Wildlife researchers and scientists have been using herring gulls for the past 50 years to better understand how the Great Lakes are changing over time. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210208-herring-gulls
Wildlife researchers and scientists have been using herring gulls for the past 50 years to better understand how the Great Lakes are changing over time. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210208-herring-gulls
Despite strong congressional and governmental support, the Port of Oswego on the shores of Lake Ontario in New York, will once again receive nothing toward the repair of the deteriorating 140-year-old breakwall protecting the Oswego harbor. Read the full story by the Watertown Daily Times.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210208-breakwall-repairs
The Dam Safety Task Force, created after the May 2020 failures of the Edenville and Sanford dams in mid-Michigan, are requesting revisions to “soften” some of the language in the final dam safety report. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210208-dam-safety
An unexpected flurry of sailing songs called sea shanties have been making the round on social media and are sure to brighten up bleak winter days on the shores of the Great Lakes. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210208-sea-shanties
Northern Michigan conservation nonprofit Huron Pines became the new owners of a 145-acre parcel of Lake Huron property that is slated to become an Alabaster Township park in the coming years. Read the full story by The Alpena News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210208-lake-huron-park
A feasibility study this spring at the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House could lead to a more natural restoration of the shoreline of the historic estate on Lake St. Clair in southern Michigan. Read the full story by C and G Newspapers.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210208-shoreline-improvements
St. Clair County in southern Michigan is making emergency funding available to its coastal communities impacted by ongoing flooding. Read the full story by The Detroit News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210208-flooding-emergency
Michigan’s lakes are experiencing record low ice coverage. Loss of ice means hazardous conditions for ice fishing, more coastal erosion, and trouble for whitefish, burbot and other species that spawn in ice-covered Great Lakes reefs. Read the full story by Interlochen Public Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210205-mi-ice-cover
Despite congressional and governmental support, the former president’s final budget proposal excluded funding for repairs of the deteriorating breakwall at the Port of Oswego in New York. The $6.35 million requested by the Army Corps of Engineers for the repair was expected to be part of former-President Trump’s final budget but was axed at the last moment. Read the full story by Watertown Daily Times.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210205-oswego
Three Coast Guard ice breakers from the United States and Canada have been working on the St. Clair River trying to break up ice dams to prevent flooding in homes near East China Township in Michigan. Read the full story by WDIV-TV – Detroit, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210205-coast-guard-flooding
The impending closure of the Line 5 oil pipeline directed by Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer is prompting Canadian businesses and politicians to reconsider energy relations between the two countries. Read the full story by CBC News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210205-line-5
Unique ice formations resembling pancakes were spotted along Chicago’s Lake Michigan shoreline this week. These ice formations are rare but interest scientists because they can decrease wave intensity, which can have major implications for ships navigating wavy waters. Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210205-pancake-ice
After not having lifeguards last year at Washington Park beach on Lake Michigan, officials in Michigan City, Indiana, are considering a plan to attract applicants by boosting pay. Read the full story by the Times of Northwest Indiana.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210205-mi-city-lifeguards
Advocates for a provincially significant wetland in Pickering, Ontario, are pushing back against a proposal to drain the Duffins Creek wetland and build a warehouse. Read the full story by TVO.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210205-duffins-creek
The Midland Bay Landing Development Corporation approved plans to accommodate a boat dock on Lake Huron that will support boat tours and cruise ships, hopefully boosting tourism to the town of Midland, Ontario. Read the full story by Orilla Matters.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210205-island-princess
A train derailment in Goderich, Ontario, destroyed a fish shanty near Lake Huron, removing part of the town’s prized cultural heritage. Read the full story by the Goderich Signal-Star.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210205-goderich-shanty
According to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the ice cover on the Great Lakes is at its second lowest point since NOAA started keeping records in 1973, standing at 13%. Lake Huron in particular is at its third lowest point since that time. Read the full story by Huron Daily Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210204-ice-cover
Grain silos may not be the first place that comes to mind as a spot to create artwork, but that’s exactly what is about to happen in Toledo. 28 ADM silos along the Maumee River are about to become host to a mural. It’s called the Glass City River Wall. Read and view the full story by WTVG-TV Toledo.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210204-toledo-river-art
A preliminary feasibility study is set to begin along the water’s edge of the historic Ford estate along Lake St. Clair. The goal is to restore a mile of coastline to benefit the Great Lakes aquatic ecosystem. Read the full story by WDET – FM – Detroit, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210204-ford-shoreline-restoration
Wolverine Worldwide is in the final stages of a feasibility study for the future of the House Street area, contaminated by PFAS, proposing either a nature preserve with remediation, or a 30-acre cap which would make the land mostly unusable. Read the full story by WZZM – TV – Grand Rapids, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210204-wolverine-pfas-pollution
It will be a few more days before a task force set up to study Michigan’s dam safety regulations will finish its final report due to task force member requests to soften the tone of the report. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210204-michigan-dam-regulation
The Great Lakes Research Consortium announced the call for proposals for 2021 Great Lakes Research Consortium small grants funding. Grants are available as seed funding for new, cooperative projects that contribute to the protection and restoration of the health of New York’s Great Lakes and for ecosystem-based management. Read and view the full story by NNY 360.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210204-restoration-grants
Officials in Hamilton, ON have been working toward removal of the fish, last year the team implanted tags in some larger goldfish to track their movements. In 2021, the team plans to further assess tagged fish to obtain an idea of the overall number in the harbour. Read the full story by Maclean’s.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210204-ontario-invasive
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced her appointments to the state’s new Council on Climate Solutions this week. Appointees are tasked with formulating the implementation of the MI Healthy Climate Plan, which will serve as the action plan for the state to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and transition toward economywide carbon neutrality by 2050. Read the full story by WXMI – TV – Grand Rapids, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210204-michigan-climate-change
According to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the ice cover on the Great Lakes is at its second lowest point since NOAA started keeping records in 1973, standing at 13%. Lake Huron in particular is at its third lowest point since that time. Read the full story by Huron Daily Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210204-ice-cover
A national hunting group filed a lawsuit this week to force an immediate start to Wisconsin’s wolf season before potential federal protections for the animals are implemented. Read the full story by WIBW – TV – Topeka, KS.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210204-wisconsin-wolf-hunt
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay and Canadian Coast Guard Griffon were deployed Tuesday afternoon to help break up ice jams that formed along the southern St. Clair River. Read the full story by the Port Huron Times Herald.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210203-icebreakers
South Haven L.I.F.E. is calling for lifeguards, among other beach safety measures, to be implemented at local beaches. One of the group’s leaders understands lifeguards would come with costs and liability but said it’s worth it. Read and view the full story by WOOD-TV Grand Rapids.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210203-lifeguards
After applying several bandaids to Erie Shore Drive’s flooding problems, Chatham-Kent is moving forward with several long-term solutions. Councillors voted to issue a request for proposals for an engineering consultant for Erie Shore Drive as they discussed the next steps for the road plagued by flooding and erosion. Read the full story by The Chatham Voice.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210203-road-repairs
Icy waves struck the shoreline of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois, on February 1, after a winter storm dumped more than 10 inches of snow across the city. Read the full story by Yahoo! News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210203-icy-waves
The Canadian Coast Guard says ice formation across the Great Lakes was at its lowest in 50 years at the end of January. Read the full story by the Blackburn News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210203-ice-formation
Hamilton’s mayor is calling on the federal government to reconsider a plan to install swing gates blocking access to two Burlington Canal piers that are popular for photos, strolls and boat watching. Read the full story by CBC.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210203-canal
The U.S. Coast Guard is warning people to be careful on the Lake Erie ice. The current thickness of ice on the lake “far below” the seasonal average of years past, creating “extremely hazardous conditions” for anyone who goes out there. Read the full story by the Sandusky Register.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210203-ice-warning
Great Lakes steel production fell by 6,000 tons last week, the second straight week of decline, and remains depressed by nearly 10%, with U.S. steel mills only operating at about three-fourths of capacity. Read the full story by the Northwest Indiana Times.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210203-steel
Ice cover in the Great Lakes is near record lows, and federal forecasters say there’s little chance it will bounce back to normal. Meanwhile, snowfall across the state has been well below average this winter. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210203-climate
Quagga and zebra mussels, known collectively as dreissenid mussels, have irrevocably changed the Great Lakes ecosystem and others they’ve spread to. But signs of a new normal are emerging as regular surveys of dreissenid mussels in the Great Lakes reveal a changing community of invaders. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210203-mussel
The Roger Blough, a Great Lakes freighter with a special place in history caught fire overnight in a Wisconsin shipyard where it is being stored for the winter. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210202-roger-blough
Restoring the Great Lakes is a real-life example of how working together can deliver concrete results and perhaps even some national healing. Read the full story by The Chicago Sun Times.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210202-great-lakes-protection
Last week, business owners and supporters of the Erie Canal were informed during an online stakeholder meeting that the canal may not open until Memorial Day this year and could close as early as mid-September. Read the full story by The Buffalo News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210202-erie-canal
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. met with a small group of Indigenous leaders, water protectors, concerned citizens, politicians and activists on Saturday to learn more about their opposition to the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline replacement project. Read the full story by The Bemidji Pioneer.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210202-line-3-opposition
The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will host a public meeting to discuss updating the Wisconsin Walleye Management Plan for Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Walworth, Washington, and Waukesha counties. Read the full story by the Lake Superior News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210202-walleye-management
New evidence of beaver activity has been discovered on the Trenton Channel of the Detroit River in Trenton, Michigan. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210202-detroit-river
Despite the freezing conditions, a couple of brave surfers went out into Lake Erie on Monday afternoon. Read the full story by WTOL-TV – Toledo, OH.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210202-lake-erie-waves
The annual sturgeon fishing season will take place on Black Lake this Saturday at 8am in the northeastern corner of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. The annual harvest quota – which this year is six fish total – is often reached very quickly. Read the full story by The Toledo Blade.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210202-sturgeon
Locals in the Sarnia, Ontario area are voicing concerns about the devastation that will impact their community if the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline is disrupted or shut down in May by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Read the full story by CTV News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210202-line5
A major natural way of protecting the shoreline to enjoy summer on Presque Isle is the formation of ice dunes which not only preserve the environment they are around, but also help protect from sand erosion. Read the full story by WSMH – TV – Flint, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210202-presque-isle
The ongoing effort to prevent Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes has seen some recent momentum. Michigan, Illinois and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that they would collectively contribute $28.8 million to develop engineering and design plans during the next three to four years as a prelude to promised barrier construction at Brandon Road Lock and Dam in the Illinois River. Read the full story by The Columbus Dispatch.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210201-carp-progress
After a harsh winter storm blew out a window in the very remote Stannard Rock Lighthouse in Lake Superior, a team from the U.S. Coast Guard recently traveling via Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City to make an icy repair. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210201-lighthouse-repair
A proposed increase in Minnesota’s watercraft registration fee would help fund additional aquatic invasive species management activities. Read the full story by the Public News Service.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20210201-ais-management
