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Grand Portage Band launches first Indigenous-led coast guard on Lake Superior

On: October 17, 2025

When the U.S. Coast Guard closed its Grand Marais, Minnesota, station in 2022, it left a gap in safety coverage along a large stretch of Lake Superior. In response, the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has launched what the tribe says is the first Indigenous-led coast guard in the nation. Read the full story by Minnesota Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251017-indigenous-coast-guard

Why midges are suddenly back in Northeast Ohio

On: October 17, 2025

A fresh wave of midges — tiny, non-biting insects — has swarmed parts of Northeast Ohio this week, creating a rare sight for mid-October. Ohio Department of Natural Resources officials said the late-season emergence is tied to Lake Erie’s lingering warmth. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251017-midge-emergence

Village of Fredonia officials urge water conservation due to drought conditions

On: October 17, 2025

Village of Fredonia, New York, officials are urging residents to conserve water in any way they can due to a lack of rain. According to village officials, the water reservoir is in extreme danger of reaching a critically low point, which could hamper the village’s ability to produce and supply adequate drinking water. Read the full story by Spectrum News 1.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251017-drought-conservation

Sturgeon restocking efforts now include Cuyahoga and Sandusky rivers

On: October 17, 2025

The success of a sturgeon restocking program along the Maumee River led the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to expand it this year to the Cuyahoga and Sandusky rivers. On October 4, the Ohio DNR had 2,000 baby lake sturgeon released into the Cuyahoga River. Read the full story by The Toledo Blade.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251017-sturgeon-restocking

Bill would outlaw oil, gas drilling under Lake Erie and Ohio public lands

On: October 17, 2025

Ohio state lawmakers are proposing legislation to ban oil and gas drilling under Lake Erie. While federal law currently prohibits drilling under the Great Lakes, the bill’s sponsors say the state needs to enact its own protections. Read the full story by WTVG – Toledo, OH.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251017-drilling-ban-legislation

EGLE announces first-ever Microplastics Awareness Week

On: October 17, 2025

In a proclamation, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer dedicated Oct. 19-26 as Microplastics Awareness Week. The week includes events in which the public can learn about microplastics, participate in cleanups and discover practical solutions to reduce plastic waste at home. Read the full story by Michigan Public.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251017-microplastics-proclamation

For the first time in its history, St. Croix Chippewa release sturgeon

On: October 17, 2025

For the first time in its history, the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin released lake sturgeon into Clam Lake as part of efforts to restore the ancient fish. The tribe has been working for years to bring sturgeon back to the Clam River system, which is home to a remnant population of the native fish. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251017-sturgeon-release

Annual Freshwater Summit to address Great Lakes research and regional initiatives

On: October 17, 2025

Community members, environmental professionals, and researchers will gather later this month for the 18th Annual Freshwater Summit, an event focused on the latest research and regional efforts to protect the Great Lakes. Read the full story by WWTV – Traverse City, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251017-freshwater-summit

The Great Lakes: Protecting our natural wonder

On: October 17, 2025

From invasive species and pollution to the escalating impacts of climate change, Lake Michigan and the other Great Lakes are grappling with a host of environmental challenges. But in Chicago, scientists and environmentalists are on the front lines, dedicating their time to finding solutions. Read the full story by WLS-TV – Chicago, IL.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251017-environmental-solutions

Eerily intact Lake Huron shipwreck still has coal in its cargo hold after 157 years

On: October 17, 2025

The F.T. Barney, a two-masted schooner, collided with another ship on Oct. 23, 1868, and quickly sank to the bottom of Lake Huron. According to the NOAA Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, divers can clearly see its intact stern cabin, erect main mast, and a cargo hold still full of coal off the coast of Rogers City, Michigan. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251017-intact-shipwreck

Michigan’s premier birding hotspot has guided tours along Lake Superior shoreline

On: October 15, 2025

Michigan’s premier birding hotspot is nestled at the tip of Whitefish Point where the land juts out into Lake Michigan and acts as a natural migration corridor. Thousands of birds travel through the flyway with over 340 species on record. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251015-birding-hotspot

Help on the way as low water levels ground boats at marinas along St. Lawrence River

On: October 15, 2025

After a dry summer and fall, The International Lake Ontario–St. Lawrence River Board says it will temporarily increase outflows from Lake Ontario this week to help recreational boaters on Lac Saint-Louis, southwest of Montreal, remove their watercraft for the season. Read the full story by CBC News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251015-grounded-boats

Michigan adventurer returns to Great Lakes after paddling to Florida and back

On: October 15, 2025

A 24-year-old adventurer canoed the Great Loop, a 6,000 mile trip between the Great Lakes and Florida. The Michigander returned home to share his journey about enduring obstacles like floodwaters, fire ants, invasive carp. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251015-great-loop-paddling

Great Lakes lighthouses at risk without more funding

On: October 15, 2025

Initiatives such as the Michigan Lighthouse Assistance Program and the Save Our Lights program have raised money to keep historic lighthouses along the Great Lakes coastline intact amidst initiatives to privatize their control. Read the full story by Midland Daily News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251015-lighthouse-funding-need

Farmers leading local effort to protect Lake Erie through phosphorus reduction

On: October 15, 2025

The St. Clair Region Conservation Authority is celebrating a successful first year of the Sydenham Phosphorus Reduction Initiative, a project focused on improving water quality in the Sydenham River and protecting the long-term health of Lake Erie. Read the full story by the Sydenham Current.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251015-phosphorus-reduction

Once threatened Lake Erie water snake hunts invasive fish. See viral Kelleys Island video

On: October 15, 2025

Recovery efforts have delisted the once threatened Lake Erie water snake, a native of the Great Lakes islands. The species can grow up to 3.5 feet long and their favorite prey is the round goby, an invasive, nuisance fish species. Read the full story by The Columbus Dispatch.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251015-water-snake

Local leaders learn threat harmful algal blooms pose to Erie community

On: October 15, 2025

Two statewide environmental advocacy groups and other local leaders met at a library in Erie, Pennsylvania to highlight the threat and urgency of mitigating harmful algal blooms and call the public to action. Read the full story by WJET – Erie, PA.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251015-erie-algal-blooms

Rochester will be a stop on some Great Lakes cruises next year

On: October 15, 2025

A brand-new luxury cruise ship, the American Patriot, will begin making regular stops in Rochester, NY next year, providing a boost to local tourism and the city’s image. Read the full story by WXXI – Rochester, NY.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251015-cruise-stop-rochester

Duluth’s River Train extends its river ride season

On: October 15, 2025

The Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad brings passengers on a 2-hour through the St. Louis River estuary aboard what most call the Duluth River Train. To celebrate the railroad’s 45th anniversary, the train is open for its longest season ever. Read the full story by WIDO – Duluth, MN.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251015-river-train

Whitefish crash has Michigan fishers on the brink: ‘It makes you want to cry’

On: October 13, 2025

Once numbering in the thousands, now only dozens of commercial fishers remain in lakes Michigan and Huron as whitefish stock collapse; and unlike other fish crises, this one can’t be fixed by docking boats until stocks recover. Read the full story by Bridge Michigan.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251013-whitefish-fishers

Taaja Tucker-Silva

What to know about Michigan whitefish crisis, from limits to solutions

On: October 13, 2025

The collapse of lake whitefish stocks threatens Michigan’s environment, economy, and culture. Saving lake whitefish requires suppressing quagga and zebra mussels, but now, the infestation is only getting worse. Read the full story by Bridge Michigan.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251013-whitefish-crisis

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Lake Michigan parks face trail erosion issues due to more rain, foot traffic

On: October 13, 2025

Park trails along Lake Michigan’s shoreline in Michigan and Wisconsin are eroding because of more frequent extreme precipitation events and increased foot traffic from visitors in undesignated recreation areas. Read the full story by The Detroit News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251013-trail-erosion

Taaja Tucker-Silva

American, Canadian universities team up to tackle oil spill research in the Great Lakes

On: October 13, 2025

American and Canadian students are teaming up to prevent potential oil spills in the Great Lakes through collaborative research projects. Read the full story by the Sault Ste. Marie News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251013-oil-spill-research

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Another ‘exceptional’ hatch year for walleye in Ohio

On: October 13, 2025

The preliminary results for the 2025 walleye hatch have been ranked ‘Exceptional,’ the highest on the Ohio Division of Wildlife’s scale. This translates into a high probability that this year’s young will enter the fishery in 2027 in numbers of 20 million or more. Read the full story by The Columbus Dispatch.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251013-walleye-hatch

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Hundreds gather in Rome to welcome the Seneca Chief, celebrate Erie Canal bicentennial

On: October 13, 2025

Hundreds gathered in Rome, New York, the birthplace of the Erie Canal, to welcome the Seneca Chief, a full-scale replica of the original vessel that carried New York Governor, DeWitt Clinton, who was credited with the building of the historic waterway. Read the full story by the Utica Observer Dispatch.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251013-erie-canal-celebration

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Huge crowd expected for 50th anniversary memorial of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald

On: October 13, 2025

For the past 40 years, the Split Rock Lighthouse near Beaver Bay, Minnesota, has observed the anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald’s sinking with a beacon lighting ceremony. This year’s event will continue that tradition. Read the full story by Minnesota Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251013-edmund-fitzgerald-ceremony

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Tugboat Arctic was a harbor workhorse. It now rests below Lake Michigan’s waters in Manitowoc

On: October 13, 2025

After nearly 50 years of service, the aging tugboat Arctic was dismantled and beached north of the harbor in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, in 1930. The shipwreck was surveyed in 2017, and its remains can be viewed by divers and snorkelers. Read the full story by the Herald Times Reporter.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251013-tugboat-arctic

Taaja Tucker-Silva

How quickly are Michigan’s lakes cooling off? How warm the lakes are this week

On: October 13, 2025

Michigan is seeing less daylight each day, and we’ve already felt the chill from frost in recent days, meaning the state’s inland water and Great Lakes are quickly cooling off. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251013-lakes-cooling

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Waterfront revival gains steam with $1.75M boost from Michigan budget

On: October 13, 2025

A plan to redevelop the historic railroad ferry terminal grounds in the Lake Michigan village of Elberta, Michigan, received $1.75 million to create a mixed-use redevelopment and a large public park with a shoreline trail, nature preserve, and expanded lake access. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251013-waterfront-revival

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Scientists use ROV to explore bottom of Lake Erie off eastern Erie County

On: October 10, 2025

Scientists are using a remotely operated vehicle to explore and map nearly 100 square miles of lakebed along the Pennsylvania, New York and Canadian borders. The survey area includes the deepest areas of the eastern basin of Lake Erie, with depths ranging from 114 to 180 feet. Read the full story by Erie Times-News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251010-scientists-rov-lakeerie

Hannah Reynolds

Fishing plays greater role on Midwest fish populations than warming, study finds

On: October 10, 2025

Despite worries over rising temperatures, it turns out anglers have a greater effect on fish populations than climate change. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251010-fishing-midwest-fish-populations-warming

Hannah Reynolds

Michigan’s egg collection at Little Manistee Weir rebounds after down years

On: October 10, 2025

Despite low river levels and summer heat, the Michigan DNR’s annual fish egg collection at the Little Manistee Weir in Manistee County saw strong returns this season, a welcome sign after numbers dipped in recent years. Read the full story by WGTU-TV – Traverse City, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251010-michigans-egg-collection-little-manistee-weir

Hannah Reynolds

Los Alamos and University of Michigan plan national security, AI data center in Ypsilanti Twp.

On: October 10, 2025

The Huron River winds through woods in Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, where thousands of residents fish, canoe and swim. A proposal aims to add a 300,000-square-foot data center with a 20-acre electric substation to the landscape, raising concerns over energy usage and light, noise, water and air pollution. Read the full story by Michigan Advance.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251010-los-alamos-national-security-ai-data-center

Hannah Reynolds

Leaders of U.S. states, Canadian provinces focus on enhancing local cooperation at summit

On: October 10, 2025

The U.S. states and Canadian provinces that border the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River produce $9.3 trillion in total economic activity each year. The region’s leaders are coordinating to boost that higher while also protecting the environment. Read the full story by The Daily News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251010-us-canadian-leaders-enhancing-greatlakes-cooperation

Hannah Reynolds

Beaches, fishes and trees: Here’s a few northern Michigan projects that got a piece of the state budget

On: October 10, 2025

The state of Michigan’s budget includes notable investments in conservation and restoration. Highlights include waterfront land conservation and funding to support an effort to reintroduce Arctic grayling to select rivers in the northern lower peninsula. Read the full story by Interlochen Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251010-beaches-fishes-trees-northern-michigan

Hannah Reynolds

Fish kills unlikely with drought and algal bloom

On: October 10, 2025

In Ohio, the combination of drought and the current cyanobacteria blue-green algal bloom in the Sandusky Bay could result in fish kills, but favorable fall weather is likely to arrive in time to avoid the problem. Read the full story by the Fremont News-Messenger.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251010-fishkills-drought-algalbloom

Hannah Reynolds

Inaugural Great Lakes Coastal Cleanup event in Cobourg saw 124 volunteers collect 1,200 pieces of plastic and other litter

On: October 10, 2025

More than 120 people recently rolled up their sleeves to tackle litter on the Cobourg shoreline of Lake Ontario, collecting 1,200 pieces of plastic and other debris as part of the inaugural Great Lakes Coastal Cleanup. Read the full story by KawathaNOW.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251010-greatlakes-coastal-cleanup-coburg-volunteers

Hannah Reynolds

In the wake of the Edmund Fitzgerald

On: October 10, 2025

The mighty Edmund Fitzgerald, immortalized in song by Gordon Lightfoot, sank 50 years ago on Lake Superior. Reporters spent a week on a Great Lakes freighter, the Wilfred Sykes, that survived the storm. Read the full story by the New York Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251010-edmund-fitzgerald

Hannah Reynolds

Muskegon Lake was heavily polluted. How that’s changed after decades of work

On: October 8, 2025

After decades of cleanup efforts and community engagement, Muskegon Lake, between Lake Michigan and the city that bears its name in Michigan, has been removed from a U.S. and Canadian list of most polluted sites. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251008-muskeon-lake-delisted

Taaja Tucker-Silva

How Buffalo, New York has adapted to and embraced an influx of climate migrants

On: October 8, 2025

At a time of rising temperatures and water levels, along with the threat of wildfires and smoke, many are reassessing where to live and Buffalo, New York, is embracing the “climate haven” tag. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251008-buffalo-climate-haven

Taaja Tucker-Silva

In “The Gales of November,” author John U. Bacon investigates the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald

On: October 8, 2025

The history of the Edmund Fitzgerald, the lives of the men who served on the ship, and the repercussions of that final voyage are the subject of a new book. Read the full story by Michigan Public.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251008-edmund-fitzgerald-book

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Millions in loans to replace lead pipes pumping water into Chicago homes remain unspent

On: October 8, 2025

Chicago has more than 412,000 confirmed and suspected lead service lines — the most of any city in the country — but replacements are lagging and millions of dollars in federal and city loans dedicated to replacing lead pipes remain unused. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251008-chicago-lead-pipes

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Pennsylvania’s Josh Shapiro elected chair of Great Lakes governors, premiers group

On: October 8, 2025

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro was elected chair of a group of leaders from across the Great Lakes region who collaborate on shared priorities. Read the full story by the Erie-Times News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251008-shapiro-chair

Taaja Tucker-Silva

‘Seneca Chief’ docks in Mohawk Valley cities to celebrate bicentennial of Erie Canal

On: October 8, 2025

The replica Seneca Chief, a floating museum and tribute to the original vessel that carried New York Governor DeWitt Clinton in 1825, will stop at ports in the Mohawk Valley, New York, to mark the 200th anniversary of opening of the Erie Canal. Read the full story by the Utica Observer Dispatch.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251008-seneca-chief

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Agencies gather in St. Ignace for Lake Huron simulated crash response training

On: October 8, 2025

Nearly 30 agencies from Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio gathered in St. Ignace, Michigan, this week for a large-scale emergency response training simulating a midair plane crash over Lake Huron near the Mackinac County Airport. Read the full story by WWTV-TV – Cadillac, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251008-huron-training

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Algal bloom hits Sandusky Bay, conditions right for toxins

On: October 8, 2025

A blue-green algal bloom is currently in parts of the Sandusky Bay and Sandusky River, Ohio, and could be full of dangerous toxins. The whole watershed is in a drought. Read the full story by the Fremont News-Messenger.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251008-sandusky-algae

Taaja Tucker-Silva

‘Let off easy’ – Erie Coke sentenced to $700,000 fine in violation of Clean Air Act

On: October 8, 2025

A federal judge ruled that the now-defunct Erie Coke Corporation on the shores of Lake Erie in Erie, Pennsylvania, must pay $700,000 for a multi-year conspiracy to violate the U.S. Clean Air Act, a decision some environmental activists said isn’t enough. Read the full story by WJET-TV – Erie, PA.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251008-erie-coke-fine

Taaja Tucker-Silva

OPINION: Our fishery resources need Rep. Cavitt’s help

On: October 8, 2025

Recent budget decisions, statements about commercial fishing, and underfunding of critical conservation work raise concerns about whether representatives are prioritizing Michigan’s fisheries. Read the full story by The Alpena News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251008-fishery-opinion

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Lake Winnebago wild rice restoration project continues despite federal funding cut

On: October 6, 2025

The Intertribal Lake Winnebago Wild Rice Revitalization Project seeks to merge mainstream and Indigenous methods to preserve wild rice. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251006-winnebago-wildrice

Legault, Ford, Great Lakes governors to hold news conference after weekend meeting

On: October 6, 2025

The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers Leadership Summit finished in Quebec City, Quebec, over the weekend. The biennial meeting is the group’s first since U.S. President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January. Read the full story by The Canadian Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251006-greatlakes-biennial-meeting