Federal attempts to clean up pollution in the Great Lakes region are increasing property values, according to a study from the University of Michigan. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231020-pollution-remediation
The Detroit News spent four months exploring the ways climate change will send ripple effects through the Great Lakes and their ecosystems. For this series, the article highlights an issue on each Great Lake, interviewing those on the front lines of climate-related research. Read the full story by The Detroit News.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231020-climate-change
Republicans in the Michigan Senate are sending a letter to federal and state officials urging the start of a pipeline tunnel project under the Straits of Mackinac. The Great Lakes Tunnel project would house the Line 5 pipeline that currently runs exposed along the lakebed. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231020-line-5
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is revisiting proposed regulations for ballast water standards on ships to reduce the spread of invasive species. That could mean newer vessels on the Great Lakes would have to install treatment systems. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231020-ballast-water
Three commercial fishing companies in Door County, Wisconsin are signing on to an innovative new project on the Great Lakes called 100% Great Lakes Fish Pledge. This initiative has a goal of using 100% of each fish by the year 2025. Read the full story by WBAY-TV – Green Bay, WI.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231020-100-great-lakes-fish
In the quest to defend Michigan’s rivers against climate change, government officials and fish advocates are increasingly zeroing in on a simple strategy that can lower water temperatures by several degrees and open up miles of new habitat: removing dams. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231020-dam-removal
The Great Lakes Museum has announced the S.S. Keewatin, the oldest remaining Edwardian-era steamliner in the world, will move from the shipyard where it is currently being refurbished to its new home in Kingston, Ontario on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. Read the full story by the Kingstonist.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231020-s.s.-keewatin
Five decades ago, the Cuyahoga River was a symbol of all that was wrong with the environment. Now it’s believed to be clean enough for the ancient lake sturgeon to make its home. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231020-lake-sturgeon
As the days grow shorter and the temperatures tumble, it won’t be much longer before Lake Michigan’s buoys will get pulled in for the season. This winter, however, a new type of buoy is hoping to make sure scientists have access to the vital weather data these buoys provide all year. Read the full story by WWMT-TV – Kalamazoo, MI.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231020-weather-alert-bouy
For decades, Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula was home to more than 100 copper mines and the mining waste has impacted the shores of Lake Superior. The U.S. Forest Service is hoping that a specialized poplar tree will remove the heavy metals from the soil and stabilize the area, with the goal of preventing the stamp sands from shifting further. Read the full story by WXPR – Rhinelander, WI.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231020-mining-waste
An author and researcher of the paranormal and cryptozoology fields will talk on folklore, sightings, and evidence surrounding some of the most legendary and mysterious creatures believed to inhabit our Great Lakes. Read the full story by Morning Sun.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231018-cryptozoology
An autonomous quiet vessel that has been traveling across the Great Lakes gathering valuable fish population data is back on dry land in Charlevoix, Michigan. Read the full story by WPBN-TV – Traverse City, MI.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231018-saildrone-return
The radar technology developed to find water on Mars is cheaper and more effective in detecting leaks in public water systems compared to traditional ones, and now it has arrived in five Michigan cities. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231018-water-leak-detection-technologies
All water customers in Waukesha, Wisconsin now have water from Lake Michigan. A coffee shop owner said he is happy with the new H20. Read the full story by WDJT-TV – Milwaukee, WI.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231018-waukesha-water-swtich
The sea lamprey is a parasitic fish that ranks among the most destructive invasive species lurking in the Great Lakes, and natural resource agencies are working to limit their spread and impacts. Read the full story by Manistee News.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231018-sea-lamprey
The Great Lakes are in their seasonal water level decline and over the next few months, all may come close to being near normal water levels. Read the full story by MLive.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231018-water-level-drop
Federal, state and local officials have agreed to spend about $450 million to dredge contaminated sediment from Milwaukee’s Lake Michigan harbor and area rivers. The project calls for removing almost 2 million cubic yards of contaminated sediment from Milwaukee’s Lake Michigan harbor and 12 miles of the Milwaukee, Menomonee and Kinnickinnic rivers in Wisconsin. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231018-milwaukee-clean-up
Two filmmakers making a documentary about invasive quagga mussels in Lake Huron found something much larger than the fingertip-sized mollusk. Read the full story by FOX Weather.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231018-found-shipwreck
Along with running the state, Gov. Whitmer was named the next Chair of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers on Friday. Read the full story by WWMT-TV – Kalamazoo, MI.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2023-1016-govwhitmer-greatlakes-stlawrence-governorsandpremiers-chair
Construction crews are working to complete a modernization of the Soo Locks, a task given greater urgency by revelations about the economic impact of disrupted supply chains during the Covid-19 pandemic. The question is whether the upgrades can get the funds they need in time despite a huge influx of cash from Washington. Read the full story by The Wall Street Journal.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2023-1016-us-expandmichiganlocks
More than 130 road and bridge projects have bought credits to Michigan’s Perry Wetland Mitigation Bank bank since it opened. It was the first wetland bank built using state gas taxes — and a second one just opened. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2023-1016-manmadewetland-michigan-fixroads
Like most older urban communities in Metro Detroit, the Red Run has combined sewers – pipes carrying raw sewage and stormwater runoff. These aging systems are ill-equipped to handle the massive volumes of stormwater runoff that we’re now seeing – and will continue to see more of – due to climate change. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2023-1016-rain-climate-metrodetroit-unprepared
This week, TV6′s Elizabeth Peterson takes you along on a journey through the Great Lakes aboard the Lee A. Tregurtha, a vessel with the Interlake Steamship Company. Read the full story by TV6 – Negaunee, MI.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2023-1016-tregurtha-greatlakes
Experts say nutrient-rich water from greenhouse farms could be harming Lake Erie, but Ontario’s Environment Ministry has issued very few fines for potential algae-causing infractions since 2019. Read the full story by The Narwhal.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2023-1016-lakeerie-southwesternontario
Thousands of water utilities across the Great Lakes region and nationwide will decide in the next three months whether to join two multibillion-dollar, class-action settlements against the largest producers of toxic PFAS chemicals that have tainted drinking water supplies. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2023-1016-pfas-nationalsettlement-waterutilities
What’s needed in Michigan is a true affordability plan, water rights advocate Monica Lewis-Patrick told Great Lakes Now in an interview. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2023-1016-michiganwaterrights
A Minnesota angler broke a 53-year-old state record with a coho salmon he caught during a fishing trip on Lake Superior in September. Read the full story by KMSP-TV – Minneapolis, MN.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2023-1016-minnesota-recordbreaking-cohosalmon
Sinkholes don’t just happen on land, they also exist in the Great Lakes, a topic that will be explored in the next lecture hosted by the Maritime Museum as part of its Working Waterfronts Lecture Series. Read the full story by The Herald Palladium.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2023-1016-lakehuron-sinkholes
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/2023-1016-maritime-shipwrecks-quaggamussels
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231013-milwaukee-restoration
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231013-huronton-shipwreck
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231013-water-affordability
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231013-bird-collisions
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231013-stamp-pipeline
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231013-michigan-harbors
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231013-waukesha-water
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231013-shipwreck-novel
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231013-record-salmon
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231011-algae
When a municipality builds a new road and damages wetlands in the process, Michigan state law says new wetlands have to be constructed somewhere else. That’s led to establishing “wetland banks” for city, township, and county road agencies. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231011-wetlands
Proposals are calling for the construction of a large housing complex on a former industrial site on Michigan’s Muskegon Lake, but old contamination concerns have surfaced. Per environmental data compiled by surveyors prior to the property’s ownership transfer, toxic materials, explosive gasses and industrial contaminants were still present in large concentrations. Read the full story by WZZM-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231011-pfas-muskegon
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231011-buffalo-river
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231011-thunder-bay
Gales began whipping up on Lake Superior late last week, when temperatures took a sharp drop across the U.P. and the rest of Michigan. Read the full story by MLive.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231011-superior-storms
For decades, the beaches adjacent to Lake Michigan were acclaimed as a special place and carried the designation of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. When the lakeshore became a national park in 2019, everything was altered in the public eye. Read the full story by The Tribune.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231011-indiana-dunes
Lake Erie is the holder of a new Great Lakes waterspout record! There were 181 waterspouts and funnels over the lake in just one day. Read the full story by WJW-TV – Cleveland, OH.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231011-waterspouts
The University of Wisconsin-Superior Lake Superior Research Institute’s Ballast Water Treatment Testing Facility is researching a filter technology that can be used to help keep invasive aquatic species out of the lake. Read the full story by Spectrum News.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231011-lake-superior-state
Enbridge Energy last week sought help from a state oversight panel due to the “inexplicably lethargic” permit review by federal regulators for the company’s Great Lakes Tunnel Project to replace Line 5 under the Straights of Mackinac. Read the full story by WDET – Detroit, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231011-line5
In Wisconsin, Lake Michigan’s water has begun flowing through the city of Waukesha’s precedent-setting new water distribution system. The Waukesha Water Utility developed an interactive map that will be updated as utility workers sample water coming from the open hydrants, confirming that lake water is present. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231009-water-supply
A major maritime shoreline revitalization project in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula will bring both economic and climate benefits when it expectedly reopens to the public in July 2024. The upgraded site will provide a valuable deep-water port on the lower St. Marys River for freighters or cruise ships within walking distance of the Soo’s downtown. Read the full story by MLive.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20231009-shoreline-revitalization
