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More research into how to stem the scourge of invasive mussels is needed if Michigan has any hope of revitalizing the collapsing lake whitefish population, fishery experts told state regulators. The experts also advised the state to take up “emergency corrective action” like transferring adult whitefish to different spots in lakes Michigan or Huron, stocking more fish or rearing them for longer. Read the full story by Bridge Michigan.

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Construction will begin the week of July 21 on a new sea lamprey barrier and trap at the Little Manistee River Weir and egg take facility in Manistee County, Michigan. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will design and build the project in coordination with the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Read the full story by the Huron Daily Tribune.

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For more than 130 years, the Western Reserve lay silent beneath Lake Superior — a vanished steel freighter, lost in 1892 along with nearly everyone aboard. But when researchers with the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society found it this spring, they didn’t just locate a wreck. They cracked open new questions about steel’s hidden weaknesses, explored new frontiers in underwater imaging, and reconnected families still carrying the weight of its loss. Read the full story by Bridge Michigan.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250718-michigan-shipwreck-lessons-depths

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This weekend Anishinaabe historian Eric Hemenway will share more Indigenous history of the daily lives of the tribes who made the Great Lakes their homeland. Hemenway’s free classes will focus on the importance of Michigan’s islands. Read the full story by MLive.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250718-sleepingbeer-indigenous-history-mi-islands

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Michigan is seeking comments from the public regarding a permit from energy company Enbridge to construct a tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac that will replace the dual pipelines currently transporting fuel across the state. The massive construction project has been the subject of controversy from advocates concerned about a potential environmental disaster should the infrastructure be damaged. Read the full story by WJBK-TV – Detroit, MI.  

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250718-line-5-tunnel-public-comments

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Want a free ride across the Wisconsin River? Check. A fast Lake Michigan crossing to avoid Chicago traffic, and get some work done while you’re doing it? Check. Or would you rather cross the Great Lake on a slow, relaxing and historic ship? Check that, too. Read the full story by the Green Bay Press Gazette.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250718-wisconsin-ferries-free

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July marks the time of year when piping plover chicks start to fledge and the adults start to get antsy for migration. Piping plover females are the first to leave the Great Lakes and head south to their wintering site. Read the full story by MLive.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250716-plover-migration

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Under the USDA rule aimed at protecting wetlands known as “Swampbuster,” farmers have to agree not to drain or fill their wetlands, in order to receive farm benefits such as crop insurance, disaster relief and USDA loans. The rule is being challenged in court and could impact farmers across the country. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250716-wetland-protection-rule

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Advocates at the Alliance for the Great Lakes believe that voluntary measures to reduce algal blooms in Lake Erie have failed to meet phosphorus reduction targets and new regulations are needed to make progress on the issue. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250716-algal-blooms

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A federal drinking water rule required Chicago officials to warn approximately 900,000 renters, homeowners and landlords before Nov. 16, 2024, that their drinking water is at risk of lead contamination. But as of early July, Chicago had only notified 7% of the people on its list that their water may be dangerously contaminated. Read the full story by WBEZ, Grist and Inside Climate News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250716-lead-drinking-water

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The Great Lakes Aquarium, now one of Duluth, Minnesota’s most popular attractions, was once an unlikely prospect – and weathered years of turbulence after opening in 2000. It is one of few aquariums in the United States that focuses predominantly on freshwater exhibits. Read the full story by Duluth News Tribune.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250716-duluth-aquarium

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At a time when NOAA is under assault in many ways, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin has introduced the Digital Coast Act, a bipartisan proposal to help coastal communities prepare for storms, cope with varying water levels and plan for future development. Read the full story by The Cap Times.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250716-coastal-resiliance-legislation

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American white pelican sightings have been increasing in Michigan. While the state’s shorelines have been a nesting ground for the past 15 years, the species has been expanding their historic breeding range eastward. Michigan is on the current edge of that range. Read the full story by MLive.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250716-nesting-pelicans

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Fluctuations in Great Lakes water levels and ice cover broadly affect coastal communities and contribute to coastal erosion. Coastal resiliency strategies are navigating the best methods to preserve the landscape and the communities from these effects. Read the full story by Northern Express.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250714-coastal-resiliency

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Lake Erie has warmed rapidly over the past month, with surface water temperatures now sitting about four degrees above average for mid-July. While that swift rise is eye-catching, experts say it’s not unusual. Read the full story by the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250714-erie-temps

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Man-made reefs have become a popular way to provide a habitat for fish in coastal communities. The rubble ridges, however, are also designed as a cost-effective tool to prevent erosion. Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250714-artificial-reefs

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As a result of warming waters, increasingly variable seasonal changes and lakeshore development, walleye numbers in some lakes are dwindling. Losing the species would mean losing a food source for community members, a sovereign right to fish, and a deep connection to tradition and nature for Ojibwe and other Indigenous communities. Read the full story by ICT News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250714-spearfishing

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The U.S. shipboard maritime workforce is projected to turn over in the coming decades and have more than 35,000 job openings for sailors and marine oilers; 29,000 captains, mates, and pilots; and 9,500 ship engineers. Read the full story by Detroit Free Press.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250714-sailor-career

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Great Lakes piping plovers hit a record count of 85 nesting pairs this year, which is four more pairs than in the last two years. Since being put on the Endangered Species Act list in 1984, the plovers are recovering, but only with the protection and assistance of a significant coalition of people and organizations. Read the full story by Michigan Public.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250711-plover-record

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Ohio’s two-year operating budget was officially signed into law by Governor DeWine, solidifying a massive cut to DeWine’s own H2Ohio program, a statewide water quality initiative. The cut has resulted in worries about environmental causes across Ohio, particularly those involving Lake Erie. Read the full story by the Akron Beacon Journal.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250711-funding-cuts

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The advisory council for the Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary will meet later this month amid the specter of massive budget and staff cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which is charged with managing the sanctuary. Read the full story by Oswego County News Now.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250711-marine-sanctuary-council-meeting

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The Great Lakes whitefish population is in steep decline, particularly in the main waters of lakes Michigan and Huron. Invasive quagga and zebra mussels are largely to blame for the decline, as they have gobbled up the vast majority of the small creatures such as shrimp-like Diporeia that were critical to the Great Lakes food web. Read the full story by The Detroit News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250711-whitefish-decline

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Several Great Lakes advocacy groups have called for a second Great Lakes icebreaker which could help open up commerce on the Great Lakes during the winter. The funding was briefly included in the U.S. House-passed version of President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill – a sprawling reconciliation package – but appears to have been removed from the Senate’s version and what was ultimately signed by Trump. Read the full story by MLive.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250711-icebreaker-funding

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The Robinson Bay, a historic tugboat, was donated by the U.S. Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation to the Great Lakes Maritime Academy in Traverse City, Michigan, providing cadets with new training opportunities. Read the full story by WPBN-TV – Traverse City, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250711-tugboat-donation

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency contractors resumed the deployment of 8,100 tons of activated carbon used to remediate industrial pollutants along the St. Louis River – Lake Superior’s largest river – in the second phase of the $36 million project. Read the full story by the Pine Journal.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250711-river-cleanup

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The National Museum of the Great Lakes in Toledo, Ohio, is connecting young people to engineering and education through a hands-on summer program that will instruct participants how to design, build and race mini-boats made from recycled material to teach about buoyancy, balance and sustainability. Read the full story by WTOL-TV – Toledo, OH.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250711-summer-program

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Michigan fish and wildlife regulators will receive an expert presentation this week on the troubles facing lake whitefish as populations of the iconic Great Lakes species plummet in lakes Michigan and Huron. Read the full story by Bridge Michigan.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250709-michigan-fishing-regulator-greatlakes-whitefish-crisis

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The surface temperature in the western basin of Lake Erie is currently 26 degrees Celsius (78.8 degrees Fahrenheit), and even higher in some places. Elevated water temperature is a contributor to the formation of blue-green algae, which can produce toxins that are harmful to humans and pets. Read the full story by CBC News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250709-lakeerie-increase-surface-temperature

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Local municipalities and environmental partners are coming together in a landmark effort to build climate resilience along the shores of Lake Huron. Maitland Conservation is launching the Southern Lake Huron Coastal Adaptation Strategy, a comprehensive initiative aimed at protecting 56 kilometers of shoreline from the increasing impacts of climate change. Read the full story by CKNX News Today.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250709-lakehuron-shoreline-climate

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Scientists and students at the University of Michigan Biological Station in Pellston, Michigan, will host a public open house where visitors can learn about the station’s ongoing scientific studies, including the Great Lakes Piping Plover Conservation Team.  Read the full story by MLive.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250709-pipingplover-captive-um-bio-station

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A simmering debate over the use of forward-facing sonar to catch fish is heating up on Northwestern Ontario’s Eagle Lake with its world-class muskie fishery. A group of lodge owners on the lake is urging anglers to voluntarily avoid using the advanced technology, out of fear it’s threatening the health of the muskellunge population. Read the full story by Bradford Today.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250709-fishfinder-technology-muskie-population

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