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Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s office announced the Fresh Coast Maritime Challenge program in a Monday night release. The program is a partnership between Traverse Connect and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation awarding up to $150,000 in grants to decarbonize and electrify Michigan watercraft and marinas. Read the full story by Traverse City Record-Eagle.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service personnel will apply lampricides to the Black River in Alcona County, Michigan, to kill sea lamprey larvae burrowed in the stream bottom. The applications will be conducted between April 24 to May 4 in accordance with State of Michigan permits. Read the full story by Iosco County News-Herald.

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A storage basin containing wastewater at the Waste Treatment Plant in Washburn, Wisconsin, is on track to overflow due to the fast melting of snow, and that is threatening Lake Superior. The storage basin at Washburn’s treatment plant typically takes in 175,000 to 200,000 gallons of water per day; in four days, it took in over 3.4 million gallons. Read the full story by WDIO-DT – Duluth, MN.

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The Nature Conservancy of Canada has made a deal to buy Batchewana Island in Lake Superior north of Sault Ste. Marie to protect it from development. It is Lake Superior’s largest privately-owned island and has 27 kilometres of shoreline and more than 2,000 hectares of forests and wetlands. Read the full story by CTV News.

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This year, more than 300 students at six Milwaukee-area schools are investigating the importance of clean water, from our faucets to Lake Michigan. In the classroom, the student’s goal was to learn how to do the experiments before they run the same tests at Bradford Beach next month. Read the full story by WISN-TV – Milwaukee, WI.

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Canada’s worst invasive plant is a little less evident thanks to a comprehensive and collaborative initiative founded in 2013 that sees phragmites removed from the community. A partnership between the Municipality of Kincardine, Ontario, Dr. Janice Gilbert, and the Lake Huron Coastal Centre in 2013 created the Phragmites Management Plan to control the destructive plant. Read the full story by the Saugeen Times.

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The cities of Joliet, Channahon, Crest Hill, Minooka, Shorewood and Romeoville, Illinois are all participating in the Wyland Mayor’s Challenge that asks residents to conserve water, energy and other natural resources on behalf of their city through a series of informative, easy-to-use pledges online. Read the full story by WJOL – Joliet, IL.

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...NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING... Very warm temperatures, relative humidities of 15 to 25 percent and south winds gusting to 20 to 25 mph will result in near critical fire weather conditions across snow free areas through this evening.

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...AIR QUALITY ADVISORY ISSUED FOR EASTERN WISCONSIN... The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has issued an Air Quality Advisory for Ozone which will remain in effect until midnight tonight. This advisory affects people living in the following counties: Brown, Calumet, Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marinette, Oconto, Outagamie and Winnebago.

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The organization holds an annual “challenge” for communities to measure their progress toward advancing sustainability. 

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...NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY... Very warm temperatures, relative humidities of 18 to 25 percent and south winds gusting to around 25 mph will result in near critical fire weather conditions across snow free areas late this morning and afternoon. Residents are urged to be careful with any activities that could

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...NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED FRIDAY... Very warm temperatures, relative humidities of 20 to 30 percent and south winds gusting to around 25 mph will result in near critical fire weather conditions across snow free areas Friday. Residents are urged to be careful with any activities that could potentially lead to a wildfire. Campfires, outdoor grills, smoking

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...NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY... Very warm temperatures, relative humidities of 20 to 30 percent and south winds gusting to around 25 mph will result in near- critical fire weather conditions across snow-free counties through this evening, and again on Friday.

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Michigan researchers find 1914 shipwrecks in Lake Superior

By Kathleen Foody, Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) — Michigan researchers have found the wreckage of two ships that disappeared into Lake Superior in 1914 and hope the discovery will lead them to a third that sank at the same time, killing nearly 30 people aboard the trio of lumber-shipping vessels.

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Other proposals that the state Department of Transportation and legislators are looking into include converting some highways into toll roads.

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Former U.N. adviser warns on water futures trading, elevates water crisis to level of climate

There were two differing visions on how to deal with the global water crisis at the recent United Nations World Water Conference, according to former U.N. water adviser Maude Barlow.

One, would “treat water as a commodity like oil and gas and put it on the open market for sale,” Barlow said.

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The first piping plover to return to the Great Lakes region this spring has been reported at Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, marking the official start of another breeding season for the federally endangered shorebird. Read the full story by MLive.

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The project will reduce energy costs by $2.7 million and cut carbon emissions by 93% over 25 years.

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Michigan’s Magnet Man attracts river trash

This article was republished here with permission from Great Lakes Echo.

By Vladislava Sukhanovskaya, Great Lakes Echo

Laptops, phones, keys, a drone, a picnic table, a meat slicer, axes, spoons, chairs, a horseshoe, guns and a 90-year-old condom are among the items Michigan’s Magnet Man has fished out of the state’s rivers.

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They encourage contributors to address practical issues with real environmental or social implications, rather than tackling big general or theoretical questions about our relationship to nature.

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Joint Action Plan for Clean Water Infrastructure and Services in the Great Lakes Region: Project Archive

This project has ended. Archived project materials are available below. 

The Great Lakes Commission’s Clean Water Infrastructure and Services Working Group developed a Joint Action Plan for Clean Water Infrastructure and Services in the region that outlines actions to address a backlog in needed upgrades and repairs to water-related infrastructure in the eight Great Lakes states and two provinces over the next 20 years — everything from wastewater treatment plants to stormwater pipes and drinking-water filtration systems. This backlog is conservatively estimated to cost $271 billion, and many experts believe that figure is a significant underestimate. The plan also calls for a better understanding the state of regional water infrastructure and the true needs to achieve a 21st century system.

The Action plan was endorsed by the full Commission at its 2017 Annual Meeting.

• Joint Action Plan

• Appendices

• GLC Resolution 

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As Lake Michigan fisheries managers and stakeholders have approved chinook salmon stocking increases for this year, the latest prey fish assessment shows forage levels remain low historically but with some positive year-over-year changes. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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A roundtable discussion of the water quality of the Western Basin of Lake Erie is scheduled for April 11 at the Maumee Bay State Park convention center in Ohio. The discussion will include thoughts from local officials and activists on the lake’s current condition and factors contributing to harmful algal blooms. Read the full story by The Press.

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This season is an especially great time to scout for Petoskey stones on Lake Michigan shores because the winter ice and waves have moved and shifted the stones, churning up new ones and making them more accessible. Read the full story by MLive.

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The Michigan Invasive Species Grant Program (MIGSP) provides research grants to reduce the impact of invasive species in the state. This year, MIGSP has funded $3.6 million for 35 projects, several with impacts for aquatic invasive species in Southeast Michigan. Read the full story by WDET- Detroit, MI.

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In Ontario, Port Windsor welcomed the first “salty” – or foreign vessel – of the 2023 shipping season last week when the M/V Egbert Wagenborg arrived at arrived at ADM Agri Industries on April 4 to load grain for export. Read the full story by the Windsor Star.

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Over the last few years, Walstrom Marine has been making progress towards its goal of becoming a premium marine operator across the Great Lakes. In November, the company acquired Grand Bay Marine and is now working to merge the companies together. Read the full story by The Petoskey News-Review.

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In Michigan, Chesterfield Township officials are considering the possibility of constructing a new water storage facility in the community. The Chesterfield Township Board of Trustees voted to award engineering services for a water storage feasibility study. Read the full story by The Voice.

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...FOG GREATLY REDUCING THE VISIBILITY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN... Light winds, moisture from melting snow, and clear skies overnight allowed fog to form over the northeast corner of Wisconsin. The fog was mainly located from just north of the Green Bay metro area west to Shawano and north to Iron Mountain, Michigan. The fog

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...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM CDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations between 2 and 5 inches with isolated amounts up to 6 to 7 inches possible. * WHERE...Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Outagamie, and Southern Oconto County Counties.

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Weathering the floods: Detroit neighborhood faces uncertain future due to climate change

Across Detroit the effects of climate change are evident. In the Jefferson-Chalmers neighborhood on the city’s lower east side, overflowing stormwater drains, contaminated waterways and flooded basements are just a few examples of how the city’s aging infrastructure struggles to keep up with our changing climate.  

The city’s combined sewer system is the crux of the problem.

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I recently attended a concert by Minnesota musician Peter Mayer and another musician. In case you don’t know, Mayer is known for his environmentally themed songs about interconnectedness and the human journey. He has produced 11 albums over 20 years and has received many artist fellowships.

Mayer wrote a song that’s a favorite of mine called “Ocean Mary.” It’s about a woman who “becomes” the ocean from touching a stream near her home. While Mayer didn’t play that song during his recent concert, I found myself thinking about it and wishing someone would write lyrics for a similar song about the Great Lakes.

Gradually, I had the audacity to realize that maybe I could help bring such a song into being if I tweaked the “Ocean Mary” lyrics a little. So, I did! Here’s the result, used with Mayer’s gracious permission. We thought you might enjoy it as a Sea Grant offering for U.S. National Poetry Month.

Great Lakes Julie

There’s a road in a river town
And on that road is Julie’s home
By her house is a deep ravine
Running there is a magic stream
Laughing over sand and rocks
It runs the length of Julie’s block
Another mile to the riverside
And a hundred more to the Great Lakes wide

Now, down in that ravine one day
By the water, Julie lay
Put her hand in the shallow stream
And Julie had a magic dream
She imagined that, inside her, stirred
All the waters of the Earth
Every puddle, every wave
And every one of the five Great Lakes

She could feel the fishes roam
In her fingers and her toes
And in her chest, the Keweenaw Current flows

Now, ever since her dream that day
People say that Julie’s changed
But they sympathize when they think
It must be strange to be the Great Lakes
She senses when the salmon swim
And waterspouts lick her skin
Canada tickles her left arm
And the moon above tugs her heart
Her front is Duluth, her back Oswego
She recollects the glaciers’ decline
Rip currents run up her spine
And lightning tingles when it strikes

She can feel the fishes roam
In her fingers, in her toes
And in her chest, the Keweenaw Current flows

And all this happened, so it seems
Because of Julie’s magic stream
But some will say that ponds and wells
And even rain can cast a spell
And every water drop you ask
Tells a tale of Great Lakes vast
So be careful when you take a drink
There’s magic in the kitchen sink!

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As  lake sturgeon in Michigan’s Black Lake in Cheboygan and Presque Isle counties travel up the Black River to spawn in shallow waters, volunteers will be ready to guard the fish against poaching. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.

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The Toledo shipping channel in the Maumee River is relatively shallow, so it has to be dredged on a regular basis to make it deep enough for freighters. Sediment brought up during that process is now being put to good use in a number of places including the new Glass City Metropark. Read the full story by WTVG-TV – Toledo, OH.

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