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City of Joliet proposes Project Labor Agreement to support Lake Michigan water project

On: November 19, 2025

In Illinois, the City of Joliet is working to approve a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) to establish a collaborative framework between the city, labor unions, and contractors to ensure that work is completed safely, efficiently, and in the best financial interest of residents. The PLA applies to eight major work packages that include essential improvements to the city’s water system, all of which are required to facilitate the delivery of Lake Michigan water by 2030. Read the full story by WJOL – Joliet, IL.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251119-labor-collaboration

Cruise company scraps Cleveland stops for 2026, shifts Great Lakes launches to Buffalo

On: November 19, 2025

A U.S.-based cruise company won’t be launching its new Great Lakes itineraries out of Cleveland next year as originally planned, opting instead to launch from Buffalo, New York. Toledo will be the cruise company’s only port call in Ohio. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251119-cruise-launch

PFBC to increase number of Erie steelhead being raised, new lighting coming to marina

On: November 17, 2025

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission has several improvements underway in Erie, including a plan to increase the number of steelhead trout it produces and a new vessel. Read the full story by Erie-Times News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251117-pa-steelhead

Stanton Yards development merges art, nature on Detroit River, envisions ‘thriving new community destination’

On: November 17, 2025

Stanton Yards, a Detroit riverfront development, aims to be a gathering place where people find inspiration in art and reconnect with nature through the transformation of the former Gregory Marina. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251117-stantonyards

Wolves hunting beavers on Isle Royale changing ecosystem

On: November 17, 2025

New research reveals how gray wolves in Isle Royale National Park, Michigan seasonally alter their habitat preferences to align with beavers’ habitat preferences, a shift that might have implications for the island’s ecosystem. Read the full story by Capital News Service.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251117-wolves-beavers

‘We were continental travelers’: Chicago, Northwest Indiana were Potawatomi lands

On: November 17, 2025

Chicagoans and Northwest Indiana residents are living on land that once belonged to Potawatomi Tribes. The Potawatomi Pokagon Band claims the land as where their Tribe was born. Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251117-potawatomi-lands

Feds move to strip license from troubled Michigan hydro dam

On: November 17, 2025

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is taking steps to terminate Michigan’s Au Train Dam’s operating license following years of unresolved safety violations. The move marks the most serious enforcement action against the century-old dam, which is considered one of the state’s riskiest privately-owned hydroelectric structures. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251117-dam

Former steel industry site in Lorain ready for major waterfront development project

On: November 17, 2025

The city of Lorain, Ohio has invested millions in cleanup and infrastructure to prepare the former steel industry site for mixed-use development to reshape its waterfront. Read the full story by WEWS-TV – Cleveland, OH.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251117-steel-redevelopment

State requiring more from largest farms on how they dispose of their millions of tons of manure

On: November 17, 2025

New rules from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy on when and how the largest animal farms dispose of manure and liquid wastes are being praised by environmentalists as a step toward improving state water quality — and blasted by farmers as more costly bureaucratic impositions that won’t better the environment. Read the full story by Detroit Free Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251117-farm-waste

Divers seeking lost shipwreck near Toronto find an even older mystery

On: November 17, 2025

A Canadian dive team searching for the century-old wreck may have stumbled upon a far rarer prize: a pristine shipwreck that could date back 50 years earlier than expected, offering a rare window into a little-understood era of shipbuilding. Read the full story by CBC News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251117-shipwreck

This is who’s stepping off Great Lakes cruise ships at Michigan ports

On: November 17, 2025

Most passengers on Great Lakes cruises are from the U.S. and Canada; however, the number of French- and German-speaking tourists is climbing. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251117-michigan-cruise-visitors

Plans unveiled to turn Chicago disposal site into lakefront park on Southeast Side

On: November 14, 2025

In Chicago, Illinois, 40 acres of lakefront property will be restored for a public park at the site of a toxic landfill that’s been operating along Lake Michigan for 40 years. Read the full story by WLS-TV – Chicago, IL.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251114-newpark

Aging. Deteriorating. Dangerous. That’s how EGLE describes dams in Michigan

On: November 14, 2025

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy says there’s not enough money to take care of Michigan’s dams — especially the ones that have put off maintenance for decades — and it’s putting people and property at risk. Read the full story by WDIV-TV – Detroit, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251114-dams

Trump cuts threaten Great Lakes Sea Lamprey Control Program

On: November 14, 2025

Many of this year’s funding cuts to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission’s Sea Lamprey Control Program have been reversed, and the program has secured full funding for 2026. But its future remains uncertain. Read the full story by WUWM – Milwaukee, WI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251114-lamprey

Legal win for Grand Traverse Band, nonprofits in Elk Rapids clean water case

On: November 14, 2025

A northern Michigan tribe along with local environmental organizations have scored a major victory in a legal case in Elk Rapids against Burnette Foods, a nearby fruit processing operation, for allegedly polluting wetlands and Spencer Creek. Read the full story by Interlochen Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251114-elkrapids

South Dundas says it’s a willing partner for North Dundas’ water needs

On: November 14, 2025

Increased demand due to residential and industrial growth has strained the water system in North Dundas, Ontario. One long-term solution to this problem is to connect to the water system in South Dundas, which draws water from the St. Lawrence River. Read the full story by The Morrisburg Leader.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251114-dundas

Menomonee Falls neighborhood tests leaf mulching to save money and protect Lake Michigan

On: November 14, 2025

Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, is studying a neighborhood to see how people deal with their leaves. Leaves naturally contain phosphorus and other nutrients, which are great for growing plants and your lawn, but bad for rivers, streams, and Lake Michigan. Read the full story by WTMJ-TV – Milwaukee, WI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251114-mulch

A “sludge dryer” is Kalamazoo’s latest proposal to address the stench from the sewer plant

On: November 14, 2025

In Michigan, the Kalamazoo Water Reclamation Plant emits over a ton of noxious hydrogen sulfide gas annually. The city is pursuing its latest odor-busting project — a $135 million sludge dryer. Read the full story by WMUK – Kalamazoo, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251114-sludge

A new look for Bessie? Local environmentalist gives Lake Erie mythical monster a plastic makeover

On: November 14, 2025

Lake Erie’s mythical monster, Bessie, was spotted Wednesday in the Cuyahoga River in Ohio. But this Bessie looked a bit different, thanks to the artistry of a plastic pollution awareness advocate. Read the full story by Ideastream Public Media.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251114-bessie

Michigan lawmakers seek $500M to stop mussels, save Great Lakes whitefish

On: November 12, 2025

Michigan lawmakers hope to unveil legislation in Washington this week that would dramatically increase funding to prevent invasive mussels from wiping out whitefish in the lower Great Lakes. Read the full story by Bridge Michigan.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251112-invasive-mussels-funding

Data centers in Michigan: What you need to know

On: November 12, 2025

As data centers proliferate across the Great Lakes, driven by AI’s soaring demands, communities face a dual reality: economic growth and environmental challenges. Read the full story by Planet Detroit.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251112-michigan-data-centers

Here are Ontario’s proposed new conservation authorities

On: November 12, 2025

Ontario plans to merge thirty-six conservation authorities to seven to improve efficiencies for the organizations that monitor water levels and erosion, manage recreation, and teach people about the environment. Read the full story by CBC News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251112-ontario-conservation-authorities

Upstate NY creek stocked with ‘Great Lakes dinosaur’ in plan to restore Lake Erie population

On: November 12, 2025

A recent lake sturgeon stocking effort took place in the Cattaraugus Creek by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation. Read the full story by Syracuse.com.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251112-ny-sturgeon

From Lake Tawas to a wild rice camp: how manoomin is harvested by Michigan Indigenous communities

On: November 12, 2025

Every year as summer ends, Indigenous Michiganders head out onto lakes and rivers to collect wild rice, a staple food with cultural significance to these communities. Read the full story by WKAR-TV – East Lansing, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251112-michigan-manoomin

Which Great Lake creates the most snow?

On: November 12, 2025

As cold air rushes over the Great Lakes in late fall and early winter, the ingredients for powerful snowstorms fall into place. Lake Erie may be the smallest of the Great Lakes, but it packs the biggest winter punch. Read the full story by WTOL-TV – Toledo, OH.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251112-snow

Issues of the Environment: Federal government shutdown impacting Great Lakes research in Ann Arbor

On: November 12, 2025

On October 1, the federal government shutdown began, halting many research projects tied to federal agencies, including those vital to the University of Michigan’s Great Lakes programs. The Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research works in partnership with NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory and depends on federal collaboration for critical work on water quality, algal blooms, and regional climate impacts. Read the full story by WEMU – Ypsilanti, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251112-annarbor-research

Muck runs amok in Lake St. Clair

On: November 12, 2025

A type of algae called M. wollei appeared in Lake St. Clair in 2010. It’s vexing residents. Local, state, and federal agencies have a plan to control it. Read the full story by WDET – Detroit, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251112-stclair-algae-muck

There’s a hidden collection of Great Lakes artifacts in Milwaukee’s Central Library

On: November 12, 2025

Hidden in the Milwaukee Public Library’s Central Library is a little-known collection of artifacts related to ships that have traversed the Great Lakes for the past 400 years — including the legendary SS Edmund Fitzgerald. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251112-artifacts

Remembering the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald on the 50th anniversary of its sinking

On: November 10, 2025

50 years ago on Monday, one of the most “mysterious and controversial” of all shipwrecks on the Great Lakes took place 17 miles north-northwest of Whitefish Point, Michigan, taking the lives of 29 crew members. Read the full story by WZZM-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251110-edmund-fitzgerald-50th-anniversary

Hannah Reynolds

New era of confrontation between energy and water opens in Great Lakes

On: November 10, 2025

A new era of electrical generation and power demand is taking shape across the eight states of the Great Lakes basin – and with it come potentially treacherous consequences for the region’s environment and its world-leading supply of clean, fresh water. Read the full story by Circle of Blue.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251110-confrontation-energy-water-greatlakes

Hannah Reynolds

50 years later, Edmund Fitzgerald sinking leaves lasting effects on families, forecasting

On: November 10, 2025

The tragic sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald has had a lasting effect on family members of the crew and the Great Lakes shipping industry. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251110-edmund-fitzgerald-lasting-effects-families

Hannah Reynolds

Anishinaabe fire practices shaped Great Lakes ecosystems, new research shows

On: November 10, 2025

New research funded by Wisconsin Sea Grant shows Anishinaabe fire practices shaped today’s Great Lakes ecosystems. The region’s forests never existed and can’t continue to exist without people – or fire. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251110-anishinaabe-fire-greatlakes-ecosystems-research

Hannah Reynolds

The reporters’ stories: 50th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald wreck

On: November 10, 2025

The Edmund Fitzgerald went down in Lake Superior 50 years ago on Nov. 10, 1975. Two journalists have their own stories to tell of the famed vessel. Read the full story by the Manistee News Advocate.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251110-reporters-stories-edmund-fitzgerald-wreck

Hannah Reynolds

Maritime experts: Shipwreck discoveries are on the rise in northeast Wisconsin waters

On: November 10, 2025

There are well over 6,000 shipwrecks between the five Great Lakes, the most well-known, of course, being the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. In recent years, especially around northeast Wisconsin, shipwreck discoveries have been on the rise. Read the full story by WLUK-TV – Green Bay, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251110-maritime-experts-shipwrecks-wisconsin

Hannah Reynolds

MSU-led research helps safeguard Great Lakes from invasive grass carp

On: November 10, 2025

Research from Michigan State University (MSU) is protecting the Great Lakes from a dangerous threat looming specifically in and around Lake Erie. For roughly a decade, MSU scientists have been studying grass carp using acoustic telemetry, which incorporates sound to track populations of fish, where underwater acoustic receivers collect data on fish surgically tagged with acoustic transmitters. Read the full story by Morning Ag Clips.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251110-msu-led-greatlakes-invasive-carp-research

Hannah Reynolds

Reef restoration will support native fish in Saginaw Bay

On: November 10, 2025

Most reefs are associated with tropical waters and colorful fish, not the Great Lakes, but Saginaw Bay was once the home of many rock reefs. Created by glacial activity, the reefs provided a habitat for the bay’s fish. Over time, reef habitat was lost, buried by sediment due to logging, manufacturing and agricultural activity in the area. Now, efforts are underway to restore this lost habitat. Read the full story by WNEM-TV – Bay City, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251110-reef-restoration-saginawbay

Hannah Reynolds

Fond du Lac swimmers brave Lake Superior waters in Edmund Fitzgerald memorial swim

On: November 10, 2025

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald going down during a violent Lake Superior storm in November of 1975, dozens of swimmers braved those same waters to finish the journey the ship and her crew never could. Read the full story by WLUK-TV – Green Bay, WI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251110-fondulac-lakesuperior-edmund-fitzgerald-memorial-swim

Hannah Reynolds

City of Manistee to pay $105,502 for PFAS testing

On: November 10, 2025

The city of Manistee, Michigan, will spend an estimated $105,502 to investigate PFAS migration originating from the city’s former landfill site on Adamczak Road. Read the full story by the Huron Daily Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251110-pfas-testing-manistee

Hannah Reynolds

Edmund Fitzgerald legacy: 50 years of safety advancements in Great Lakes shipping

On: November 7, 2025

The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald remains a pivotal moment in maritime history, prompting significant safety advancements in Great Lakes shipping over the past 50 years. In the wake of the Fitzgerald disaster, the U.S. Coast Guard implemented stricter training requirements, including the use of life-saving devices and immersion suits to protect against hypothermia. Read the full story by WPBN – Traverse City, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251107-fitzgerald-safety-legacy

Invasive aquatic plant confirmed in 2 locations near Lake Michigan

On: November 7, 2025

According to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, European frog-bit, an invasive aquatic plant, has been confirmed in two locations near Lake Michigan: in the lower Grand River, immediately upstream of Grand Haven, in Ottawa County, and in Pentwater Lake in Oceana County. Read the full story by WDIV – Detroit, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251107-invasive-plant

Climate panel signs off on Lakefront Protection Ordinance draft

On: November 7, 2025

In Illinois, the city of Evanston’s Climate Action and Resilience Plan Implementation Task Force signed off on the current draft of a Lakefront Protection Ordinance to set a unified policy to regulate development and protect natural habitats and shoreline along Lake Michigan. Read the full story by the Evanston RoundTable.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251107-lakefront-protection

Who was Edmund Fitzgerald, the reluctant namesake of the Great Lakes’ famous ship?

On: November 7, 2025

Edmund Fitzgerald was a businessman in Wisconsin and the president of Northwestern Mutual in Milwaukee, which owned the ship. His roots in the Great Lakes ran deep, with several relatives working in the maritime trade. Read the full story by WOOD-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251107-edmund-fitzgerald

Big day for spearfishers in Michigan as state panel expands access

On: November 7, 2025

The Michigan Natural Resources Commission voted Thursday to expand the areas where people can spearfish lake trout, northern pike and walleye. Starting in April 2026, anglers will be allowed to spearfish for the three gamefish in parts of Lake Erie and Lake Superior and expanded portions of Lake Michigan. Read the full story by Bridge Michigan.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251107-spearfishing-access

$400M water upgrade needed as St. Thomas industrial boom spikes demand

On: November 7, 2025

New industrial plants in St. Thomas, Ontario, will need a $400-million upgrade to the water system serving the area, and property owners in London and Elgin might be on the hook to pay for the upgrade. Read the full story by The London Free Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251107-water-upgrade

Brown trout arrive at SONS of Lake Erie hatchery

On: November 7, 2025

The S.O.N.S. (Save Our Native Species) of Lake Erie Fishing Club received around 1,500 brown trout from the Linesville Fish Hatchery in Crawford County, Pennsylvania. The fish are only a few inches in size, and will be cared for at the hatchery until they’re ready to be released into Presque Isle Bay. Read the full story by WJET – Erie, PA.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251107-trout-hatchery

State commission offering grants for projects to benefit Lake Erie

On: November 7, 2025

The Ohio Lake Erie Commission is now accepting applications for grants of up to $50,000, which are available to local governments, research institutions and nonprofit groups for projects that will improve water quality, restore habitats, and strengthen the long-term sustainability of Lake Erie. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251107-sustainability-grants

1,000 lake sturgeon released into Cattaraugus Creek

On: November 7, 2025

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation says 1,000 young lake sturgeon were released into Cattaraugus Creek this week as part of a long-term plan to reestablish the fish in one of its former spawning grounds along Lake Erie. Read the full story by Fingerlakes1.com.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251107-sturgeon-release

New documentary follows divers down to wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald

On: November 7, 2025

A new documentary, “Gales of November: Diving the Edmund Fitzgerald,” premiered Wednesday night, drawing on archival footage from an expedition in the mid-1990s to revisit the wreckage. Read the full story by Minnesota Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251107-fitzgerald-documentary

Michigan soliciting fisheries habitat projects

On: November 7, 2025

Pre-proposal submissions for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) yearly fisheries habitat grants are now being accepted. Each year, the DNR allocates $1.5 million in fisheries habitat grants to governments and nonprofit organizations around the state. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251107-fisheries-grants

The story of how crews worked to salvage and raise the Edmund Fitzgerald’s 200-pound bronze bell

On: November 7, 2025

According to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, the Edmund Fitzgerald’s 200-pound bronze bell was recovered on July 4, 1995, through a joint expedition. Every year, the original bell is tolled 29 times in honor of the 29 men who perished. Read the full story by WXYZ – Detroit, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251107-fitzgerald-bell