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How a second Trump presidency could impact Great Lakes and Milwaukee cleanup efforts

On: November 18, 2024

When former President Donald Trump last held office, he rolled back more than 100 environmental rules, and as he prepares to re-enter the White House, experts anticipate he’ll draw from the same playbook. That could have ripple effects in Wisconsin, which in recent years has received close to a billion dollars from a landmark climate law Trump seeks to unwind. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241118-trump-wisconsin

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Trump vowed to roll back regulations targeting climate change. How will the Great Lakes fare?

On: November 18, 2024

Some Great Lakes politicians believe that Trump will continue to back funding for Great Lakes cleanup efforts, even as he tries to make good on his campaign pledges to roll back U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rules and regulations intended to fight climate change. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241118-trump-lakes

Taaja Tucker-Silva

The fight to keep grass carp out of the Great Lakes

On: November 18, 2024

Fisheries and Oceans Canada, along with partners in the U.S., keep a watchful eye for grass carp. Breeding populations of the invasive fish have been found on the American side of Lake Erie and could devastate the Great Lakes ecosystem. Read the full story by The Narwhal.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241118-grass-carp

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Chicago-area water pollution may be stalling the spread of invasive carp

On: November 18, 2024

In a name-your-poison twist, a new study from the University of Illinois adds to the evidence that Chicago-area waterway pollution is slowing the relentless advance of the invasive silver carp. Read the full story by The Chicago Tribune.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241118-chicago-carp

Taaja Tucker-Silva

MI and OH: Different strategies to reduce Lake Erie nutrient pollution

On: November 18, 2024

Michigan and Ohio are both struggling to reduce the fertilizer runoff getting into Lake Erie which feeds harmful algal blooms. Both states are working toward a 40% reduction goal set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. So far, the efforts are not meeting the goals. Read the full story by Michigan Public.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241118-erie-nutrients

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Bipartisan Michigan lawmakers pen letter against Canadian nuclear waste site in Great Lakes basin

On: November 18, 2024

Three Michigan lawmakers led a letter to the authors of the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, asking them to include an amendment opposing the permanent storage of nuclear waste in the Great Lakes basin in the final bill. Read the full story by Michigan Advance.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241118-nuclear-waste

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Great Lakes’ water temperatures are very warm for November, still 60 degrees on one lake

On: November 18, 2024

It’s no surprise the Great Lakes are warmer than normal since our air temperatures have been warmer than normal for quite some time. Western Lake Erie has a pocket of water that is still 60 degrees Fahrenheit. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241118-warm-water

Taaja Tucker-Silva

New marine sanctuary spotlights a ‘submerged museum’ on Lake Ontario

On: November 18, 2024

After seven years of planning, a new marine sanctuary now protects a portion of Lake Ontario rich with history and shipwrecks. The community-driven designation aims to benefit the area through preservation, economic development, and conservation. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241118-marine-sanctuary

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Could museum’s cruise-ship tours augur future Toledo port calls?

On: November 18, 2024

When passengers from Victory Cruise Lines voyages on the Great Lakes visit the National Museum of the Great Lakes next year, they’ll reach Toledo, Ohio, by bus, not boat. But Toledo-area leaders believe the Detroit-based shore excursions can be a stepping-off point toward bringing passenger cruises to the city. Read the full story by The Blade.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241118-toledo-cruises

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Wisconsin agency issues first round of permits for Enbridge Line 5 reroute around reservation

On: November 15, 2024

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) officials announced they have issued construction permits with more than 200 conditions for the Line 5 reroute around the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa’s reservation. The energy company still needs discharge permits from the DNR as well as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and must complete the project by November 14, 2027. Read the full story by The Associated Press.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241115-line5-permit

Algal bloom season finally over, NOAA says

On: November 15, 2024

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration declared an end to western Lake Erie’s 2024 algal bloom season Wednesday, calling it a “moderately severe” bloom that ranks as a 6.6 on the agency’s 10-point severity index. Read the full story by The Toledo Blade.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241115-algal-bloom

Lake St. Clair’s ‘muck’ continues to vex scientists in U.S., Canada

On: November 15, 2024

Canadian and American scientists and regulators met Thursday in Harrison Township, Michigan, for the Lake St. Clair Conference. Twenty-five years after their first meeting, the muck, or thick mats of algae, is still a major issue facing the lake. Read the full story by The Detroit News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241115-binational-algae-issue

$747K in federal funding boosts local environmental projects

On: November 15, 2024

Terry Sheehan, Member of Parliament for Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, announced $747,000 in funding to several Indigenous-led organizations to support the study and preservation of species habitats and water conservation, and to improve the health of the Great Lakes and the St. Marys River. Read the full story by The Sault Star.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241115-environment-funding

Pressed for powder, study finds ski areas are relying more on snowmaking

On: November 15, 2024

According to a new study conducted by researchers with Wisconsin Sea Grant and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, ski hills in Wisconsin are relying more on snowmaking and other strategies to adapt to changing snow conditions due to climate change. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241115-snowmaking-study

Congressman Kildee leading efforts to prevent Canadian Nuclear Storage site

On: November 15, 2024

Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-08), along with other Michigan Congressional representatives, sent a letter urging lawmakers to include his bipartisan amendment in the final bill opposing the Government of Canada’s plans to build a facility that would permanently store high-level nuclear waste in the Great Lakes basin. Read the full story by WEYI-TV – Saginaw, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241115-nuclear-storage-prevention

Tawas Bay eyes cruise ship tourism for economic boost

On: November 15, 2024

The possibility of Tawas Bay, Michigan, becoming a new cruise ship destination on Lake Huron is gaining momentum among local stakeholders. With renewed efforts, the Tawas community is hopeful that the initiative will boost local tourism and invigorate the economy. Read the full story by WISC-TV – Madison, WI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241115-cruise-tourism

Michigan’s winter festivals adapt as warmer winters test traditions

On: November 15, 2024

With the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecasting “warmer-than-average” temperatures for parts of the Great Lakes, Michigan’s winter festivals from Metro Detroit to the Western Upper Peninsula are preparing to adapt. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241115-winter-adaptation

Local author releases mystery book based in Lake Superior

On: November 15, 2024

A Wisconsin-based author released the first novel from her mystery series, “Superior’s Secret: A Great Lake Mystery Novel.” The story follows a fictional University of Wisconsin-Superior student who teams up with a supernatural detective to investigate the mystery of Lake Superior. Read the full story by KBJR-TV – Superior, WI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241115-superior-book

Sunken treasure, a Jurassic Park scientist and a new Michigan whiskey

On: November 13, 2024

It was a perfect fall day as two scuba divers descended on the James R. Bentley shipwreck in Lake Huron with the goal of finding sunken treasure. It wasn’t jewels or gold they were after, but rather the shipment of rye that had been on the ship when it sank in November 1878. Read the full story by WOOD-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241113-sunkentreasure-greatlakes

Hannah Reynolds

Federal funding for Windsor’s Sterling Fuels to bring biofuels to the Great Lakes shipping industry

On: November 13, 2024

The federal government of Canada announced on Tuesday it’s investing over $25 million toward four Ontario projects, funded under the Green Shipping Corridor Program, including a multi-million-dollar project at Sterling Fuels in Windsor. Read the full story by CTV News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241113-windsorsterlingfuels-greatlakes

Hannah Reynolds

CMU researchers to develop models to help Michigan communities tackle extreme rainfall risks

On: November 13, 2024

Through a Department of Energy grant, faculty members at Central Michigan University will be researching three Michigan watersheds, modeling future risks of extreme precipitation. The research aims to enhance infrastructure preparedness and resilience to flooding for local communities. Read the full story by WZZM-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241113-cmu-researchers-lakemichigan-rainfallrisks

Hannah Reynolds

Palisades nuclear plant along Lake Michigan plans for a 2025 comeback, a 1st in the U.S.

On: November 13, 2024

The reopening of the Palisades nuclear plant comes as Michigan, and other states, push to meet “clean” energy goals and brace for increased energy demands coming from new infrastructure, like data centers. Read the full story by the Michigan Advance.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241113-palisades-nuclearplant-lakemichigan-2025-comeback

Hannah Reynolds

Lake Erie cools, walleye on the move for Fall Brawl contestants

On: November 13, 2024

The late season walleye fishing around Lake Erie is in full swing and Fall Brawl anglers are reporting that large schools of trophy fish are moving toward the waters off Huron, Ohio, the prime pre-staging waters for the spring spawning season. Read the full story by The Beacon.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241113-lakeerie-cools-fallbrawl

Hannah Reynolds

1930s Lake Michigan beach house gets upgrades amid $3M state park project

On: November 13, 2024

Ludington State Park, situated near Ludington, Michigan, on 4,300 acres between Lake Michigan and Hamlin Lake, is closed for 10 months for construction. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241113-lakemichigan-statepark-upgrades

Hannah Reynolds

Lake Ontario is running warm. What could this mean for lake effect season?

On: November 13, 2024

Every Great Lake besides Lake Superior is running near or above recent historically warm temperatures with data going back around 30 years to 1995. Read the full story by WROC-TV – Rochester, NY.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241113-lakeontario-warm-lakeeffect

Hannah Reynolds

Dueling fishing opinions on southern Lake Michigan & the Chicago lakefront

On: November 13, 2024

Whether it is regulations on walleye, northern pike or smallmouth bass, or on snagging salmon, there are strongly held convictions on multiple sides of fishing on southern Lake Michigan and the Chicago lakefront. Read the full story by the Chicago Sun-Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241113-dueling-fishing-opinions

Hannah Reynolds

Schumer seeks federal aid to address harmful algal blooms in Finger Lakes

On: November 13, 2024

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer unveiled a two-part initiative aimed at fighting harmful algal blooms that have plagued the Finger Lakes, endangering public health, regional tourism, and local agriculture. Schumer emphasized the urgent need for federal support after this year’s record-breaking algae blooms disrupted communities and businesses, particularly at the end of the summer. Read the full story by FingerLakes1.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241113-schumer-harmal-algalblooms-fingerlakes

Hannah Reynolds

River challenges could shift shipping demand to Great Lakes

On: November 13, 2024

Due to low water levels on the Mississippi River, shipping on the St. Lawrence Seaway utilizing the Great Lakes may provide a streamlined, direct supply chain for agricultural exporters. Read the full story by the Ohio County Journal.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241113-riverchallenges-greatlakes

Hannah Reynolds

The Edmund Fitzgerald began its doomed journey 49 years ago today

On: November 11, 2024

It was 49 years ago from Sunday, November 10, that the Edmund Fitzgerald was being loaded with 26,000 tons of iron ore, prepped for what would become its tragic final voyage. Once the largest ship on the Great Lakes, the 728-foot ship left Superior, Wisconsin, on November 9, 1975; a day later, the ship was gone, broken in two and laying on the bottom of Lake Superior in 530 feet of water. All 29 souls aboard were lost. Read the full story by MLive.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241111-edmundfitzgerald-anniversary

Great Lakes water levels and news

On: November 11, 2024

The water levels of the Great Lakes have gone down significantly in the past few months, partly because of the natural annual lowering of water levels in most fall seasons and partly because of the lack of rain in the past couple months. Read the full story by WOOD-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241111-water-levels

National Museum of the Great Lakes hosts micro exhibit for donated artifacts

On: November 11, 2024

The National Museum of the Great Lakes in Toledo, Ohio, is hosting a micro exhibit which tells a story of the community’s investment into the Great Lakes Museum through donations of one-of-a-kind artifacts, which helps educate visitors about the history of the Great Lakes. Read the full story by The Toledo Blade.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241111-artifact-donations

Anglers risk losing popular Erie steelhead spot access as low water conditions persist

On: November 11, 2024

The Pennsylvania Steelhead Association and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission shared concerns about anglers trespassing and littering at one of Erie’s most popular steelhead creeks. Anglers are being reminded to observe the signs if they want the area to remain open to fishing. Read the full story by the Erie Times-News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241111-fishing-creek-concerns

November on the Great Lakes is deadly. The Edmund Fitzgerald and many others bear witness

On: November 11, 2024

Over the last two centuries, more than 70 ships have plunged to their demise on the Great Lakes during November. Some, like the iron ore carrier the Edmund Fitzgerald, went down and took the entire crew down with them. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241111-november-shipwrecks

Great Lakes ports will get a share of U.S. EPA funding to move shipping off fossil fuels

On: November 11, 2024

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to finalize more than $200 million in grant funding through its Clean Ports Program in the coming weeks to accelerate the clean energy transition at three Great Lakes shipping ports. Read the full story by the Energy News Network.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241111-clean-port-funding

Toronto’s ‘waterfront city’ project reaches new milestone

On: November 11, 2024

Waterfront Toronto has removed the last pieces of the wall that once separated the mouth of the Don River and Lake Ontario as a next step in a project featuring a new island that could become home to thousands of people. Read the full story by CBC News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241111-waterfront-project

49 years after sinking, Abilene resident keeps memory of ‘SS Edmund Fitzgerald’ alive

On: November 11, 2024

The sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald took the lives of all 29 crew members, including the ship’s cook. His daughter and Abilene, Kansas, resident Pamela Johnson, now 73, remains a yearly advocate for her father along with those who perished at memorials and for various interviews. Read the full story by the Abilene Reflector Chronicle.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241111-edmundfitzgerald-crew-descendent

COMMENTARY: Safety risks will increase in Lake Michigan with climate change

On: November 11, 2024

“Beach season,” per the Chicago Park District, runs from the Friday before Memorial Day through Labor Day. Outside of this period, swimming is not permitted. Historically, this made a lot of sense; however, many people can still be seen swimming into October as Chicago has had at least 17 days since September 1 with temperatures greater than 80 degrees Fahrenheit. Read the full story by the Chicago Sun-Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241111-climate-risks

Mariners’ Church of Detroit holds 59th annual Great Lakes memorial service

On: November 11, 2024

The Mariners’ Church of Detroit held its 59th annual Great Lakes Memorial Service on Sunday. The occasion honors and remembers 30,000 people who have died in the Great Lakes and on Michigan’s waters over the years. Read the full story by WDIV-TV – Detroit, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241111-mariners-memorial-service

Snowbird survives: Great Lakes piping plover makes it to Florida despite broken leg

On: November 8, 2024

A five-year-old female Great Lakes piping plover was recently spotted in its favorite wintering grounds in Crandon Park, Florida. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241108-snowbirdsurvives-greatlakespipingplover-florida

Hannah Reynolds

Michigan adds watershed monitors to help keep algal bloom-inducing phosphorus out of Lake Erie

On: November 8, 2024

Michigan is stepping up efforts to analyze the flow of harmful nutrients into the Western Basin of Lake Erie. Water quality monitors have been set up in five sub-watersheds in the southeast corner of the state that either feed directly into the lake or one of its tributaries. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241108-michigan-watershed-monitors

Hannah Reynolds

Lake Superior’s most famous shipwrecks have dramatic tales to tell

On: November 8, 2024

The Edmund Fitzgerald sank nearly half a century ago in “the gales of November.” The lake has taken hundreds of other ships, too. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society has its own underwater research vessel that scours the lake for shipwrecks. Read the full story by The Minnesota Star Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241108-lakesuperior-shipwrecks-dramatictales

Hannah Reynolds

Why the White Hurricane of November 1913 was the Great Lakes’ worst disaster

On: November 8, 2024

The Great Storm of 1913 was easily the Great Lakes region’s largest natural disaster ever. Fast-moving “trains” of huge waves — some topping 30 feet high — lashed ships making their late-season runs. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241108-whitehurricane-november-1913-greatlakes

Hannah Reynolds

Great Lakes ships draw super-fans to Duluth for storm season

On: November 8, 2024

A busy port and moody skies make the “November gales” a special time to watch massive “lakers” and oceanbound “salties.” Read the full story by The Minnesota Star Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241108-greatlakes-duluth-stormseason

Hannah Reynolds

Iconic fishing boat listed for sale after serving the Lakeshore for decades

On: November 8, 2024

An iconic piece of Two Rivers, Wisconsin, history has been listed for sale, and owners say they hope to find a buyer to give the fishing boat a new lease on life. Read the full story by WGBA-TV – Green Bay, WI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241108-iconic-fishing-boat-lakeshore

Hannah Reynolds

Edmund Fitzgerald’s final voyage captured in radio play

On: November 8, 2024

After four decades, a Minnesota writer has brought a radio play capturing the SS Edmund Fitzgerald’s fateful final voyage to life. Read the full story by MPR News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241108-fitzgerald-final-voyage

Hannah Reynolds

Maasto Hiihto’s Trail 17 receiving improvements

On: November 8, 2024

Volunteers for the Hancock Trails Club, Weubben Construction and the City of Hancock, Michigan, are collaborating together in the improvements of Maasto Hiihto’s Trail 17 with a bridge, boardwalk and more accessible trail conditions. Read the full story by the Daily Mining Gazette.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241108-maastohiihto-improvements

Hannah Reynolds

Belle Isle Boathouse rehabilitation plan would turn facility into ‘community asset’

On: November 8, 2024

Restoration of the historic Belle Isle Boathouse is progressing, as the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has selected a proposal after years of debate on preserving the structure. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241108-belleisle-boathouse

Hannah Reynolds

Ex-lifeguard leads push to educate swimmers on Great Lakes rip currents

On: November 8, 2024

A former lifeguard in London, Ontario, is on a crusade to teach others about the dangers of Great Lakes rip currents after an especially deadly summer in the surf. Read the full story by The London Free Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241108-ex-lifeguard-greatlakes-ripcurrents

Hannah Reynolds

Wisconsin communities receive $273M for drinking water projects

On: November 6, 2024

Dozens of Wisconsin communities will receive more than $273 million from the state for drinking water projects that include removing lead pipes and addressing PFAS contamination. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241106-wisconsin-water

Taaja Tucker-Silva

Public hearing draws on big questions about U.P. copper mining

On: November 6, 2024

Public comment about a proposed copper mine in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula focused on how special the area was: many said it should be evaluated differently because of its old-growth forests, proximity to Lake Superior, and other environmental factors. Read the full story by Interlochen Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20241106-copper-mine

Taaja Tucker-Silva