The Great Lakes Water Authority is updating its Water Residential Assistance Plan for customers who struggle to pay their bills. The biggest change is that the program is now income-based. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230303-gl-water-authority
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is hosting a series of virtual “Conversations & Coffee” meetings, focusing on fisheries management around the state. Virtual meetings will be held throughout March and April. Read the full story by WHMI-FM – Howell, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230303-dnr-fish-meetings
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is holding a series of public meetings to provide information and get public input on the designation of part of Lake Ontario as a national marine sanctuary. Read the full story by WRVO-FM – Oswego, NY.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230303-marine-sanctuary
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has announced the completion of a series of flood resiliency projects in the Village of Fair Haven, Cayuga County. The projects will help mitigate the impact of future high-water events and improve the resiliency of Cayuga County’s shoreline. Read the full story by WSTM-TV – Syracuse, NY.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230303-flood-resliency
The State of Michigan is giving $3.6 million in grants to efforts to stop the spread of damaging plant, animal, and insect invasive species. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230303-invasive-species
Great Lakes Lightning Sprints is returning to the snowy Soo area for a second year in a row to make sprint races on the St. Marys River a local tradition. Read the full story by The Sault News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230303-lighting-sprints
The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission Board of Commissioners have given preliminary approval to a list of proposed fee adjustments for various fishing licenses and permits for the 2024 license year. Read the full story by Erie News Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230303-license-fee
The city of Saugatuck, Michigan will receive hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Army Corps of Engineers to dredge its harbor and portions of the Kalamazoo River. For the 2023 fiscal year, the Corps has allotted $895,000 for the project. Read the full story by WOOD-TV.com.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230303-dredging
The Charlevoix, Michigan lighthouse is lucky to still be around and has been in need of constant love and attention for most of its life. It is public sentiment that has kept the iconic structure standing through the years. Read the full story by the Petoskey News Review.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230303-lighthouse
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.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2023/03/flint-5-months-finish-lead-pipe-replacement/
The aquatic ecosystems downstream of the former Black Butte Mine in Oregon are exposed to mercury contamination from historic mining activities, as well as mercury transported to the area through the atmosphere.
Upper Midwest Water Science Center
Upper Midwest Water Science Center
https://www.usgs.gov/centers/forest-and-rangeland-ecosystem-science-center/news/identifying-sources-mercury-water?utm_source=comms&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=news
The city of Detroit and the Wayne Metropolitan Action Agency recently added 1,125 gallons of water per person per month to a program that prevents water shut-offs in low-income households, expanding a program launched in August to erase water bill debt, repair plumbing, and lower monthly bills for low-income residents. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230301-water-shutoff-prevention
A new national report gave Michigan a failing grade for its efforts to combat lead contamination in school drinking water. While the researchers praise Detroit schools for working to install hundreds of filtered water stations across the school district, they award only partial credit for Michigan’s plan to replace every lead service line in the state by 2041. Read the full story by WKAR-TV – East Lansing, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230301-lead-response-report
In 2019, a team of historians, underwater archaeologists, and technicians located the wreckage of the Ironton, a 191-foot (58-meter) cargo vessel that collided with a grain hauler on a blustery night in September 1894, and deployed remotely controlled cameras to scan and document it. The Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Alpena, Michigan, plans to reveal the location in coming months and is considering placing a mooring buoy at the site. Read the full story by The Associated Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230301-ship-wreck-discovery
The Canadian Coast Guard has responded to just 20 requests for icebreaking on the Great Lakes this winter as ice coverage for the lakes is at a record low for this time of year. Read the full story by Blackburn News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230301-icebreaking-usage
The New York Power Authority announced Wednesday that preparations are underway to remove the Niagara River Ice Boom. Since 1964, the boom has been installed near the outlet of Lake Erie to reduce the amount of ice entering the Niagara River. Read the full story by WKBW-TV – Buffalo, NY.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230301-ice-boom-removal
A water monitoring system called MiWaterNet is powered by participatory community scientists and provides real time data for researchers across northern Michigan. These data on small stream quality helps researchers answer important questions about a watershed’s condition. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230301-water-monitoring
The State of Michigan continues to hold Community Resource Fairs in Benton Harbor for residents to learn about how they can keep themselves safe from lead in their homes. More than 100 people attended a fair Tuesday at the Virginia Edwards Community Center. Read the full story by WSJM – Benton Harbor, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230301-lead-resources
U.S. District Judge David Lawson has ordered Flint, Michigan, to replace any remaining lead or steel water lines by Aug. 1, the latest intervention after a series of missed deadlines. Judge Lawson signed off on an agreement between the city and the Natural Resources Defense Council, which represents residents in long-running litigation that began in 2016. Read the full story by The Associated Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230301-flint-litigation
In August, Amy Stout of Petersburg, Michigan, became the second woman to complete the Lake Erie Solo Challenge in the event’s 16-year history. The 455-mile sailing event began in 2007, with just three women having attempted it thus far. Read the full story by The Monroe News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230301-sailing-challenge
By John Flesher, Associated Press
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Even for the Thunder Bay area, a perilous swath of northern Lake Huron off the Michigan coast that has devoured many a ship, the Ironton’s fate seems particularly cruel.
The 191-foot (58-meter) cargo vessel collided with a grain hauler on a blustery night in September 1894, sinking both.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2023/03/ap-long-lost-ship-found-in-lake-huron/
Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service
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Given improvements in electric motors, boats can handle larger lakes, but the trend has other benefits as well.
The post Electric boats expected to make a splash in Michigan this year first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/03/01/electric-boats-expected-to-make-a-splash-in-michigan-this-year/
In the spirit of rehabbing my relationship with Midwest winters, it was high time I found recreation to keep me outside and moving.
After a summer of hiking, off-roading and even eFoiling I was in dire need of some fresh air adventure, but didn’t know where to start.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2023/02/ian-outside-lets-go-ice-climbing/
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.
Microplastic pollution has been building up in the Great Lakes since at least the 1970s.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2023/02/science-says-what-how-worried-should-we-be-about-microplastic-pollution/
NCEI News Feed
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/visualizing-coastal-ocean-acidification
Detroit water rates have gone up 407% over the last 20 years, and 120% in just the last 10 years.
The post Detroiters can get another 1,125 gallons of water under discount program first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/02/28/detroiters-can-get-another-1125-gallons-of-water-under-discount-program/
Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service
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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service
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I Speak for the Fish is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor Kathy Johnson, coming out the third Monday of each month. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit Public Television.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2023/02/i-speak-for-the-fish-courting-sunfish/
This network provides valuable, real time data on a stream’s water quality, level and temperature.
The post MiWaterNet monitors quality of northern Michigan streams first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/02/27/miwaternet-monitors-quality-of-northern-michigan-streams/
Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service
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PFAS are the latest concern in Lake Superior, where fishing is central to the lifeways of the Red Cliff Band and other Indigenous nations. Read the full story by Wisconsin Watch.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230227-native-fishing-rights
Canada’s Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra last week announced funding of C$12.5m ($9.2m) to launch the Ballast Water Innovation Program, part of its Oceans Protection Plan. Read the full story by Splash 24/7.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230227-canada-ballast-water
Gov. Tony Evers is hoping to use some of Wisconsin’s 2023-25 budget to address environmental issues. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230227-wisconsin-budget
The relationship between residents of coastal communities and their local water heritage can advance restoration efforts, create recreational opportunities and promote tourism and economic growth, a new study says. At the same time, that relationship can create tensions between environmental and economic interests, it says. Read the full story by the Capital News Service.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230227-coastal-tourism
Eleven environmental groups are urging the Michigan Supreme Court to reverse a ruling that stops the state from placing more permit restrictions on manure and other animal waste from large concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). Read the full story by Michigan Public Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230227-cafo-litigation
About $74 million in taxpayer dollars aims to slow down the impact of erosion at Illinois Beach State Park in Zion, Illinois. The project is the largest capital project in the Department of Natural Resources history. Read the full story by The Center Square.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230227-erosion-protection
An Ohio island conservancy and park district are asking for donations to preserve a historic home site and nearly 30 acres of forest, meadow and bayfront property on South Bass Island. Read the full story by the Fremont News Messenger.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230227-put-in-bay
A recent study has revealed just how toxic eating fish from lakes in New York State can be. Read the full story WYRK – Buffalo, NY.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230227-fish-contamination
The public is invited to give their input on a proposal that sets the stage for environmental cleanup and restoration in the Saginaw Bay watershed. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230227-restoration-settlement
A decline of ice cover on the five Great Lakes is becoming a normal occurrence over the years. NOAA has been documenting this since 1973. Read the full story by WITI – TV – Milwaukee, WI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230227-low-ice
Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service
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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service
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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service
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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service
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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service
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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service
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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service
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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service
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