mike Duggan is requesting federal assistance to assist the city with heavy damage from severe storms. In the past week, these severe storms hit Metro Detroit leaving home flooded and vehicles stranded on roadways. Read the full story by WDIV – TV – Detroit, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210628-flooding-detroit

Patrick Canniff

Army Corps to conduct enviro impact review for Line 5 tunnel, promises tribal input

On: June 28, 2021

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said this week it will be conducting a full analysis on the potential environmental impacts of Canadian oil company Enbridge’s proposed Line 5 pipeline tunnel before deciding whether to issue permits for its construction. Read the full story by Michigan Advance.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210628-line-5

Patrick Canniff