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Trump administration promises Illinois it will pay to keep carp out of the Great Lakes

On: May 14, 2025

A stalemate between President Donald Trump and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker that threatened a $1.2 billion plan to keep invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes appears to have been settled after the Trump administration offered assurances it will cover its share of the costs. Read the full story by the Associated Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250514-trump-backs-brandon-road

EPA, Enbridge say data doesn’t support tribe’s claims that Line 5 project will harm water

On: May 14, 2025

Federal environmental regulators and a Canadian energy firm say data doesn’t support a northern Wisconsin Indigenous Nation’s claim’s that rerouting an oil and gas pipeline will violate water quality standards on its reservation. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250514-line5-claims

Minnesota Sea Grant again offers free steelhead identification decal

On: May 14, 2025

As spring fishing ramps up on Lake Superior anglers are hitting the water in pursuit of salmonid species. Minnesota Sea Grant is distributing free identification decals for a second year to help anglers distinguish between steelhead, a species that must be released, and other salmon species while they’re out on the water. Read the full story by the Brainerd Dispatch.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250514-steelhead-id-decal

An $80 million cleanup made Muskegon Lake trendy. Will “eco-gentrification” follow?

On: May 14, 2025

An $80 million cleanup of Muskegon Lake, which connects the city of Muskegon, Michigan, to Lake Michigan, has prompted a wave of redevelopment and a debate about who benefits from publicly funded cleanups. Read the full story by Bridge Michigan.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250514-muskegon-cleanup

Michigan’s scenic Brockway Mountain Drive opens for 2025 season

On: May 14, 2025

The scenic Brockway Mountain Drive in Michigan’s northernmost peninsula is now open for the 2025 season offering offers panoramic views of Lake Superior and surrounding rugged wilderness. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250514-scenic-drive-open

Water determines Great Lakes region’s economic future

On: May 14, 2025

A new series of collaborative articles will investigate the blue economy in the Great Lakes region. They pose a question central to the region’s future: how can the states, provinces, and tribal nations steward their water to provide jobs and attract businesses without inflicting the severe ecological damage that was a hallmark of earlier periods of development? Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250514-water-articles

Keeping the $5.5 billion Great Lakes fishery afloat as Trump administration considers cuts

On: May 14, 2025

There has been great collaboration between the states and both federal governments to do what’s best for the $5.5 billion Great Lakes fishery and lakes they share. But much of that research and the collaborations with Canada have not been a priority of the administration of President Donald Trump. Read the full story by Michigan Public.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250514-administration-cuts

Delay in renewing Ontario water testing program leaves participants on edge

On: May 14, 2025

A volunteer-led program that helps monitor the health of hundreds of lakes across Ontario has been on hold because agreement with the province has not yet been renewed. For 30 years the Federation of Ontario Cottagers’ Associations has partnered with the provincial government to run the Lake Partner Program. Read the full story by CBC News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250514-water-testing-program

Great Lakes iron ore trade down in April

On: May 14, 2025

Iron ore shipments on the Great Lakes totaled 3.7 million tons in April, a decrease of 18.7% compared to 2024. Read the full story by Marine Link.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250514-iron-ore-trade

In Michigan, Great Lakes are a lifeblood and birthright. They’re under attack

On: May 12, 2025

Livelihoods and economies in the Great Lakes region have always centered on water, yet the Trump administration is challenging the foundations of federally funded research by using research grants as political leverage. Read the full story by Bridge Michigan.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250512-great-lakes-lifeblood

Most Great Lakes face below-normal water levels after reaching lows not seen in over a decade

On: May 12, 2025

Water levels on most of the Great Lakes are below their long-term average for this time of year as they’ve fallen to levels not seen in more than a decade. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250512-water-levels

‘Death by a thousand cuts’: EPA Great Lakes office reeling from surveillance, Trump cuts

On: May 12, 2025

At the EPA’s Great Lakes office in Chicago, programs are facing uncertainty over current and proposed funding cuts, and employees are facing increased surveillance. Read the full story by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250512-epa-cuts

Whitmer: Trump’s invasive carp action a ‘huge win’ for Michigan, Great Lakes

On: May 12, 2025

President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Friday aimed at kickstarting the Brandon Road Interbasin Project in Illinois to prevent invasive carp from entering the Great Lakes. Read the full story by Bridge Michigan.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250512-invasive-carp-action

Why smallmouth bass are getting bigger in Michigan waterways

On: May 12, 2025

Smallmouth bass in Lake St. Clair are bigger than they used to be because they live longer, according to a recent study by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and published in the Journal of Great Lakes Research. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250512-smallmouth-bass

Toledo to build new raw water main that will supply 500,000 customers with treated water from Lake Erie

On: May 12, 2025

A roughly ten-mile pipeline will carry Lake Erie water to the Collins Park Water Treatment Plant in Ohio. The project will service 500,000 customers in the Toledo area. Read the full story by WTVG-TV – Toledo, OH.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250512-toledo-pipeline

The Midwest’s data center boom comes to Indiana

On: May 12, 2025

The Midwest is emerging as one of the nation’s fastest-growing data center hubs, but the scale of effects on water and energy usage are unknown and could reverse progress on environmental goals. Read the full story by Axios.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250512-data-centers

Top 5 most commonly littered items in the Great Lakes

On: May 12, 2025

A list of the five most common items littered along Great Lakes shorelines, as reported by the Alliance for the Great Lakes which has been collecting litter from the lakeshores since 1970. Read the full story by WGRD – Grand Rapids, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250512-lakeshore-litter

‘I did not expect to find a shipwreck!’ says boy whose treasure is being excavated

On: May 12, 2025

A shipwreck was discovered during a family trip to Point Farms Provincial Park north of Goderich, Ontario. Now, excavation and research of the shipwreck is underway. Read the full story by CBC News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250512-shipwreck-excavation

Travel the Great Lakes in luxury with Victory Cruise Lines’ newest boat

On: May 12, 2025

Victory Cruise Lines revealed their newest opportunity to sail all five Great Lakes. Read the full story by WFLD-TV- Chicago, IL.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250512-greatlakes-cruise

Trump memo seeks to protect Great Lakes from invasive carp, backs barrier project

On: May 9, 2025

President Trump is expected to sign a memorandum today directing his administration to take steps to block invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes, signaling support for a construction project in Illinois that would install barriers to prevent the carp from infiltrating Lake Michigan. Read the full story by The Detroit News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250509-trump-memo-greatlakes-invasivecarp

Hannah Reynolds

Maritime museum on Lake Michigan shoreline opens for 2025 season

On: May 9, 2025

In Michigan, the Port of Ludington Maritime Museum is now open for the season. The museum is the third-largest maritime museum on the Great Lakes, with up to 12,000 people visiting each summer. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250509-maritimemuseum-lakemichigan-shoreline

Hannah Reynolds

DEC, Cornell award $371K for watershed research projects across New York

On: May 9, 2025

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the New York State Water Resources Institute at Cornell University have announced more than $371,000 in new grants to support watershed research across New York, including in the Great Lakes. Read the full story by WFLR – Penn Yan, NY.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250509-dec-cornell-watershed-newyork

Hannah Reynolds

How the Great Lakes Line 5 Tunnel Project would be constructed

On: May 9, 2025

Construction on the Great Lakes Line 5 Tunnel Project, a proposed $800 million tunnel that aims to safeguard a pipeline carrying crude oil and natural gas liquids through the Straits of Mackinac, could begin this fall. A tunnel boring machine would be used to create a concrete wall about a foot and a half thick with rebar, more than 350 feet below the channel bottom. Read the full story by the WLUC-TV – St. Ignace, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250509-greatlakes-line5-tunnelproject

Hannah Reynolds

Scientists suspect lethal virus behind countless fish washing up dead in Lake Huron

On: May 9, 2025

Scientists suspect a deadly virus is behind an unusually large number of fish deaths in Lake Huron this spring, where thousands of carcasses have been washing up on Ontario beaches and shorelines. Read the full story by CBC.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250509-scientists-fish-lakehuron

Hannah Reynolds

Lake Michigan’s ‘fast ferry’ is open for the season, zipping over to Wisconsin in under 3 hours

On: May 9, 2025

The Lake Express, the high-speed catamaran car ferry that connects Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Muskegon, Michigan, has officially set off for the season. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250509-lakemichigan-fast-ferry-wisconsin

Hannah Reynolds

Taking trash out: New litter boom to help clean water near Erie Water Works storm outfall

On: May 9, 2025

During Drinking Water Week, Erie Water Works and Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful teamed up to install a 50-foot water litter boom next to the Erie Water Works station. A litter boom is a large floating barrier designed to prevent litter from continuing downstream. Read the full story by Erie Times-News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250509-takingtrashout-cleanwater-erie-pa

Hannah Reynolds

Cleveland Metroparks, partners breaking ground on sailing center

On: May 9, 2025

The Cleveland Metroparks is breaking ground on a world-class sailing center along Lake Erie, aimed at increasing lakefront access for residents and breaking down barriers to the sport. Read the full story by Spectrum News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250509-cleveland-metroparks-sailingcenter

Hannah Reynolds

Ontario boat company secures deal for 30-min transit from Toronto to Niagara

On: May 9, 2025

An Ontario boating company is one step closer to launching a ferry that will take passengers from Toronto’s waterfront to central Niagara in just 30 minutes. Read the full story by Global News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250509-ontario-boat-company-toronto-niagara

Hannah Reynolds

Funding slashed for Great Lakes research: Will algal blooms go unchecked?

On: May 7, 2025

Federal funding cutbacks have impacted the staff at NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory. Severe spending limits have made it difficult to purchase ordinary equipment for processing toxic algal samples, and while remaining staff plan to launch large data-collecting buoys into the water this week, it’s late for a field season that typically runs from April to October. Read the full story by Planet Detroit.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250507-algal-bloom-research-funding-cuts

Power outage causes 8-hour sewage overflow at Webster plant

On: May 7, 2025

For 8 hours overnight, there was a constant overflow and discharge of wastewater at Walter W. Bradley Wastewater Treatment Plant in Webster, New York, because of a power outage that shut down equipment and disabled the internet-based alarm system that would have alerted someone to the problem, according to New York State and Town of Webster officials. Read the full story by WROC-TV – Rochester, NY.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250507-sewage-overflow

Duluth councilors consider resolution advocating to keep EPA Lab

On: May 7, 2025

The Duluth City Council will be considering a resolution requesting federal officials to keep the U.S. EPA’s Great Lakes Toxicology and Ecology Division lab in Duluth, Minnesota, open. About 150 employees stand to lose their jobs at the lab that contributes $15 million to Minnesota’s economy each year. Read the full story by KBJR-TV – Superior, WI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250507-lab-resolution

Federal budget proposal puts Great Lakes research at risk, raising concerns as fishing season starts

On: May 7, 2025

The Executive Office of the President’s proposed 2026 federal budget includes a 25% reduction — nearly $1.5 billion — to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That could gut funding for research programs monitoring water quality, weather conditions and fish populations across the region. Read the full story by Spectrum News 1.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250507-research-funding-cuts

Sturgeon spawning underway on Fox River below De Pere Dam

On: May 7, 2025

The sturgeon spawning run is continuing in parts of Northeast Wisconsin, including the Green Bay area, and the lower Fox River below the De Pere dam. Experts say the prehistoric sturgeon make it up the Fox River every year to begin spawning when the water temperature reaches 50-60 degrees Fahrenheit. Read the full story by WLUK-TV – Green Bay, WI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250507-sturgeon-spawning

Authorities say surge of dead fish along Lake Ontario due to weather, temperature changes

On: May 7, 2025

As hundreds of thousands of alewife from Lake Ontario have been spawning for the season, authorities say recent weather changes have caused a surge in dead fish along the Greater Toronto Area shoreline. Read the full story by CityNews Toronto.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250507-fish-die-off

COMMENTARY: To protect Great Lakes economic engine, save research funding

On: May 7, 2025

The Great Lakes, and the fisheries sustained within them, support a multi-billion-dollar economy and countless jobs, all of which depend on the crucial scientific research conducted by many state and federal entities. The proposed elimination of funding for the U.S. Geological Survey’s Ecosystems Mission Area, under the guise of fiscal responsibility, is a dangerous misstep. Read the full story by The Post-Standard.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250507-research-funding

Smallmouth bass are getting bigger in Michigan. Thank catch-and-release

On: May 7, 2025

According to a recent study by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, smallmouth bass in Lake St. Clair are bigger than they used to be. Because the bass are often released back into the water instead of going home with fishers, they can live longer and grow bigger. Read the full story by Bridge Michigan.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250507-bass-study

‘Water came in’: 60 years ago, the freighter Cedarville sank in the Straits of Mackinac

On: May 7, 2025

On May 7, 1965, the SS Cedarville sank beneath the waters of the Straits of Mackinac after a collision just one mile east of the Mackinac Bridge. The freighter plied the waters of the Great Lakes for almost 40 years before it crashed, ferrying loads of limestone from port to port. Read the full story by The Sault Ste. Marie Evening News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250507-freighter-sinking-anniversary

Underwater, fish-eye footage brings Sleeping Bear’s aquatic life into focus for new school program

On: May 7, 2025

The educational team at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is unveiling a new program, “Sleeping Bear from Below.” The underwater documentary will be projected on the park’s 12-foot inflatable planetarium to bring an immersive experience for elementary students. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250507-educational-program

Trump administration’s planned budget cuts threaten key Lake Michigan data network

On: May 5, 2025

Proposed federal budget cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration could pull the plug on a vital data network for Lake Michigan, impacting everything from boater safety and fishing forecasts to beach monitoring and drinking water intakes. Read the full story by Ottawa News Network.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250505-trump-budget-cuts

Big utilities locked in court battle over pricey overhaul of power plant on Lake Michigan

On: May 5, 2025

Utility companies DTE Energy and Consumers Energy are entering the fourth year of a high-stake legal battle with the company they hired for the overhaul of the Ludington Pumped Storage Plant. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250505-utility-court-battle

Army Corps details new schedule for Line 5 tunnel permit process

On: May 5, 2025

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released a new, shorter timeline for its environmental review of the Line 5 tunnel project, reducing the public comment period to 30 days instead of 60. Read the full story by Interlochen Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250505-line5-schedule

Most smelt in northern Ontario are an invasive species and they’re making lake trout smaller

On: May 5, 2025

Lake trout in some northern Ontario lakes aren’t as big as they used to be, and new findings have shown that when lake trout consume rainbow smelt it can lead to heart issues and thymine deficiency. Read the full story by CBC News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250505-ontario-smelt

PFBC focuses on issues affecting anglers

On: May 5, 2025

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission held its quarterly meeting in April, during which the commissioners took action on several issues affecting anglers throughout the commonwealth, especially those in the northwest. Read the full story by Times Observer.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250505-pfbc-meeting

Lake Michigan shipwreck earns National Register spot

On: May 5, 2025

The National Park Service has put another Lake Michigan shipwreck on the National Register of Historic Places, but most of the boat’s history remains unknown. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250505-shipwreck

First cruise ship of 2025 visits Soo Locks

On: May 5, 2025

The first cruise ship of the season, Victory I, of Victory Cruise Lines, has visited the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250505-soo-cruise

Sail on: Sunfish sailboats now being manufactured in Michigan

On: May 5, 2025

To the delight of sailors across the country, a Michigan company has become the exclusive manufacturer of the Sunfish sailboat, launching the first U.S.-built Sunfish in years. Read the full story by the Macomb Daily.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250505-sunfish-sailboats

Oldest Great Lakes piping plover returns to Sleeping Bear Dunes

On: May 2, 2025

A 16-year-old piping plover named Gabby returned to her home shoreline on Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore this month, just in time for breeding season. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250502-oldest-piping-plover

Grand Traverse Band’s fish waste recycling efforts lure national attention

On: May 2, 2025

Using fish waste as a fertilizer is a tradition that goes back centuries for some Native American tribes, including those who lived in the Great Lakes. Grand Traverse Band has gained international recognition in the wake of recent efforts to transform fish waste from local fishing operations into a high-quality fertilizer. Read the full story by Rural Innovation Exchange.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250502-fish-recycling

Crumbling bluffs along Lake Michigan threaten homes

On: May 2, 2025

Michigan officials say years of waves and extreme weather have led to significant erosion along the coastline. Parts of shorelines along Lakes Michigan, Superior and Huron have been designated as high-risk erosion areas, where a foot or more of terrain is lost every year. Read the full story by Fox News Network.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250502-crumbling-shorelines

Paw Paw sixth graders make waves with salmon release project

On: May 2, 2025

Sixth graders released more than a hundred chinook salmon into the Paw Paw River off the shoreline of Lake Michigan, learning lessons about conservation, ecosystems and wildlife management. Read the full story by WZZM-TV-Grand Rapids, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250502-salmon-release