New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Friday celebrated the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s designation of the Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary – the first to be designated off New York State’s coast. The sanctuary will cover over 1,700 square miles of state waters in eastern Lake Ontario and protect approximately 43 known shipwrecks and one submerged aircraft, spanning centuries of history. Read the full story by the Finger Lakes Times.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240909-marine-sanctuary

James Polidori

Hundreds gathered as the Gun Lake Tribe released roughly 160 hatchery-raised lake sturgeon into the Kalamazoo River on Friday. The fish eggs were collected in April 2024 from mats put in the Kalamazoo River by the Tribe’s Environmental Department. Read the full story by WZZM-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240909-sturgeon-release

James Polidori

As a National Historic Landmark, the SS Milwaukee functions as a travel through time for visitors who climb abroad to hear her maritime history. For the first time since she returned to Muskegon in 1998, the ship is offering haunted tours taking place Fridays and Saturdays in October. Read the full story by MLive.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240909-steamship-tours

James Polidori

Cleveland Metroparks in Ohio, along with partners, recently unveiled plans to open a state-of-the-art community sailing center, 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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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240906-clevelandmetroparks-sailingcenter-2026

Hannah Reynolds

The Adopt-a-Beach program, an initiative to keep litter and waste out of the Great Lakes, has passed a milestone. Volunteers with Adopt-a-Beach have removed more than 10 million pieces of litter from Great Lakes beaches and shorelines since 2003. Read the full story by WSGW – Saginaw, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240906-litter-removed-greatlakes

Hannah Reynolds

Michigan environmental advocates are hailing a “groundbreaking” settlement to a civil rights complaint filed with state regulators over the expansion of a hazardous waste facility in Detroit. The settlement requires EGLE to deny a license to a hazardous waste facility, including the renewal of a license, if it will have an “unlawful impact on human health and the environment.” Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240906-michigan-civilrights-settlement

Hannah Reynolds

Fertilizer made from city sewage has been spread on millions of acres of farmland for decades in states across the country, including Michigan. Scientists say this fertilizer can contain high levels of PFAS, and the national scale of farmland contamination by these chemicals is only now starting to become apparent. Read the full story by The New York Times.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240906-foreverchemicals

Laura Andrews

The remains of the 131-year-old Minnehaha shipwreck are easy to spot as they peek out of the sand along the Lake Michigan shoreline in Manistee County, Michigan. The Minnehaha ran aground and was broken apart by waves in October 1893. Read the full story by MLive.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240906-shipwrecks-lakemichigan-beach

Hannah Reynolds

Ludington State Park is known for its seven miles of sandy Lake Michigan beachfront, an iconic lighthouse, and a one-mile stretch of the Big Sable River, popular for fishing, paddling and tubing.  It’s one of Michigan’s most popular state parks, and it’s now getting $3.2 million in upgrades. Read the full story by MLive.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240906-ludingtonstatepark-upgrades

Hannah Reynolds

In Detroit, Michigan, Wayne County Commissioners issued a resolution calling for an end to shipping irradiated waste into the county. A statement from the chair calls for “a common-sense solution that protects residents and the nation’s largest fresh water supply.” Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240906-radioactivewaste-waynecounty

Hannah Reynolds

Drownings in Michigan this summer have once again put a spotlight on water safety in a state with the nation’s longest freshwater coastline and an abundance of inland lakes. As of Thursday, the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project has tracked 77 Great Lakes drownings in 2024 compared to 85 Great Lakes drownings from last year. Read the full story by The Detroit Free Press.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240904-water-safety

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Residents and advocacy groups are asking the federal government for a hearing to try to stop the Palisades nuclear plant in Southwest Michigan on Lake Michigan, officially shut down in 2022, from reopening. No closed nuclear plant has ever reopened. Read the full story by Michigan Public.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240904-nuclear-petition

Taaja Tucker-Silva

The search and recovery team that found a crash victim and airplane lost 17 years ago in Lake Huron said it’s hoping to help even more people find their lost loved ones. Great Lakes Search and Recovery, a nonprofit that searches for people lost in the water, tries to bring closure to families. Read the full story by CBS News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240904-search-and-recovery

Taaja Tucker-Silva

The Lake Michigan yellow perch population remains very low, and angler catches are far below historical averages. The drops are linked to the arrival of zebra and quagga mussels in the 1990s. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240904-perch-population

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Visitors to Lake Erie beaches have been puzzled by a flood of dead fish – particularly sheepshead, also known as freshwater drum – with thousands washing ashore in areas near Port Bruce and Port Stanley, Ontario. Experts suggest the die-offs were due to upwelling in hypoxic areas of the lake. Read the full story by the London Free Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240904-dead-fish

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Several journalists recently gathered at the Ohio Sea Grant/Ohio State University Stone Laboratory research facility for an annual overview of a multitude of issues affecting the world’s 11th largest freshwater lake. Read the full story by The Blade.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240904-erie-issues

Taaja Tucker-Silva

If you’ve walked along the Milwaukee lakefront in the past few weeks, you might have suddenly found yourself amid a swarm of dragonflies. The insects are making their yearly migration south, which includes a several-week stretch passing through Milwaukee. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240904-dragonfly-swarms

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Four piping Plover fledglings graduated out of captivity and made it onto a northern Michigan beach this summer, joining a record-breaking nesting season across the Great Lakes. A total of 124 wild chicks fledged, or grew wings large enough to fly. Read the full story by MLive.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240904-plovers-fledged

Taaja Tucker-Silva

The Great Lakes Way is an interconnected set of greenways and water trails stretching from Port Huron, Michigan to Toledo, Ohio on western Lake Erie. Its purpose is to help reconnect people with continentally significant natural resources, promote outdoor recreation with its many benefits, and foster a stewardship ethic. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240904-great-lakes-way

Taaja Tucker-Silva

This week, blue-green algae blooms were spotted in the waters of Lake Superior in St. Louis Bay and Little Sand Bay in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. Those sightings followed a bloom spotted last week off Barker’s Island in Superior, Wisconsin. While common in inland rivers and ponds, the algae are fairly new to Lake Superior. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240830-lake-superior-habs

James Polidori

A Presque Isle County steel fabricator has won a $5.85 million contract to build the R/V Steelhead II, a new fisheries research boat, for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. The 66-foot, steel-hulled vessel will replace the S/V Steelhead, a 56-year-old survey vessel used to gather Great Lakes fishery management data. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240830-research-vessel

James Polidori

More than 154,000 comments have been submitted on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ environmental assessment of Enbridge’s proposed 41-mile reroute of its Line 5 around the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa’s land. Interested parties have until Aug. 30 to submit comments. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240830-line5-public-comments

James Polidori

In Ontario, toxic blue-green algae that closed public access to the water along Beach Boulevard this week is the first such discovery along Hamilton’s stretch of Lake Ontario in at least a decade, if not longer. Read the full story by The Hamilton Spectator.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240830-rare-algae

James Polidori

The volunteer lead Great Lakes piping plover monitor at Chicago’s Montrose Beach was recognized by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources as one of 11 outstanding volunteers of the year. Read the full story by WTTW – Chicago, IL.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240830-plover-volunteer

James Polidori

Approximately 72 hectares of land formerly occupied by a coal-fired power plant in Mississauga will soon be home to the longest Canadian pier in the Great Lakes. The pier will jut 600 meters into Lake Ontario and is part of the Lakeview Village, which is currently being built along its shores. Read the full story by CTV News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240830-longest-pier

James Polidori

Many people are starting to lose hope that the gator of Lake Erie will ever be captured or seen again. Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority officials said it has not confirmed any sightings of it, but expressed hope that it is safe if it is still out there. Read the full story by Erie Times-News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240830-alligator-sightings

James Polidori

Geneva Lake in Walworth County, Wisconsin, has long been known for its clear, deep water and scenic location. And now it has an unwelcome distinction: it is the first Wisconsin inland lake documented with quagga mussels, according to state and local officials. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240828-quagga-mussels

Theresa Gruninger

The Sloughs — or Ogaakagonike in Ojibwe — are a series of Wisconsin tributaries chock full of wetlands that are home to the only wild rice bed in Lake Superior. As threats like climate change and extractive industries encroach on Lake Superior, the power of place has never been more important for the Ojibwe. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240828-the-sloughs

Theresa Gruninger

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers announced Monday that his administration is proposing to bring the state’s drinking water standards for PFAS in line with new federal regulations unveiled earlier this year. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240828-pfas-standards

Theresa Gruninger

This month, a team of scientists confirmed there are more than 40 sinkholes on Lake Michigan’s lakebed in the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary. The sinkholes are valuable natural laboratories that can help scientists learn more about Earth’s early history before there was oxygen. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240828-sinkholes

Theresa Gruninger

Although this year’s cruise season is winding down in Cleveland, Ohio, there are plenty of reasons for optimism in 2025. The Port of Cleveland has announced that Victory Cruise Lines is coming back to the Great Lakes after a year-long hiatus, with 30 planned ports of call on the North Coast in 2025. Read the full story by WKYC-TV – Cleveland, OH.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240828-cleveland-cruises

Theresa Gruninger

Knox County, Ohio, farmers are among the more than 3,000 producers protecting Ohio’s water quality through the H2Ohio nutrient management program. Farmers will develop and implement a Voluntary Nutrient Management Plan that will reduce phosphorus runoff, a major contributor to algae blooms. Read the full story by the Knox Pages.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240828-h2ohio

Theresa Gruninger

A $1.45 million federal project will help communities across Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan prepare for floods by building up resilience along the Lake Superior coast and reestablishing the land’s ability to store water and release it slowly. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240828-flooding-grants

Theresa Gruninger

Minnesota’s iconic Split Rock Lighthouse on Lake Superior has transformed itself over the last few years. New to the popular lighthouse is a walking tour and a new exhibit on the history of the Native American people who were there long before the 114-year-old tower. Read the full story by Minnesota Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240828-split-rock-lighthouse

Theresa Gruninger

The largest lake sturgeon in the history of Michigan’s annual state survey was captured last week. The monster fish was 75.2 inches long, or about 6-foot, 3 inches, which made it the largest sturgeon by length that the survey has ever recorded. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240828-sturgeon

Theresa Gruninger

The placid water of Rondeau Bay in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, is at risk of being exposed to the punishing and turbulent waves of Lake Erie. The barrier beach that divides the bodies of water is being eaten away by erosion. Read the full story by the CBC.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240826-beach-eroding

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Two Michigan legislators have introduced bills that would limit sand mining and make it far more difficult to develop on critical sand dunes. The legislation is expected to be officially introduced in September. Read the full story by the Holland Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240826-sand-legislation

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Opposition is growing over a proposal to redesignate the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore as Wisconsin’s first national park. Local governments and the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa have come out against the bill, raising concerns about the proposal’s effects on the environment, tribal treaty rights, housing, and infrastructure. Read the full story by the Superior Telegram.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240826-apostle-islands

Taaja Tucker-Silva

A cargo ship has run aground near Kahnawà:ke on Montreal’s South Shore after it experienced a mechanical failure. The unfortunate incident does not pose a threat to the environment and no injuries have been reported, but the ship is blocking cargo traffic. Read the full story by the CBC.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240826-ship-stuck

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Dozens of historic shipwrecks are submerged in Lake Michigan within the bounds of the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary. Exploring them just got easier: this month, crews installed buoys and mooring lines near 19 of the most popular shipwrecks. Read the full story by Smithsonian Magazine.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240826-shipwreck-buoys

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Generators at dams built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were shut down decades ago. Michigan has been removing more of those obsolete dams in recent years, but dam removal is no easy task. Read the full story by Michigan Public.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240826-dam-removal

Taaja Tucker-Silva

The impact of climate change on physical landscapes is the tip of an iceberg, and the psychological effects on individuals and communities are beginning to emerge. Stories from around the Great Lakes highlight the effects of climate change stress. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240826-climate-stress

Taaja Tucker-Silva

A fourth-grade boy recently made a startling beachside discovery along Lake Superior: bones. Erosion is eating away at the shoreline of Lake Superior and has begun to encroach on graves at Scandia Cemetery in Duluth, Minnesota. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240826-cemetery-eroding

Taaja Tucker-Silva

This month, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation added a brand-new feature to the official “HuntFishNY” app called the “TACKLE BOX.” This feature provides anglers with one stop for waterbody-specific information on fishing regulations, stocking, fishing/boating access sites and more. Read the full story by the Observer.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240826-huntfishny-app

Taaja Tucker-Silva