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Lake and river cleanup events hampered by high water, erosion, and pandemic

On: June 11, 2020

Lake and river trash cleanup efforts in West Michigan are adapting in the wake of high-water levels and the coronavirus pandemic. The water levels affect the location of waterfront cleanups and threaten the safety of pick-up efforts, while the pandemic has forced organizers to reschedule cleanups and rework the trash pick-up process. Read the full story by Rapid Growth Media.

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Great Lakes cruise ships will not sail the freshwaters in 2020

On: June 11, 2020

In another blow to the Great Lakes tourism industry, Victory Cruise Lines announced that it will not sail cruise vessels throughout the Great Lakes region this year. Read the full story by WKFR – Radio – Battle Creek, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200611-cruise

Summer 2020 beach monitoring begins; E. coli tests weekly through Sept. 2

On: June 11, 2020

Traverse City, Michigan, recently started its weekly testing of all the waters at the city’s beaches this week to monitor the safety of water for swimming. Read the full story by the Traverse City Record Eagle.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200611-traverse-testing

COMMENTARY: Erie’s water resources must be at heart of planning: Sarah Bennett

On: June 11, 2020

Lake Erie’s provides recreation for residents and tourists that supports thousands of jobs in the Erie, Pennsylvania area. To support revitalization efforts in the area that is sustainable and helps Lake Erie, decision-makers need to have more holistic conversations about projects that impact the Erie waterfront. Read the full story by the Record Herald.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200611-erie-water-resource

Thousands of dead fish wash up along Lake Erie shoreline

On: June 10, 2020

Thousands of dead fish are washing up along the southern shore of Lake Erie, but experts say the phenomenon shouldn’t concern people. ODNR said it has taken reports and studied every possible explanation, and determined there is nothing for Ohioans to worry about. Read the full story by WJW-TV- Cleveland, OH.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200610-dead-fish

MSU receives $1M federal grant to improve water quality in Michigan

On: June 10, 2020

The Institute of Water Research through Michigan State University has received a $1 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to help reduce agricultural field runoff in the Saginaw River watershed through farmer-led outreach and education. Read the full story by WLNS-TV-East Lansing, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200610-water-quality

Federal court upholds Enbridge’s Great Lakes spill plans

On: June 10, 2020

Enbridge has produced legally acceptable plans for dealing with a potential spill from oil pipelines that cross a Michigan channel linking two of the Great Lakes, according to a federal appeals court. Read the full story by the Associated Press.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200610-spill-plans

Manitou Island Transit suspends ferry service to islands

On: June 10, 2020

Manitou Island Transit ferry services will not operate this season because of dock conditions on both North and South Manitou islands. Read the full story by the Traverse City Record-Eagle.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200610-ferry-service

More Great Lakes trouble as new research finds Asian carp could establish in Saginaw Bay

On: June 10, 2020

A recent study finds bighead and silver carp – two invasive fish collectively known as bigheaded carp – are capable of surviving and establishing itself in Michigan’s Saginaw Bay. Read the full story by WJBK-TV- Detroit, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200610-asian-carp

Iconic Iosco County gypsum bin to be demolished offshore in Lake Huron

On: June 10, 2020

Due to safety concerns, a large storage bin built in the 1920s out in Lake Huron near Tawas, Michigan is set to be demolished this summer. Read the full story by MLive.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200610-gypsum-bin

Isle Royale National Park begins phased re-opening for boaters

On: June 10, 2020

As national parks nationwide grapple with when and how to safely welcome the public during a socially distanced summer, Lake Superior’s Isle Royale National Park has rolled out the latest update in its phased opening for the 2020 season. Read the full story by MLive.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200610-Isle-Royale

Steel production has plummeted 16.9% this year

On: June 10, 2020

Steel production has plunged by 16.9% for the year, while steel capacity utilization is down 26 percentage points as compared to the same time last year, largely as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Read the full story by the Northwest Indiana Times.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200610-steel-production

Major deal to ‘completely revitalize’ Niagara shipyard

On: June 10, 2020

Previously shut out of the Canadian federal government’s plan to rebuild its Navy and Coast Guard fleets, Heddle Shipyards now has a chance at gaining work in the multibillion-dollar project having reached a deal with British Columbia-based Seaspan Shipyards that could bring long-term work to the company’s Port Weller dry docks as well as its yards in Hamilton and Thunder Bay. Read the full story by the St. Catharines Standard.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200610-shipyard

Humpback whale found dead in river leading to Great Lakes

On: June 10, 2020

A humpback whale that stole the hearts of Montrealers when it spent time in one of the city’s ports – far from its natural habitat – was found dead in the St. Lawrence River. Read the full story by MLive.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200610-whale

Outdoors: Unwanted crustaceans a growing concern in Michigan

On: June 9, 2020

Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officers recently confiscated over 2,000 pounds of live red swamp crayfish being smuggled across the United States-Canada international border, making this the largest aquatic invasive species seizure by the MDNR. Read the full story by The Toledo Blade.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200609-crayfish

Oakland County commissioners want dams inspected annually, with results accessible to residents

On: June 9, 2020

The Oakland County Board of Commissioners are requesting that all county-owned dams undergo more frequent in-depth inspections, rather than once every three years as required by the State of Michigan. Read the full story by The Oakland Press.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200609-inspection

Lake Erie mayflies still waiting to hatch

On: June 9, 2020

Every June, hundreds of billions of mayflies come out of Lake Erie. The mayflies are still on the bottom of the lake, waiting for it to heat up enough for them to be able to come up through the water and hatch at the surface. Read the full story by WNWO-TV – Toledo, OH.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200609-mayflies

Seaway lifting restriction on pleasure craft transiting Welland Canal

On: June 9, 2020

Restrictions on pleasure craft traffic transiting St. Lawrence Seaway’s eight-lock Welland Canal and Lake Ontario-Montreal section are being eased and the locks will be open to recreational boating by next week. Read the full story by The Standard.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200609-pleasure-craft

Scientists find 117 chemicals in Grand Portage fish and lake bottom

On: June 9, 2020

An extensive three-year research study of lakes in and around the Grand Portage Indian Reservation in Minnesota has found an abundance of pharmaceuticals, personal care products, hormones, pesticides, and other chemicals in water, lake bottoms, and fish. Read the full story by The Circle News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200609-chemicals

DNR to hold virtual hearing on Enbridge plans for oil pipeline through northern Wisconsin

On: June 9, 2020

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is planning a virtual public hearing on a Canadian company’s plans to reroute an oil pipeline around a Native American reservation in northern Wisconsin. Read the full story by the Wisconsin State Journal.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200609-pipeline

Whitmer will soon request federal ‘major disaster’ declaration for mid-Michigan floods

On: June 9, 2020

Michigan’s Gov. Whitmer announced that she is planning to send a letter to the federal government requesting a FEMA “major disaster” declaration for the areas impacted by the dam failure flooding. Read the full story by MLive.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200609-disaster

State seeks access to failed dam and lake bed to assess damage to mussels

On: June 9, 2020

Michigan agencies have served the owners of the failed Edenville dam with a warrant to inspect the lake bed and adjacent wetlands for evidence that mussels or other aquatic creatures were harmed by its failure last month. Read the full story by The Detroit News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200609-mussels

Epidemic of wipes and masks plagues sewers, storm drains

On: June 9, 2020

Wastewater plants in the Great Lakes and across the country are experiencing clogged pipes from face masks, gloves, and wipes that residents have flushed down the toilet. Read the full story by Associated Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200609-wipes

By paying attention, tribes in the Northwoods are leading the way on climate change

On: June 9, 2020

Anishinaabe tribes in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan are adapting to climate change by prioritizing relationship-building and observation of the land. Read the full story by Yale Climate Connections.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200609-climate-change

Lake Erie algae bloom expected to be smaller than last year

On: June 8, 2020

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s most recent early season projection for western Lake Erie, this year’s harmful algal blooms are expected to be smaller than last year. Read the full story by the Port Clinton News Herald.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200608-bloom

Breakwater at Muskegon’s Pere Marquette Park is walkable again, after months of repair work

On: June 8, 2020

A months-long, $1.6 million repair project on the south breakwater structure at Pere Marquette Park in Muskegon, Michigan is almost completed, rendering the walkway out towards Muskegon’s iconic lighthouse safe to traverse. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200608-breakwater

COMMENTARY: Lake Erie living up to walleye reputation

On: June 8, 2020

For a place known as “The Walleye Capital of the World,” the combination of great hatches and smart management by Ohio fisheries officials has resulted in Lake Erie showing off this year like no other. Read the full story by the Tribune Chronicle.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200608-walleye

Education builds lasting connections to Michigan’s environment

On: June 8, 2020

Michigan’s Environment and Relative Risk, a report intended to set Michigan’s course for environmental protection, claimed that an uninformed, unaware public was one of the biggest environmental risks Michigan faced. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200608-education

Lake Ontario ‘aquatic landfill’ to contain 150-year-old toxic blob from industrial pollution

On: June 8, 2020

A $139 million underwater box the size of six city blocks is being built to contain a contaminated zone underwater in Lake Ontario’s Hamilton Harbour for some 200 years. Read the full story by The Narwhal.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200608-containment

Lake levels give rise to legal questions

On: June 8, 2020

Both state and federal experts advise shoreline communities and property owners to prepare for record high water levels through summer’s end on Lake Michigan — and associated conflicts bound to arise. Read the full story by the Traverse City Record-Eagle.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200608-levels

COVID-19 Cruise Cut: Great Lakes cruise season postpones trips until 2021

On: June 8, 2020

Once left ambiguously up in the air, the rest of the 2020 cruising season in the Great Lakes has been officially postponed until 2021, due largely to preventative measures taken by both American and Canadian ports restricting cruise ship docking to halt the spread of COVID-19. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200608-cruise

Groups help Upper Peninsula communities with tire cleanup

On: June 8, 2020

Two nonprofit groups are teaming up with communities in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to properly dispose of old automobile tires that have been dumped over the years and contain chemicals and heavy metals that can pollute land and water. Read the full story by The Associated Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200608-tires

NWI Forum’s Kay Nelson named to EPA’s Great Lakes Advisory Board

On: June 8, 2020

Great Lakes Commissioner and Northwest Indiana Forum Director of Environmental Affairs Kay Nelson was appointed to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Great Lakes Advisory Board, which provides advice on the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement between the United States and Canada. Read the full story by the Northwest Indiana Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200608-glab

Unprecedented sewage spill foreshadows a new normal

On: June 8, 2020

Data shows a gush of raw sewage into West Grand Traverse Bay last month was the largest of its kind in decades. Experts worry similar spills, and the conditions that cause them, will become more commonplace as climate change drives more frequent weather extremes. Read the full story by the Traverse City Record-Eagle.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200608-sewage

Huizenga: Great Lakes are a significant resource economically, ecologically

On: June 5, 2020

On Wednesday, June 3, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced the re-establishment of the Great Lakes Advisory Board, during an event at the Grand Valley State University Annis Water Research Institute in Muskegon, Michigan. Read the full story by Holland Sentinel.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200605-advisory-board

Bigheaded carp pose big threat, new model suggests

On: June 5, 2020

Bigheaded carp are a big threat to yellow perch, according to a new model that forecasts what would happen over the next several decades if bighead and silver carp made it into Lake Huron’s Saginaw Bay. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200605-carp-threat

State pollution control deems Duluth drinking water safe

On: June 5, 2020

Samples of water taken into Duluth’s Lakewood pump house “did not reveal any concerns about the safety of the drinking water drawn,” said a top state official in a letter to St. Louis County, Minnesota last week. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200605-duluth-pollution

Upton, EPA administrator tour Lake MI to view erosion, clean up progress

On: June 5, 2020

On Tuesday, June 2, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler and U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, toured Lake Michigan around St. Joseph, Michigan to view cases of shoreline erosion, pollution clean up progress and more. Read the full story by the Holland Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200605-michigan-erosion

With Lake Ontario levels below 2019, IJC stops deviating from Plan 2014

On: June 5, 2020

The International Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Board had been deviating from the prescribed outflow levels set forth in its water management plan, Plan 2014, since last October in order to avoid a repeat of flooding along the Lake Ontario shoreline in 2019. But officials now say that thanks to higher outflows, when Lake Ontario peaked in early May it was 20 inches lower than where it peaked last year. Read the full story by WRVO – Syracuse, NY.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200605-ontario-levels

Lake Huron awash with microplastics, Centre for Coastal Conservation says

On: June 5, 2020

In a webinar held June 4, the coastal stewardship coordinator for the Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation said its data suggests that 600 tonnes of microplastic enter Lake Huron annually. Read the full story by the Clinton News Record.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200605-huron-microplastic

Hundreds of dead fish wash up in Sandusky Bay

On: June 5, 2020

It was a beautiful summer scene along the shores of Sandusky Bay in Ohio on Thursday… once you got past the smell. A few days before, plenty of dead fish lined the shores, with few now remaining that hadn’t been picked apart by other wildlife. Biologists say events like this are completely natural processes — especially with the specific type of fish floating up. Read the full story by WTVG – TV – Toledo, OH.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200605-dead-fish

No-boat zone from Windsor shorelines increased to 61 metres

On: June 5, 2020

Boaters recreating in Windsor waters are now required to stay at least 61 metres (200 feet) from the shore, according to the Windsor Port Authority. Read the full story by the Windsor Star.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200605-windsor-boating

Port of Thunder Bay reports busy month for grain

On: June 5, 2020

Port of Thunder Bay experienced another strong month for grain shipments in May. More than 1.1 million metric tonnes (MT) of Canadian grain traversed the harbour, feeding strong demand for the commodity overseas. Read the full story by Lake Superior News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200605-thunder-bay

You can take a ride on a pirate ship to Mackinac Island

On: June 5, 2020

Starting June 19, the Good Fortune pirate ship will set sail for passengers to receive daily and nightly tours to Mackinac Island. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200605-pirate-ship

A legacy of mine waste: groups fight to save Lake Superior reef, shoreline

On: June 4, 2020

For decades, toxic mining waste known as stamp sands was dumped into Lake Superior along the Keweenaw Peninsula in Michigan. Now, these sands are drifting along the shoreline, smothering critical habitat for fish and aquatic wildlife and threatening historical fishing waters for Lake Superior’s Ojibwe tribes. Read the full story by WXPR – Rhinelander, WI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200604-stamp-sands

Door County urges social distancing on beaches despite thinner shorelines

On: June 4, 2020

In Door County, Wisconsin, beaches are open, but people are asked to practice social distancing amid COVID-19 safety measures. However, with less space on land due to high lake levels and beach erosion, and people crowding as a possible result, some people may avoid beaches altogether. Read the full story by the Green Bay Press-Gazette.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200604-door-co

Army Corps of Engineers to aid St. Joseph in dredging Lake Michigan to prevent erosion

On: June 4, 2020

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is stepping in to help the city of St. Joseph, Michigan, save their beaches. The Corps is spreading sediments dredged from St. Joseph Harbor along the beaches to offset losses from erosion. Read the full story by WSBT-TV – South Bend, IN.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200604-st-joseph-harbor

Some good news, Lake Erie may not turn as yucky this summer as some past years

On: June 4, 2020

Scientists at NOAA are predicting less severe harmful algal blooms on Lake Erie this year, unless there is excessive rainfall in the coming months. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200604-habs-forecast

Dow, EGLE testing at Midland Superfund site, results to come

On: June 4, 2020

Scientists in Michigan are investigating how the recent flooding in Midland impacted dioxin levels from the Superfund site along the Tittabawassee River, and whether areas downstream of the site may have been contaminated. Read the full story by The Detroit News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200604-dow

Case Western Reserve researcher aims to stop fertilizer runoff into Lake Erie

On: June 4, 2020

A research at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio received $700,000 for projects that develop new methods for removing contaminants from livestock manure and attempt to remove excess nutrients from agricultural runoff. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200604-case-western