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Great Lakes Commission applauds inclusion of Great Lakes provisions in national defense legislation passed by Congress

ANN ARBOR, MI – The Great Lakes Commission (GLC) applauds action by the U.S. Congress to pass the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2022, which also included the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) and the Coast Guard Authorization Act. President Biden is expected to sign the legislation this week.

This legislation addresses several critical GLC priorities, including an update to the authorization for the new Soo Lock, an increase in the federal cost share for the invasive carp barrier at the Brandon Road Lock and Dam, important investments in Great Lakes icebreaking capacity, and an update to the 2007 economic impact study of recreational boating on the Great Lakes which was co-authored by the GLC. 

“Congress again demonstrated its support for improving Great Lakes navigation, protecting against invasive species, and understanding the economic importance of recreation to our region,” said Erika Jensen, executive director of the GLC. “The GLC appreciates the Great Lakes congressional delegation for its leadership on these issues, and we look forward to working with them in the next session to keep building a strong and resilient Great Lakes basin.”

The GLC advocates on behalf of the Great Lakes states and provinces for policies and investments that improve the ecosystems, economies, and communities of the Great Lakes basin. Along with its regional partners, the GLC has been on the forefront of efforts to include Great Lakes programs in legislative activities.

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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As surveys monitor large parts of the sky at a time, they are more likely to observe short-lived events.

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...A COMPLEX WINTER STORM WILL BRING SNOW, STRONG WINDS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW, AND COLD TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA HEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND... An intensifying storm system will track from the Plains to the Great Lakes region the next few days. The storm will result in snow and increasingly windy conditions, and impact travel during

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...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF WINTRY WEATHER WILL RESULT IN TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS LEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND... .A slow moving storm system will bring a prolonged period of wintry weather to the area the next several days. The initial phase of the storm will consist of mainly snow, which will fall from this afternoon through tomorrow. The second phase will consist of lighter

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

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...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF WINTRY WEATHER WILL RESULT IN TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS LEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND... .A slow moving storm system will bring a prolonged period of wintry weather to the area the next several days. The initial phase of the storm will consist of mainly snow, which will fall from this afternoon through tomorrow. The second phase will consist of lighter

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

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...WINTER STORM WILL BRING MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF TRAVEL IMPACTS TO THE AREA THIS WEEK... .A winter storm moving across the Midwest will bring rounds of snow, wind, blowing and drifting snow, and subzero temperatures to the area from Wednesday evening into Saturday morning. There will be two distinct periods of impacts, first from the snow on Wednesday night

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...WINTER STORM WILL BRING MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF TRAVEL IMPACTS TO THE AREA THIS WEEK... .A winter storm moving across the Midwest will bring rounds of snow, wind, blowing and drifting snow, and subzero temperatures to the area from Wednesday evening into Saturday morning. There will be two distinct periods of impacts, first from the snow on Wednesday night

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...COLD WIND CHILLS THROUGH DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY... The combination of cold temperatures and west winds will produce wind chills as cold as 15 below to 25 below zero through early Wednesday. The coldest readings are anticipated in north central and central Wisconsin. Wind chills this cold can cause frostbite on exposed skin in

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PFAS News Roundup: New regulations approved, new solutions explored

PFAS, short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a group of widespread man-made chemicals that don’t break down in the environment or the human body and have been flagged as a major contaminant in sources of water across the country.

Keep up with PFAS-related developments in the Great Lakes area.

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...WINTER STORM WILL BRING MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF TRAVEL IMPACTS TO THE AREA THIS WEEK... .A winter storm moving across the Midwest will bring rounds of snow, wind, blowing snow, drifting snow, and subzero temperatures to the area from Wednesday evening into Saturday morning. There will be two distinct periods of impacts, first from the snow on Wednesday night

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The Catch: Meet the author behind “Nibi Chronicles”

Broadcasting in our monthly PBS television program, The Catch is a Great Lakes Now series that brings you more news about the lakes you love. Go beyond the headlines with reporters from around the region who cover the lakes and drinking water issues. Find all the work HERE.

This month, The Catch features a conversation with Staci Lola Drouillard, a new Great Lakes Now contributor.

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...A STRONG WINTER STORM COULD BRING SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND... An intensifying storm system is expected to track from the Plains to the Great Lakes region during the middle to latter part of the week. The storm will result in periods of snow and increasingly windy conditions. Travel conditions from late Wednesday into the

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

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Ballville Dam Removal: History, trends and impacts

For more than a century, a dam divided the upstream Sandusky River from Lake Erie. People got power, but fish were prevented from reaching native spawning grounds.

Then, four years ago, the dam came down, like hundreds around the Great Lakes region. It had been replaced as a power source years earlier, and environmentalists argued to restore the river’s natural course.

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I Speak for the Fish: Favorite fish books

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. 

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Black carp, an invasive species that was first imported to control snails in fish farms where fish are bred, have made their way into Illinois waterways. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources believes black carp have moved up the Illinois River as far as central Illinois. If the invasive carp enter the Great Lakes, they have the ability to dominate the food chain and cause major disruptions to the ecosystem. Read the full story by WBGZ – Alton, IL.

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Lockwood, Andrews & Newman (LAN), an engineering firm accused of having some responsibility for Flint’s lead-contaminated water in 2014-2015, has settled a lawsuit with four families, months after a jury couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict in August. Details of the agreement between the families and LAN were not publicly disclosed in federal court in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Read the full story by AP News.

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The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District is urging its customers to take advantage of programs that will lower their sewer bills while calling on the federal government to do more to help low-income water customers. The sewer district is offering affordability programs at the same time it is having to pay for massive improvements, including the $3 billion Project Clean Lake that is designed to reduce combined-sewer overflows into Lake Erie and its tributaries. Read the full story by Cleveland.com

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The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is requiring the village of Montgomery to submit a water improvement plan for approval of its permit application to divert Lake Michigan water to its residents. The plan requires the village to lower its non-revenue water loss from 28.2 percent to under 10 percent. Read the full story by WSPY – Plano, IL.

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For the past 37 years, an agreement between the State of Michigan, the federal government, and five sovereign tribal nations has guided commercial fishing regulations in parts of the Great Lakes. The last decree was set to expire in 2020 but was extended as negotiations carried on. Four of the five tribes involved are supporting the new decree, but the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians and other sport fishing and conservation groups take issue with changes in the new agreement. Read the full story by Interlochen Public Radio.

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The City of Waukesha, Wisconsin could start breaking ground on a short, but critical stretch of water pipeline in just a matter of weeks, thanks to a Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors decision Thursday afternoon. The 35-mile pipeline will convey Lake Michigan water from Milwaukee to Waukesha and then return it —after it’s used and treated— to Lake Michigan via the Root River. Read and listen to the full story by WUWM – Milwaukee, WI.

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The U.S. Coast Guard’s largest domestic icebreaking operation is underway in Lake Superior. The Coast Guard sector based in Sault Ste Marie has started its winter icebreaking efforts – known as Operation Taconite – because of an increasing amount of ice in the commercial ports located on the west side of Lake Superior. Read the full story by MLive.

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The walleye hatches in the western and central basins of Lake Erie were above average this year, as was the hatch for yellow perch in the western basin. The story was different for yellow perch in the central basin where hatches there “continue to be well below average,” according to a news release from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Read the full story by Cleveland.com

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Muskegon County closed on the former Nugent Sand property on December 13, finalizing the acquisition of more than 160 acres that includes 1,460 feet of Lake Michigan frontage property for its Dune Harbor Park. The park will be opened for public use no later than March 13, 2023, said Muskegon County Community Development Director Robert Lukens. Read the full story by MLive.

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Paul Radomski’s new book Walleye: A Beautiful Fish of the Dark details the biology, management and importance of this iconic fish. Radomski, a fisheries biologist by trade, said he hopes readers will take away a greater appreciation for walleye as they learn more about it. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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The Catch: Robots Tackle Shoreline Trash

Broadcasting in our monthly PBS television program, The Catch is a Great Lakes Now series that brings you more news about the lakes you love. Go beyond the headlines with reporters from around the region who cover the lakes and drinking water issues. Find all the work HERE.

This month, The Catch features a story about high tech helpers studying and removing plastic pollution.

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Newly published research from the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL), the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR), and partners reveals that using underwater robots could significantly advance scientists’ ability to study the harmful algal blooms (HABs) that … Continue reading →

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The initiative took a holistic approach in developing Kernza, thinking about how the plant could benefit farmers and the environment.

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...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING... Light snow will continue at times during the overnight hours as low pressure moves slowly across Wisconsin. Most locations should see an additional one to two inches of snow by Saturday morning, with locally higher amounts possible. Area road reports indicate there are slippery stretches across

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The Catch: The Latest on Enbridge Line 3

Broadcasting in our monthly PBS television program, The Catch is a Great Lakes Now series that brings you more news about the lakes you love. Go beyond the headlines with reporters from around the region who cover the lakes and drinking water issues. Find all the work HERE.

This month, The Catch features a story about Enbridge Energy.

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The first mission to survey nearly all of the water on Earth’s surface has launched.  The mission will survey water on more than 90% of the world’s surface and measure the height of water in freshwater bodies as well as the oceans.  Read the full story by CNN.

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Staff at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is keeping tabs on a specific bird that summers in northern Michigan. A piping plover from northern Michigan was spotted at a state park in Florida this week.   Read the full story by WPBN – TV – Traverse City, MI.

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Toxic algal blooms in western Lake Erie have begun to affect not only aquatic life but human economics. A Michigan State University study estimates that up to $5.9 million annually in economic activity is lost in Michigan’s small portion of Lake Erie because of canceled angling trips due to harmful algal blooms. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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The annual National Defense Authorization Act that now goes to President Joe Biden for his signature includes an authorization for the Corps to spend as much as $3.2 billion on the new Soo Lock under construction at Sault Ste. Marie. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.

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Waukesha, Wisconsin is in the process of laying down 35 miles of pipeline to convey Lake Michigan water to the city and hopes to lay a portion of it on Milwaukee County parkland. But last week, the city faced an unanticipated challenge when the County parks committee rejected the amount of money Waukesha offered in exchange for the use of the land.  Read and hear the full story by WUWM – Milwaukee, WI.

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The Essex Region (Ontario) Conservation Authority issued a Shoreline Conditions Statement ealier this week due to forecasted winds across Lake Erie. People were encouraged to take extra caution to avoid areas where flooding was occurring as well as rivers, streams, and shoreline areas during significant rainfall and wind events. Read the full story by CTV News.

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The Toledo Lucas County Port Authority board has approved a $400 million bond for a salmon fishing facility in Williams County, but many locals are not happy with the decision. A group of advocates attended a Port Authority board meeting Thursday morning to talk about how they believe this facility could harm drinking water. Read the full story by WTVG – Toledo, OH.

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Year after year, local and state transportation leaders try to identify efficiency and efficacy improvements in order to use less salt, said Matt Bruning, the spokesperson for the Ohio Department of Transportation. In addition to causing billions of dollars in corrosion damage to cars, bridges and roadways annually rock salt can also negatively impact water quality, harm ecosystems and wildlife. Read the full story by WEWS – TV – Cleveland, OH.

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Congress – on a bipartisan vote – has passed legislation that continues strong momentum to stop invasive carp from reaching Lake Michigan.

Invasive carp pose a serious threat to the Great Lakes. Silver and bighead carp have already wreaked havoc on the Mississippi and Illinois rivers, out-competing native fish for food and injuring people who recreate on the rivers. The invasive fish are steadily spreading upstream toward Lake Michigan.

Prevention measures in design

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has begun designing a critical project to stop invasive carp from reaching Lake Michigan. The Corps is designing new carp prevention measures to install at the Brandon Road Lock and Dam in Illinois, a chokepoint in waterways leading to Lake Michigan.

In the bill just passed, Congress increased the federal cost-share – which is how much the federal government will chip in for this critical project – to 90%. This commitment shows that Congress and the Administration recognize that the invasive carp moving toward Lake Michigan threaten the entire Great Lakes region.

By increasing the federal cost-share to 90%, Congress will help accelerate the project from design to construction.

Next steps for Illinois

The state of Illinois must take 2 important steps to keep this critical project moving forward:

  • Illinois must sign an agreement with the Corps by the end of the year to keep the project on schedule.
  • It’s time for Illinois to step up and work collaboratively with other Great Lakes states to fund the local portion of the construction phase of the project and keep invasive carp out of the lakes.

“Thank you to all the Great Lake advocates and members of Congress who are working to keep invasive carp out of our lakes,” says Molly Flanagan, Chief Operating Officer, Alliance for the Great Lakes. “We look forward to working with Illinois and other Great Lakes states to ensure the local share is funded.”

The post Congress Builds Momentum to Stop Invasive Carp appeared first on Alliance for the Great Lakes.

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...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES INTO TONIGHT... Light snow will continue at times today into tonight as low pressure moves slowly across Wisconsin. Most locations should see an additional one to two inches of snow by late tonight with locally higher amounts possible across central Wisconsin and across northern Door County.

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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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My legal essay, Flint’s Fight for Environmental Rights, has been published by the Northwestern University Law Review (117 Nw. U. L. Rev. 123 (2022); free download.)

In this essay, I present the Flint Water Crisis as the outcome of both specific state actions and broader failures of environmental law.

The story begins chronologically with the role of the State of Michigan, focusing on state decisions from approximately 2011 to 2015 that culminated in the delivery of drinking water without proper treatment to Flint residents. The injustice of the Flint Water Crisis peaked during the final eighteen months of this period under the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s administration of the Safe Drinking Water Act.

The failure of federal environmental law and governance apparent in the Flint Water Crisis is structural and systemic and a direct cause of ongoing environmental injustices necessitating changes in policy and politics.

There are lessons to be learned from why and how Flint residents were poisoned by their state and failed by the EPA. But the focus of this essay is not how Flint was victimized; it is how Flint has fought back successfully and cleared new legal paths for environmental justice in the courts.

Flint residents have sought accountability for wrongs and vindication of rights in an ongoing five-year legal campaign—and have been overwhelmingly successful. Flint plaintiffs have won orders and opinions from federal courts to require the state to deliver safe water to every Flint resident, to protect due process and equal rights regardless of compliance with environmental laws, to recognize a violation of the right to bodily integrity by the state for providing unsafe water, and to recover damages from the EPA for its negligent administration and enforcement of the Safe Drinking Water Act. These are tremendous legal victories for advancing meaningful environmental rights in U.S. law, and potential precedents for many other communities suffering from environmental injustice.

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Great Lakes Law

Great Lakes Law

https://www.greatlakeslaw.org/blog/2022/12/flints-fight-for-environmental-rights.html

Noah Hall

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Ian Outside: A Drummond Island summer recap … as winter gets here

Editor’s Note: Look for coverage of Great Lakes recreation and adventure in this new monthly feature. The author, Ian Solomon, founded Amplify Outside, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing access and representation by Black people in the outdoors, starting in the Great Lakes region. Find more about him HERE.

Life slows, that’s what I’ve come to love most about the changing seasons especially in the Great Lakes.

Read Now at Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Now

Great Lakes Now

https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/12/drummond-island-summer-recap-as-winter-gets-here/

Ian Solomon