Daily News (Page 157)

EPA Great Lakes research vessel makes a stop in Duluth

On: April 20, 2021

The EPA’s largest research vessel, The Lake Guardian, has made a stop in Duluth for supplies. During the spring and summer months, the crew gathers data about the physical, chemical, and biological conditions of the Great Lakes. Read the full story by KQDS-TV – Duluth, MN.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210420-duluth-research-ship

Patrick Canniff

Mount Baldy swallowing parking lot’s exit road

On: April 20, 2021

The dune is the most active one along Lake Michigan’s southern shore, relentlessly pushing south at a rate of 4 to 10 feet a year. Read the full story by the Northwest Indiana Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210420-indiana-dunes

Patrick Canniff

Authorities intercept U.S. fishing boats on Detroit River

On: April 20, 2021

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police reported that a collaborative enforcement effort involving Windsor police and the Canada Border Services Agency responded to a report of U.S. charter fishing boats violating the border ban on the Detroit River. Read the full story by the Windsor Star.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210420-detroit-river

Patrick Canniff

Beverly Shores homeowners battle Lake Michigan beach erosion

On: April 20, 2021

A number of homes in Beverly Shores, IN were in serious danger of being swept into the lake as the waves were eroding the beach at an alarming rate but have now found some temporary relief. Read the full story by WLS-TV – Chicago, IL.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210420-indiana-erosion

Patrick Canniff

Federal judge says BP violated federal limits at its Whiting refinery on Lake Michigan

On: April 20, 2021

The decision by U.S. District Court Judge Philip P. Simon addressed air pollution in the Chicago area and revolved around the results of nine pollution tests BP provided to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management between 2015 and 2018. Read the full story by Indiana Environmental Reporter.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210420-pollution

Patrick Canniff

Proposal to bottle, sell water from well near Lake Superior highlights fears over water diversions

On: April 20, 2021

A northern Wisconsin couple planned to bottle and sell water from a well on their land near Lake Superior, but the proposal was shot down after concerns were raised over whether it violated the intent of a landmark agreement that aims to prevent water diversions outside the Great Lakes basin. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210420-lake-superior-water

Patrick Canniff

The bay of Green Bay, the world’s largest freshwater estuary, could become a national reserve to protect its waters and habitats

On: April 20, 2021

Supporters hope a reserve will bring a national spotlight to the bay to spur further research and look for new solutions to water quality issues. Read the full story by Green Bay Press-Gazette.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210420-wisconsin-green-bay

Patrick Canniff

Water Access: As moratoria on shutoffs end, old problems return to the forefront

On: April 20, 2021

Even before the pandemic, Chicago had a moratorium on water shutoffs. Though thousands of households are still without water, showing just how difficult ensuring water access can be. The situation also underscores the water security crisis that has long existed in many Great Lakes communities, which may get worse as shutoff moratoria imposed during the pandemic expire. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210420-water-access

Patrick Canniff

Wisconsin farmers collaborate with environmentalists to make farming practices more sustainables River fish back to its source

On: April 20, 2021

The group came up with a blueprint, Clean Drinking Water and Resilient Farms by 2030, released earlier this month. It proposes funding to address contaminated private wells and creating financial incentives for farmers who plant cover crops, or crops grown to protect and enrich the soil. Read and listen to the full story by NPR.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210420-wisconsin-farming

Patrick Canniff

Michigan’s rural water systems confront generations of inadequate investment

On: April 19, 2021

In Michigan, rural town managers are balancing immediate needs for new water pipes and treatment works with the financial constraints of a resident population that is shrinking, poorer, and older than the rest of Michigan. New legislation approved in Washington could help by awarding additional water infrastructure grants to rural towns. At the same time, the state’s changing climate opens another level of concern and calculation. Read the full story by Michigan Radio/Circle of Blue.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210419-rural

New study traces mercury in St. Louis River fish back to its source

On: April 19, 2021

A new study has found that the primary reason St. Louis River estuary walleyes carry so much toxic mercury is because of decades-old legacy mercury in the sediment. Efforts to clean up that sediment may help lower the mercury levels in fish. The St. Louis River enters Lake Superior at the twin ports of Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin. Read the full story by Forum News Service.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210419-mercury

Proposal to bottle, sell water from well near Lake Superior highlights fears over water diversions

On: April 19, 2021

A northern Wisconsin couple planned to bottle and sell water from a well on their land near Lake Superior, but their proposal was shot down over concerns about whether it violated the intent of a landmark agreement that aims to prevent water diversions outside the Great Lakes basin. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210419-bottle

100 miles of lead pipes supply water to Buffalo. Could Biden’s plan fix that health risk?

On: April 19, 2021

Some 100 miles of lead service lines supply water to homes in Buffalo. That’s why environmentalists and health advocates are thrilled with one of the most ambitious proposals in President Biden’s sprawling $2 trillion infrastructure bill: a $45 billion promise to replace all the lead service lines in the country. Read the full story by the Buffalo News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210419-lead

Two lakeshore communities focus of shoreline erosion study

On: April 19, 2021

Two coastal communities in Southwest Michigan – South Haven and Chikaming Township – are part of a two-year Michigan State University study that will detail how erosion and changing weather patterns in the past several years affects Michigan’s shoreline communities. Read the full story by the South Haven Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210419-erosion

LNG-powered ship sighting on St. Lawrence Seaway signals a small wave of the future

On: April 19, 2021

The Sweden-flagged Ramelia was launched in 2019 and made its maiden voyage on the St. Lawrence Seaway this month. The liquid natural gas-powered vessel, a rarity on the Seaway, attracted the attention of ship watchers. Read the full story by Watertown Daily News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210419-lng

Canadian shipping company fined US$500K after dumping wastewater into Lake Ontario

On: April 16, 2021

A Canadian shipping company, Algoma Central Corporation, has been fined US$500,000 after pleading guilty to dumping “unprocessed oily bilge water” into Lake Ontario in 2017. Read the full story by CTV News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210416-companyfined

‘A rolling disaster’: Forestville Millpond drawdown concerns rise as sediment builds up in Ahnapee River

On: April 16, 2021

Nearly a year and a half into the drawdown of the Forestville Millpond in Door County, Wisconsin, residents’ frustrations since last summer have not lessened. The drawdown started as a way to improve water quality, reduce the invasive carp population and encourage native plant diversity. Read the full story by the Green Bay Press-Gazette.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210416-millpond

Changes in migratory bird patterns likely caused by climate change, study finds

On: April 16, 2021

Migratory bird patterns are shifting as temperatures increase in North America, according to a new study. Researchers say some birds arrive in Michigan earlier than normal because of “false springs,” a consequence of climate change. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210416-migration

On course for a ‘phenomenal year’: Charter captains hope for boom in 2021

On: April 16, 2021

As the COVID-19 pandemic has upended much business as usual in the last year, charter fishing ventures on the Great Lakes say they’ve experienced higher demand for their services and look to this summer with anticipation. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210416-charterboats

Why freshwater drum (sheepshead) deserve some respect in southern Lake Michigan

On: April 16, 2021

Freshwater drum are a native nearshore species that play a beneficial role by eating invasive mussels in Lake Michigan. Read the full story by the Chicago Sun-Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210416-sheepshead

Water flow through Blind Bay wetlands restored in private, public partnership

On: April 16, 2021

An expanse of marsh land at the southwest corner of St. Lawrence County in Hammond, New York, has been restored in a private-public partnership to improve fish habitat. Read the full story by the Watertown Daily Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210416-blindbay

Great Lakes BioBlitz gets kids outdoors, tuned in to nature

On: April 16, 2021

Born last spring of the pandemic, the second annual Great Lakes BioBlitz — an effort to find, identify and record Great Lakes biodiversity — starts April 22. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210416-bioblitz

Duck stamp: Little stamp has big impacts in the Great Lakes and nationwide

On: April 16, 2021

Since its inception in 1934 when Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act into law, the duck stamp (as it’s commonly known) has garnered more than $1 billion for habitat conservation in the national wildlife refuge system. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210416-duckstamp

New MSU study to help save eroding shorelines in Chikaming Township and South Haven

On: April 16, 2021

As record high lake levels continue to dominate the Michigan coast, shorelines in South Haven and Chikaming Township continue to crumble and will be featured in a new coastal study. Read the full story by WNDU-TV – South Bend, IN.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210416-chikaming

A big fight in Lansing over fishing rules on the Great Lakes

On: April 15, 2021

Declining fish populations in the Great Lakes has created conflicts between commercial fishermen, charter-boat fishermen, and tribes who are all competing for fishing allotments set by Michigan state regulators. Read the full story by Bridge Magazine.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210415-fish-fight

How Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline is dividing Indigenous lands and people

On: April 15, 2021

As the Line 3 pipeline cuts through the Fond du Lac reservation, treaty lands of several other bands of Ojibwe and the headwaters of the Mississippi River in northern Minnesota, the project has brought controversy and discord into tribal communities who are divided over the risks and benefits from the pipeline. Read the full story by The Narwhal.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210415-line3

Students to stand-up paddleboard 50 miles to raise money for the Great Lakes

On: April 15, 2021

Three northern Michigan middle schoolers are setting out on a paddleboard journey from the Soo Locks to Drummond Island on Lake Huron to raise awareness about plastic pollution in the Great Lakes. Read the full story by UpNorthLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210415-support-the-gl

Community funds raised to preserve 43 acres of Lake Michigan dunes

On: April 15, 2021

The Land Conservancy of West Michigan announced the purchase of forty-three acres of the Lake Michigan shoreline, expanding the conservancy’s tract of protected forested dune habitat. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210415-preserve

Scugog First Nation community roots stretch back more than 300 years

On: April 15, 2021

The Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation in Ontario can trace their connection to the community back more than 300 years, settling on bountiful lands near Lake Ontario after being uprooted from their former homelands north of Lake Huron. Read the full story by the Durham Region.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210415-scugog

New sunfish regulations let Minnesota’s fish grow

On: April 15, 2021

Growing public concern about shrinking sunfish sizes led to lower daily harvest limits across Minnesota this year. Read the full story by the Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210415-sunfish

Michigan EGLE tests for PFAS outside Gogebic-Iron County Airport

On: April 15, 2021

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy is testing residential wells in North Ironwood, Michigan, for harmful chemicals this week, after some were found at the Gogebic-Iron County airport. Read and listen to the full story by WXPR – Rhinelander, WI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210414-kalamazoo

DNR’s spring steelhead egg collection on Little Manistee River is underway

On: April 15, 2021

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ annual collection of steelhead eggs from the Little Manistee River is underway. Yearling steelhead produced through hatchery operations are stocked in select tributaries of all the Great Lakes and provide one of Michigan’s premier sport fishing opportunities for both Great Lakes open water and tributary stream fishing. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210415-dnr-steelhead

Michigan PFAS Response Team discusses ways to clean up PFAS contamination near airport

On: April 15, 2021

Residents near Cherry Capital Airport in Traverse City, Michigan, are facing concerns about PFAS in groundwater stemming from the use of firefighting foams used at the airport. Read the full story by UpNorthLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210415-pfas-tc

Kalamazoo River restoration projects to use $27M in PCB settlements

On: April 14, 2021

State and federal agencies are seeking public input on 14 proposed projects along the Kalamazoo River between the city of Kalamazoo, Michigan, and Lake Michigan that would remove dams, improve riparian areas, and rehabilitate wildlife habitat harmed by PCB pollution. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210414-kalamazoo

Tribal members criticize Enbridge claims of ‘peacemaking’ attempts

On: April 14, 2021

Tribal leaders in Michigan rejected proposals for “peacemaking” talks with Enbridge over the Line 5 pipeline, and dismissed recent efforts by Enbridge to engage in Anishinaabek reconciliation traditions as a public relations ploy that amounts to cultural appropriation. Read the full story by Petoskey News-Review.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210414-enbridge

Scientists concerned about the bottom of the food web in the Great Lakes

On: April 14, 2021

Scientists on the EPA’s Lake Guardian research vessel are studying how climate change is impacting the base of the food web in the lakes, as changing lake chemistry could impact the abundance of microorganisms that larger animals like fish rely on for food. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210414-food-web

Aboard the Lake Guardian, scientists fish for the story of Lake Ontario

On: April 14, 2021

Every year, the EPA’s 180-foot research vessel known as the Lake Guardian sets out to sample water quality in all five of the Great Lakes. The data collected from these expeditions helps scientists understand the health and environmental trends of the Great Lakes. Read the full story by WBFO- Buffalo, NY.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210414-lake-guardian

U.P. health department is vaccinating Great Lakes freighter crews at Soo Locks

On: April 14, 2021

Throughout the past week, the Chippewa County Health Department in northern Michigan has worked with the Lake Carriers Association and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide COVID-19 vaccinations to crew members on the Great Lakes ships passing through the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210414-vaccines

Saving streams can save bugs and birds

On: April 14, 2021

A new study of insect data and bird surveys found that poor water quality harms the growth and development of insect population, depriving many birds species of a critical source of food, and is linked to declines in bird populations in the Great Lakes region. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210414-buggies

A new risk on Lake Ontario: falling water levels

On: April 14, 2021

Until recently, boaters and property owners on Lake Ontario were concerned about high lake levels and flooding. Now, people are concerned about lake levels becoming too low. Read the full story by The Buffalo News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210414-low-water

Smelt from Lake Superior sought by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry

On: April 14, 2021

Scientists from Ontario are seeking donations of smelt catches from anglers on Lake Superior to help support a new study that looks at the presence of PFAS chemicals in fish tissue. Read the full story by CBC News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210414-smelt

New congressional effort to speed up PFAS cleanup in Michigan and across the U.S.

On: April 14, 2021

US Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI) and Fred Upton (MI) introduced a new bill to accelerate the cleanup of sites contaminated with PFAS. The bill would establish a national drinking water standard for select PFAS chemicals and would give the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency direction to act on cleaning up contaminated sites in Michigan and across the country. Read the full story by WKAR – East Lansing, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210414-pfas

Flooding on Lake Ontario & St. Lawrence River not likely this year

On: April 12, 2021

Lake Ontario is eight inches lower than average for this time of year. That’s the lowest it’s been in early April since 2015. The chance of flooding on the lake and the St. Lawrence River this summer is relatively low. Read the full story by North Country Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210412-flooding

New lakefront special improvement district could lead to new Lake Erie trails following innovative Euclid example

On: April 12, 2021

The city of Euclid and 12 Lake County communities recently incorporated Ohio’s first lakefront special improvement district to help property owners finance expensive and urgently needed erosion control projects along the Lake Erie shoreline. Ultimately, however, the district could become a vehicle to open new public trails along vast stretches of private lakefront land that limit access to one of Ohio’s greatest natural resources. Read the full story by Cleveland Plain Dealer.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210412-lakefront

Muskrats love fluctuating water levels. Property owners, not so much.

On: April 12, 2021

A 2020 study shows muskrats enhance plant diversity on the St. Lawrence River, and a greater understanding of their impact could help guide understanding of their dependence on Great Lakes water levels and their related ecosystem roles. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210412-muskrats

COMMENTARY: Give wind turbines a chance to work in Lake Erie

On: April 12, 2021

Wind turbines in Lake Erie should be given a chance to prove themselves as a safe and beneficial source of clean energy; the real threat to the Great Lakes is the continued use of coal, fracking gas and nuclear power. Read the full story by the Buffalo News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210412-wind

Shedd Aquarium volunteers clean up Montrose Beach for return of piping plovers

On: April 12, 2021

In Illinois, dozens of volunteers searched the sands on Montrose Beach for pollution in an effort to get the stretch of Lake Michigan’s shoreline ready for the homecoming of Monty and Rose — the piping plovers. Read the full story by WLS-TV – Chicago, IL.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210412-montrose

Lake Erie yellow perch suffer population crash, causing state to impose stricter catch limits

On: April 12, 2021

Due to a crash in perch population, the Great Lakes Fisheries Commission has this year slashed commercial harvest in Lake Erie’s Central basin by 70% and by 20% in the Eastern basin. The state of Ohio also cut sport angler limits by two-thirds from 30 fish to 10 between the Huron River and Fairport Harbor, leaving a lot of people angry. Read the full story by WKYC-TV – Cleveland, OH.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210412-perch

COMMENTARY: Return of Milwaukee River sturgeon a hopeful milestone

On: April 12, 2021

Sturgeon were native to the Milwaukee River but were wiped out in the 1800s by pollution, habitat destruction and the building of dams that prohibited their movements upstream. The large, ancient fish have only recently started to show up in the Milwaukee River due to sturgeon reintroduction efforts in the watershed. Read the full story by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210412-sturgeon

Concerns about Georgian Bay high water levels keep coming to council in waves

On: April 12, 2021

In Ontario, a ‘slightly panicked’ shoreline homeowner sought Tiny council’s help in approaching higher authorities to exercise their influence in lowering water levels in Georgian Bay. Read the full story by Orillia Matters.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210412-high-water