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PFAS meeting spotlights the latest on Lake Huron, AuSable River samples

On: August 4, 2021

The Michigan PFAS Action Response Team (MPART) hosted a virtual community meeting on July 20, for which updates on PFAS contamination in Lake Huron were provided by the Michigan departments of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE), Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and Natural Resources (DNR). Read the full story by Iosco County News-Herald.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210804-pfas

Harmful algal blooms wearing down Lake Erie wildlife

On: August 4, 2021

Researchers at the University of Toledo in Ohio are looking at how microcystin impacts wildlife. Read the full story by WTVG-TV – Toledo, OH.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210804-algal-blooms

Ohio to release $23 million in state grant funding as part of MAP

On: August 4, 2021

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) will solicit projects for the $11 million in grant funding the state legislature allocated in fiscal year 2022, along with an additional $12 million allocated in 2023 at the same time as part of its Ohio Maritime Assistance Program (MAP). Read the full story by the Waterways Journal Weekly.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210804-map-funding

‘Always Ready:’ U.S. Coast Guard marks 231th birthday

On: August 4, 2021

The United States Coast Guard is celebrating another year of being “Always Ready”. Read the full story by WWTI -TV- Watertown, NY.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210804-coast-guard

Photos show man being swept off Lake Michigan pier by wave action

On: August 4, 2021

Officials are warning people to stay off piers during high wave days with an example of what can happen when just 6 inches of water sweeps across them. Read the full story by MLive.com.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210804-michigan-pier

Scientists study the genetics of invasive mussels seeking ways to turn off the genes that allow them to spread and survive

On: August 2, 2021

Scientists are studying methods of genetic control to prevent invasive mussels from surviving and spreading in the Great Lakes while protection other mollusk species from potentially harmful chemical controls. Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210802-invasive-mussels

A harmful algal bloom is now detectable in Lake Erie

On: August 2, 2021

Harmful algae is now starting to grow on the surface of Lake Erie. NOAA has put out its first warning on where the harmful algae lies, and what you should know about safety precautions. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210802-hab

How Great Lakes piping plovers are adapting to the climate crisis

On: August 2, 2021

Treacherous migrations for the Great Lakes piping plovers have been made worse by the climate crisis. Around the Great Lakes, warming water temperatures and flash flooding of plover nesting areas are among the climate change threats to navigate. Read the full story by The Globe and Mail.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210802-piping-plovers

New Zealand mudsnails discovered in Southern Wisconsin streams

On: August 2, 2021

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources uncovered two new populations of invasive New Zealand mudsnails in Southern Wisconsin streams. Read the full story by WMTV-TV – Madison, WI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210802-new-zealand-mudsnails

Bacteria cleanup: Should we let nature clean up oil spills?

On: August 2, 2021

Natural populations of oil-degrading bacteria could help to clean up freshwater rivers and lakes after spills from pipelines and trains, researchers have found after experiments that simulated spills in a Canadian lake. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210802-oil-degrading-bacteria

A young water advocate paddles to protect the future of the Great Lakes

On: August 2, 2021

A water advocate from the Saugeen and Kettle and Stony Point First Nations is on a paddling mission to raise awareness about climate change. Read the full story by The Toronto Star.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210802-water-advocate

Dead alewives wash ashore Lake Michigan, usual for this time of year

On: August 2, 2021

Small fish called alewives are washing up on the shores of Lake Michigan in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin. According to Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, alewife die offs are common this time of year. Read the full story by WFRV-TV – Algoma, WI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210802-alewives

Up north’s least wanted invasive species

On: August 2, 2021

Numerous organizations and governmental agencies are working to identify, control, and/or eradicate Michigan’s worst invasive species while scientists, field workers, and ordinary citizens are using various means to address the situation. Read the full story by The Northern Express.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210802-invasive-species

Watch now: Sketching out Wisconsin’s historic shipwrecks in Lake Michigan

On: August 2, 2021

A certified diver and maritime archaeologist in the Wisconsin Historical Society’s historic preservation division is transposing her underwater sketches and measurements of Wisconsin shipwrecks into scaled drawings that can help guide water-ready tourists to wrecks and provide historical background on the doomed boats. Read the full story by the Wisconsin State Journal.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210802-shipwrecks

Algae bloom advisory for Lake St. Clair issued by health unit

On: August 2, 2021

The Windsor-Essex County (Ontario) Health Unit (WECHU) has issued a blue-green algae bloom advisory for the south shores of Lake St. Clair. The advisory is based on recent lab results for microcystins in Lake St. Clair by the local municipal water treatment plants. Read the full story by the Windsor Star.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210802-algae-bloom-advisory

An estimated 300 trillion invasive mussels blanket Lake Michigan. Eradication may be impossible, but small-scale removal efforts could be the answer

On: July 30, 2021

Scientists are carefully monitoring the bed of Lake Michigan to determine if small scale experiments to remove mussels from fish spawning habitat are working. Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210730-mussels

EDITORIAL: Our new documentary might make you uncomfortable, and that’s the point

On: July 30, 2021

MLive released a documentary titled: “The Fight for Environmental Justice in Michigan.” The 10-minute video tells a powerful story of how marginalized communities are saddled with some of the worst environmental circumstances in Michigan. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210730-documentary

2 of Monty and Rose’s chicks to be named at ceremony Friday

On: July 30, 2021

The two surviving chicks reared by Monty and Rose, Chicago’s famous piping plovers, will soon have official names. Read the full story by WTTW-TV- Chicago, IL.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210730-plover

Controversial water bottling business under debate in small community on Lake Superior shore

On: July 30, 2021

A start-up water company is seeking approval to tap into an artesian well near the Apostle Islands in Wisconsin. Local residents are concerned about the environmental impacts of drawing water. Read the full story by WUWM- Milwaukee, WI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210730-water-bottle

In Michigan, a park made of water

On: July 30, 2021

The Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary is part of a system of underwater reserves around the country. Run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the system will celebrate its 50-year anniversary in 2022. Read the full story by The New York Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210730-park-water

Record levels of harmful particles found in Great Lakes fish

On: July 30, 2021

A fish pulled from Lake Ontario in 2015 contained 915 particles—a mix of microplastics, synthetic materials containing flame retardants or plasticizers, dyed cellulose fibers, and more—in its body, the most particles ever recorded. Read the full story by Environmental Health News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210730-harmful-particles

COMMENTARY: Lift bans on banning plastic bags to cut down on Great Lakes microplastics pollution

On: July 30, 2021

Protecting our Great Lakes is not only about stopping oil spills, reducing runoff that causes toxic algae blooms and reducing contaminants from flowing into our waters. Plastic pollution is a growing problem that must be addressed by our leaders. Read the full story by Crain’s Detroit Business.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210730-plastic-bags

Boating on a Budget: Get off land and onto the Great Lakes

On: July 30, 2021

There are dozens of potential on-the-water experiences to be had in hundreds of locations across the Great Lakes, and many on-the-water experiences can be had with minimal costs, in the $15 to $20 range. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210730-boating

Great Lakes Water Authority selects engineering firms to review Detroit-area flooding

On: July 30, 2021

Great Lakes Water Authority has selected engineering firms to look at system operations during heavy rainstorms that left thousands of basements and dozens of streets flooded in the Detroit area. Read the full story by the Associated Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210730-glwa

Monroe County: No swimming at Ontario Beach Park due to ‘clarity issues’, risk of E.coli bacteria

On: July 28, 2021

Monroe County Health officials say the beach was shut down because of New York state-mandated clarity issues that could lead to high levels of E. coli. Read the full story by WHEC-TV – Rochester, NY.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210728-ecoli-beach

Patrick Canniff

MI Clean Water Action fights to keep our state’s water healthy

On: July 28, 2021

MI Clean Water Action is the statewide coordinator of the Oil and Water Don’t Mix campaign, and is focused on shutting down Enbridge Energy’s Line 5 pipeline, among other initiatives. Read the full story by Lansing City Pulse.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210728-michigan-waters

Patrick Canniff

Farmers make progress in keeping fertilizers out of Ohio waterways, but much work remains

On: July 28, 2021

An Ohio farmer as a part of Ohio’s H2Ohio program found that applying nitrogen-infused fertilizer to his fields three times in a growing season instead of all at once helped his crops use the nutrient more efficiently causing less nitrogen to end up in rivers and streams. Read the full story by The Columbus Dispatch.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210728-oh2o-pollution

Patrick Canniff

Toxic blue-green algae found at Pier 4 beach in Hamilton Harbour

On: July 28, 2021

Food and water safety officials at Hamilton Public Health Services in Ontario announced the beach closure after the algae was discovered during a routine observation by city staff and tests later confirmed its identity. Read the full story by CBC News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210728-toxic-algae

Patrick Canniff

Debris from beach nourishment project dampens summer on Duluth’s Park Point

On: July 28, 2021

Since 2019 the City of Duluth and the Corps agreed on a five-year plan to use some dredged material in an anti-erosion “beach nourishment” program, in this time the program ended up depositing sharp debris and has now been found to violate a 1978 court settlement favoring placement of dredge spoils away from shorelines where it would not end up in water. Read the full story by MinnPost.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210728-beach-dredging

Patrick Canniff

NASA MUREP grant to fund study of Great Lakes vulnerability to global change

On: July 28, 2021

NASA’s Minority University Research and Education Project Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry has awarded a grant to a multi-institution project led by Texas State University to study the vulnerability of the Lake Huron ecosystem to global change. Read the full story by Corridor News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210728-nasa-vulnerability-change

Patrick Canniff

Scientists look for clues to Lake Superior algae blooms

On: July 28, 2021

There have been a few reports of blue-green algae on Lake Superior over the years with a first confirmed sighting in 2012. This summer researchers from universities, state and federal agencies from around the region are undertaking a coordinated effort to intensively study and monitor Lake Superior to determine when and where blooms occur on the lake.. Read the full story by MPR News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210728-algae-blooms

Patrick Canniff

The impending climate crisis facing Chicago & Lake Michigan

On: July 28, 2021

Dan Egan, Journalist in residence at the University of Wisconsin’s School of Freshwater Sciences and author of “The Death and Life of the Great Lakes” discusses the impact of climate change on Chicago and Lake Michigan. Listen to the full story by NPR.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210728-climate-chicago

Patrick Canniff

Great Lakes Water Authority leader to resign weeks after floodsaccess

On: July 28, 2021

The head of Great Lakes Water Authority announced this week that she will resign, weeks after thousands of homes were damaged by sewage backups during a tremendous storm. Read the full story by Associated Press and Crain’s Detroit Business.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210728-flooding

Patrick Canniff

Beach towns grapple with Great Lakes public access

On: July 26, 2021

As northern Michigan beaches get more crowded in the summertime, some people are flocking to small beaches off the beaten path. Read and hear the full story by Interlochen Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210726-beaches

Enbridge works to remove contractor’s 15,000-pound anchor from Straits of Mackinac lakebed

On: July 26, 2021

Michigan environmental officials said Friday that Enbridge Energy is working to remove a 15,000-pound ship anchor from the Straits of Mackinac lakebed. Read the full story by WDIV – TV – Detroit, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210726-enbridge

Gov. Evers joins Great Lakes states’ governors to discuss PFAS Action Act

On: July 26, 2021

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, alongside the governors of Michigan, Minnesota, New York and Pennsylvania, gathered in support of the PFAS Action Act, a bipartisan legislation the U.S. House of Representative voted to approve this week. Read the full story by WMTV -TV – Madison-Wisconsin.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210726-pfas

Four endangered piping plover chicks hatched in Ohio for 1st time in 80 years

On: July 26, 2021

The latest good news from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is that Nellie and Nish, a piping plover pair, have mated and nested at Maumee Bay State Park, in the Maumee Area of Concern, near Toledo, Ohio. Read the full story by Ashland Source.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210726-piping-plovers

Climate Council to discuss energy intensive industries

On: July 26, 2021

Energy intensive industries are expected to be discussed by a council advising the state of Michigan on a climate plan. Read the full story by the Associated Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210726-climate

Conservation work in local rivers improving quality of Chicago’s waterways

On: July 26, 2021

Researchers from Shedd Aquarium are ensuring that rivers in the Chicago, Illinois area are healthy enough to support the surrounding ecosystems. Read the full story by WLS -TV – Chicago, IL.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210726-chicago-research

Great Lakes iron ore trade up 43.6 percent in June

On: July 26, 2021

Shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes totaled 5.8 million tons in June, an increase of 43.6 percent from 2020. Shipments were 6.6 percent above the month’s 5-year average. Read the full story by Lake Superior News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210726-iron-ore

See the Sturgeon: The many ways to appreciate sturgeon around the region

On: July 26, 2021

This year, Riveredge Nature Center in Wisconsin is partnering with the Harbor District and the Milwaukee Riverkeeper to celebrate sturgeon, the Milwaukee River and Lake Michigan all in one event. Read the full story by The Alpena News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210726-sturgeon

A goldfish? In Lake Erie? You betcha. And it was a big one that didn’t get away

On: July 26, 2021

Recently a University of Toledo student caught a huge goldfish while fishing in Lake Erie. Read the full story by Block News Alliance.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210726-goldfish

Ohio farmers discuss newly expanded H2Ohio program

On: July 26, 2021

Local Ohio farmers are signing up for the newly expanded program at the Ottawa County Fair and discussing practices they take to prevent fertilizer runoff into waterways. Read the full story by WTOL -TV – Toledo, OH.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210726-h2ohio

Ohio farmers discuss newly expanded H2Ohio program

On: July 26, 2021

Local Ohio farmers are signing up for the newly expanded program at the Ottawa County Fair and discussing practices they take to prevent fertilizer runoff into waterways. Read the full story by WTOL -TV – Toledo, OH.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210726-h2ohio

Why Indigenous activists are driving a 25-foot totem pole across the country

On: July 23, 2021

Earlier this month, Native American activists embarked on a cross-country trek that is slated to end on the front lawn of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian to pressure the federal government to protect endangered areas that hold environmental and cultural significance for Native American tribes across the country. Read the full story by Red Lake Nation News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210723-activists

Crew of U.S. Coast Guard cutter shares journey as it leaves Great Lakes for the last time

On: July 23, 2021

Sixteen years after it first was homeported in Lake Superior, the 225-foot U.S. Coast Guard cutter Alder has left the Great Lakes for the last time and is headed to its new home on the West Coast. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210723-uscg

Ottawa Conservation District receives $1.2 million grant for creek restoration project

On: July 23, 2021

The Michigan Department of Energy, Great Lakes and Environment awarded the Ottawa Conservation District with a $1.2 million grant for the Sand Creek and Crockery Creek Restoration Project. Read the full story by the Holland Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210723-restoration

New PFAS site identified in Elk Rapids; no impacts to people expected

On: July 23, 2021

A picturesque Lake Michigan shoreline village was announced among the latest communities to be home to a designated PFAS contamination site in Michigan. During an environmental assessment of a building in Elk Rapids, Michigan, elevated levels of PFAS chemicals were found. Read the full story by the Traverse City Record-Eagle.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210723-pfas

Indiana Dunes National Park offers beaches, hiking all on 1 tank of gas

On: July 23, 2021

Shaped by glaciers, defined by dunes and a one-hour drive from Chicago, Indiana Dunes National Park is a breath of fresh air along 15 miles of the southern shores of Lake Michigan, but it’s so much more than a day at the beach. Read the full story by WLS-TV- Chicago, IL.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210723-dunes

Sandy Pond’s piping plover predicament

On: July 23, 2021

Piping plovers nesting near Sandy Pond in New York have caused delays in dredging, which has impacted local businesses as boaters are unable to access the pond. Read the full story by Watertown Daily Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210723-plovers