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Palisades Nuclear Plant in West Michigan authorized to receive fuel, continue restart efforts

On: August 29, 2025

The Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in West Michigan has officially earned “operations status,” becoming the first commercial nuclear power plant in the U.S. to reopen after a shutdown. Once the 800-megawatt plant in Covert Township resumes power generation, it will provide enough electricity to serve over 800,000 homes and businesses. Read the full story by CBS News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250829-nuclear-plant-restart

Ohio Department of Agriculture receives $1M grant to expand conservation of Western Lake Erie Basin

On: August 29, 2025

The U.S. EPA’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative awarded the Ohio Department of Agriculture a $1 million grant to help expand conservation efforts in the Western Lake Erie Basin to help reduce nutrient runoff. Read the full story by SpectrumNews1.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250829-conservation-grant

Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful tackles problem of cigarette butts polluting Lake Erie waters

On: August 29, 2025

Cigarette butts are polluting Lake Erie, prompting local efforts to clean up the shoreline and protect the environment. Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful is leading initiatives to educate the public on the importance of proper disposal to prevent litter from entering the water. Read the full story by WJET-TV – Erie, PA.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250829-cigarette-pollution

Sediment removal begins soon behind Gorge Dam on Cuyahoga River

On: August 29, 2025

A major step in the eventual removal of the Gorge Dam from the Cuyahoga River is about to commence. Dignitaries including Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and U.S. EPA Region 5 Administrator Anne Vogel are expected to celebrate the plan to remove nearly 900,000 cubic yards of sediment from behind the dam. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250829-sediment-removal

Oldest freighter on the Great Lakes sets sail. What to know about the SS Alpena

On: August 29, 2025

The SS Alpena, the oldest working freighter on Michigan’s Great Lakes, is back on course for another shipping season. The ship was built in 1942 and still carries cement to and from Alpena in northern Michigan. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250829-oldest-freighter

Scientists wonder if Lake Superior can continue to avoid an invasion of mussels

On: August 27, 2025

Lake Superior is the lone holdout in a mussel invasion that has overtaken every other Great Lake, a salvation credited to low calcium levels, cold water, and relative isolation. But a spate of recent outbreaks are testing old assumptions about the lake’s defenses. Read the full story by Minnesota Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250827-superior-mussels

More than 2 dozen waterspouts seen on Great Lakes. Why there were so many on Sunday

On: August 27, 2025

Waterspouts swept across the Great Lakes this past weekend as a cold front moved into the region from Canada, and the region may see more in the coming days, weather experts say. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250827-waterspouts

Lake Superior girl’s message in a bottle washes ashore in North Carolina — returns home 20 years later

On: August 27, 2025

More than 20 years ago, a young girl in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula tossed a message in a bottle into AuTrain Bay on Lake Superior, never expecting to see it again. That bottle traveled over 1,000 miles to the Outer Banks of North Carolina and has finally been returned to its sender, now grown up and living in Marquette, Michigan. Read the full story by the Daily Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250827-bottle-message-travels

Prairie above, forest below: Tawas Lake is home to Michigan’s largest wild rice bed

On: August 27, 2025

Tawas Lake, a 1,600-acre inland lake not far from Lake Huron, is home to Michigan’s largest bed of native wild rice, called manoomin in the Native Anishinaabemowin language. A new lake management plan for Tawas Lake will start with efforts to remove invasive species from the lake – a goal everyone supports. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250827-tawas-wild-rice

Opponents and supporters working to influence EGLE permits decisions on Enbridge Line 5 tunnel proposal

On: August 27, 2025

Those for and those against constructing a tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac are making their cases. A comment period for the necessary permits from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy ends this Friday. Read the full story by Michigan Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250827-line5-comments-close

How many cigarette butts are littering your local beach?

On: August 27, 2025

Visitors sometimes leave stuff behind at Great Lakes beaches. One of the most common pieces of plastic trash found are cigarette butts. Read the full story by Michigan Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250827-cigarette-polution

Forestry company cancels plans to spray herbicides over Crown land along Lake Huron’s north shore

On: August 27, 2025

Following a protest by First Nations and environmentalists of the planned use of herbicides along Lake Huron’s shoreline, a forestry company has cancelled plans to spray herbicides that contain the chemical glyphosate in the area. Read the full story by CBC News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250827-canceled-herbicides

COMMENTARY: Let’s both celebrate – and worry about – our Great Lakes on World Lake Day

On: August 27, 2025

The United Nations has recently designated August 27 as World Lake Day. The day should be used to acknowledge the benefits derived from the Great Lakes and take action to ensure that they remain healthy. Read the full story by The Globe and Mail.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250827-world-lake-day

Data centers will tax Great Lakes water resources, report warns

On: August 25, 2025

Demand for water in Great Lakes states is likely to spike from data centers, mining and other uses. Officials should take a more proactive management approach to stave off shortages, according to a new report published by the nonprofit Alliance for the Great Lakes. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250825-datacenters-waterdemand

How climate change is driving shoreline erosion on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River

On: August 25, 2025

Shoreline erosion on Lake Ontario is happening as more extreme storms are making bigger waves that churn up more sediment and pull it deeper into the lake. For the St. Lawrence River, shoreline erosion happens when the river and its tributaries flood. Local governments, organizations, and communities are seeking solutions and investing in shoreline resilience. Read the full story by North Country Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250825-shoreline-erosion

Two historic lighthouses in Duluth could be open for tours in the next few years

On: August 25, 2025

Two lighthouses have helped guide ships into the canal and under the Aerial Lift Bridge into Duluth-Superior Harbor for over a century, and both lighthouses may soon be open to the public. Read the full story by MPR News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250825-duluth-lighthouses

A Wisconsin shipwreck was lost for 138 years until a boater spotted something unusual

On: August 25, 2025

A Door County, Wisconsin, tour guide spotted something unusual, leading to the discovery of a cargo ship that sunk over a century ago. Read the full story by the Wisconsin Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250825-wisconsin-shipwreck

Lost in Lake Huron for more than 100 years, the Carruthers is finally found

On: August 25, 2025

Until a Michigan shipwreck hunter found it, the Carruthers was the last of eight vessels still missing on Lake Huron that sank during a 1913 storm. It also, until recently, was among the largest sunken ships in the Great Lakes that were still lost. Read the full story by Detroit Free Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250825-huron-shipwreck-carruthers

Michigan’s piping plovers expand to Lake Huron shore amid 40-year breeding record

On: August 25, 2025

This is the third consecutive year of record-setting piping plover breeding in the Great Lakes. Now an increasing number of the federally endangered birds are establishing nests on the Lake Huron side of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250825-piping-plover

Inaugural Great Lake Superior Swim finishes with a splash

On: August 25, 2025

As the sun rose over Lake Superior on the morning of August 24th, over 150 people went to Park Point, Minnesota, to participate in the first annual Great Lake Superior Swim. Read the full story by WDIO-TV – Duluth, MN.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250825-lake-superior-swim

Heat waves and cold snaps: Study finds the Great Lakes have entered an era of extremes

On: August 22, 2025

A new study shows that Great Lake surface temperatures have experienced increasing extremes from heat waves to cold spells dating back to the late 1990s. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250822-lake-temperature-extremes

DNR officials: Oldest known lake trout in Great Lakes was 62

On: August 22, 2025

Michigan Department of Natural Resources researchers said they determined a lake trout caught in Lake Superior in 2023 was 62 years old. According to officials, the fish, dubbed Mary Catherine, is the oldest known lake trout in the Great Lakes. Read the full story by The Detroit News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250822-old-trout

Blue-green algae blooms on Superior ‘surprising and troubling’ says researcher but past data incomplete

On: August 22, 2025

Experts on aquatic ecosystems say confirmed reports of blue-green algae blooms on Lake Superior are a cause for concern, but the degree to which they’re tracked nowadays is much more robust than in the past. Read the full story by SNnewswatch.com.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250822-superior-algal-bloom

Lake Michigan water pipeline bids come in higher than expected

On: August 22, 2025

Yorkville, Illinois, is preparing to receive Lake Michigan water from the DuPage Water Commission to replace the diminishing aquifer that currently serves the city. Officials say bids to build the first section of water pipeline are more expensive than expected. Read the full story by WSPY – Plano, IL.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250822-pipeline-bids

Early research shows an ancient fish is making a comeback in local waters

On: August 22, 2025

Work to reintroduce Lake Sturgeon to the Maumee River and Lake Erie is showing some promising results, researchers say. Read the full story by WTVG-TV – Toledo, OH.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250822-sturgeon-comeback

How did Milwaukee’s sewerage district decide to do a sewer overflow during historic flood?

On: August 22, 2025

Earlier this month, the 1,000-year-flood event that hit Milwaukee led to the largest combined sewer overflow since the Deep Tunnel – a combined wastewater and stormwater sewer system – was installed in 1992, with more than five billion gallons of untreated water released into nearby waterways over the course of 78 hours. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250822-combined-sewer-overflow

‘Carrying on the history’: Leading the Lockport Locks into the Erie Canal’s bicentennial

On: August 22, 2025

Moving boats up and down through Erie Canal locks 34 and 35 in Lockport, New York used to take more than a dozen people 100 years ago; now, it’s a job of one. The current team of three operators, all of whom take solo shifts, is working through the celebration of the Erie Canal’s bicentennial anniversary. Read the full story by WKBW-TV – Buffalo, NY.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250822-erie-canal-bicentenntial

Great Lakes Day of Action to include Presque Isle Harbor beach cleanup

On: August 22, 2025

The Alliance for the Great Lakes invites volunteers from across the Great Lakes region to join for a Great Lakes Day of Action. Hundreds of Adopt-a-Beach volunteers will clean and celebrate Great Lakes shorelines as part of the International Coastal Cleanup. Read the full story by The Alpena News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250822-beach-cleanup

Will massive water needs of data centers, farms, mines be too much for the Great Lakes?

On: August 20, 2025

The Great Lakes’ water supply is threatened by increased demand from industries like data centers and mining, coupled with climate change impacts. Data centers, attracted by tax incentives, consume vast amounts of water, often untracked, while mineral mining poses contamination risks. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250820-water-supply-risks

Downtown Toronto keeps its cool thanks to Lake Ontario

On: August 20, 2025

Toronto’s deep lake water cooling network draws cold water from the lake and passes it through heat exchangers and circulates the cool water through a closed loop, connecting downtown buildings. When two of Toronto’s largest hospitals tapped the frigid depths of Lake Ontario for cooling, the impacts were immediate. Read the full story by the Penticton Herald.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250820-ontario-cooling-system

Ann Arbor’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab faces potential shutdown

On: August 20, 2025

The Trump administration’s budget proposal calls for a $1.7 billion reduction in NOAA’s budget and directs the complete elimination of the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. This jeopardizes the existence of Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the only federal freshwater research labs serving the Great Lakes. Read the full story by WEMU – Ypsilanti, Michigan.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250820-funding-cuts

Michigan lawmakers introduce bills to tackle microplastics in the Great Lakes

On: August 20, 2025

Lawmakers in the Michigan House and Senate introduced several bills last week to crack down on microplastics in the Great Lakes. Specifically, the proposed legislation aims to limit pollution and study its impact on public health. Read the full story by WWMT-TV – Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250820-microplastic-bills

First-ever Great Lakes coastal cleanup coming to Owen Sound & five other Ontario communities

On: August 20, 2025

Owen Sound is one of six Ontario communities joining the first-ever Great Lakes Coastal Cleanup on World Rivers Day, to tackle shoreline litter and protect local waters. Read the full story by The Owen Sound Current.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250820-coastal-cleanup

Michigan DNR proposes new season to catch Great Lakes region’s largest fish, lake sturgeon

On: August 20, 2025

Michigan wildlife managers are proposing a new lake sturgeon catch and release season in one portion of the state and a shortened harvest season in another. These decisions are informed by fisheries biologist assessments of lake sturgeon populations and law enforcement capacity to support the regulated seasons. Read the full story by Detroit Free Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250820-lake-sturgeon-regulations

Lake Superior tops list as America’s cleanest lake

On: August 20, 2025

Lake Superior has been named the cleanest lake in the United States in a new 2025 report which analyzed chemical data from the nation’s largest lakes and determined that Superior’s water registered virtually zero pollution. Read the full story by The Sun Times News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250820-clean-superior

Swiping right on native fish

On: August 20, 2025

A new FishPass barrier will replace the Union Street dam in Traverse City, Michigan, which is the last barrier between Lake Michigan and the Boardman-Ottawa River. This passageway will have the ability to sort and selectively pass desirable fish while blocking harmful invaders. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250820-fishpass-project

Two remote Great Lakes islands called some of the most underrated spots in U.S.

On: August 20, 2025

The Great Lakes are filled with around 35,000 islands. Two of them have just been named among the top 11 most underrated islands in the country: Drummond Island in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and the Apostle Islands in Wisconsin. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250820-great-lake-islands

Fire was part of the history of our land. Then we took it away. Can it begin again?

On: August 20, 2025

Researchers used tree ring data and Indigenous oral histories to reconstruct the fire history of the Great Lakes region. Reintroducing controlled burns, often following Indigenous practices, is suggested as a way to manage forests and adapt to a changing climate. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250820-fire-history

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services to apply lampricides in Muskegon River starting Monday

On: August 18, 2025

Starting Monday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s sea lamprey control team will begin putting lampricides in the Muskegon River in Michigan. Read the full story by WZZM-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250818-muskegon-lampricides

A rescue mission and deep-water study aboard the mighty Blue Heron

On: August 18, 2025

A malfunctioning research buoy from the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve in Superior, Wisconsin, was rescued by the RV Blue Heron during a July trip shared by several area scientists. The buoy measures levels of potentially toxic blue-green algae. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250818-blue-heron-rv

2 Great Lakes right at warmest level in 30 years

On: August 18, 2025

Two of the Great Lakes, Lake Huron and Lake Ontario, are within a fraction of a degree of their warmest surface water temperature measured in the past 30 years. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250818-warm-greatlakes

New nature reserve created on Lake Superior shoreline

On: August 18, 2025

A new nature reserve created by the Thunder Bay Field Naturalists includes high cliffs, scenic bays and offshore islands at a 213-acre site on Lake Superior south of Neebing, Ontario. Read the full story by TBnewswatch.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250818-superior-nature-reserve

Adaptive program allows people of all abilities and ages to sail on Lake Michigan

On: August 18, 2025

A Wisconsin adaptive sailing program created by the Milwaukee Community Sailing Center, in coordination with the Abilities Center, allows anyone to go sailing in Lake Michigan. Read the full story by WDJT-TV – Milwaukee, WI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250818-adaptive-sailing

Interested in Little Lake Butte des Morts? Advocates are exploring ways to protect the lake

On: August 18, 2025

People interested in protecting and improving Little Lake Butte des Morts in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, intend to form a nonprofit lake association to help fund and implement projects benefiting the public. Read the full story by the Appleton Post-Crescent.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250818-littlelake-buttedemorts

Anchors aweigh: Why the historic Brig Niagara won’t be at Tall Ships Erie

On: August 18, 2025

For the first time in the history of Tall Ships Erie, the Brig Niagara won’t be leading the way into Presque Isle Bay in Erie, Pennsylvania. Read the full story by the Erie Times-News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250818-brig-niagara

Photographer David Zurick on the connection between people and place

On: August 18, 2025

A new photo collection entitled The Third Coast: America’s Great Lakes Shoreline explores the locations, culture, and history that define the Great Lakes region—from the tulips of Holland to Sleeping Bear Dunes to the Straits of Mackinac and beyond. Read the full story by Northern Express.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250818-greatlakes-photography-culture

More than a dozen Michigan beaches have high bacteria counts. See the list

On: August 18, 2025

More than a dozen Michigan beaches are under bacteria advisories — or are closed — as Michiganders head into the third week of August. Read the full story by Detroit Free Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250818-beach-bacteria-advisories

Surfing in America’s heartland? You can catch waves even if you’re far from the ocean

On: August 18, 2025

Sheboygan, Wisconsin, has had a rich surf culture for more than half a century, and local tourism leaders eventually branded it “Malibu of the Midwest,” claiming the title of freshwater surfing capital of the world. Read the full story by KCUR – Kansas City, MO.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250818-surfing

Are there jellyfish in Lake Erie? Rare non-native freshwater species spotted. Here’s where

On: August 15, 2025

Freshwater jellyfish roughly the size of a penny have recently been spotted in western and eastern Lake Erie. Most of the time, they’re stuck to the bottom of the lake as polyps, but occasionally they grow into the traditional jellyfish form. Read the full story by the Times-Reporter.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250815-erie-jellyfish

EGLE launches virtual summit on microplastics this fall

On: August 15, 2025

Microplastics are everywhere, including the Great Lakes. They come in many forms but are typically smaller than 5 millimeters. Scientists are concerned about their impact on human health. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy will host its first virtual microplastics summit this October. Read the full story by WDET – Detroit, Michigan.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250815-microplastics-virtual-summit