Daily News (Page 48)

Workers who administer the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s environmental justice program were put on leave last week, raising concerns about federal grants for pollution-burdened communities. Amid proposed federal cuts, a bipartisan group of Great Lakes lawmakers are trying to protect the authorized $475 million funding levels for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. Read the full story by The Detroit News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250210-funding-uncertainty

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s $83 billion budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 targets roads, education, and economic growth, while also tackling environmental and justice issues like affordable drinking water and septic code, crucial yet often overlooked by citizens. Read the full story by Planet Detroit.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250210-michigan-budget

Taaja Tucker-Silva

For over 40 years, efforts to stock the lake sturgeon in the St. Louis River, Minnesota, have been underway, but the local population remains below management goals. A new partnership aims to bolster the number of mature sturgeon living in Lake Superior and the river estuary by rearing them in their very waters. Read the full story by The Minnesota Star Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250210-sturgeon-partnership

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Water levels of the upper Great Lakes are expected to drop to near or significantly below their historical summer averages for the first time in nearly a decade, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Read the full story by The Detroit News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250210-water-levels

Taaja Tucker-Silva

New grants from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to Great Lakes states to measure harmful chemicals such as PFAS, pesticides, and metals from groundwater in marginalized communities are facing uncertainty under increased White House scrutiny on federal spending. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250210-biomonitoring-grants

Taaja Tucker-Silva

The chaos surrounding the future of scientific research in the Trump administration’s first weeks has meant a bumpy beginning for a new program where ice fishing anglers and others on the frozen Great Lakes record ice thickness for research. Read the full story by Grist.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250210-ice-research

Taaja Tucker-Silva

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is calling on ice fishing enthusiasts to take care after a rash of fatalities involving recreational vehicles. The DNR tracked six fatal incidents involving utility task vehicles (UTVs) over the last month, four involving vehicles breaking through the ice. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250210-ice-fatalities

Taaja Tucker-Silva

With the arctic blast at the end of January, the ice coverage on Lake Erie went from nearly 30% to over 80% in just four days. Now, Lake Erie ice coverage is at 91% and the total Great Lakes ice coverage is currently at 27%. Read the full story by WJW-TV – Cleveland, OH.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250210-erie-ice

Taaja Tucker-Silva

A lure and fishhook that together stretch 22 feet hangs from a stairwell ceiling at the University of Minnesota Duluth’s Large Lakes Observatory. The lure was made by a first mate of the Blue Heron research vessel to draw attention to the oversized problem of invasive species in the lake and the Blue Heron‘s role in invasive species research. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250210-big-lure

Taaja Tucker-Silva

A large, clear yellowish glob located in Michigan’s Thunder Bay along Lake Huron may “look strange,” but U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff was pleased to share its findings with the public anyway. The Alpena Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office reported a bryozoan colony that its crew happened to catch in a net. Read the full story by CBS Detroit.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250210-bryozoan-colony

Taaja Tucker-Silva

The health of the Great Lakes, a vital resource and historical treasure for millions, faces an uncertain future as President Donald Trump’s temporary freeze on grants and loans takes effect. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250129-funding-freeze

Taaja Tucker-Silva

There’s a new plan to help restore and protect Michigan’s remaining native wild rice beds. The stewardship plan comes one year after wild rice, or Manoomin, was officially made Michigan’s state native grain. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250129-manoomin-plan

Taaja Tucker-Silva

A process that could establish a commercial bycatch fishery for lake trout on the Wisconsin waters of Lake Michigan took another step forward January 22 when the Natural Resources Board approved a preliminary public hearing and comment period on a scope statement. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250129-trout-rule

Taaja Tucker-Silva