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Why Indigenous Nations are walking away from pipeline talks in Michigan

On: March 31, 2025

Seven Indigenous Nations have withdrawn from discussions over an oil and gas liquids pipeline in Michigan, citing federal agencies’ failure to adequately engage with tribal governments during the process. The move is expected to trigger lawsuits the tribes hope will block the controversial Line 5 project. Read the full story by Grist.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250331-indigenousnations-pipelinetalks-michigan

Hannah Reynolds

Driftwood Outdoors: Lake Erie on run of excellent walleye fishing

On: March 31, 2025

Lake Erie is called the Walleye Capital of the World. The 2025 fishing season is set to showcase why. According to the Ohio DNR, walleye from recent large hatches are reaching trophy size. Erie anglers who are used to catching a lot of fish, can now expect to catch a lot of big fish, too. Read the full story by the Fulton Sun.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250331-driftwoodoutdoors-walleye-fishing-lakeerie

Hannah Reynolds

U.S. Senators Moreno and Peters to lead Senate Great Lakes Task Force

On: March 28, 2025

U.S. Senators Bernie Moreno (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI) will co-chair the Senate Great Lakes Task Force for the 119th Congress. They will hold meetings to coordinate legislative initiatives, funding priorities, and oversight efforts to protect the Great Lakes. Read the full story by WTVG-TV – Toledo, OH.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250328-task-force

Taaja Tucker-Silva

The US and Canada have long managed the Great Lakes together. That era could be ending

On: March 28, 2025

Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump and his administration has repeatedly stoked tensions with Canada, once considered the United States’ closest ally. Along with trade and tariffs, this strife has also raised questions about how the region’s water resources will be managed. Read the full story by Grist.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250328-us-canada-relations

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Climate change is making Great Lakes water birds sick, research shows

On: March 28, 2025

Climate change is making it easier for Great Lakes water birds to get sick, according to a recent University of Illinois study. The study identified avian diseases in the Great Lakes, including botulism and avian influenza, that could be primed for outbreaks amid warming waters and shifting migration patterns. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250328-sick-birds

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Proposed fishing bill could threaten Saginaw Bay fisheries

On: March 28, 2025

A Michigan House representative recently introduced a bill that could add a lot of regulations to fishing in Saginaw Bay. This could potentially be a massive obstacle for state licensed commercial fishers in the area. Read the full story by the Huron Daily Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250328-saginaw-bay-fisheries

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Shipping, port officials say fees on Chinese-built ships would cost jobs

On: March 28, 2025

While they support bolstering the U.S. shipbuilding industry, officials warned millions of dollars in fees each time a Chinese-built ship stops at a U.S. port would threaten Great Lakes shipping. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250328-chinese-ships

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Michigan, Ontario officials monitoring crude oil spill, cleanup in St. Clair River

On: March 28, 2025

U.S. and Canadian officials are monitoring a crude oil spill that was detected Thursday in the Canadian side of the St. Clair River near the Suncor Sarnia Refinery in Sarnia, Ontario. No impacts to drinking water were reported for Ontario or Michigan residents, although water intake valves were temporarily closed on the Michigan side. Read the full story by CBS News Detroit.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250328-oil-spill

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Bird carcasses reportedly appear on Lake Michigan beach after die-off

On: March 28, 2025

After reports have surfaced of dead birds on the shores of Lake Michigan, the city of South Haven, Michigan, is urging residents to leave the carcasses alone and report die-offs of six carcasses or more. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250328-dead-birds

Taaja Tucker-Silva

All of our reporting on Deep Thought, the abandoned boat along Lake Michigan in Milwaukee

On: March 28, 2025

Wisconsin seems to be a consequence-free place to ditch a boat. Since Oct. 13, the owner of a local salvage company has been the only person who has shown any initiative in removing an abandoned boat, Deep Thought, from the Lake Michigan shoreline in Milwaukee. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250328-abandoned-boat

Taaja Tucker-Silva

It’s ship watching season. How to track freighters on the Great Lakes

On: March 28, 2025

The Soo Locks are open and ships are moving through all of the Great Lakes, bringing out “boat nerds” for spring ship watching. There are several ways for freighter enthusiasts to track them online. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250328-boat-nerds

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Could Lake Erie really become Lake Ohio?

On: March 28, 2025

On March 14, Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said that perhaps Lake Erie should be changed to Lake Ohio. When looking at history, changing the names of the Great Lakes is not completely unheard of, but is a bit more complicated in today’s world. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250328-lake-ohio

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Sea lamprey control program receives OK to rehire federal workers after initial scare

On: March 26, 2025

The Great Lakes’ sea lamprey control program has the OK to rehire three dozen federal employees it needs to combat the invasive fish species. That’s after staffing cuts and hiring freezes from the Trump administration last month threatened the work, which the Great Lakes Fishery Commission said would have led to more than $200 million in lost fishing potential. Read the full story by Michigan Public.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250326-lamprey-control-rehires

Superior has the state’s only private water utility. It’s making it harder to replace lead pipes.

On: March 26, 2025

Due to a Wisconsin state law barring privately owned water systems from receiving loan forgiveness, the Superior Water Light & Power Company can’t access the federal loan forgiveness included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that helps financially strapped communities upgrade water systems. Many state lawmakers and city officials want Superior residents to benefit from the federal money, but they’re at odds over how to make that happen. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250326-funding-access

As Line 5 tunnel set to be fast-tracked, Great Lakes tribes withdraw from cooperating on environmental review

On: March 26, 2025

After being notified that the Line 5 tunnel project will likely be fast-tracked for federal approval, Great Lakes tribes are withdrawing as cooperating agencies in the federal environmental review process. In a letter, tribal leaders explained that the process has lacked meaningful dialogue with Indigenous Nations and other cooperating agencies, as well as undermined the federal government’s responsibility to protect tribal treaty rights. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250326-tribal-review

COMMENTARY: Attacks threaten Canada-US teamwork on Great Lakes

On: March 26, 2025

The executive director of FLOW (For Love of Water), a law and policy center in Traverse City, Michigan, says the partnership between Canada and the United States regarding the Great Lakes has worked well, with critical Great Lakes programs, partnerships, and binational agreements that support the lakes in many ways. Read the full story by Bridge Michigan.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250326-binational-relationship

DNR to cover federal funding cuts for state’s Great Lakes piping plover program

On: March 26, 2025

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will once again hire several people to monitor the critically endangered Great Lakes piping plover at four state parks. Those jobs are typically federally funded by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative; however, due to cuts to federal programming, funding has only been released to cover two of the five planned hires. Read the full story by WOOD-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250326-piping-plover-staffing

Study: Algae blooms on cold Lake Superior reveal impact of climate change

On: March 26, 2025

Rising temperatures and changing environmental conditions in the Great Lakes are contributing to harmful algal blooms (HABs), and new research suggests that the nearshore regions of Lake Superior could indicate climate change’s effects on the region’s ecosystem. HABs are often associated with warm, nutrient-rich lakes, but recently have been showing up in cold, low-nutrient lakes such as Lake Superior. Read the full story by Bridge Michigan.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250326-climate-impacts

Northwest Ohio farmers now eligible to enroll in incentive program to improve water quality, soil health

On: March 26, 2025

Farmers in 10 northwest Ohio counties in the Western Lake Erie Basin are now eligible to enroll or re-enroll in H2Ohio’s agriculture incentive program that uses proven, science-based, best management practices to help improve water quality throughout the state. Read the full story by Spectrum News 1.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250326-incentive-program

Great Lakes water levels decline in March. Could seasonal rise be on the way?

On: March 26, 2025

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers predicts that water levels for the Great Lakes will continue a seasonal drop until April; all of the Great Lakes this winter are below the 2023-2024 levels due to winter conditions. But now that spring-like weather is starting to show, most of the Great Lakes are predicted to have rising water levels. Read the full story by the Erie Times-News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250326-water-levels

2 environmental activists are worried about proposed cuts at the EPA and deregulation on Great Lakes

On: March 26, 2025

Recent moves at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have environmental advocates on alert, as proposed agency layoffs and promises of deregulation raise questions about the impact on the Great Lakes region. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250326-deregulation-impacts

Moran Iron Works builds 66-foot vessel to boost Great Lakes research by 2026

On: March 26, 2025

A new Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) research vessel, the 66-foot R/V Steelhead II, is currently being built in northern Michigan. The vessel will come equipped with a lab, netting, and solar panels, letting the DNR research the health of the Great Lakes without going ashore. Read the full story by WPBN-TV – Traverse City, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250326-research-vessel

How LittaTraps are keeping litter in Thunder Bay, Ont. out of Lake Superior

On: March 24, 2025

An environmental initiative in Thunder Bay, Ontario, is helping keep garbage out of local waterways, with nearly 1,500 pieces of litter diverted from storm drains in the past year via the installation of LittaTraps in storm drains across the city. Read the full story by CBC News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250324-littatraps

Millions of fish killed after getting trapped in Bruce Power nuclear plant’s intake system, First Nation says

On: March 24, 2025

Millions of fish along the shore of Lake Huron have died since January after they were attracted to warm water produced by the Bruce Power nuclear plant and became trapped in the station’s intake channels, an Ontario First Nation says. Read the full story by the Toronto Star.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250324-fish-nuclear

Environmental comeback of Great Lakes at risk with Canada and U.S. in tariff turmoil

On: March 24, 2025

The Great Lakes region has long stood as a model of cross-border collaboration working together on a multitude of invasive species and water issues, but the Trump administration’s combative stand on binational relations and deep cuts to Great Lakes initiatives have put environmental progress at risk. Read the full story by the Globe and Mail.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250324-tariffs

Langworthy introduces bill preventing future Great Lakes wind turbine construction

On: March 24, 2025

U.S. Representative, Nick Langworthy, has reintroduced the Lakes Before Turbines Act, which would prohibit developers from utilizing tax credits for construction of wind farms on any of the Great Lakes. Read the full story by the Post-Journal.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250324-wind-turbine-bill

Anglers of the Au Sable sues Air Force, National Guard over low-altitude flight training

On: March 24, 2025

Anglers of the Au Sable, a nonprofit environmental organization in northern Lower Michigan, has sued the U.S. Air Force and National Guard in U.S. District Court, alleging that plans to expand low-altitude flight training in the eastern Lower Peninsula will harm prized waterways, natural areas and the quality of life in the region. Read the full story by Detroit Free Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250324-anglers-lawsuit

Pennsylvania waterways getting stocked for upcoming start of trout season

On: March 24, 2025

With trout season only two weeks away, Pennsylvania is bustling with stocking efforts, releasing over 3 million fish into hundreds of streams and lakes across the state. Read the full story by WTAE—Pittsburgh, PA.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250324-trout-stocking

DNR set to kick off annual walleye egg collection on Muskegon River

On: March 24, 2025

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is about to begin the walleye egg collection on the Muskegon River in Newaygo County, with plans to collect nearly 26 million eggs to send to hatcheries around the state. Read the full story by WPBN-TV – Traverse City, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250324-muskegon-walleye

Michigan’s Mackinac Bridge among 68 in US that NTSB recommends be evaluated for risk of collapse

On: March 24, 2025

Michigan’s Mackinac Bridge is among the 68 bridges across 19 states that the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommended be assessed to determine “the risk of collapse from a vessel collision.” This comes as part of the ongoing investigation into last year’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore. Read the full story by WDIV-TV – Detroit, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250324-mackinac-bridge

Groups fight to preserve future of Michigan’s indigenous wild rice

On: March 24, 2025

The Michigan Wild Rice Initiative, comprising tribes indigenous to the Great Lakes region, state officials and academic experts, has crafted a stewardship plan that aims to preserve wild rice for future generations. Read the full story by BridgeDetroit.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250324-wild-rice

Funding cuts place Great Lakes piping plover in danger

On: March 24, 2025

As federal funding continues to be slashed in many areas around the country, experts are concerned that the piping plover population will be in danger without the proper care. Read the full story by WLHT – Grand Rapids, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250324-piping-plover

Sewage overflows into the Chicago River are rare, but new warning system will alert paddlers and other users when to steer clear

On: March 21, 2025

In Chicago, a new notification system is being proposed at boat launch sites that would alert people to sewer overflow events, warning people to avoid contact with the water. Read the full story by WTTW – Chicago, IL.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250321-chicago-river

One world, two Great Lakes

On: March 21, 2025

A tropical lake in Central Africa might not seem like the first place you would look to gain insights into North America’s Great Lakes. But that’s just what researchers from Bowling Green State University in Ohio have been doing for the past three years. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250321-lake-victoria

Soo Locks opens with first ship of the season, but it’s not your usual freighter

On: March 21, 2025

Arriving a day early to drop anchor and capture this year’s “first ship” award at the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, is actually two vessels in one: the Clyde S. Vanenkevort/Erie Trader, an articulated tug/barge combo. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250321-soolocks-freighters-first-of-season

Hannah Reynolds

Baldwin, other Great Lakes senators send letter about effects of NOAA cuts

On: March 21, 2025

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and a group of six other Democratic senators representing Great Lakes states sent a letter this week to NOAA Vice Admiral Nancy Hann pressing for more information about how staff cuts at the agency will affect programs on the lakes. Read the full story by the Wisconsin Examiner.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250321-baldwin-greatlakessenators-noaacuts-letter

Hannah Reynolds

Duluth EPA lab’s future uncertain under plan to cut research arm

On: March 21, 2025

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed eliminating its scientific and research arm and up to 75% of its staff, leaving the future of the agency’s Duluth freshwater laboratory and its more than 100 employees uncertain. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250321-duluth-epa-lab-fundingcuts

Hannah Reynolds

Tariff tension felt by southwestern Ontario fisheries

On: March 21, 2025

Southwestern Ontario’s commercial fishing industry is feeling the pressure of looming U.S. tariffs expected on April 2 on all Canadian goods. That includes fish caught and processed in Ontario, a vast majority of which comes from Lake Erie and is exported south of the border. Read the full story by CBC.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250321-tariffs-ontariofisheries

Hannah Reynolds

Ohio investigators catch anglers overfishing on Lake Erie. What to know about limits

On: March 21, 2025

The Ohio Division of Wildlife is warning anglers not to ignore state fishing limits. The agency says it recently busted 10 people for taking too many walleye during fishing trips on Lake Erie. Read the full story by the Canton Repository.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250321-ohio-overfishing-walleye

Hannah Reynolds

Is there any ice left on the Great Lakes? Here’s how much is left in March

On: March 21, 2025

With continuing above-freezing temperatures across the region, Great Lakes ice coverage has dropped to less than 10% since reaching a high over more than 50% in February. Read the full story by the Sault Ste. Marie Evening News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250321-greatlakes-icecoverage

Hannah Reynolds

Great Lakes Aquarium launches Women in Science series

On: March 21, 2025

Dozens of people gathered at the Great Lakes Aquarium after hours on Thursday for the first event in a new series. Titled “Women in Science,” the panel series features local women with various scientific backgrounds. For the inaugural event, the focus was on studying diverse relationships with water in the Great Lakes region. Read the full story by WDIO-DT-TV – Duluth, MN.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250321-greatlakesaquarium-women-in-science-series

Hannah Reynolds

Sunken AuSable River Queen back on dry land, owners hope to return it to service

On: March 21, 2025

In Oscoda Township, Michigan, an AuSable River paddleboat that’s offered scenic tours for decades has been rescued from the water eight days after it started sinking. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250321-sunkenausable-queen

Hannah Reynolds

Chicago considers new approaches for PFAS management

On: March 19, 2025

Chicago is exploring ways to manage the contamination of PFAS in the water supply through stricter regulations of PFAS manufacturers. Read the full story by Inside Climate News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250319-chicago-pfas

Lake Ohio? Vivek Ramaswamy pitches new name for Great Lake on campaign trail

On: March 19, 2025

The GOP candidate for Ohio governor, Vivek Ramaswamy, recently pitched Lake Ohio as a new name for Lake Erie during a Toledo campaign event last week. Read the full story by the Cincinnati Enquirer.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250319-lake-ohio

‘Cataclysmic’: environmentalists fear effects of Trump cuts on Great Lakes

On: March 19, 2025

Industry and environmental advocates warn that the attacks on federal agencies and funding freezes will be “cataclysmic” to the Great Lakes region if not reversed, risking drinking water contamination, fish populations, and the well-being of all those that rely on the Great Lakes system. Read the full story by the Guardian.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250319-great-lakes-cuts

Piping plovers ‘will die’ at Sleeping Bear because of Trump cuts, experts say

On: March 19, 2025

Conservation experts are concerned about the protection of the endangered Great Lakes piping plovers in Michigan due to hiring struggles and spending limits at the National Park Service. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250319-piping-plovers

Wetlands rules face rollback under Trump: Great Lakes pollution next?

On: March 19, 2025

Environmental Protection Agency Director Lee Zeldin issued guidance to limit federal protections for wetlands last week that environmental advocates say will lead to more pollution in the Great Lakes. Read the full story by Planet Detroit.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250319-epa-wetlands

After smashing records last winter, how does this Great Lakes ice season shape up?

On: March 19, 2025

After the 2023-2024 ice season was the lowest on record with average ice cover at 4.3% across all five lakes, the 2024-2025 ice season has measured up to the near normal conditions predicted by the U.S. National Ice Center in December. Read the full story by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250319-great-lakes-ice

EDITORIAL: Trump’s new EPA lead sings a tune all of us familiar with Flint should recognize

On: March 19, 2025

Newly appointed Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin is refocusing the agency with priorities that align with those of Michigan leadership that lead to the 2014 Flint water crisis. Read the full story by Detroit Free Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250319-epa-flint

2025 Great Lakes shipping season starts this week. Duluth will see ships soon

On: March 19, 2025

The 2025 Great Lakes shipping season begins Friday when the larger of two locks in Sault Sainte Marie, Mich. opens. Ships will soon be on the move to and from Lake Superior ports, including Duluth, Superior, Two Harbors and Silver Bay. Read the full story by Minnesota Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250319-duluth-shipping