...SNOW ENDING EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Snow. Additional snow accumulations up to one inch, mainly in Manitowoc County. * WHERE...Calumet, Manitowoc, Winnebago, Brown, Outagamie, Shawano,

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

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...PROLONGED PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOW CONTINUES... .A prolonged snow event will continue tonight as low pressure slowly moves southeast across Wisconsin. Light to moderate snow will continue across the region tonight, then come to an end from west to east Monday morning. A narrow band of heavier snow is expected to continue tonight, roughly along/near Highway 29. Minor blowing and

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

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...SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS EXPECTED THIS EVENING... Moderate to heavy snow will continue across the region this evening. Although many area roads were mainly clear this afternoon, sunset will cause many roads to become snow covered and slippery this evening. The heavier snow will reduce visibilities to around one mile at times.

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

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...PROLONGED PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOW CONTINUES... .A prolonged snow event will continue this afternoon as low pressure slowly moves southeast across Wisconsin. Light to moderate snow will continue across the region this afternoon, then come to an end from west to east Monday morning. A narrow band of heavier snow is expected to develop later this afternoon, roughly along/near Highway

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

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...PROLONGED PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOW CONTINUES... .A prolonged snow event will continue this afternoon as low pressure slowly moves southeast across Wisconsin. Light to moderate snow will continue across the region this afternoon, then come to an end from west to east Monday morning. A narrow band of heavier snow is expected to develop this afternoon, roughly along/near Highway 29.

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

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...SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS THIS MORNING... Light to moderate snow will continue this morning. Motorists can expect snow covered and slippery roads. The heavier snow will reduce visibilities to around one mile. Some freezing drizzle may mix in at times across central and north central Wisconsin. If you are traveling, slow down, keep extra distance between

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

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...PROLONGED PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOW... .A prolonged snow event will continue today as low pressure slowly moves across the Great Lakes. Light to moderate snow will continue across the region today, then come to an end from west to east Monday morning. A narrow band of heavier snow is expected to develop this afternoon, roughly along/near Highway 29. Minor blowing and

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

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...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED TO CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT... Light to moderate snow is expected to continue across central, north-central, and east-central Wisconsin overnight. Snowfall totals of 1 to 3 inches are possible across the area overnight, with the highest totals west of Rhinelander and Wausau and the

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

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...PROLONGED PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOW... .A prolonged snow event is expected as low pressure slowly moves across the Great Lakes. Light to moderate snow will continue spreading across the region overnight, continue on Sunday, then come to an end from west to east Monday morning. A narrow band of heavier snow is expected to develop Sunday afternoon, roughly from northwest

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

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...PROLONGED PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOW... .A prolonged snow event is expected as low pressure slowly moves across the Great Lakes. Light to moderate snow is forecast to arrive late this afternoon or early evening, continue on Sunday, then come to an end from west to east Monday morning. A narrow band of heavier snow is expected to develop Sunday afternoon, roughly from northwest

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

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A bipartisan group of Great Lakes lawmakers wrote Thursday to President Joe Biden ahead of his official visit to Ottawa this month, urging him to press Canadian leaders on boosting their financial support for restoring and protecting the Great Lakes. The nine U.S. lawmakers stressed that “sustained investments” from partnerships between the U.S. and Canada are needed to clean up toxic Areas of Concern in the freshwater lakes, combat invasive species, restore habitats and reduce algae blooms. Read the full story by The Detroit News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230310-canadian-funding

James Polidori

In 2021, the U.S. Coast Guard announced it no longer needed the lighthouse that was built in 1910 at the end of the north breakwater of Duluth’s shipping canal. Rethos, a St. Paul-based historic preservation nonprofit, was awarded the Duluth Harbor North Pierhead Light by the National Park Service last month. Read the full story by Minnesota Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230310-duluth-lighthouse

James Polidori

After a mild January and February, Lake Superior ice levels are lower than normal for this time of year, say Canadian federal observers. By the middle of February, Superior’s ice thickness in the vicinity of Thunder Bay, Ontario was estimated to be only 45 centimeters, about 20 cm less for the same time last year and 15 cm less than the seasonal average, according to data provided by the Meteorological Service of Canada. Read the full story by the Chronicle Journal.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230310-superior-ice-cover

James Polidori

The Lake Huron Forever initiative awarded grants totaling $30,000 to four community projects aimed at protecting and enhancing the water quality of Lake Huron. The initiative aims to support community conversation and action to design and complete on-the-ground work to strengthen the health and well-being of residents and their surrounding natural resources. Read the full story by Iosco County News-Herald.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230310-water-quality-funding

James Polidori

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration facility in Alpena, Michigan is partnering with its Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory to learn more about the acidification of the freshwater Great Lakes. The goal is to get a baseline understanding of acidification in the lakes now so they can study them for years in the future. Read the full story by WBKB-TV – Alpena, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230310-acidification-study

James Polidori

While the Oneida County Board discusses a resolution opposing the Pelican River Forest project, the Sokaogon Chippewa government passed a resolution in support of it. The project would protect natural resources the Sokaogon Chippewa Community and other Ojibwe Tribes have relied on like wild rice, medicinal plants, and subsistence hunting. Read the full story by WXPR – Rhinelander, WI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230310-conservation-resolution

James Polidori

Ice-breaking operations in Midland, Ontario Harbour are expected around March 18 to open the Great Lakes shipping routes around March 22. The Canada Steamship Lines bulk carrier MV Frontenac is expected to move from her winter mooring at the ADM Mill in Midland Harbour after a Canadian Coast Guard ice breaker clears a path in from the open waters of Georgian Bay. Read the full story by CTV News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230310-ice-breaking

James Polidori

Eastern Lake Ontario, with 43 known shipwrecks and one aircraft, is on the verge of becoming a national marine sanctuary. The years-long effort has been supported by local governments, including Cayuga County, and the State of New York. If the sanctuary is established, the state will co-manage it with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Read the full story by The Citizen.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230310-marine-sanctuary-proposal

James Polidori

Promote Michigan President Dianna Stampfler will swing through the Harbor Beach (Michigan) Area District Library on Wednesday, March 15, with her Ladies of the Lights presentation to talk about women in the Great Lakes region who have worked in lighthouses for Women’s History Month. The presentation includes readings from newspaper articles, autobiographies, and historic photos of the women and the lighthouses they cared for. Read the full story by Huron Daily Tribune.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230310-lighthouse-women

James Polidori

...SNOW ENDING THIS MORNING... .Light to moderate snow will end from west to east as a storm system pulls away from the region. Minor blowing and drifting snow is possible. Snow covered and slippery roads are expected through the morning commute. Use extra caution if traveling. ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

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

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...SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS THIS MORNING... Light to moderate snow will continue early this morning then taper off from west to east during the mid to late morning. Additional accumulations will generally be under 2 inches. Motorists can expect snow covered and slippery roads this morning. The heavier snow will reduce visibilities to below one mile at

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

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The new signs use phrases in the Anishinabemowin language, show archaeological pictures from discovery of the petroglyphs and talk about the plants and animals that call the park home.

The post Petroglyph park near Cass City to use Native language first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/03/10/petroglyph-park-near-cass-city-to-use-native-language/

Guest Contributor

...SNOW ENDING THIS MORNING... .Light to moderate snow will end from west to east as a storm system pulls away from the region. Minor blowing and drifting snow is possible. Snow covered and slippery roads are expected through the morning commute. Use extra caution if traveling. ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

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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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...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... * WHAT...Snow. Additional snow accumulations between 3 and 5 inches. * WHERE...Calumet, Winnebago, Brown, Door, and Outagamie Counties. * WHEN...Until Noon CST Friday. * IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous conditions could impact the Friday morning commute.

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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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...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED TO CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS... Light to moderate snow is expected to move into portions of central Wisconsin late this afternoon and then overspread north- central and much of northeast Wisconsin during the early to mid evening hours. The snow may not reach the far northern tip of Door

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

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Michigan mallards are in decline. Are domestic ducks weakening their genes?

By Kelly House, 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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Bridge Michigan

...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT TRAVEL TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING... .A winter storm will bring an accumulating snowfall to the area tonight into Friday morning. The heaviest snowfall will occur this evening and overnight with the highest totals south of Highway 29. Lake enhancement is expected, bringing locally higher amounts near Lake Michigan before this system exits by early Friday afternoon.

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

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...STRONG WINTER SYSTEM ARRIVES LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING... .A winter system will arrive in Wisconsin late this afternoon and evening, bringing accumulating snowfall to the area. The heaviest snowfall will occur this evening and overnight with the highest totals south of Highway 29. Lake enhancement is expected, bringing

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

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The heaviest thing that he has found is a full-sized safe in the Rouge River in Delray, Michigan, taking seven people with magnets and hooks to pull it out.

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Great Lakes Echo

http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/03/09/michigans-magnet-man-attracts-river-trash/

Vladislava Sukhanovskaya

...STRONG WINTER SYSTEM ARRIVES THURSDAY EVENING... .A winter system will arrive in Wisconsin late this afternoon and evening, bringing accumulating snowfall to the area. The heaviest snowfall will occur this evening and overnight with the highest totals south of Highway 29. Lake enhancement is expected, bringing locally higher amounts near Lake Michigan before this system exits

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

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...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO NOON CST FRIDAY... * WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations between 4 and 7 inches. Locally higher amounts are possible near the Lake Michigan shore. * WHERE...Calumet, Manitowoc, Winnebago, Brown, Door, Kewaunee, and

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

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...STRONG WINTER SYSTEM ARRIVES THURSDAY EVENING... .A winter system will arrive in Wisconsin late Thursday afternoon and evening, bringing accumulating snowfall to the area. The heaviest snowfall will occur Thursday evening to early Thursday overnight with the highest totals for northeast Wisconsin stretched across east-central WI and the lakeshore. Lake enhancement will be

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

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The State of Michigan said nearly three-dozen projects will share $3.6 million to help fight invasive species throughout the state. The program is run through several state departments, and the goal is to prevent the introduction of new invasive species, strengthen early detection, limit the spread and manage and control widespread, established invasive species. Read the full story by the WXYZ-TV – Detroit, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230308-invasive-species

Connor Roessler

In Clayton, New York, the Thousand Islands Land Trust has been given $5.4 million in state water quality grant funding to protect more land along the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario. Read the full story by the Watertown Daily Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230308-land-trust

Connor Roessler

The Town of Whitby, Ontario, and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada have a plan to revitalize the Lake Ontario waterfront, the water, and its surrounding ecosystem after a study determined the extent and risk of chemical contamination from a building upstream. Read the full story by Global News Canada.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230308-waterfront-cleanup

Connor Roessler

U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur announced the award of $99,590,000 in additional federal funding, secured as part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ annual work plan, to support four projects critical to the economic development and environmental health of Ohio’s 9th Congressional District, Lake Erie shoreline communities, and the Great Lakes region as a whole. Read the full story by the Fremont News Messenger.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230308-ohio-harbors

Connor Roessler

In the upper peninsula of Michigan, the Superior Watershed Partnership and Land Conservancy in cooperation with Waucedah Township purchased over 4 miles of waterfront property on the Sturgeon River in Dickinson County to develop a protected area and natural recreation park. Read the full story by WLUC-TV – Marquette, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230308-sturgeon-river-park

Connor Roessler

In an effort to further expand opportunities for its students while helping to address the worker shortage in the marine industry, the Great Lakes Boat Building School in Cedarville, Michigan has selected the Irish Boat Shop, of Harbor Springs, Michigan to be the first member of its new program, the Marine Dealers Education Network. Read the full story by The Sault Ste. Marie Evening News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230308-boat-building

Connor Roessler

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RFP: Great Lakes Aquatic Invasive Species Landing Blitz grants

The Great Lakes Commission today issued a request for proposals (RFP)  to support in-person outreach and voluntary watercraft inspections in coordination with the annual regional Great Lakes Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Landing Blitz. This funding is intended to support partner activities with a specific focus on expanding access and event coverage to water bodies and access points that have not historically been included as participants in previous Great Lakes AIS Landing Blitz events. Tribal or U.S.-based local units of government, lake associations/watershed protection groups, non-profit 501(c)(3) organizations, universities/colleges, conservation groups are eligible to apply for the grants, which expected to range from $4,000 and $10,000.

The Great Lakes AIS Landing Blitz is an annual event that brings together state agencies and local volunteer partners to visit public and private boating access sites to deliver messaging about preventing the introduction and spread of AIS from the movement of watercraft and equipment between water bodies. The Great Lakes Commission coordinates the Landing Blitz in partnership with state and provincial agencies and Sea Grant program staff.

Applications are due April 21, 2023 and project activities are expected to take place at least from June 30 – July 9, 2023. Please contact Ceci Weibert at cweibert@glc.org with any questions.


The Great Lakes Commission, led by chair Todd L. Ambs, deputy secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (retired), is a binational government agency established in 1955 to protect the Great Lakes and the economies and ecosystems they support. Its membership includes leaders from the eight U.S. states and two Canadian provinces in the Great Lakes basin. The GLC recommends policies and practices to balance the use, development, and conservation of the water resources of the Great Lakes and brings the region together to work on issues that no single community, state, province, or nation can tackle alone. Learn more at www.glc.org.

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https://www.glc.org/news/blitz-030823

Beth Wanamaker

Fishbrain is an app that allows users to post photos of their catches and log  the species and size of the fish they caught, the gear they used and the location, date and time of the catch. 

The post Social media for anglers produces climate change data for researchers first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Echo

http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/03/08/social-media-for-anglers-produces-climate-change-data-for-researchers/

Jack Armstrong

Episode 2302 Lesson Plans: How cold is melting ice?

This lesson will explore the phenomenon of ice climbing in the Great Lakes. Students will explore the phase changes associated with water going between the liquid and solid state in order to learn about the formation of ice that is climbable, the melt patterns of ice, and how salinity affects ice melting.

Read Now at Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Now

https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2023/03/episode-2302-ice-climbing-lesson-plan/

Gary Abud Jr.

In Chicago, adapting electric buses to winter’s challenges

By Tom Krishner, AP Auto Writer

CHICAGO (AP) — The No. 66 bus is packed on a recent weekday afternoon as it starts and stops its way from Chicago’s near west side to Navy Pier along the Lake Michigan shore.

The seats and windows squeak and rattle just like a regular diesel bus, but no one seems to notice the high-pitched whine of the electric motor that makes it go.

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Great Lakes Now

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The Associated Press

As the Alliance’s Agricultural & Restoration Policy Director, Tom leads work in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ohio to achieve the Alliance’s agriculture and water goals and implements regional restoration initiatives. In addition, he serves as a convener, organizer, and relationship builder at all levels of government and stakeholders, emphasizing state-level agriculture water policy.

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News - Alliance for the Great Lakes

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Regional organizations release annual joint priorities for the Great Lakes

ANN ARBOR, MI – In advance of Great Lakes Day this week, a binational coalition of regional agencies, Indigenous nations, legislators, local communities, and business, maritime and environmental groups today released shared priorities for restoring the Great Lakes and supporting the region’s economy. Great Lakes Day is an annual event that brings together regional leaders and members of Congress who play a critical role in shaping Great Lakes policies. Great Lakes Day will be held in-person in Washington, D.C. for the first time since March 2020.

“Restoring and protecting the Great Lakes is an enduring, bipartisan priority for the nation and for Great Lakes basin communities,” the priorities read. “Support of these priorities will accelerate progress, foster equity, build resilience, and ensure the Great Lakes are a source of drinking water, an environmental treasure, and an economic engine for North America.”

The agenda urges Congress and the Biden administration to: appropriate no less than $425 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) in FY 2024, in addition to the supplemental investment through the infrastructure legislation; ensure water infrastructure investments tackle historic inequities; enhance the Great Lakes’ resiliency to the impacts of a changing climate; develop coordinated regional science plans; strengthen Great Lakes ports and the maritime transportation system; support federal actions to address harmful algal blooms; and protect the Great Lakes basin from invasive carp and other aquatic invasive species.

The priorities are endorsed by the Great Lakes CommissionGreat Lakes Fishery Commission, Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes CoalitionGreat Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities InitiativeChippewa Ottawa Resource AuthorityGreat Lakes Metro Chambers CoalitionAmerican Great Lakes Ports Association, Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Legislative Caucus, Great Lakes Business Network, and Lake Carriers’ Association.


The Great Lakes Commission, led by chair Todd L. Ambs, deputy secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (retired), is a binational government agency established in 1955 to protect the Great Lakes and the economies and ecosystems they support. Its membership includes leaders from the eight U.S. states and two Canadian provinces in the Great Lakes basin. The GLC recommends policies and practices to balance the use, development, and conservation of the water resources of the Great Lakes and brings the region together to work on issues that no single community, state, province, or nation can tackle alone. Learn more at www.glc.org.

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https://www.glc.org/news/regional-priorities-030723

Beth Wanamaker