Daily News (Page 185)

Shoreline restoration project breaks ground in Chesterfield Township

On: September 18, 2020

A shoreline restoration project years in the making will soon come to fruition along Anchor Bay in Chesterfield Township, Michigan. When the project is finished, roughly 740 linear feet of failing steel seawall will be replaced with natural shoreline, along with 1.5 acres of nearshore habitat. Read the full story by The Voice.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200918-shoreline-restoration

2020 Fall Salmon Run: Picking up on some Lake Ontario tributaries, not yet on others

On: September 18, 2020

It’s mid-September and the annual fall salmon spawning run is sputtering a little, continuing on as it does every fall — despite low water levels and warm temperatures on Lake Ontario tributaries along the lake’s southern shore. Read the full story by New York Upstate.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200918-salmon-run

Cleveland Water Alliance to use $600,000 federal grant to promote technology that would protect Lake Erie

On: September 18, 2020

The Cleveland Water Alliance, a nonprofit advocate for Lake Erie, has received a $600,000 grant from the U.S. Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration to test innovations in water technology. Read the full story by the Plain Dealer.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200918-CWA

Ohio board removes restrictions on planned wind farm project: Capitol Letter

On: September 18, 2020

Plans to build Icebreaker Wind, the nation’s first freshwater wind farm, in Lake Erie cleared a major hurdle Thursday, as the Ohio Power Siting Board unexpectedly voted to lift restrictions on nighttime operation that threatened to doom the project. Read the full story by the Plain Dealer.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200918-wind-farm

2020 walleye hatch is even bigger than last year; perch excellent too

On: September 18, 2020

The 2020 walleye and yellow perch hatches in the western basin of Lake Erie this year are both above average, continuing an exceptional fishing era, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Read the full story by the Plain Dealer.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200918-walleye-hatch

EPA bails on mining case after Minnesota balks

On: September 18, 2020

EPA inspectors in 2017 found contaminated water leaking out of a mining operation in northern Minnesota and started pursuing a federal enforcement action. That would likely have meant a multimillion-dollar fine for U.S. Steel Corp., which owns the giant Minntac iron ore mine, and strict requirements for a cleanup. But three years later, the case is going nowhere and the pollution continues. Read the full story by E&E News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200918-EPA-mining

Nova Chemicals helping fund Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup

On: September 18, 2020

Nova Chemicals, an Ontario based plastics manufacturer, is providing $200,000 to keep plastic out of the Great Lakes. Read the full story by the Sarnia This Week.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200918-plastic

Great Lakes shipping cargoes down 8.4% this year amid coronavirus pandemic

On: September 18, 2020

International cargo volumes through the St. Lawrence Seaway into the Great Lakes have fallen 8.4% to about 19.3 million tons so far this year in a shipping season that’s been described as “pandemic-plagued.” Read the full story by the Northwest Indiana Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200918-cargo

Researcher who first warned of Flint water crisis now says lead exposure ‘not as bad as first feared’

On: September 18, 2020

A crusading researcher who first identified the corrosiveness of Flint water and elevated levels of lead in city water now says residents’ exposure to the poison was “not as bad as first feared.” Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200918-Flint

Great Lakes fisheries missed out on millions for pandemic aid

On: September 18, 2020

Commercial fishers in the Great Lakes have been left out of federal aid for fisheries nationwide, to the tune of $300 million. (The Great Lakes got zero.) A fettered market cost the regional fishery $50 million this spring, according to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission. Read the full story by Interlochen Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200918-fisheries

State orders dam owner to make “critical” repair to part of Edenville dam

On: September 18, 2020

Michigan regulators are ordering the owners of the Edenville dam in Midland to make critically needed repairs to the structure. The dam cracked on May 19, after days of heavy rain. Now four months later, there’s still a gaping hole in the dam. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200918-Edenville-dam

Minnesota kayaker has history around the Great Lakes; now he’s crossing them

On: September 18, 2020

Prior Lake, Minnesota kayaker and Great Lakes veteran Mike Stout pushed aside any trepidation and paddled alone across Lake Michigan. Read the full story by the Star Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200918-kayaker

Money to keep invasive Asian carp out of the Great Lakes

On: September 17, 2020

This month, the U.S. Senate approved funding to appropriate $8 million to the Department of Natural Resources for Michigan’s contribution to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan to rebuild the Brandon Road Lock and Dam in Illinois. Read the full story by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200917-brandon-road-carp-lock-dam

Patrick Canniff

Dream Hub presents a creative spin on Asian carp for those in need

On: September 17, 2020

Dream Hub CEO discusses an event hosted by Dream Hall where Asian carp was served to people in need as a product from their incubator kitchens for the Illinois Kane County food hub. Listen to the full story by WGN Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200917-eat-asian-carp

Patrick Canniff

U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow calls rapid warming of Great Lakes ‘incredibly alarming’

On: September 17, 2020

The Great Lakes are warming faster than the oceans. And Lake Superior, which is the largest, deepest Great Lake, … is one of the five fastest-warming lakes in the world,” says Democratic U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan. Listen to the full story by Yale Climate Connections.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200917-great-lakes-climate-change

Patrick Canniff

Report: Line 5 pipeline disruption would cost Upper Peninsula taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars

On: September 17, 2020

A report authored by Mackinac Center for Public Policy Environmental Policy and the Minnesota-based Center for the American Experiment challenges the shut down and new construction for the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac, citing projected exorbitant costs for Michigan UP homeowners. Read the full story by The Center Square.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200917-michigan-line-5

Patrick Canniff

Gov. Whitmer announces new program to help communities address climate change

On: September 17, 2020

On Sept. 16^th Governor of Michigan Gretchen Whitmer announced a new initiative in partnership with The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) called the Catalyst Communities program. Read the full story by WSMH-TV – Flint, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200917-michigan-climate-change

Patrick Canniff

Wolves reintroduced on Isle Royale are starting to settle in

On: September 17, 2020

According to a new report from the long-running wolf study conducted by Michigan Technological University and the National Park Service, the newly released wolves transported to Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior seem to be making themselves at home. Read and listen to the full story by Lake Superior News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200917-isle-royale

Patrick Canniff

Soo lock construction shifts into 24/7 gear

On: September 17, 2020

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports that phase one construction of the new lock has shifted to around-the-clock operations, as of Sept. 8; the new lock will provide a safeguard against a potential breakdown of the adjacent Poe Lock, the largest lock in the Seaway chain, which opened to navigation in 1969. Read the full story by Sootoday.com.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200917-soo-lock-construction

Patrick Canniff

Ontario’s controversial cormorant cull has begun

On: September 17, 2020

Earlier this summer the government of Ontario said it had received many complaints about the growing number of double-crested cormorants. After an announcement in July, an annual harvest season has started Sept. 15^th and will continue until December 31^st. Read the full story by Radio Canada International.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200917-cormorant-cull-ontario

Patrick Canniff

Lakewood’s Waste Water Treatment Plant project moving ahead on schedule

On: September 17, 2020

The project is part of an effort by Lakewood, Ohio to adhere to the EPA’s Clean Water Act requiring communities to identify, control and either permit or eliminate stormwater; the issue is the city’s 100-year-old sewer system wasn’t designed to handle large storm events. Read the full story by Cleveland.com

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200917-stormwater-sewer

Patrick Canniff

Surging demand for wheat, canola boost struggling Ontario shippers

On: September 17, 2020

The Chamber of Marine Commerce says that demand for wheat, canola and soybeans is pushing grain shipments up by 20 per cent in some of Ontario ports, though shipments in the Great Lakes Seaway are still down eight per cent overall compared to this time last year. Read the full story by Canadian Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200917-shipping-boost

Patrick Canniff

‘Poison pill’ ruling for Lake Erie wind farm will stand, according to draft order

On: September 16, 2020

The Ohio Power Siting Board is preparing to rule that it will not revisit its decision to allow the construction of Icebreaker Wind, the nation’s first freshwater offshore wind farm, in Lake Erie, with restrictions that backers say would doom the project. Read the full story by the Plain Dealer.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200916-wind

Flood watch issued for Great Lakes shorelines in Chatham-Kent

On: September 16, 2020

Strong winds in the forecast over the next few days has prompted the local conservation authority to issue a flood watch for areas of Chatham-Kent in Ontario. Read the full story by Blackburn News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200916-shorelines

DNR: Avoid eating deer livers in Marinette area

On: September 16, 2020

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is warning people not to eat deer livers if the animal was harvested in the Marinette area due to PFAS concerns. Read the full story by the Associated Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200916-PFAS-deer

In Michigan, rising lake levels disturb sacred ground along Lake Michigan’s shores

On: September 16, 2020

High water Lake Michigan water levels are disturbing and eroding centuries old burial grounds. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200916-rising-lake

Province’s ‘baffling’ cormorant cull is ‘going to be a disaster’

On: September 16, 2020

While the province of Ontario says it’s a necessary step, the widespread double-crested cormorant cull that began this week is drawing some pointed criticism. Read the full story by the Sudbury News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200916-record-high

Lake Michigan level down, but still a record high for August

On: September 16, 2020

As expected, the level of Lake Michigan declined slightly in August, though it’s no surprise to anyone who lives on or visits the shoreline that it remains extremely high. Read the full story by the Green Bay Press Gazette.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200916-record-high

What do high water levels mean for Michigan? Join us online to discuss.

On: September 16, 2020

Bridge Michigan invites readers to join our team Sept. 29 for our monthly Lunch Break discussion, this time focused on a critical environmental issue facing communities along the Great Lakes. Read the full story by Bridge Magazine.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200916-water-levels

Paddlers in Michigan learn to thwart a common foe (invasive species) as fall comes

On: September 16, 2020

If you’re paddling anywhere in Michigan, a statewide program called MI Paddle Stewards will train you to spy on and report invasive species, like plants, fish, snails, viruses or other organisms that threaten the health of ecosystems, farms and even ourselves. Read the full story by the South Bend Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200916-invasive

Under threat from high water, Great Lakes cities, property owners strive to become more resilient

On: September 15, 2020

Record-setting water levels on the Great Lakes have caused erosion and flooding that’s cost shoreline communities an estimated $500 million in damage. Many lakefront landowners and local governments are now examining ways to make their properties more resilient. Read and listen to the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200915-water-resilience

14-year-old becomes youngest person ever to swim across Lake Erie

On: September 15, 2020

A Canadian teen recently became the youngest person ever to swim across Lake Erie. Her effort has raised more than $20,000 for Make-A-Wish Southwestern Ontario. Read the full story by CBC Kids News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200915-lake-erie-swim

Isle Royale wolf update: Surprise pups, a missing wolf and ‘a lot of tension’

On: September 15, 2020

The first wolf pups in several years have been born on Michigan’s remote Isle Royale, surprising researchers who have been tracking the large new batch of wolves transplanted into the wilderness there in the last two years. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200915-isle-royale-wolves

Lost car ferry discovered 110 years after sinking in Lake Michigan

On: September 15, 2020

The final resting place of the Pere Marquette 18 is under about 500 feet of water roughly 25 miles off Sheboygan, Wisconsin. She was long sought-after by Great Lakes wreck hunters, driven in part by the mystery surrounding her final voyage. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200915-ferry-shipwreck

Cuomo welcomes new ice breaker to Niagara

On: September 15, 2020

New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has welcomed a new ice breaking tugboat designated to work in the Niagara River to help alleviate shoreline flooding and reduce the likelihood of ice limiting the power production at large hydro plants along the Niagara River. Read the full story by the Niagara Gazette.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200915-niagara-icebreaker

Cormorant hunt scheduled to start Tuesday despite controversy

On: September 15, 2020

The controversial culling of cormorants in Ontario starts Tuesday, intended to protect the fish population, the province says, but many groups disagree. Read the full story by CTV News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200915-cormorant-hunt

Wisconsin wild rice is unique in the world, but some worry about effects of climate change

On: September 15, 2020

Wild rice harvest season runs through mid-September in northern Wisconsin, and while many tribal and non-tribal people are enjoying their annual pilgrimages to their favorite rice wetlands, others are concerned about the effects of climate change on this unique crop. Read the full story by Green Bay Press Gazette.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200915-wildrice

COMMENTARY: Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council and partners intervene in Line 5 case

On: September 15, 2020

Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council, along with partners Michigan Environmental Council, National Wildlife Federation, and the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, have been granted permission to participate in a Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) regulatory case involving plans to construct the Line 5 pipeline into a tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac. Read the full story by the Petoskey News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200915-line5

Complete Eradication: Researchers look at removing sea lamprey from the Great Lakes

On: September 15, 2020

Sea lamprey control efforts have been so successful that some researchers now suggest a more permanent solution: complete eradication of the pest from the Great Lakes. Read the full story by GreatLakesNow.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200915-lamprey

Senators seek to increase USCG Great Lakes icebreaking

On: September 15, 2020

U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) have introduced the Great Lakes Winter Commerce Act. The bipartisan legislation aims to codify the U.S. Coast Guard’s icebreaking mission on the Great Lakes and increase the icebreaking capacity of the Great Lakes fleet. Read the full story by MarineLog.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200915-icebreaking

UW creates economic model to assess monetary damage of Great Lakes from climate change

On: September 14, 2020

Researchers from the University of Waterloo have developed a new method for assessing the economic impact of climate change on the Great Lakes. Read the full story by Kitchener Today.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200914-economics-model

The DNR is again forced to use its secondary sites to collect salmon eggs for stocking

On: September 14, 2020

For the second consecutive year, poor conditions at Wisconsin’s primary chinook salmon egg collection facility have caused state fisheries staff to turn to backup sites to support the Lake Michigan stocking program. Read the full story by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200914-salmon-stocking

Charges: Northern MN resort owners illegally caught fish in Canada, sold them as bait

On: September 14, 2020

Three resort owners in Minnesota are accused of catching ciscoes in the protected waters of Quentico Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada, and selling them throughout northern Minnesota to be used as bait. Read the full story by Bring Me The News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200914-illegal-bait

Whitmer says Line 5 easement decision coming in ‘very near future’

On: September 14, 2020

An extensive state review of Canadian energy giant Enbridge’s compliance with easement requirements for its Line 5 pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac is wrapping up soon, according to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200914-pipeline-decision

EGLE actively reviewing Nestle decision

On: September 14, 2020

The director of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy is reviewing an administrative law judge’s decision to allow the water bottling company Nestle to increase withdrawals in northern Michigan. Read the full story by Cadillac News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200914-nestle-decision

DNR invites public input on wolf plan update

On: September 14, 2020

Minnesota’s iconic wolf is the focus of upcoming public input opportunities sponsored by the Department of Natural Resources. In three virtual meetings and a parallel online input period, the public will be asked to provide input on updates to the state’s wolf management plan. Read the full story by Lake Superior News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200914-wolf-plan-update

Enbridge can restart east segment of Line 5 pipeline

On: September 14, 2020

A Michigan Circuit Court judge ruled that the Canadian energy company Enbridge can restart the east segment of the Line 5 crude oil pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac that had been shut down by court order in June. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200914-line-5

Great Lakes water levels still high as fall storms approach

On: September 14, 2020

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials report that despite seasonal declines, Great Lakes water levels remain high as fall storms approach. Read the full story by WNEM-TV – Saginaw, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200914-high-water

Crew finds long-sought Lake Michigan shipwreck

On: September 14, 2020

Crews recently discovered another Lake Michigan shipwreck, the Pere Marquette 18, a freighter that sank in September of 1910. Read the full story by The Associated Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200914-shipwreck

Muskegon Lake trail damaged by erosion, high water getting repaired

On: September 14, 2020

Sections of the Lakeshore Trail along Muskegon Lake in west Michigan that were damaged by erosion and high water are expected to be restored beginning this fall. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200914-muskegon-lake-trail