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The Lake Huron Forever initiative awarded grants totaling $30,000 to four community projects aimed at protecting and enhancing the water quality of Lake Huron. The initiative aims to support community conversation and action to design and complete on-the-ground work to strengthen the health and well-being of residents and their surrounding natural resources. Read the full story by Iosco County News-Herald.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230310-water-quality-funding

James Polidori

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration facility in Alpena, Michigan is partnering with its Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory to learn more about the acidification of the freshwater Great Lakes. The goal is to get a baseline understanding of acidification in the lakes now so they can study them for years in the future. Read the full story by WBKB-TV – Alpena, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230310-acidification-study

James Polidori

While the Oneida County Board discusses a resolution opposing the Pelican River Forest project, the Sokaogon Chippewa government passed a resolution in support of it. The project would protect natural resources the Sokaogon Chippewa Community and other Ojibwe Tribes have relied on like wild rice, medicinal plants, and subsistence hunting. Read the full story by WXPR – Rhinelander, WI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230310-conservation-resolution

James Polidori

Ice-breaking operations in Midland, Ontario Harbour are expected around March 18 to open the Great Lakes shipping routes around March 22. The Canada Steamship Lines bulk carrier MV Frontenac is expected to move from her winter mooring at the ADM Mill in Midland Harbour after a Canadian Coast Guard ice breaker clears a path in from the open waters of Georgian Bay. Read the full story by CTV News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230310-ice-breaking

James Polidori

Eastern Lake Ontario, with 43 known shipwrecks and one aircraft, is on the verge of becoming a national marine sanctuary. The years-long effort has been supported by local governments, including Cayuga County, and the State of New York. If the sanctuary is established, the state will co-manage it with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Read the full story by The Citizen.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230310-marine-sanctuary-proposal

James Polidori

Promote Michigan President Dianna Stampfler will swing through the Harbor Beach (Michigan) Area District Library on Wednesday, March 15, with her Ladies of the Lights presentation to talk about women in the Great Lakes region who have worked in lighthouses for Women’s History Month. The presentation includes readings from newspaper articles, autobiographies, and historic photos of the women and the lighthouses they cared for. Read the full story by Huron Daily Tribune.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230310-lighthouse-women

James Polidori

The city of Detroit and the Wayne Metropolitan Action Agency recently added 1,125 gallons of water per person per month to a program that prevents water shut-offs in low-income households, expanding a program launched in August to erase water bill debt, repair plumbing, and lower monthly bills for low-income residents. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230301-water-shutoff-prevention

James Polidori

A new national report gave Michigan a failing grade for its efforts to combat lead contamination in school drinking water. While the researchers praise Detroit schools for working to install hundreds of filtered water stations across the school district, they award only partial credit for Michigan’s plan to replace every lead service line in the state by 2041. Read the full story by WKAR-TV – East Lansing, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230301-lead-response-report

James Polidori

In 2019, a team of historians, underwater archaeologists, and technicians located the wreckage of the Ironton, a 191-foot (58-meter) cargo vessel that collided with a grain hauler on a blustery night in September 1894, and deployed remotely controlled cameras to scan and document it. The Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Alpena, Michigan, plans to reveal the location in coming months and is considering placing a mooring buoy at the site. Read the full story by The Associated Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230301-ship-wreck-discovery

James Polidori

The Canadian Coast Guard has responded to just 20 requests for icebreaking on the Great Lakes this winter as ice coverage for the lakes is at a record low for this time of year. Read the full story by Blackburn News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230301-icebreaking-usage

James Polidori

The New York Power Authority announced Wednesday that preparations are underway to remove the Niagara River Ice Boom. Since 1964, the boom has been installed near the outlet of Lake Erie to reduce the amount of ice entering the Niagara River. Read the full story by WKBW-TV – Buffalo, NY.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230301-ice-boom-removal

James Polidori

A water monitoring system called MiWaterNet is powered by participatory community scientists and provides real time data for researchers across northern Michigan. These data on small stream quality helps researchers answer important questions about a watershed’s condition. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230301-water-monitoring

James Polidori

The State of Michigan continues to hold Community Resource Fairs in Benton Harbor for residents to learn about how they can keep themselves safe from lead in their homes. More than 100 people attended a fair Tuesday at the Virginia Edwards Community Center. Read the full story by WSJM – Benton Harbor, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230301-lead-resources

James Polidori

U.S. District Judge David Lawson has ordered Flint, Michigan, to replace any remaining lead or steel water lines by Aug. 1, the latest intervention after a series of missed deadlines. Judge Lawson signed off on an agreement between the city and the Natural Resources Defense Council, which represents residents in long-running litigation that began in 2016. Read the full story by The Associated Press.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230301-flint-litigation

James Polidori

In August, Amy Stout of Petersburg, Michigan, became the second woman to complete the Lake Erie Solo Challenge in the event’s 16-year history. The 455-mile sailing event began in 2007, with just three women having attempted it thus far. Read the full story by The Monroe News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230301-sailing-challenge

James Polidori