...SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS MORNING... Occasional light snow and flurries will continue across the area this morning. Little additional snowfall accumulation is expected. But with temperatures mainly in the 20s, many untreated roads in central, north-central, and far northeast Wisconsin will remain snow covered and slippery.

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

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...SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS MORNING... Periods of light snow and flurries continued over central, north- central, and far northeast Wisconsin overnight. Although the snow will continue to diminish in these areas, temperatures falling into the 20s will result in slippery conditions on untreated roads and sidewalks.

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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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...LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS SHIFTING INTO EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .The lake-effect snow showers that affected parts of northeast Wisconsin Tuesday evening were shifting south. They will move across portions of east-central Wisconsin during the pre-dawn hours. In addition, winds shifting north will begin to draw colder air into the area. As temperatures drop below freezing, travel conditions on

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

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Exploring new territory, the commanding officer of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ship Thomas Jefferson and his crew have discovered multiple shipwrecks on the lakebed of the Great Lakes.

The post What lies on the lakebed of the Great Lakes? NOAA ship conducts survey mission first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.

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Election Day has come and gone, and the results show that green-backed candidates for governor won in six Great Lakes states. They won in Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and New York, but lost in Ohio. All are Democrats. 

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...LAKE EFFECT SNOW EXPECTED IN FAR NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .Lake effect snow showers will bring significant accumulations to much of far northeast and east central Wisconsin tonight into early Wednesday. The heaviest snows will occur in southern Marinette and southern Oconto counties tonight. Motorists should anticipate

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

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...LAKE EFFECT SNOW EXPECTED IN FAR NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .Lake effect snow showers will bring significant accumulations to much of far northeast and east central Wisconsin tonight into early Wednesday. The heaviest snows will occur in southern Marinette and southern Oconto counties tonight. Motorists should anticipate

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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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PFAS News Roundup: States take on “forever chemicals” with bans and lawsuits

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.

Read Now at Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Now

https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/11/pfas-news-roundup-states-take-on-forever-chemicals-with-bans-and-lawsuits/

Kathy Johnson

The Great Lakes-Iceland connection through the 100% Whitefish effort

While Great Lakes fish populations are constantly in a state of flux, one species has declined precipitously in the last decade: lake whitefish. But Great Lakes leaders and fisheries managers are looking ahead in planning to do more with less.

And in the case of whitefish, a lot more.

Read Now at Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Now

https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/11/great-lakes-iceland-connection-through-whitefish-effort/

James Proffitt

With wolf plan complete, Michiganders lobby state on possibility of a hunt

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

Equity is top of mind for the newest J. Philip Keillor Wisconsin Coastal Management-Sea Grant Fellow, Hannah Paulson. Over the next year, she’ll bring that lens to bear in her efforts at the Wisconsin Department of Administration’s Coastal Management Program (WCMP), where she’s helping communities build their resilience to coastal hazards like bluff erosion and flooding.

Hannah Paulson (submitted photo)

For Paulson, a native of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, thinking about equity and vulnerable populations encompasses many factors. “While there are many ways to define social equity and social vulnerability, for me, it incorporates everything: socioeconomic status, age, accessibility to public areas, historical redlining and exclusionary practices… I want to be as inclusive as possible as we look ahead toward what resilience will mean in Wisconsin.”

During graduate studies at the University of Michigan, Paulson came to see how vulnerable people were sometimes not factored into community planning. Working with five other students in her program, she helped conduct over 50 interviews with coastal leaders in the Great Lakes region on both the U.S. and Canada sides.

Some of those leaders were disconnected from changing demographics in their communities. As a result, said Paulson, underserved populations are “not really incorporated into planning, and it just leads to more issues down the road.”

In many cases, it was limited capacity that hindered local leaders’ ability to factor equity issues into planning. “These are huge issues that require a significant amount of money to address the root cause, and sometimes local leaders don’t have the money or the staff capacity to get grants (to address these problems),” Paulson acknowledged. “Some communities are working with very little resources.”

During her time with WCMP, Paulson’s main project is contributing to the ongoing work on the Coastal Processes Manual. Her mentors there are Kate Angel, Todd Breiby and Lauren Leckwee. She’s also working with Sea Grant Coastal Engineering Specialist Adam Bechle, with whom she’s collaborating on a chapter about erosion and shoreline recession, which covers topics like the physics of bluff erosion.

Although she is interested in potentially working on marine issues someday, an affinity for Great Lakes coastal communities comes naturally to Paulson, who grew up near Lake Michigan. In college, she “came to appreciate how unique the freshwater resources we have here are.”

In addition to equity concerns, Paulson also has a strong interest in nature-based solutions for stabilizing shorelines, such as restoring wetlands and incorporating natural structures to absorb wind and wave action.

Paulson is eager to make the most of the professional development opportunities offered by her Keillor Fellowship year, such as learning more about how state governments and the federal government interact. “I’m seeking out every webinar, every conference and every field experience,” she said, as well as lining up informational interviews to learn more about coastal career paths.

Having started in late August, Paulson is already a couple of months into her fellowship experience. She’s finding it a rewarding way to continue her career development after earning her bachelor’s degree in conservation biology at the University of Wisconsin and master’s in ecosystem science and management at Michigan.

As Paulson summed it up, “Like Emily (Rau, her predecessor in the fellowship), I looked at other fellowship programs and ended up here since the staff is so supportive and so fantastic. They are committed to making sure this is a mutually beneficial experience. I’m already very happy with my choice.”

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Jennifer Smith

As Alliance for the Great Lakes president and CEO, Joel Brammeier oversees all aspects of the organization, leads a team of professionals across five locations, along with a base of more than 15,000 volunteers around the region dedicated to protecting clean water and building a sustainable future for the Great Lakes. Since joining the Alliance in 2001, Joel has become a leading voice on invasive species and water protection issues across the Great Lakes region. He has testified before Congress on invasive species solutions and advises state governors and Canadian provincial premiers on the implementation of the Great Lakes Compact, a binational agreement that ensures Great Lakes water stays in the basin.

As the Director of Federal Relations in Washington, D.C., Don Jodrey represents the Alliance and its federal priorities while building upon and maintaining its relationships with members of Congress, their staff, and federal agencies.


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Michelle Farley

An aerospace engineering team at the University of Michigan is researching hybrid-electric aircraft to dramatically reduce carbon emissions. The U-M aviation program will follow a design similar to the way hybrid-electric cars use batteries.

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Great Lakes Echo

http://greatlakesecho.org/2022/11/15/the-future-of-sustainable-aviation-could-be-electric/

Guest Contributor

Election Day was a winning day for many Great Lakes candidates endorsed by environmental groups for U.S. House seats. Among them were Democrats Jonathan Jackson of Illinois, Hillary Scholten of Michigan, Angie Craig of Minnesota and Marcy Kaptur of Ohio.

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Drinking Water News Roundup: Illinois EPA invests over $70M in drinking water projects, students receive funding for Ohio water quality research

From lead pipes to PFAS, drinking water contamination is a major issue plaguing cities and towns all around the Great Lakes. Cleaning up contaminants and providing safe water to everyone is an ongoing public health struggle.

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

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Illinois:

  • Illinois EPA invests over $70M in wastewater, drinking water projects – Daily Journal

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency will make more than $70.6 million in water infrastructure loans to local governments and sanitary districts for the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2023.

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Script will soon be available for others to use

Actors Neil Brookshire and Cassandra Bissell perform “Me and Debry,” a play about marine debris held at the Door County Public Library in the Donald and Carol Kress Pavilion. Image credit: Marie Zhuikov, Wisconsin Sea Grant

What empowers people to help the environment and rhymes at the same time? Answer: “Me and Debry,” a half-hour, whimsical, audience-participation play about litter (marine debris) in the Great Lakes.

The play had its “world premiere” in Wisconsin’s Door County in October before a full house at the town library in Egg Harbor. Starring in it were two local actors: Cassandra Bissell and Neil Brookshire. They live just two blocks away from the library and the play was for a good cause, so lending their talents to it, “seemed like a no-brainer,” said Bissell.

Brookshire said he was drawn to the play because his father was an environmental economist who specialized in water resources research and his mother worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “So, I have a personal family history of being aware of these kinds of issues and information. One of the reasons we live up here is we like nature. We like the water, so we naturally want to do anything we can to spread awareness to keep it clean.”

Wisconsin Sea Grant staff member Julia Noordyk (right) and her family members Ethan (left) and Zander (center) study their script for an audience participation part of the “Me and Debry” play. Image credit: Marie Zhuikov, Wisconsin Sea Grant

The actors described the play, produced by David Daniel with American Players Theater, as an “information play” and their parts as vaudevillian characters who banter with each other to lighten the subject matter and make the information easier for the audience to take in.

“I’m Jerry Bardo Apam Napat Sesquipedalian Cornelius Watershed Dubry,” said Bissell. “And in the vaudevillian act of the duo, I’m the really long-winded talky one. And Neil is…”

“Beck,” Brookshire deadpanned.

“He’s much more to the point and has fewer words,” Bissell said.

Brookshire highlighted the play’s audience participation, which includes prewritten parts for a kayaker, young person, crane and fish. “Any time you involve an audience, people are going to remember better because it wasn’t just something they observed, it was something they participated in.”

The project was led by Wisconsin Sea Grant’s Education Outreach Specialist Ginny Carlton, who described the variety of marine debris. “It’s a solid found in our waters. It’s not perhaps the most common pollutant that you think about when you think of pollution in our waters. It’s not oil slicks on the water. It’s these solid things that can be really tiny – like microplastics – or really big – like derelict fishing vessels.”

Carlton described the performance as “Wonderful. The actors really brought it to life with all the different nuances they added.”

After the play, audience members visited learning stations around the room that featured art and science activities involving marine debris. These included experiments to determine different types of microplastic pollution, a table with information about Milly Zantow, who helped create Wisconsin’s recycling mandate, and a station where people could decorate their own reusable tote bag.

Wisconsin Sea Grant Education Coordinator Anne Moser (center) staffs a water education station that was one of several learning activities available after the play. Image credit: Marie Zhuikov

Carlton said the play will be performed again next spring with the Gilmore Fine Arts Middle School in Racine and that the script will soon be available for other groups to perform.

Besides environmental messages, the play instills a sense of hope and empowerment in the audience.

“Now we know how we can help,” said Brookshire playing his Beck character. “You and I right here can always make a difference.”

“You are the difference,” said Bissell playing her character. “You’re what our watershed needs! One who knows their actions have impacts on the land and the inland sea.”

“If it’s to be, it’s up to me!” said Beck.

“That is the truest creed,” said Jerry Bardo Apam Napat Sesquipedalian Cornelius Watershed Dubry.

“Me and Debry,” (pronounced “debris”) is part of a two-year project funded by Wisconsin Sea Grant with grants from the National Sea Grant College Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Debris Program, U.S. Department of Commerce, and the state of Wisconsin.

The project, called, “The Play’s the Thing: Using Drama as an Introduction to Marine Debris Prevention and Meaningful Stewardship Experiences” harnesses the power of storytelling to engage, educate and inspire performing artists and community members to be committed stewards of their Great Lakes watershed. In addition to the performance, the project includes marine debris prevention workshops, cleanup events, and public outreach and education activities.

Neil Brookshire and Cassandra Bissell practice their lines before the play. Image credit: Marie Zhuikov

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Marie Zhuikov

The toxic cyanobacterial bloom that’s become a yearly problem in Lake Erie’s western basin was relatively small this year but the bloom has lasted an unusually long time and was still there well into the fall. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221114-algae-bloom

Patrick Canniff

After 38 years, David G. White II will retire from his job as New York Sea Grant coastal recreation and tourism specialist. After all these years, there are plenty of notable accomplishments to reflect on and celebrate. Read the full story by Watertown Daily Times.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221114-sea-grant

Patrick Canniff

Bells tolled at Mariners’ Church of Detroit on Sunday in memory of sailors who have lost their lives at sea on the Great Lakes. The annual Great Lakes Memorial service was held at the historic church, which sits along the Detroit River in downtown Detroit. Read the full story by the Detroit News.

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Great Lakes Commission

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Patrick Canniff

To commemorate the 1912 voyage to Chicago by the schooner Rouse Simmons to deliver Christmas trees for needy families The National Museum of the Great Lakes has begun taking both reservations and donation requests for Christmas trees to be delivered to the Toledo waterfront. Read the full story by The Blade.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221114-tree-ship

Patrick Canniff

The first Blue-Tech night dedicated to water innovations on Nov. 1 was a success, as presentations of startup companies and research project pitches, as well as several updates from previous pitch contestants, drove the first TCNewTech event focused on “blue economy or water innovation.” Read the full story by The Record-Eagle.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221114-blue-tech

Patrick Canniff

The Wayne County, New York Water and Sewer Authority will receive a $30 million state grant for a new regional wastewater treatment plant as part of nearly $300 million awarded under New York State’s Intermunicipal Grant program. Read the full story by Finger Lake Times.

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Patrick Canniff

As FY23 comes to a close, here’s a look back at several awards received by NOAA GLERL’s amazing leaders, scientists and administrators this year! The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) recently awarded NOAA GLERL Director Deborah Lee the 2022 … Continue reading

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Gabrielle Farina

5 deaths at NYC nursing home blamed on Legionnaires’ disease

NEW YORK (AP) — Five people died of Legionnaires’ disease over the summer at a New York City nursing home that had been cited repeatedly for improper maintenance of the cooling towers where the Legionella bacteria can spread, The New York Times reported.

The outbreak at Amsterdam Nursing Home, a 409-bed facility in upper Manhattan, was the city’s worst since 2015 when a cooling tower in the Bronx was blamed for an infection that caused 16 deaths.

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The Associated Press

Every November, the weather turns cooler, the rush of beach cleanups begins to slow, and we take the time to compile our annual Adopt-a-Beach™ results.

The Alliance for the Great Lakes manages the largest coastal Great Lakes litter database of its kind. But we are simply the stewards. The database exists because of the decades of contributions by thousands of community scientists across the region who volunteer each year with the Adopt-a-Beach program.

2022 saw a surge of new and returning volunteers. It was exciting to welcome back many experienced Team Leaders and volunteers, as well as connect with so many new ones. Each individual volunteer who showed up, each individual piece of litter dutifully tallied on a data sheet, each individual gathering of Great Lakes stewards is captured in these numbers.

2022 Adopt-a-Beach results

31,188 pounds of litter.
502,754 pieces of litter.
Nearly 9,000 volunteers.
Over 19.375 volunteer hours.
944 Beach Cleanups
Beach cleanups on all 5 Great Lakes.
Beach cleanups in all 8 Great Lakes states.

These numbers are also part of an important milestone that volunteers helped Adopt-a-Beach reach this year. Volunteers have collected more than half a million pounds of litter since the Alliance began tracking data in 2003! That’s half a million pounds of litter removed from our beach, our parks, and the source of our drinking water.

Data tells a story about plastic pollution

The data tells a story about volunteer participation and outreach efforts, and also about long-term trends in Great Lakes plastic pollution. Year after year, more than 80% of litter collected is plastic. 2022 was no exception.

Litter material. Plastic: 81%. Other materials: 19%.
Litter type. Tiny trash: 44%. Food-related: 25%. Smoking-related: 20%. Other: 11%.

The high plastic percentage is a signal that more systemic changes are needed – in addition to and beyond individual behavior change. We look forward to continuing to use the Adopt-a-Beach data to advocate for systemic solutions to plastic pollution.

Love, concern, & initiative

As Adopt-a-Beach staff visited volunteers across the region this season, a unifying theme that revealed itself was the deep pride and care Great Lakes residents have for our lakes. We saw and heard love, concern, and initiative everywhere we went.

Whether you participated in the Adopt-a-Beach program, are reading and learning more about Great Lakes issues, or have contacted elected officials about an issue that is important to you, thank you for taking action!

Check out past years’ data summaries here.

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It’s never too soon to schedule your next beach cleanup. Schedule your 2023 cleanups today.

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Judy Freed

Three Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate in the Great Lakes state won on Election Day with strong backing from environmental groups. 

The post Green-backed U.S. Senate candidates win half their races in the Great Lakes states first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.

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Great Lakes Echo

http://greatlakesecho.org/2022/11/14/green-backed-u-s-senate-candidates-win-half-their-races-in-the-great-lakes-states/

Guest Contributor

The average London, Ontario, household wastes 2.81 kg (6 pounds) of food each week, and approximately half the food waste is avoidable. Local communities and nonprofits are looking for solutions to the problem. 

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Great Lakes Echo

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Guest Contributor

For those living near the Great Lakes who think they are somewhat insulated from the effects of climate change, a 1,695-word draft of a National Climate Assessment report released Monday included some sobering news: Lakes face a growing threat of hazardous algae blooms. Read the full story by the Chicago Sun Times.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221111-climate-change

Connor Roessler

The United States and Canada have launched an initiative to establish a “green shipping corridor” for the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Seaway system. Under the initiative, federal agencies will work with stakeholders to facilitate the establishment of a Great Lakes Green Shipping Corridor to help the industry decarbonize and involve setting up specific trade routes between major port hubs where zero-emission solutions are demonstrated and supported.  Read the full story by gCaptain.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221111-green-shipping

Connor Roessler

An extensive survey on the condition of three major sports fishing areas on the Great Lakes — Lake Michigan, Lake Erie and Saginaw Bay — was released by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources on Wednesday. Read the full story by the Midland Daily News.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221111-fishery-findings

Connor Roessler

A proposed consent decree that will serve as a roadmap for state and federal regulators to get more serious about reducing western Lake Erie’s chronic algal blooms is now available for public viewing until December 12.  Read the full story by the Toledo Blade.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221111-erie-settlement

Connor Roessler

The Catch: Secrets of Lake Mendota

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 a canoe that is thought to be made by ancestors of the Ho-Chunk Nation.

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Great Lakes Now

https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/11/the-catch-secrets-of-lake-mendota/

GLN Editor

Shipments of potash and western Canadian grain are at multi-decade highs at the Port of Thunder Bay, Ontario. As the fall grain harvest moved through the port, local grain elevators handled 840,000 tonnes of wheat, canola, and other grains in October. Grain shipments for the month increased by 33 per cent compared to September and were eight per cent more than October of 2021. Read the full story by the Chronicle Journal.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221111-potash

Connor Roessler

A $34.9 million cleanup of heavily contaminated Muskegon Lake and White Lake in West Michigan is estimated to have recovered $16.4 million in lost housing value for nearby homeowners.

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Great Lakes Echo

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Guest Contributor

Detroit church to remember sailors lost on the Great Lakes

DETROIT (AP) — Sailors who lost their lives in shipwrecks on the Great Lakes and Michigan waterways will be remembered at a historic church in downtown Detroit.

The annual Great Lakes Memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday and will be livestreamed from Mariners’ Church along the Detroit River.

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Great Lakes Now

Great Lakes Now

https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/11/ap-detroit-church-to-remember-sailors-lost-on-great-lakes/

The Associated Press

Energy News Roundup: Electric school buses, solar-powered recreational boats on the rise

Keep up with energy-related developments in the Great Lakes area with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.

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Illinois

  • Chicago entrepreneur uses clean energy to create opportunities in disinvested communities — Energy News Network

Chicago entrepreneur Arthur Burton is closing the gap in solar and electric vehicle charging stations in disinvested communities, while providing job training opportunities for at-risk youth.

Read Now at Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Now

https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/11/energy-news-roundup-electric-school-buses-solar-powered-recreational-boats-on-the-rise/

Kathy Johnson

Environmental repossession — or reclaiming of land — may be crucial to both improving mental health and restoring relationships within the Indigenous community.

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Great Lakes Echo

Great Lakes Echo

http://greatlakesecho.org/2022/11/10/first-nations-people-go-outdoors-to-improve-mental-wellness/

Guest Contributor

The Catch: Cruising the Great Lakes

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 cruising the Great Lakes.

Read Now at Great Lakes Now.

Original Article

Great Lakes Now

Great Lakes Now

https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/11/the-catch-cruising-the-great-lakes/

GLN Editor