Green Bay Wisconsin Waterfront News & Great Lakes News (Page 1,766)

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

Great Lakes Commission

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

Hannah Reynolds

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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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

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

Hannah Reynolds

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

Great Lakes Commission

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

Hannah Reynolds

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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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

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

Hannah Reynolds

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

Great Lakes Commission

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

Hannah Reynolds

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

Great Lakes Commission

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

Hannah Reynolds

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

Great Lakes Commission

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

Hannah Reynolds

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

Great Lakes Commission

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

Hannah Reynolds

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

Great Lakes Commission

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

Hannah Reynolds

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

Great Lakes Commission

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

Hannah Reynolds