Daily News (Page 160)

Partners improve quality of Pike River

On: January 20, 2021

As part of the Pike River Restoration Plan completed in 2013, the Petrifying Springs Park section of the Pike River in Wisconsin was identified for rehabilitation. Now with more than 525 tons of sediment and 368 pounds of phosphorous removed, short-term data is showing 55% reduction in phosphorus and 44% reduction in nitrogen. Read the full story by The Journal Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210120-wisconsin-river-restoration

Patrick Canniff

Coast Guard: Tugboat removed, no fuel spilled along Marquette Lower Harbor breakwall

On: January 19, 2021

The U.S. Coast Guard says the submerged tugboat near Marquette’s Lower Harbor was removed and successfully salvaged Monday, with no fuel spilled between Friday’s submersion and Monday’s removal. Read the full story by WLUC – TV – Marquette, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210119-ship-tug-recovery

Patrick Canniff

FishPass or parkland? Traverse City resident fights project

On: January 19, 2021

In Traverse City, MI the FishPass project was designed to replace the Union Street Dam and protect native fish, while keeping out any invasive species. The project was put on hold by a judge citing concern over misrepresentations about the project effort. Read the full story by 9&10 News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210119-fish-michigan

Patrick Canniff

Contaminated Scanlon water reservoir selected for cleanup

On: January 19, 2021

A water reservoir in Scanlon, MN was recently deemed an area of concern as a result of sediment contamination and has been selected for a collaborative environmental cleanup project beginning this fall by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and the Environmental Protection Agency’s Great Lakes National Program Office. Read the full story by Pine Journal.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210119-pollution-minnesota

Patrick Canniff

Duluth making Lakewalk more resistant to climate

On: January 19, 2021

Work on the new stretch of Lakewalk in Duluth, MN will be completed this spring, but more construction is planned over the next several years to build a more climate-resilient Lakewalk all along Lake Superior. Read the full story by The Associated Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210119-duluth-lakewalk-climate

Patrick Canniff

Cloquet protesters set up camp to derail line 3 project

On: January 19, 2021

Protesters set up camp Monday next to the Line 3 replacement pipeline construction project in Cloquet, MN. About two dozen protesters said they hope to slow down the project by trespassing during construction where the line runs through the Fond du Lac Reservation. Read the full story by KBJR – TV – Cloquet, MN.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210119-minnesota-protests-line-3

Patrick Canniff

Shipments along St. Lawrence stayed flat in 2020, lifted by strong demand for grain

On: January 19, 2021

Nearly 38 million tons of cargo were shipped last year along the route stretching from the lower St. Lawrence River to the Great Lakes, with record shipments of grain offsetting a decline in liquid bulk, dry bulk and iron ore, the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp. said. View the full story by Canadian Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210119-st-lawrence-shipping-grain

Patrick Canniff

Kawartha Nisnawbe send message to Parks Canada: No consultation, no work

On: January 19, 2021

Members of the Kawartha Nishnawbe are holding their ground at Lock 28 in Burleigh Falls, ON, located about 200 km northeast of Toronto. Six days ago they put a halt to repair work at a dam, owned by Parks Canada, because there was no consultation. Read the full story by APTN News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210119-indigenous-dam-protest-ontario

Patrick Canniff

Herring gull eggs help monitor Great Lakes ecosystems

On: January 19, 2021

Wildlife researchers and scientists use aquatic birds as environmental change indicators in freshwater and marine environments. For about 50 years, herring gulls have been used to get a better idea of how the Great Lakes are changing through time, and have found in that time period a decline in volume and density. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210119-ecological-monitoring-gull

Patrick Canniff

Studying sediment in the Great Lakes

On: January 19, 2021

The Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority based in Exeter, ON will be joining a group that includes the University of Michigan, the National Atmospheric Oceanic Administration, and the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers to study water quality in the lower Great Lakes starting this summer. Read the full story by BlackburnNews.com.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210119-sediment-water-quality

Patrick Canniff

Great Lakes pipeline adds heat to U.S.-Canada energy tensions

On: January 19, 2021

Canadian and U.S. officials are at odds over the fate of a pipeline underneath the Great Lakes, exacerbating disagreements over energy policy between the two nations as the Biden administration prepares to take office. Read the full story by The Wall Street Journal.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210119-line-5-energy

Patrick Canniff

Great Lakes Science Center Goes virtual for MLK Day

On: January 19, 2021

The Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland, OH went virtual this year for its Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration, putting the spotlight on diversity in the science, engineering, technology and mathematics fields. Read the full story by Spectrum News Ohio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210119-mlk-day-ohio

Patrick Canniff

A look at binational scientific research on the Great Lakes

On: January 18, 2021

Environmental challenges in the Great Lakes region pay no mind to international borders, making binational research critical to investigating and tackling those challenges. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210118-binational-research

Points North: The elaborate plan to keep invasive carp from the Great Lakes

On: January 18, 2021

At a lock and dam site in the suburbs of Chicago, there’s a plan to build a set of traps to keep invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes that would involve a barrier of bubbles, an electric field, underwater speakers, and a price tag of over $800 million dollars. Read the full story by WIAA – Interlochen, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210118-invasive-carp

Lake Superior port had record-setting year for wind cargo in 2020

On: January 18, 2021

The Port of Duluth-Superior reported a record-setting year when it comes to wind turbine cargo. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210118-wind-cargo

Specific North Country locations to be dredged to improve St. Lawrence River, Lake Ontario resiliency

On: January 18, 2021

A new Resiliency and Economic Development Initiative Regional Dredging project has begun at Little Sodus Bay on Lake Ontario to help build resiliency in waterside communities in New York. Read the full story by WWTI-TV – Albany, NY.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210118-dredging

DNR urges anglers to limit meals of smelt caught in Lake Superior due to PFAS contamination

On: January 18, 2021

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has issued its first fish consumption advisory related to PFAS in Lake Superior fish, recommending people not consume more than one meal of smelt per month. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210118-limit-smelt

Pandemic interrupts longtime Isle Royale wolf, moose study

On: January 18, 2021

A wolf and moose study on Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior, one of the world’s longest-running wildlife field studies that began in 1959, has fallen prey to the coronavirus pandemic and no winter observations will be allowed to take place. Read the full story by The Associated Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210118-isle-royale-study

Pennsylvania company slammed for illegal discharges

On: January 18, 2021

A federal judge has penalized a Western Pennsylvania copper-processing company with a $550,000 fine for its years-long criminal violations of the Clean Water Act, including illegal discharging of oil into the Ohio River. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210118-illegal-discharge

Minnesota lawmakers introduce anti-copper mining legislation

On: January 18, 2021

Minnesota lawmakers are ramping up efforts to prevent mining companies from gaining a foothold in Minnesota with legislation that aims to slow or ban copper-nickel mining on the Iron Range. Read the full story by The Associated Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210118-anti-copper-mining

Climate change clear driver of Lake Huron’s high water, long-term forecast uncertain

On: January 18, 2021

Environment and Climate Change Canada forecasts that Lakes Michigan-Huron will stay below record water levels but will remain well above average for the next six months and could approach record levels in early 2021 if wet conditions prevail. Higher lake levels are thought to be a direct result of climate change. Read the full story by Elliot Lake Today.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210118-climate-change-high-water

Michigan cities must begin replacing lead pipes. But who has the cash?

On: January 18, 2021

In the first month of a 20-year effort to replace every lead service line connecting a Michigan home to a public water supply, Michigan communities are asking who is going to pay for it. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210118-lead-pipes

Applications open for #TeamUp for the Great Lakes Bay Region

On: January 15, 2021

The Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational announced today that applications are now open for the 2021 #TeamUp for the Great Lakes Bay Region charitable program. Since its inception in 2019, this charitable giving effort has awarded over $200,000 to local charities throughout the Great Lakes Bay Region. Read the full story by the Midland Daily News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210115-teamup-applications

Research: Northern lakes at risk of losing ice cover permanently, impacting drinking water

On: January 15, 2021

Close to 5,700 lakes in the Northern Hemisphere may permanently lose ice cover this century, 179 of them in the next decade, at current greenhouse gas emissions despite a possible polar vortex this year, researchers at York University have found. Read the full story by WLUC – TV- Marquette, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210115-ice-cover

Duluth gears up for Viking cruises in 2022

On: January 15, 2021

After a year without travel, international cruise line Viking is catering to built-up wanderlust and taking reservations for its new expedition ships, which are scheduled to sail to Minnesota in summer 2022 as the company makes its Great Lakes debut. Read the full story by the Star Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210115-viking-cruises

Gray wolf to get its day in court after removal from endangered species list

On: January 15, 2021

Environmental groups have filed a flurry of lawsuits against the Trump administration over its removal of Endangered Species Act protections for the gray wolf. Read the full story by Oregon Public Broadcasting.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210115-grey-wolf

Gray wolf to get its day in court after removal from endangered species list

On: January 15, 2021

Environmental groups have filed a flurry of lawsuits against the Trump administration over its removal of Endangered Species Act protections for the gray wolf. Read the full story by Oregon Public Broadcasting.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210115-grey-wolf

Put to bed: Winter layup brings 4 ships to port of Duluth-Superior

On: January 15, 2021

Four vessels will winter in the Twin Ports as the 2020-21 shipping campaign draws to completion Friday with the end-of-day closure of the Soo Locks connecting lakes Superior and Michigan. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210115-duluth-superior-port

Put to bed: Winter layup brings 4 ships to port of Duluth-Superior

On: January 15, 2021

Four vessels will winter in the Twin Ports as the 2020-21 shipping campaign draws to completion Friday with the end-of-day closure of the Soo Locks connecting lakes Superior and Michigan. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210115-duluth-superior-port

Lake Michigan ice coverage is well below average so far this year

On: January 15, 2021

The latest estimates of Lake Michigan’s ice coverage are below average for the winter season so far, running at only 1.7%. The average ice coverage around this time is about 15%, 13.3% more than it is right now. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210115-lake-michigan

Lake Michigan ice coverage is well below average so far this year

On: January 15, 2021

The latest estimates of Lake Michigan’s ice coverage are below average for the winter season so far, running at only 1.7%. The average ice coverage around this time is about 15%, 13.3% more than it is right now. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210115-lake-michigan

Maritime museum offering free admission during MLK weekend

On: January 15, 2021

The National Museum of the Great Lakes is offering free admission Saturday through Monday as a gesture of gratitude to the Toledo, Ohio, community for its ongoing support, especially during the coronavirus pandemic. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210115-maritime-museum

Specific North Country locations to be dredged to improve St. Lawrence River, Lake Ontario resiliency

On: January 15, 2021

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that a new Resiliency and Economic Development Initiative Regional Dredging project has begun at Little Sodus Bay on Lake Ontario and more are planned. This Initiative was original developed in response unprecedented flooding along the shores of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River to help communities build resiliency. Read the full story by WWTI–TV – Watertown, NY.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210115-st-lawrence-dredging

Another step forward for Olcott breakwall project

On: January 15, 2021

The Town of Newfane, New York, recently took another step to secure a breakwall in Olcott Harbor by submitting an application to the state Department of Environmental Conservation. Read the full story by the Niagara Gazette.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210115-olcott-breakwall

Toronto Wildlife Center rescues a swan after it was tangled in kite string and fishing line

On: January 15, 2021

The rescue of a swan in Lake Ontario highlights the plight of many birds killed or injured by garbage carelessly discarded in parks and lakes. Read the full story by BlogTo.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210115-swan-rescue

Construction crews continue work on Holland Street Dock project on Erie’s Bayfront

On: January 14, 2021

As part of an access grant that the Port Authority received through the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission construction continues on Erie’s Bayfront as crews fix Holland Street Dock and restore recreational areas. View the full story by WJET – TV – Erie, PA.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210114-pennsylvania-dock-construction

Patrick Canniff

Cost to park at Muskegon beaches, launch ramps going up

On: January 14, 2021

The price increases will raise more funds for beach upkeep, freeing up more money for needed improvements at the city’s other parks, city staff said. The first year of paid parking raised roughly $500,000 last summer. Read the full story by the Muskegon Chronicle.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210114-michigan-beach-improvement

Patrick Canniff

Thunder Bay closes shipping season

On: January 14, 2021

The Port of Thunder Bay shipping season closes today, marking the completion of the Port’s most successful year in over two decades. Annual cargo volumes tallied 10.2 million metric tonnes (MMT), exceeding the ten million mark for the first time since 1997. Read the full story by Lake Superior News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210114-shipping-season

Patrick Canniff

Great Lakes bulker successfully retrofitted for automatic dock-to-dock operation

On: January 14, 2021

MV American Courage, a 634-foot Great Lakes self-unloading bulker, is the largest ship ever to perform automatic dock-to-dock operation. This follows a decision by its owner —American Steamship Company, a subsidiary of Rand-ASC Holdings LLC —to fit the 1979-built ship with Wärtsilä SmartMove solutions for hands-off transit along the Cuyahoga River in Ohio. Read the full story by Marine Log.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210114-shipping-automatic-docking

Patrick Canniff

Little Lake restoration project remains stalled: Donations needed for dredging phase

On: January 14, 2021

The wait continues for the second phase of the Little Lake cleanup project in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin’s Sunset Park. Lake Michigan’s high water levels have seeped in during the past two years, deepening the normally shallow water body and helping to mitigate water-quality issues. Read the full story by DredgeWire.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210114-restoration-wisconsin

Patrick Canniff

Recovered Midwestern bird soars off endangered species list

On: January 14, 2021

Federal officials say a bird called the interior least tern is being dropped from the endangered species list, after conservation efforts have boosted the interior least tern’s numbers in recent decades. Read the full story by The Associated Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210114-endangered-tern-bird

Patrick Canniff

COMMENTARY: Federal funding will bring a much-needed environmental restoration to Bubbly Creek

On: January 14, 2021

A recently signed federal law will provide $11.6 million to begin restoration of the 1.25-mile creek, officially known as the South Fork of South Branch of the Chicago River. The investment in ecological health will benefit both people and wildlife. Read the full story by Chicago Sun-Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210114-chicago-restoration

Patrick Canniff

EPA receiving applications for grants to remove trash from Great Lakes

On: January 14, 2021

The agency is looking to fund 10 large-scale projects as part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, a multi-agency project that provides funding for projects affecting Great Lakes states, with at least $300,000 grants. Read the full story by the Indiana Environmental Reporter.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210114-epa-grant-pollution

Patrick Canniff

Skokie to implement new smart technology in effort to minimize water main leakages

On: January 13, 2021

Skokie, Illinois is implementing new “smart water technology” that could save the village millions of gallons of water and hundreds of thousands of dollars annually through continuous monitoring of water main leaks. Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210113-skokie

EDITORIAL: Five years of calm water funding for our Great Lakes

On: January 13, 2021

For the next five years, we won’t have to play the annual game of impressing on our leaders how important the Great Lakes are, not only to us, but the country and planet. We can focus our energy into protecting and enjoying them.. 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/20210113-funding

Commercial fishermen sue Michigan over new restrictions

On: January 13, 2021

Many complain Michigan’s new restrictions on commercial fishing would shut down their businesses. The state supplies much of the Great Lakes’ whitefish, and there are warnings of looming shortages. Read the full story by NPR.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210113-fishing

Hancock Parks District breaks ground on $1 million wetlands restoration project

On: January 13, 2021

A new project meant to help the water quality in Lake Erie is taking root in Hancock County, Ohio. Just south of Liberty-Benton High School, the Hancock Parks District is transforming a 100-acre farm field into 100 acres of restored wetlands. Read the full story by WTOL-TV- Toledo, Ohio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210113-hancock

Van Buren State Park along Lake Michigan shore expands by 17 acres

On: January 13, 2021

Michigan’s Van Buren State Park has grown by 17 acres under a new agreement with an adjacent nature area. County officials approved a 25-year lease, which will add 340 feet of additional lakeshore to park’s existing mile-long stretch along Lake Michigan. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210113-van-buren

Will Lake Erie freeze?

On: January 13, 2021

Lake Erie’s current ice coverage stands at less than 1%, much below average going back the past 40 years. Read the full story by WOIO-TV- Cleveland, OH.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210113-erie-freeze

State bill would make it easier to get erosion control permits

On: January 13, 2021

A bill currently being evaluated by a Michigan House committee would make it easier for homeowners in Michigan to apply for permits to protect their property from high water on the Great Lakes. Read the full story by The Alpena News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210113-erosion-permits