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Activists gathered to mark the anniversary of the 2010 oil spill near Marshall, Michigan, where a ruptured pipeline released about a million gallons of crude oil into the Kalamazoo River. Activists admonished the pipeline’s owner for its safety record and current plans for the Line 5 pipeline in northern Michigan. Read the full story by Michigan Public.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240726-spill-anniversary

Taaja Tucker-Silva

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Registration is now open for a relay swim event that will mark the 50th anniversary of the tragic shipwreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. The 17-stage, 411-mile relay swim begins in Lake Superior, where the shipwreck lies, and ends in Detroit, the ship’s intended destination. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240726-shipwreck-swim

Taaja Tucker-Silva

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As more green infrastructure projects are installed across the state of Michigan, more workers are needed to maintain them. Friends of the Rouge, a Detroit-area nonprofit that manages the River Rouge watershed, is offering a short course about maintaining green infrastructure like rain gardens. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240726-green-infrastructure

Taaja Tucker-Silva

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By Eric Freedman A Rochester, N.Y., man who deliberately abandoned and sunk his 25-foot Bayliner in Lake Ontario must pay $15,442 restitution to cover the cost of unnecessary search-and-rescue operations. Vyacheslav Migitskiy admitted lying to federal investigators about his ownership of the boat, according to court documents. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Migitskiy “intentionally sunk […]

The post Deliberate sinking on Lake Ontario nets conviction first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Echo

Great Lakes Echo

http://greatlakesecho.org/2024/07/26/deliberate-sinking-on-lake-ontario-nets-conviction/

Eric Freedman

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By Elinor Epperson Gelman Sciences LLC manufactured medical filters for decades, but that’s not the public health issue the company is known for. Dioxane from Gelman’s Scio Township plant leaked into Ann Arbor’s groundwater, creating a plume of contamination more than 4 miles long. That contamination was discovered by a University of Michigan graduate student, […]

The post Forty years on, future of contaminant plume under Ann Arbor still murky first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Echo

Great Lakes Echo

http://greatlakesecho.org/2024/07/25/forty-years-on-future-of-contaminant-plume-under-ann-arbor-still-murky/

Elinor Epperson

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PFAS Roundup: EPA adds 12 more versions of PFAS to freshwater fish monitoring while federal farm bills focus on “forever chemicals”

On Thursday, July 11, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) updated recommendations under the Clean Water Act, adding twelve versions of PFAS to the contaminant list along with amphetamine, three cyanotoxins, a flame retardant, and lead. The EPA noted that these are all pollutants that states, territories, and Tribes are recommended to monitor in local freshwater fish.

Read Now at Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Now

Great Lakes Now

https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/07/pfas-roundup-epa-adds-12-more-versions-of-pfas-to-freshwater-fish-monitoring-while-federal-farm-bills-focus-on-forever-chemicals/

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Making up for lost trees

The rain started more than an hour before we arrived at an acre of marginal farmland that’s wedged between a house on a nearby hill and Sharon Creek. A tributary of the Thames River, Sharon Creek is a waterway that wends 170 miles through southwestern Ontario before emptying into Lake.

Read Now at Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Now

https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/07/making-up-for-lost-trees/

Andrew Reeves

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By Elinor Epperson As more green infrastructure projects are installed across the state, more workers are needed to maintain them. Friends of the Rouge, a Detroit-area nonprofit that manages the River Rouge watershed, is offering a short course about maintaining green infrastructure like rain gardens. The course is an opportunity for workers to expand their […]

The post Green infrastructure job trainings aim to support growing field first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Echo

Great Lakes Echo

http://greatlakesecho.org/2024/07/24/green-infrastructure-job-trainings-aim-to-support-growing-field/

Elinor Epperson

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All are invited to attend the second in a series of three free events designed for birders of all skills and abilities. Join “Everyone Can Bird: Graduation to Migration,” 9:30 – 11:30 a.m., Sunday, Aug. 14, at the Millennium Trail off N. 28th Street and Wyoming Avenue, Superior, Wisconsin.

In August, baby birds begin to “graduate” into adulthood as they prepare for migration. Come join a celebration of this exciting adventure for the new adult birds.

Sea Grant’s Natalie Chin looks for birds on Barker’s Island in Superior during an accessible birding event in 2022. Image credit: Marie Zhuikov, Wisconsin Sea Grant

People of all ages and ability levels are welcome to attend this accessible birding event. Move along the paved Millennium Trail on a guided bird hike or explore bird activities at your own pace.

American Sign Language interpretation is provided. Fifteen pairs of binoculars are available for use, along with a spotting scope, a wheelchair mount for binoculars and portable seating. A track chair – an all-terrain, electric-powered chair that can be used on hiking trails – along with a scooter and walkers will also be available, courtesy of indiGO.

Come and stay for the whole time or meet with and leave the group when you need. Light refreshments will be available. There will also be a wheelchair accessible portable bathroom on-site for this event.

Registration is encouraged but not required. Free bus transportation is provided at 9:20 a.m. from the Superior Public Library (1530 Tower Avenue) to the Millenium Trail. Please register to reserve your spot on the bus. (https://bit.ly/3y6XX7t)

This event is designed with access in mind, but people needing additional accommodations should email Luciana.Ranelli@wisc.edu or call Luciana at (715) 399-4085 at least 10 days before the event.

The Friends of the Lake Superior Reserve, City of Superior, Embark Supported Employment, Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory, indiGO, Lake Superior Reserve, Minnesota Land Trust and Wisconsin Sea Grant are hosting this event.

The final “Everyone Can Bird” outing will be held Oct. 12 at Hawk Ridge in Duluth.

The post Everyone Can Bird, Second of Three Accessible Birding Events first appeared on Wisconsin Sea Grant.

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News Releases | Wisconsin Sea Grant

News Releases | Wisconsin Sea Grant

https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/everyone-can-bird-second-of-three-accessible-birding-events/

Marie Zhuikov