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...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northeastern Brown, Kewaunee and northeastern Manitowoc Counties through 830 PM CDT... At 742 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Luxemburg to 8 miles east of Algoma. Movement was south at 25 mph. HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.

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In Charlevoix, Michigan, United States Geological Survey scientists will start getting information from an autonomous vessel called Saildrone in the Great Lakes. This bright orange solar and wind-powered boat was launched last week in Lake Michigan to understand fish stocks and allow scientists to compare its data to those from conventional research vessels. Read the full story by WPBN-TV – Traverse City, MI.

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For the first time in the state of Wisconsin, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released captive-reared Great Lakes piping plovers. Four 28-day-old chicks that had been rescued as eggs from an abandoned nest in the Apostle Islands were released at the Cat Island Restoration Site in Lower Green Bay, Wisconsin. Read the full story by WLUK-TV – Green Bay, WI.

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A swimmer’s itch outbreak has been detected in Lake Superior in areas of Whitefish Bay and Waishkey Bay in Chippewa County, Michigan. Health officials recommend beachgoers stay out of the water under certain weather conditions to lessen their risk of contracting the infection. Read the full story by MLive.

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Minnesota Department of Natural Resources researchers are attempting to learn how a freshwater algae, known as didymo or ‘rock snot’, impacts what various types of fish are eating in North Shore rivers and streams. The freshwater algae live in low nutrient, low-temperature environments and can form dense mats of brown slime that smother streambeds. Read and listen to the full story by WTIP – Grand Marais, MN.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230802-algae-threats

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This spring, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) stocked Lake Michigan with one million chinook salmon, nearly 200,000 more fish than in 2022. As the population of salmon prey fish called alewife increases in Lake Michigan, the DNR is able to stock more salmon, ultimately leading to more fishing opportunities. Read the full story by WOOD-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230802-salmon-increase

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At University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Fresh Water Sciences, crew members and more than a dozen scientists from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are preparing for a month-long trip across the Great Lakes aboard the largest vessel to navigate the Great Lakes. The samples collected will help scientists understand temperature profiles in the water as well as depth and provide insight into the food chain from. Read the full story by WISN-TV – Milwaukee, WI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230802-water-quality-study

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In Lake Superior near Marquette, Michigan, the Marquette Maritime Museum has sponsored a new buoy to make finding shipwrecks easier for the Great Lakes Scuba Divers and Lake Preservation Club. Anchoring this buoy to the lake bottom will help the D. Leuty shipwreck, the first to be marked by the club, and its artifacts stay intact. Read the full story by WLUC-TV – Marquette, MI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230802-shipwreck-exploration

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William Scriber, executive director and CEO of the Port of Oswego Authority (POA) was elected secretary of the American Great Lakes Ports Association last week. Scriber joined the POA in 2009 as logistics manager and has been the director since 2017. Under his leadership, the port set a record year in 2022 with shipping alone up over 300% compared to 2021. Read the full story by Oswego County Today.

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Lake Michigan Carferry announced on Tuesday that it will not operate the S.S. Badger for the remainder of the season after the ship’s ramp system was damaged last month. The Badger transports passengers from Ludington, Michigan to Manitowac, Wisconsin, and was scheduled to offer overnight sailings through August 6. Read the full story by WPBN-TV – Ludington, MI.

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Members of the Michigan Shipwreck Research Association say they have located a vessel in deep Lake Michigan waters but will wait to publicly identify the sunken ship until a later date. So far, the only information being released is the vessel is in the West Michigan portion of Lake Michigan in very deep waters, far offshore. Read the full story by MLive.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230802-shipwreck-finding

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Michigan tribes fight long odds to restore wild rice, their history

By Ashley Zhou, Bridge Michigan

The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television; and Michigan Radio, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; who work together to bring audiences news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water.

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Science Says What? Lessons learned from a deliberate dilbit spill

Science Says What? is a monthly column written by Great Lakes now contributor Sharon Oosthoek exploring what science can tell us about what’s happening beneath and above the waves of our beloved Great Lakes and their watershed.

On July 26, 2010, people living along Talmadge Creek in Marshall, Michigan awoke to a sharp, sickening smell.

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https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2023/07/science-says-what-lessons-learned-from-a-deliberate-dilbit-spill/

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Homes along Lake Michigan in Indiana are facing encroaching water due to erosion and climate change. However, the solution to build hardened revetments is causing pushback from environmentalists.  Read the full story by the Journal Gazette & Times-Courier.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230731-shoreline-dispute

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The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community has been conducting a program of manoomin (wild rice) restoration for more than a decade as the amount of wild rice in the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan has declined over the past century. This will be aided by the development of a collaborative wild rice stewardship plan. Read the full story by the Daily Mining Gazette.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230731-wild-rice

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In Michigan, the annual State of the Lake address succinctly described the importance of Lake St. Clair to its residents with a review of various restoration projects, efforts to ensure water cleanliness and safety, the economic impact of the lake, and the results of the first-ever Lake St. Clair Coastal Study. Read the full story by the Macomb Daily.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230731-macomb-county

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The Ontario government will invest $6 million to support 30 multi-year projects aimed at helping protect, conserve, and restore the Great Lakes. The project areas include the southeast shores of Lake Huron, Eastern Georgian Bay and Huron-Bruce and are aimed at reducing plastic litter, excess nutrients and road salt entering the waterways, and advancing climate resiliency. Read the full story by the Owen Sound Sun Times.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230731-province-projects

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The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District has posted a health advisory at Cleveland’s Edgewater Park following heavy rains that caused sewage and stormwater to overflow and be dumped into Lake Erie. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230731-edgewater-health

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The Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks has confirmed the blue-green algae in a water sample collected on July 25. People are reminded to avoid water whenever a blue-green algae bloom is present and to wait two weeks after it has dissipated. Read the full story by the Chronical Journal.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230731-superior-algae

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Sea Grant’s Sharon Moen won the 2023 Communications Service Award from the National Sea Grant Communicators Network in a virtual ceremony last week.

Moen has been a part of the Sea Grant community for 24 years, beginning as an editor for Minnesota Sea Grant and now serving as the food-fish outreach coordinator for Wisconsin Sea Grant. Throughout the years, her skills at conveying messages about the study, conservation and economic importance of the Great Lakes have been front and center.

“Science communications work can be terrifying, funny, riveting and maddening but it is certainly important,” Sharon Moen said. “I’m honored my colleagues recognized my terror and joy with this award. I continue to be inspired by the Sea Grant Network and the innovative ways its communicators are extending information to enhance the use and conservation of coastal, marine and Great Lakes resources.” 

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This award is presented every two years to an individual from one of Sea Grant’s 34 programs located in coastal states, as well as Guam and Puerto Rico. It recognizes creativity, vision and a commitment to the Sea Grant mission and goes to someone who has notched noteworthy accomplishments. In Moen’s case that has been a lengthy list, including:

  • Publishing a book in 2015 that detailed the founding of the national Sea Grant program by Athelstan Spilhaus, a scientist, inventor and former university dean.
  • Taking on national leadership roles that improved the effectiveness of the overall program.
  • Leading a communication planning effort for an aquatic invasive species prevention campaign in the Great Lakes basin.
  • Preparing a Great Lakes research symposium report, and another about ballast water, coordinating work between U.S. and Canadian scientists and other international professionals.
  • Creating an award-winning podcast series focused on Lake Superior.

In selecting her for the award, one judge said, “Sharon has had a remarkable impact on state, regional and Sea Grant network communications throughout her career. Her ability to relay scientific information in a creative and engaging way has set a standard for science communication.”

The post Sea Grant staff member wins national award first appeared on Wisconsin Sea Grant.

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https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-staff-member-wins-national-award/

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The U.S. House on Wednesday passed a bill directing completion of a new study of potential security shortfalls at the Soo Locks, as well as the supply chain and economic impacts of a potential failure at the Great Lakes shipping lock complex at Sault Ste. Marie. Read the full story by The Detroit News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230728-soo-locks

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Officials of Port Milwaukee and The DeLong Co., Inc. recently celebrated the grand opening of the $40-million Agricultural Maritime Export Facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Read the full story by the High Plains Journal.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230728-maritime

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On the 43rd Governor’s Fish Ohio Day on Thursday, July 20, legislators, natural resources administrators, tourism officials and the media flocked to Port Clinton, Ohio to pay homage to what many say is the greatest of the Great Lakes. Read the full story by The Beacon.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230728-fish-ohio-day

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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 556 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN WISCONSIN THIS WATCH INCLUDES 13 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN MARATHON PORTAGE WAUSHARA WOOD

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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service

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...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northern Brown, southern Waupaca, southern Oconto, Outagamie and eastern Shawano Counties through 930 PM CDT... At 848 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a gust front associated with strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Gillett to near Shawano to near Navarino Wildlife Area to 6 miles northwest

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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service

Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service

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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 556 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS WI . WISCONSIN COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE BROWN CALUMET CLARK DOOR FLORENCE FOREST

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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service

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Workers needed to fulfill America’s infrastructure goals

By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue

The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television; and Michigan Radio, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; who work together to bring audiences news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water.

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Eat Your Heartland Out: Fish Feast

Eat Your Heartland Out is a Taste Awards nominated  program about the intersection of food and culture in the American Midwest. The show is produced by the Heritage Radio Network, a leader in culinary audio storytelling and distributed on the Public Radio Exchange (PRX), which provides content to public radio affiliates across the United States.

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The U.S. Geological Survey along with conservation agencies from Michigan, Wisconsin, and Ontario are utilizing three uncrewed research vessels in the Great Lakes. The surface vehicles, called saildrones, are wind-powered and can stay out on the water 24 hours a day for months, gathering fish population data. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230726-research-vessels

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A Lake Ontario cruise was no summer vacation for several teachers who spent a week on board an Environmental Protection Agency ship, testing water quality on the lake. The voyage plays an important role in the future health of not just Lake Ontario, but all of the Great Lakes. Read the full story by Spectrum News 1.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230726-science-reseach-trip

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In 2014, New York’s Great Lakes Action Agenda was created to bridge the gap between planning and action. The plan is getting an update and this time taking aim at more targeted areas that have been identified by local organizations to need a higher level of focus. Read the full story by WROC-TV – Rochester, NY.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230726-action-agenda

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Despite often being described as smelly and not nice to look at, charter fish captains say they find algae blooms helpful when it comes to catching more fish in Lake Erie. Researchers worry about the accumulation of toxins in the fish from the algae. Read the full story by CBC News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230726-algae-blooms

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An annual Erie, Pennsylvania, conference is exploring the potential impact of Project Resolve — an initiative passed by the Erie County Council earlier this year. Project Resolve is a regional strategy to advance manufacturing while also reducing plastic and waste pollution that affects freshwater systems, like Lake Erie. Read the full story by WJET-TV – Erie, PA.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230726-project-resolve

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