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U.S. District Judge William Conley has ordered Canadian energy company Enbridge to shutter portions of an oil pipeline that runs through Bad River Band land in Wisconsin within three years and to pay the tribe nearly $5.2 million for trespassing plus a portion of its profits until the shutdown is completed. Read the full story by Reuters.

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The Supreme Court’s recent ruling to significantly reduce Clean Water Act wetlands protections has caused alarm among environmental advocates who fear it will endanger crucial habitats and human health and safety. Michigan’s wetlands may fare better than other states because of strong state regulations, including part 303 of Michigan’s Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act that regulates wetlands not covered by federal law. Read the full story by Planet Detroit.

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On Friday, Drew Gronewald, an associate professor with the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan, delivered his annual presentation on the current state of Great Lakes water levels. After a couple years of record highs, followed by a marked dip, Lake Michigan-Huron in 2023 is relatively unchanged from 2022; however, two factors that influence lake levels, evaporation and precipitation, are increasing in intensity. Read the full story by WTTW-TV – Chicago, IL.

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The Lincoln Township Beach on Lake Michigan in Stevensville, Michigan, has been closed for almost three years after high water levels in 2019 made for unfit parking conditions and eroded half of the parking lot and pavilion. In an effort to save one of its only public beaches, Stevensville city officials say they’re putting together plans to revive it. Read the full story by WNDU-TV – South Bend, IN.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230619-beach-restoration

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After years of leasing Lady Michigan to the Friends of the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary for the shipwreck excursions, the owner of the boat decided not to lease it any longer and intended to move it to another location or sell it. On Thursday, Alpena developer Jeff Konczak announced that he and his wife, Tina, purchased the Lady Michigan, ensuring its long-term future in Alpena. Read the full story by The Alpena News.

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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has made awards ranging from $25,000 to $50,000 available for local communities to restore and protect water quality in the Finger Lakes watershed. The grants are supported by the state’s Environmental Protection Fund and administered through the DEC’s Finger Lakes Watershed Grant Program. Read the full story by Finger Lakes Times.

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On May 18, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that the Lake Erie Quadrangle was officially under consideration for designation as a National Marine Sanctuary. This nomination has been in the works since 2015 and has the potential to transform Erie, Pennsylvania, economically and environmentally. Read the full story by The Erie Reader.

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The Viking Polaris arrived Friday in Algoma, Wisconsin, making its only stop in the state on the ship’s 15-day Great Lakes excursion tour between Duluth and Toronto. Since last fall, the community has been preparing for passengers on the city’s first cruise ship and those that will come on the eight other ships of the summer. Read the full story by WLUK-TV – Green Bay, WI.

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The Front Range Lighthouse in downtown Cheboygan, Michigan, has been an active aid to navigation since it was built in 1880. Now owned by the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association (GLLKA), the lighthouse is being restored to the 1940s time period, when bright red daymarks were added to the tower. Read the full story by Cheboygan Daily Tribune.

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An iconic fixture on the Welland Canal in Port Colborne’s north end, the former Robin Hood Multifoods flour mill has a new owner who has plans to keep the existing workforce and expand the facility. London Agricultural Commodities (LAC) recently announced the purchase of Ceres Global Ag’s Port Colborne terminal (formerly Robin Hood) for $4 million (U.S.). Read the full story by the St. Catharines Standard.

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In New York, following public concern over whether the poor air quality from the Canadian wildfires will impact drinking water, the Monroe County Water Authority says the wildfire smoke will have no impact on the quality of water coming from the tap. Chris Lamanna, director of production and transmission, explained that there has been no detectable increase in particulate matter in the raw water quality coming in from Lake Ontario or treated water going out to customers. Read the full story by WHEC-TV – Rochester, NY.

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Invasive, parasitic sea lampreys continue to hunt and kill Lake Superior fish above the levels biologists would like to see, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic caused parts of two summer seasons to be lost in the never-ending battle against the eel-like creatures. Lake Superior now has an estimated 108,000 lampreys, a three-year rolling average, far above the goal of 48,000 lampreys set by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission. Read the full story by Duluth News Tribune.

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Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper has launched the trash-trapping, in-water cleanup technology Seabin for a second season at Buffalo Harbor State Park, New York. This is the second season for the installation of this innovative trashing/trapping device at the water’s edge of Buffalo Harbor State Park – a new tool for Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper’s efforts to prevent garbage from polluting our region’s waterways. Read the full story by Niagara Frontier Publications.

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The city of Highland Park, Michigan, and the Great Lakes Water Authority have agreed to put a long-running court case on pause, giving the two sides more time to work out how the city will pay a $24 million court judgment after not paying disputed water and sewer bills for years. The city says it can’t afford to pay, and has requested a state financial review and expedited bankruptcy proceeding. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.

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Crews continue work restoring a floodplain that will also serve as a living laboratory for students along the Blanchard River in Findlay, OH. Local middle school students even helped contribute to the design of the seven-acre project site through the Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program (GLSNRP), which is headed by the Great Lakes Commission. Read the full story by WTVG-TV – Toledo, OH.

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The Superior Watershed Partnership and Land Conservancy (SWP) staff deployed three climate monitoring and maritime safety buoys near the shorelines of Marquette, Munising and Grand Marais, Michigan, on Saturday, June 3. Each of the three monitoring buoys collect important navigation and climate planning data including wave height, wind speed, water temperature and more. Read the full story by WLUC-TV – Marquette, MI.

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Representatives from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, the Medina County Park District and Litchfield Township cut a ribbon to celebrate Litchfield Wetlands Nature Preserve officially being open on Tuesday. It is 150 acres in total, and 80 of the acres are wetlands that are designed to treat surface runoff and reduce the amount of sediment and nutrients that flows into Lake Erie. Read the full story by The Medina County Gazette.

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Research collecting data on lake trout movement using acoustic telemetry tags in underway in Lake Ontario. The research team is using specialized tags that communicate with acoustic receivers stationed on the lake bottom and will provide information about the migration patterns and habitats used by adult lake trout. More than 350 lake trout will be tagged in 2023; the tags’ battery life allows the fish to be tracked over the next 10 years. Read the full story by Niagara Frontier Publications.

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The 30th Door County Spring Lighthouse Festival is being held this weekend in Door County, Wisconsin. This fundraising weekend includes air, land, boat and adventure tours that provide access to all 11 of the treasured lighthouses of Door County and three to the south. Many of the tour excursions are part of the Lighthouse Festival weekends only, providing visitors with exclusive access to structures that are not typically open to the public. Read the full story by Door County Pulse.

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For the fourth straight year, the Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority will not offer its water taxi service that shuttles people across Presque Isle Bay because it was unable to find an operator for the service. The water taxi service started in 2000 as a way for tourists and residents to travel between the city and Presque Isle State Park. Read the full story by Erie Times-News.

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