The first ocean-going vessel arrived Monday at the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor, officially commencing the 2020 international shipping season. Read the full story by The Michigan City News-Dispatch.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200414-Shipping
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $6.4 million in funding to the FishPass projected planned for the Union Street Dam in Traverse City, Michigan, through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. Read the full story by the Traverse City Ticker.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200414-FishPass
High winds and bone-chilling temperatures were not only a reminder that winter-like weather is sticking around just a little bit longer. It also brought back the growing concern about erosion on the shores of the Great Lakes. Read the full story by UpNorthLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200414-erosion
As residents head outdoors to freshen backyard ponds and launch fishing boats, state and provincial resource managers are urging everyone to keep a few simple guidelines in mind to keep the Great Lakes safe. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200414-invasive
The coronavirus pandemic keeping millions of Americans in their homes may keep Great Lakes freighter crews from setting foot on land for weeks at a time, all in an effort to promote safety through social distancing. Read the full story by the Alpena News.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200413-freighter
The coronavirus pandemic keeping millions of Americans in their homes may keep Great Lakes freighter crews from setting foot on land for weeks at a time, all in an effort to promote safety through social distancing. Read the full story by the Alpena News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200413-freighter
A grass carp was located last month during a Michigan DNR survey of the Tittabawassee River, below the Dow Dam in Midland County. Read the full story by 9 & 10 News.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200413-carp
High-water levels that could set records throughout the Great Lakes are expected to persist for at least the next six months, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reported in its six-month forecast. Read the full story by Ellwood City Ledger.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200413-erie-waters
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has canceled its in-person classes for outdoor safety certificates and is now offering only online courses. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200413-dnr-education
The County Road Association of Michigan on Thursday, April 9, released estimated damage figures to county road infrastructure caused by high water levels on the Great Lakes. Read the full story by the White Lake Beacon.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200413-lakes-infrastructure
The city is requesting $900,000 from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, $700,000 of which would be used to acquire up to 535 acres along the St. Louis River; the goal is to restore the land with native plant species, and preserve it for years to come. Read and view the full story by WDIO – TV – Duluth, MN.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200413-duluth-river
The Lake-to-River Corridor comprises four counties in Ohio, which border western Pennsylvania and connect Lake Erie to the Ohio River, and aims to capitalize on available properties and other assets and to align the resources of the five partner organizations for mutual benefit. Read the full story by The Business Journal.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200413-lake-corridor
A series of measures intended to curb the spread of the coronavirus could have implications for Michigan’s recreational fishery in the coming years. Read the full story by MiBiz.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200413-fish-virus
Utility providers are proposing to move away from drawing millions of gallons of water daily as part of operating a planned $700 million natural gas plant in Superior, Wisconsin. The providers are asking the Wisconsin Public Service Commission to consider another alternative after hearing concerns about the plant’s water use from residents, regulators and stakeholders. Read and listen to the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200410-withdrawal
Canadian crews aboard most Canadian-flagged cargo vessels have agreed not to leave their ships when they arrive at their destinations, which means they can be restricted to their vessels for up to three months at a time. Read the full story by the St. Catharines Standard.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200410-ships
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to unfold, the expected economic toll on tourism towns is only getting worse. Read the full story by The Herald-Palladium.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200410-tourism
Additional funds provided by Congress for Great Lakes environmental improvements will be used to hasten cleanups of highly toxic sites and step up work on other longstanding forms of pollution, federal officials said Thursday. Read the full story by The Associated Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200410-funding
The City of Windsor, Ontario is distributing a brochure to 17,000 homes in the Riverside neighborhood at the greatest risk should record-high lake and river levels lead to overland flooding in the coming weeks. Read the full story by the Windsor Star.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200410-flooding
Bowling Green State University researchers produced some important work recently, looking at the potential to turn liquid wastewater into solid, nutrient-filled fertilizer that can be safely transported to and used on farm fields. Read the full story by The Toledo Blade.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200410-phosphate
A Curtice, Ohio fishery has been charged with wildlife violations after Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife investigators observed abuse and wanton waste of highly-prized game fish on Lake Erie. Read the full story by WTGV-TV – Columbus, OH.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200410-fishery
The popular car ferry S.S. Badger, which carries passengers across Lake Michigan, will delay the start of its 2020 season by about a month in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the full story by the Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200410-ferry
According to projections presented at the Wisconsin Lakes and Rivers Convention last week, the climate, the waters, and the species of northern Wisconsin could look like today’s southern Wisconsin by the middle of the century. Read and listen to the full story by WXPR – Rhinelander, WI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200410-change
The International Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Board said Wednesday that, as of Monday, the lake’s level is 246.92 feet, which is about 16 inches above its long-term average for this point in the year, but 14 inches below the record level recorded in 2019. Read the full story by the Adirondack Daily Enterprise.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200410-ontario
One of the biggest historical sources of pollution to the St. Clair River is about to be fully eliminated. Port Huron, Michigan, has awarded a nearly $2 million contract to separate combined sewers around the Blue Water Bridge Plaza, wrapping up a 21-year, $178 million project. Read the full story by The Voice.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200409-port-huron
The American chair of the International Joint Commission said Friday that precipitation amounts in the coming months will determine the risk of high water or flooding on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. Read the full story by The Daily News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200409-ijc
The EPA is asking the city of Duluth, Minnesota, to apply to receive funding from the agency’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. If awarded, the EPA would give $900,000 to help restore and maintain the St. Louis River Natural Area. Read the full story by KQDS-TV – Duluth, MN.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200409-duluth
Lakes Michigan and Huron, along with Erie and St. Clair, set new monthly mean water level records for March, breaking the previous record from 1986, the Detroit District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Tuesday. Read the full story by the Green Bay Press-Gazette.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200409-water-levels
Enbridge Inc. applied Wednesday for state and federal authorization to construct an oil pipeline tunnel beneath the Michigan waterway that connects two of the Great Lakes. Read the full story by The Associated Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200409-enbridge
The first saltwater ship of the 2020 shipping season has made its way to Duluth, Minnesota. Read the full story by KWDS-TV – Duluth, MN.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200409-shipping
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s $172 million H2Ohio plan to save Lake Erie from harmful algal blooms might be cut because of budget deficits created by the coronavirus pandemic. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200409-habs
The International Lake Ontario – St. Lawrence River Board is predicting rising water levels on Lake Ontario this spring, however the international body says current forecasts suggest the levels may not be as high as they were in 2017 and 2019. Read the full story by the Niagara Gazette.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200409-flooding
To minimize crowd size walleye fishing, Governor DeWine has banned the sale of non-resident fishing licenses. Individuals fishing are expected to still follow social distancing guidelines. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200408-walleye-run
Lakewood Councilman-at-Large Tom Bullock recently presented a letter he initiated to the Ohio Power Siting Board, which shows regional support among elected officials in favor of the Icebreaker Wind project. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200408-lakewood
Read how journalist Abigail Diaz retraces her family roots to a Great Lakes ship captain. Read the full story by the Herald Times Reporter.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200408-captain-blaney
At a time when western Lake Erie is likely holding more walleye than it has in decades, and at a point in the fishing season when those highly-prized sportfish are hitting baits like crazy, often filling each angler’s six-fish limit in an hour or two, the charter fleet remains moored at the docks. Read the full story by The Toledo Blade.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200408-charter-fleet
Things are looking up — and up and up — for water levels for Lake St. Clair this spring. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Tuesday released its projections for the spring season for the Great Lake and predictions call for continued high water levels. Read the full story by the Macomb Daily.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200408-StClair-levels
Beleaguered Lake Ontario shoreline residents aren’t out of the woods yet but damaging high water seems less likely than it did several months ago. Read the full story by the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200408-ontario-floods
The City of Marquette, Michigan is moving forward on a project to reconstruct parts of Lakeshore Boulevard. Erosion continues to be a problem on portions of the road closest to Lake Superior. Read the full story by WLUC-TV-Marquette, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200408-reconstruction
The competitive fishing season is arriving, but not to Detroit with the cancellation of the Detroit River walleye tournament near Trenton, Michigan last week. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200408-sports
Vandals are to blame for 30,000 gallons of sewage that seeped into Michigan’s West Fork of Portage Creek between the dates of March 28 and 30, according to Kalamazoo Public Services Director James Baker. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200408-sewage-vandals
Water levels on Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan and Lake St. Clair broke records that were set in 1986 last month. These levels are expected to stay high and rise toward their peaks. The peaks are expected in late spring or summer. Read the full story by WDIV-TV-Detroit, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200408-water-levels
Cyanobacteria can’t grow in the Great Lakes Basin without NASA knowing. Green or reddish-brown streaks popping up in the region’s freshwater can be a problem. But satellites high above Earth keep an eye on their growth. Read the full story by the Great Lakes Echo.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200408-sky-eye
Travel may not be an option for people right now, but there are many ways to still take in the sights – including through photos of hard-to-find views of the massive freighters that cross the Great Lakes. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200408-freighter-photo
Anglers are at risk of contracting E. coli while fishing in Michigan’s Pine River, according to a recent study. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200407-pine-river-fish
Researchers who need help monitoring the flow of Lake Superior tributaries in and around the Duluth-Superior area in Minnesota are seeking volunteers to text in their observations. Read the full story by Duluth News Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200407-stream-flow-monitoring
Wisconsin environmental regulators say they’re still moving forward on work to address so-called forever chemicals, known as PFAS, during the coronavirus pandemic. Yet, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources acknowledges some work is being postponed. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200407-wisconsin-pfas
The great outdoors are about the only thing open amid the coronavirus pandemic. Fishing is allowed under Michigan’s Gov. Whitmer’s stay home order, as long as people can follow social distancing guidelines. Read the full story by The Times Herald.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200407-anglers-still-casting
Lake Superior water levels went up by eight tenths of an inch in March, a month that normally sees a decline. Read the full story by KDAL – Duluth, MN.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200407-lake-superior-high-water
The biggest city in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is closing its parks amid the outbreak of COVID-19. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200407-marquette-closes-parks
Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior is delaying its annual opening from April 15 until at least June 15 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the full story by Post Bulletin.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200407-isle-royale-delays-opening
