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3 Michigan lighthouses just got big funding boost for repairs, restoration

On: March 30, 2021

Repairs and restoration are coming to three historic lighthouses in Michigan. More than $126,000 in grant funding from the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office have been awarded to the Crisp Point Light Historical Society, the North Manitou Light Keepers and St. Clair County Parks and Recreation. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210330-lighthouse-repairs

Recent webinar highlights long-term effect adding to the Green Belt will have on Guelph area

On: March 30, 2021

Ontario’s plan to grow the Green Belt was the topic of discussion for a recent webinar, focusing in part on how adding protection to the Paris Galt Moraine would affect Guelph’s water supply in the future. Read the full story by Guelph Today.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210330-guelph

USACE Buffalo District to construct beneficial use of dredged sediment placement area in Ashtabula

On: March 30, 2021

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District has awarded a $6.5 million contract to Great Lakes Dock and Materials, L.L.C. for the construction of a beneficial use of dredged material placement area designed to handle approximately 400,000 cubic yards of dredged material. Read the full story by DredgeWire.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210330-buffalo

Transport Canada says Norgoma does not fit its plans for Owen Sound port

On: March 30, 2021

The M.S. Norgoma’s future in Owen Sound as a proposed tourist destination and floating commerce hub may be dead in the water. The plan to tow the 71-year-old ship to Owen Sound from Sault Ste. Marie was declined by Transport Canada. Read the full story by The Sun Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210330-norgoma

Citizen scientists sought for Lake Erie testing

On: March 30, 2021

A group dedicated to protecting Canada’s freshwater is looking for citizen scientists to keep an eye on Lake Erie. The Canadian Freshwater Alliance is seeking 40 volunteers to become Lake Erie Guardians who will test samples from the lake’s watershed. Read the full story by the Windsor Star.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210330-erie-testing

Rule changes coming to WNY trout streams

On: March 30, 2021

April 1st is always a big day for anglers — opening day of trout season. This year, April 1 doesn’t mark just the beginning of a new season, it marks the beginning of a new era. Last Wednesday, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced the finalization of new regulations. Read the full story by The Daily News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210330-trout

State schedules online town hall about Grayling’s PFAS investigation; military, state agencies to provide updates

On: March 30, 2021

Michigan environmental regulators scheduled an online town hall meeting to update local residents with the latest information about the Grayling community’s PFAS contamination. Read the full story by the Traverse City Record-Eagle.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210330-pfas

“Ladies of the Lights:” How Michigan women lived and served as lighthouse keepers

On: March 30, 2021

Michigan has more than its fair share of lighthouses. In fact, the Great Lakes state, with its expansive shorelines, boasts the most in the country. While many men led the life as a lighthouse keeper, Michigan has a long, beautiful history of female lighthouse keepers. Read and listen to the full story by Michigan Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210330-lighthouse

Port Of Duluth-Superior hopes to rebound from ‘pandemic plague’ in the 2021 shipping season

On: March 29, 2021

The largest port on the Great Lakes is hoping for a rebound after cargo shipments dropped to their lowest level since 1938 during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first ship of the 2021 season arrived in the Twin Ports last week after the Poe Lock in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan opened Wednesday. View the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210329-shipping

COMMENTARY: Metroparks explores acquisition of Detwiler Park course, spurring debate

On: March 29, 2021

It remains one of the great mysteries of the Great Lakes: how is it possible Toledo has next to no public access of its defining natural resource, Lake Erie? View the full story by The Blade.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210329-metroparks

Michigan Matters: Canada and Great Lakes Business

On: March 29, 2021

Discussion over the aging Pipeline 5 under the Mackinac Straits and plans to replace it, who wants it shut down, and the important relationship between Michigan and Canada. View the full story by WWJ – TV – Detroit, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210329-michigan-line-5

Patrick Canniff

New project conserves Ontario’s eight at-risk turtle species

On: March 29, 2021

The Ontario Parks partnership team created the Turtle Protection Project last fall with the goal to protect Ontario’s eight endangered turtle species. The project includes installing ecopassages for turtles to safely cross under roads preventing wildlife collisions. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210329-ontario-conservation-turtles

Patrick Canniff

Historic river pollution threatens coastal Great Lakes fish

On: March 29, 2021

A new study finds that historic sources of mercury pollution are driving higher concentrations of the contaminant in sport fish that live and feed in the Duluth-Superior harbor. The results indicate contamination from long ago still holds risks for coastal areas of the Great Lakes. View the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210329-minnesota-river-pollution-fish

Patrick Canniff

Carlton SWCD column: Hidden gem gets some help

On: March 29, 2021

The Great Lake Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program recently awarded the Minnesota Carlton Soil and Water Conservation District, a $200,000 grant to repair an unstable bank threatening sediment reaching the Little Net River and its fish spawning habitat. Read to the full story by Pine Journal.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210329-minnesota-restoration

Patrick Canniff

Virtual walleyes fight new threats to real ones

On: March 29, 2021

Research group has created a computer model of walleye in Lake Erie and the Maumee River as a part of a study to determine how contaminants would affect fish reproduction, and for management practices, how to efficiently clean and reduce the effect of the chemical pollutants. Read to the full story by Capital News Service.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210326-erie-fish-pollution

Patrick Canniff

Ashtabula dredged material deal for GLDD

On: March 29, 2021

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, has awarded a $6.5 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company for the construction of a beneficial use of dredged material placement area designed to handle approximately 400,000 cubic yards of dredged material in Ohio’s Ashtabula Harbor. Read the full story by Dredging Today.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210326-ohio-harbor-dredge

Patrick Canniff

Yellow perch catch limit reduced for central Lake Erie

On: March 29, 2021

Ohio officials have reduced the catch limit for yellow perch to 10 yellow perch a day taken along Ohio’s central Lake Erie coast due to low hatch rates in recent years, though the catch limit for the Western Basin is not affected. Read the full story by Sandusky Register.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210326-erie-fish

Patrick Canniff

Legislation approved to eliminate nuclear plants bailout

On: March 29, 2021

The $1 billion bailout for two Ohio nuclear plants is one step closer to being eliminated, Ohio lawmakers approved legislation this week that would repeal the bailout, which would eliminate electricity bill surcharges that were created in 2019 to pay for the bailout for the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant near Oak Harbor and the Perry plant east of Cleveland. Read the full story by The Associated Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210326-nuclear-ohio-energy

Patrick Canniff

Physicians group challenges license extension for Point Beach nuclear plant

On: March 29, 2021

The anti-nuclear group, Physicians for Social Responsibility filed a petition asking federal regulators to block efforts to keep Wisconsin’s Point Beach Nuclear Plant in Two Rivers running through 2050. Read the full story by Lee Newspapers.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210326-nuclear-wisconsin-energy

Patrick Canniff

More frequent wind events hurting lake water quality, researchers find

On: March 26, 2021

Researchers have found that more frequent “extreme winds events” may be whipping up trouble for Lake Erie’s water quality, and wind events could have the potential to cause trouble in other Great Lakes also. Read the full story by the Watertown Daily Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210326-windwater

Going big: Lake Erie walleye population expected to surge in 2021

On: March 26, 2021

As the international Lake Erie Committee meets to set 2021 commercial harvest limits on walleye and yellow perch, the group’s biologists are anticipating another phenomenal year of walleye fishing. Read the full story by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210326-walleye

EDITORIAL: We’re not out of the high-water woods yet

On: March 26, 2021

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Detroit said water levels on all of the Great Lakes are tracking below last year. Scientists, though, forecast that above-average levels will continue in 2021, even if they’re not as high as last year’s dramatic records. Read the full story by the Traverse City Record-Eagle.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210326-highwater

Landslides and changing landscape at Sleeping Bear Dunes

On: March 26, 2021

It was fifty years ago this month that a massive landslide at Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore sent millions of cubic feet of sand into Lake Michigan. WBPN-TV – Traverse City, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210326-landslide

COMMENTARY: The nature of things — why do wetlands matter?

On: March 26, 2021

Wetlands support a disproportionate amount of life on Earth. It’s not just the quantity of plants and animals thriving in Northern Michigan’s wetlands that’s significant, but also the variety of those species. Read the full story by the Petoskey News-Review.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210326-wetlandsmatter

Anchors aweigh: Theodore Tugboat charts course for new home in Ontario

On: March 26, 2021

A life-size working replica of the children’s television star, Theodore Tugboat, will be heading to a new home in Hamilton, Ontario, to help raise youth awareness of marine career options. Read the full story by The Chronicle Herald.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210326-theodore

Anchors aweigh: Theodore Tugboat charts course for new home in Ontario

On: March 26, 2021

A life-size working replica of the children’s television star, Theodore Tugboat, will be heading to a new home in Hamilton, Ontario, to help raise youth awareness of marine career options. Read the full story by The Chronicle Herald.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210326-theodore

Wetland solution for algae blooms and waterfowl decline in Great Lakes targeted in new study

On: March 26, 2021

A $2.1 million, Ducks Unlimited starting this spring will investigate how restored wetland habitats can reduce harmful algae blooms and improve the population of mallards, one of the region’s most important waterfowl. Read the full story by PennLive.com.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210326-waterfowl

Salt levels: The effects of wintertime de-icing linger in Toronto-area rivers in the summer

On: March 26, 2021

As spring comes to the Great Lakes region and icy roads and sidewalks become a distant memory, a new study shows the salt we apply over the winter can linger in summertime rivers at alarming levels. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210326-saltlevels

In the otherworldly deepwater of the Great Lakes, scientists make a big discovery about a tiny fish

On: March 26, 2021

Invasive species pose a big threat to the ecosystems of the Great Lakes. Identifying the nests of native fish is critical in understanding how their life cycle is affected by those invaders. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210326-tinyfish

Early Detection: When it comes to Great Lakes invasives, prevention is the only cure

On: March 25, 2021

By stopping invasive plant and animal species before they establish in the Great Lakes system, the impacts and costs of invasive species could be significantly reduced. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210325-early-detection

Floating wind turbines in Great Lakes? State agency to study idea

On: March 25, 2021

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority will study the feasibility of building wind turbines in the Great Lakes and assess whether turbines can be placed on floating platforms instead of being anchored to the lake beds. Read the full story by The Buffalo News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210325-floating-turbines

Ohio, Louisiana, and Indiana weigh in on Enbridge’s Line 5 lawsuit

On: March 25, 2021

Attorneys general from Ohio, Louisiana, and Indiana requested to join Enbridge Energy’s case against Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s revocation of the easement for the Line 5 pipeline, claiming that shutting down Line 5 would impact their states financially. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210324-gull

Strong steel demand fuels hopes for solid Great Lakes shipping season

On: March 25, 2021

Great Lakes shipping season kicked off this week with high hopes for a much-improved year following a year of record low shipping levels. Read the full story by the Duluth Star Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210325-steel-hopes

Michigan warns of PFAS contamination in Lake Superior smelt

On: March 25, 2021

After Wisconsin scientists discovered high levels of PFAS in the tissue of fish taken near the Apostle Islands in western Lake Superior, Michigan regulators are urging residents to limit consumption of smelt taken from Lake Superior. Read the full story by Bridge Magazine.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210325-pfas-smelt

Line 5 critics call for equal time

On: March 25, 2021

Michigan business leaders are sounding the alarm on Republican Senators for undermining governor’s order to shut down Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline, accusing the Senate of failing to listen to Michigan business interests and favoring Canadian industry. Read the full story by Public News Service.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210325-line5-concerns

Line 5 critics call for equal time

On: March 25, 2021

Michigan business leaders are sounding the alarm on Republican Senators for undermining governor’s order to shut down Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline, accusing the Senate of failing to listen to Michigan business interests and favoring Canadian industry. Read the full story by Public News Service.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210325-line5-concerns

Illinois lawmakers propose additional fishing fee to fight Asian carp

On: March 25, 2021

Illinois lawmakers are working to add another fee for those who want permission to fish in the state’s waterbodies. The fee would fund further efforts to fight off the spread of invasive Asian carp in the state. Read the full story by Neighbor Newspapers.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210325-il-carp-fee

‘Pandemic fatigue’ may have increased Great Lakes drownings

On: March 25, 2021

A new study attributes a spike in drownings on Lake Huron and Lake Ontario last year to unsafe beach conditions related to pandemic restrictions. Read the full story by Manistee News Advocate.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210325-pandemic-fatigue

COMMENTARY: Project to restore water environment at Slip No. 3 continues Buffalo’s revival

On: March 25, 2021

The ongoing restoration efforts to improve the Outer Harbor in Buffalo, New York, is critical to supporting Buffalo’s revival and the ecological comeback of Lake Erie and the Great Lakes. Read the full story by The Buffalo News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210325-buffalo-revival

DNR to begin ‘critical’ collection of 32 million walleye eggs from Muskegon River

On: March 25, 2021

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is set to begin its annual effort to collect walleye eggs from the Muskegon River this week. The collection effort helps the DNR rear walleye in hatcheries that are later used to stock rivers and lakes throughout the state. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210325-dnr-walleye-collection

Oldest Ring-billed Gull on record discovered by Cleveland birder

On: March 24, 2021

A 28-year-old Ring-billed Gull, the oldest individual on record, was discovered by a birder in Cleveland, Ohio. While Ring-billed Gulls are one of the most familiar gulls in North America, biologists know surprisingly little about the species’ longevity, due in part to a lack of data. Read the full story by the Audubon Magazine.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210324-gull

Chippewa tribes condemn Wisconsin’s over-quota wolf hunt, say it was about killing

On: March 24, 2021

Chippewa tribal officials in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan have blasted the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources for putting on what they say was a poorly planned wolf season during which state-licensed hunters blew past their quota in a matter of days. Read the full story by The Associated Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210324-wolves

Netting smelt: Tradition returns to Chicago, not the smelt; Stray Cast, Montrose, lagoons, Chinook history

On: March 24, 2021

Smelt netting returns in April on the Chicago lakefront for 2021, but prospects for rainbow smelt remain very poor as the U.S. Geological Survey reported low smelt densities in their fisheries surveys. Read the full story by the Chicago Sun Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210324-smelt

Shoreline resiliency, not pointing fingers, solution to high water levels, says executive

On: March 24, 2021

Shoreline property owners, businesses, and municipalities need to come up with a long-term coastal resilience strategy to deal with high water levels in Georgian Bay, according to the environmental non-profit Georgian Bay Forever. Read the full story by Orillia Matters.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210324-shorelines

Line 5 closure would hike propane costs, energy consultant testifies

On: March 24, 2021

A propane supplier and global energy consultant testified to state lawmakers that shutting down the controversial Enbridge Line 5 pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac this spring would disrupt the market for fossil fuel used to heat some Michigan homes and likely increase the price of propane. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210324-line-5

As temperatures rise, researchers find waters are warming deep below the surface of Lake Michigan

On: March 24, 2021

A new study by scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory found that water deep below the surface of Lake Michigan is warming in the winter, impacting ice cover, weather, and the lake’s food web. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210324-warming-waters

Last dam standing: Traverse City fish restoration project on the ropes

On: March 24, 2021

A structure dubbed FishPass was scheduled to be installed on the Boardman River in northern Michigan earlier this year. However, community concerns have delayed those restoration efforts. Read the full story by Bridge Michigan.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210324-fishpass

Minnesota lawmakers may end commercial turtle harvest

On: March 24, 2021

After trying, unsuccessfully, for nearly 20 years to phase out commercial turtle trapping in Minnesota, the Department of Natural Resources is asking lawmakers to put an immediate end to the capturing and selling of painted, snapping and spiny softshell turtles. Read the full story by The Star Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210324-turtle

Wisconsin DNR: Lake Superior quota rule virtual hearing to be held March 29

On: March 24, 2021

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will hold a virtual public hearing on a Lake Superior rule that will update lake trout and cisco commercial fishing quotas as well as the recreational lake trout harvest trigger on Lake Superior. Read the full story by WLUC-TV – Ashland, WI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210324-quota

Peregrine falcon nest boxes relocated from Portage Lake Lift Bridge

On: March 24, 2021

Nesting boxes for peregrine falcons on the Portage Lake Lift Bridge in northern Michigan have been removed this spring due to the need for bridge repairs. Read the full story by WLUC-TV – Houghton, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210324-falcon