Green Bay Wisconsin Waterfront News & Great Lakes News (Page 2,195)

Biologists are investigating why whitefish numbers in the lower Great Lakes are cratering without adequate spawn classes to replace them. New evidence indicates the fish, which lay eggs on shallow reefs that rely on winter ice cover, are being squeezed by shifting temperatures. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240724-whitefish-populations

James Polidori

The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit is issuing a precautionary notice to residents based on visual confirmation of a blue-green algae bloom on Lake St. Clair. Residents on the municipal drinking water system can drink the water, unless they are notified otherwise. Read the full story by the Kingsville Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240724-habs-notice

James Polidori

The city of Toronto dumped more than 1,300 megalitres of partially treated wastewater into Lake Ontario during Tuesday’s torrential downpour. Three wastewater plants were “bypassing,” a process in which stormwater and sewage are diverted from a secondary treatment procedure. Read the full story by CTV News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240724-sewer-bypass

James Polidori

A partnership led by the Great Lakes Intertribal Food Coalition and the University of Wisconsin-Madison received $10 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Sustainable Agricultural Systems program earlier this summer. The partnership builds on existing efforts by tribal nations in Wisconsin to reinvigorate their traditional agricultural practices. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240724-tribal-university-partnership

James Polidori

The wreck of the historic 130-foot Margaret A. Muir schooner has been found off the coast of Wisconsin more than 130 years after it plunged to the bottom of Lake Michigan with the captain’s beloved dog on board. Read the full story by CBS News.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240724-shipwreck-discovery

James Polidori

Lorain County commissioners and staff continue to work toward a regional sewer and storm water treatment plant that would lower costs for all residents of Lorain County, Ohio. The project has been underway for a year, but first, a number of steps in a “complex” process must be met. Read the full story by The Morning Journal.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240724-wastewater-treatment-regionalization

James Polidori

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $7.56 million contract to Great Lakes Dock & Materials, LLC, to make repairs on approximately 1,450 feet of the lake side of Dunkirk Harbor‘s breakwater in Dunkirk, New York. Read the full story by WRFA – Jamestown, NY.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240724-breakwater-repair

James Polidori

Although some parks and sports fields in Mississauga, Ontario, are still closed following last week’s torrential rainstorm, the city says the damage could have been significantly worse without strong stormwater infrastructure in place to mitigate the floods. Read the full story by insauga.com.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240724-stormwater-infrastructure

James Polidori

Wildlife monitoring of endangered Great Lakes piping plovers this summer resulted in a consecutive year for setting a record for the number of unique piping plover breeding pairs, breaking the record set last year. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240724-piping-plover-breeding

James Polidori

Government officials along with Citizens Against Wind Turbines in Lake Erie (CATWILE) are holding a rally to oppose wind turbines in the Great Lakes in Irving, New York. CATWILE is a group of citizens focused on informing and educating the public about the risks and opposing the building of industrial wind turbines in Lake Erie. Read the full story by WGRZ-TV – Buffalo, NY.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240724-turbine-advocacy

James Polidori