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...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the upper 20s to lower 30s expected. * WHERE...Calumet, Manitowoc, Winnebago, Brown, Door, Kewaunee and Outagamie Counties. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 8 AM CDT Saturday.

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When a commercial fisherman pulled four grass carp out of the lower Sandusky River 10 years ago, biologists who monitor Lake Erie became suspicious. Today, a multi-million-dollar effort funded by Congress, partly through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, is underway to keep the invasive carp at bay. Read the full story by the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

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Public comment is being accepted on a multi-year action plan regarding New York’s Great Lakes. The plan would guide restoration and conservation, and foster sustainable, resilient, communities in New York’s Great Lakes region.  Read the full story by WRFA – Jamestown, NY.

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The International Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Board (ILOSLR) will be reducing outflow through the Moses-Saunders dam this weekend to give boaters on Lake St. Lawrence an opportunity to remove their boats from the water. Read the full story by WROC-TV – Rochester, NY.

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Meteorology students at SUNY Oswego are taking part in a multi-million-dollar project funded by the National Science Foundation to study lake effect lightning events east of Lake Ontario. Read the full story by WROC-TV – Rochester, NY.

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The city of Flint, Michigan says it’s preparing for a return to using water from the Great Lakes Water Authority pipeline following a transmission main break that forced it to use its backup water source for more than seven weeks. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Moment: Rouge River Revived

Editor’s Note: Great Lakes Moment is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor John Hartig. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit Public Television. This month’s article is a combination of excerpts and a preview of his new book, “Rouge River Revived: How People are Bringing Their River Back to Life,” which chronicles how citizens are leading an effort to restore their river in metropolitan Detroit.

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...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the upper 20s to lower 30s expected. * WHERE...Calumet, Manitowoc, Winnebago, Brown, Door, Kewaunee and Outagamie Counties. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 8 AM CDT Saturday.

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It’s October, and the stink bugs are moving into my house for the winter. So many things stink in a deliberate attempt to be repulsive. Other things stink to be attractive, but because they’re not trying to attract us, we may not like their aromas.

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Ann Arbor sends partially treated wastewater into river

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The City of Ann Arbor says an estimated 1.38 million gallons (5.2 million liters) of partially treated wastewater flowed into the Huron River during maintenance Tuesday at its treatment plant.

The wastewater had received all treatment except disinfection, the city announced Wednesday in a news release.

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Sending out a huge thank you to everyone who went through the locks this season! The Fall Colors Weekend on October 1 & 2 was a big success and it was great to see all of you. Also, a big shout out to our lock tenders–they make sure you continue to have access to this historic navigation system. Please stay tuned to our website and our Facebook page for updates on the 2023 season and operational hours. See you when the ice melts!

Check out this short video from our Fall Colors Weekend!

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Great Lakes Commission awards more than $1.2 million to reduce runoff and improve water quality

Ann Arbor, Mich. – The Great Lakes Commission (GLC) announced today that it will award more than $1.2 million in grants to reduce the runoff of sediment, nutrients, and other pollutants into the Great Lakes and their tributaries through the Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program.

“The Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program continues to assist communities across the Great Lakes basin as they improve water quality and tackle pollution,” said Todd L. Ambs, chair of the Great Lakes Commission. “The Great Lakes Commission is proud to partner with these local project leads through this unique program. Throughout its three decade history, projects with the GLSNRP have prevented millions of pounds of phosphorus and tons of sediment from reaching the Great Lakes. We are looking forward to seeing this new cohort of 2022 grantees work toward a healthier Great Lakes.”

Each year, the Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program provides competitive grants to local, state and tribal governments and nonprofit organizations to install erosion and nutrient control practices in the Great Lakes basin. These practices help to prevent harmful algal blooms and dead zones. The program supports projects not typically funded by other federal cost-share programs, including innovative and unique practices. The 2022 projects generally focus on three approaches: long-term sediment and nutrient management through engagement with the agricultural community, streambank restoration, and green infrastructure.

The following grants have been awarded:

Project Grantee Amount State
Spy Run Creek Streambank Restoration:  Phase II Fort Wayne Park Foundation $200,000 Indiana
Muskegon River Streambank Protection Initiative Muskegon River Watershed Assembly $87,909 Michigan
Babbitt’s Farm Streambank Restoration Genesee RiverWatch Inc. $198,455 New York
Skaneateles Lake Sub-Watershed Improvement Project for the Lake Ontario Great Lakes Basin Skaneateles Lake Association, Inc. $45,000 New York
Grassed Waterways and Wetlands in St. Mary’s River Mercer County Soil & Water Conservation District $176,000 Ohio
Keene Creek Resiliency Report – Irving Park Biofiltration Basin City of Duluth $121,000 Minnesota
McCormick Ravine Improvements The City of Lake Forest $200,000 Illinois
Forget Me Not Creek Stream Restoration Project Woodland Dunes Nature Center and Preserve $200,000 Wisconsin

 

Funding for the Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program is provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture – Natural Resources Conservation Service under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI). Since it was first funded in 2010, the GLRI has provided more than $4 billion to fund more than 6,000 projects across the Great Lakes region. The projects have cleaned up toxic hot spots, restored wetlands, helped to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species and reduced harmful sediment and excess nutrients to the most significant surface, freshwater resource on the planet, our Great Lakes.

More information about the projects is available at www.nutrientreduction.org.

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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A University of Windsor graduate student is creating erosion sensors, called transducers, for less than 5% of the commercial cost. The devices help researchers understand how boat wakes erode the shoreline.

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The State of the Great Lakes report, issued by the United States and Canada in July, assessed the overall condition of Lake Erie as poor and unchanging. Jill Jedlicka, Executive Director for the Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper, believes that land use, development and individual decisions can change this trend for the better. Read the full story by WGRZ – Buffalo, NY.

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In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the Metropolitan Sewerage District and Ducks Unlimited are leading a multi-year, multi-watershed effort to mitigate climate change in southeastern Wisconsin. The Reforestation & Wetland Restoration Program aims to plant six million trees and restore 4,000 acres worth of wetlands. Read the full story by WUWM – Milwaukee, WI.

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The Butler County agriculture conservation education site, established in 2019, provides an eight-acre plot to teach Ohio farmers different practices to make their soil healthier such as grassed waterways, pollinator plots and cover crops. Read the full story by WVXU – Cincinnati, OH.

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Scarborough, Ontario’s Rouge Beach has been closed for repairs three times in six years, and Parks Canada has started a “stabilization strategy” which could involve hardening parts of the shoreline around the mouth of the Rouge River. The strategy involves implementing measures to reduce erosion and stabilize and grow the beach through natural long shore deposition. Read the full story by Metroland Media Toronto.

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Near Cleveland, Ohio, Lake Erie’s water temperature is reading 64 degrees Fahrenheit which is slightly cooler than the normal 66 degrees Fahrenheit this time of year. The water temperature on the lake is closely watched by meteorologists as it is used as a guide to figure out if the lake will be able to produce lake effect clouds and precipitation. Read the full story by WKBN-TV – Youngstown, OH.

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The Great Lakes Water Authority announced Monday that a major water main — which distributes drinking water to several Metro Detroit communities — has resumed normal operations. A leak was detected in the water main’s 10-foot-diameter pipe on Aug. 13, causing the main to close for repairs since. Read the full story by WDIV-TV – Detroit, MI.

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The behavior of Lake Superior’s fish can be affected by noise pollution, according to Allen Mensinger, a University of Minnesota marine biologist. Loud underwater noises mask other important sounds from fish, impairing their communication and the ability to avoid danger. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Inspired by the true story of Port Hope, a community along the shores of Lake Ontario in southern Ontario, “King of Hope” addresses to the looming issue of nuclear facility decommissioning, which will soon be a reality for the Great Lakes region, according to the book’s author Kim Conklin. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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In her debut novel, “King of Hope,” Michigan native Kim Conklin writes about a small community in southern Ontario facing the looming threat of environmental disaster. That threat comes in the form of nuclear waste and willfully ignorant officials. 

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by Maya Reinfeldt, Community Engaged Intern Spotlight series: The lands of the Ojibwe people span across southern Canada, the Northern Midwest and the Northern Plains of the United States. In working towards the Wisconsin Water Library’s goal of promoting Great Lakes Literacy, specifically, principle 6 (The Great Lakes and humans in their watersheds are inextricably […]

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Molly Flanagan joined the Alliance for the Great Lakes staff in April 2015 as Vice President for Policy after seven years as senior program officer at the Joyce Foundation. Molly is responsible for leading all aspects of the Alliance’s strategic policy, advocacy, and reform efforts to protect and restore the Great Lakes.

As the Alliance’s Cleveland Local Partnerships Manager, Jennifer Lumpkin leads the local partnerships work in Cleveland, focusing on cultivating relationships with decision makers and local leaders to advance water affordability and lead service line replacement campaigns.

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PFAS News Roundup: High levels of “forever chemicals” found in pesticides, artificial turf

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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Coastal craft beers come to Lake Superior

“Craft beers inspired by Lake Superior.”

That’s how Sleeping Giant Brewing Company describes its menu. Founded in 2012, this Canadian beer brand was the first independent brewery to open in Thunder Bay, Ontario. And its beer is more than just inspired by the lake.

Sleeping Giant uses roughly 50,000 liters of lake water per month to produce beers with colorful names like Northern Logger and Mr.

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Shipping vessels make Lake Superior one of the loudest freshwater lakes in the world, but ice makes it one of the quietest during winter. The winter silence plays a key role in conserving the lake’s marine animals.

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Fall comes in many colors. What’s your favorite? Image credit: Marie Zhuikov

What colors do you think of when you think of fall? For me, no surprise, it’s the oranges, yellows and reds on those gorgeously attired maple, birch and black walnut trees. What about sickly pea-green? Well, we’ll get into that shortly.

The State of Wisconsin Department of Tourism has a handy, interactive and always-updated map to check peak tree colors no matter where you might live or want to visit. In addition to indicating the prime peeping times, the map also shows bodies of water—lots of lakes, rivers and streams throughout the Badger State. The thing is, when the trees shed their bright robes, the leaves end up on lawns and in streets, often making it into waterways.

Municipalities do their best to keep the leaves out of the streets and stormwater features because once the organic matter meets water, it sheds the phosphorus that was bound up in it. It’s a process that can lead to that unappealing pea-green color, which is definitely more common in the summer but if the water temperature is warm enough, the nasty shade due to algae growth can appear in fall, too. Excess phosphorus reduces oxygen levels in a lake, river or stream. That can be dangerous for fish and wildlife.

You can do your part by raking lawns, especially before the prediction of rain. A study by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), investigated leaf collection in Madison, Wisconsin. The researcher found leaves that made their way into storm drains accounted for more than half of the total load of phosphorus in the fall.

Composting or mulching those bright oblong, lobed and kidney-shapes can also lead to healthier waters. The USGS study emphasized that leaf removal is one of only a few ways to reduce dissolved phosphorus. And, the study stressed that raking, composting or mulching means an 80% reduction in phosphorus, resulting in healthier water.

Color me happy.

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MN Supreme Court: Farm country stream is protected waterway

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled a western county in the state must conduct an environmental review to determine whether a proposed drainage ditch improvement could harm one of the last free-flowing creeks in the heavily agricultural area.

The ruling last week affirms a state Court of Appeals judgment that reversed a Renville County Board decision which said the study wasn’t necessary.

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Authorities probing report of scandal at fishing tournament

By Mark Gillispie, Associated Press

CLEVELAND (AP) — The county prosecutor’s office in Cleveland has opened an investigation into an apparent cheating scandal during a lucrative walleye fishing tournament on Lake Erie last week.

A video posted to Twitter shows Jason Fischer, tournament director for the Lake Erie Walleye Trail, cutting open the winning catch of five walleye on Friday and finding lead weights and prepared fish filets inside them.

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Mural will celebrate 50 years of Wisconsin Sea Grant

(Watch a video preview about the artwork here)

To mark its 50th anniversary year, Wisconsin Sea Grant is celebrating in a unique way: with a work of public art to be unveiled at Sturgeon Bay City Hall, 421 Michigan St., on Saturday, Oct. 15. The public is invited to join the festivities by attending an outdoor reception at 11:30 a.m. The event will be a “meet and greet” with the artists. City officials, including Mayor David J. Ward, will also make remarks. Light refreshments like cookies and hot cider will be served.

The hand of one of the artists at work is shown here. The public is invited to the see the completed artwork and meet the artists at a reception outside Sturgeon Bay City Hall on Oct. 15. (Photo: Bonnie Willison)

Wisconsin Sea Grant is headquartered at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has field offices in several communities around the state: Green Bay, Manitowoc, Milwaukee, Kenosha County and Superior. The organization promotes the sustainable use of Great Lakes resources through research, education and outreach. It is part of a national network of 34 Sea Grant programs in coastal and Great Lakes states.

Said Jim Hurley, Wisconsin Sea Grant’s director, “We are so excited to be celebrating this milestone. Because our work benefits the Great Lakes and coastal communities, we wanted to do something special in a place like Sturgeon Bay. We’ve partnered with the city on a science-themed artwork that we hope inspires residents and visitors alike to learn more about Lake Michigan and its ecosystem.”

The artwork to be unveiled on the exterior of City Hall was created by three artists: Don Krumpos, Erin LaBonte and Jody Henseler. Krumpos and LaBonte operate Yonder Studios, an art gallery and event space in downtown Algoma. Henseler teaches science in the Manitowoc Public Schools.

Artists at work on the mural in late August 2022. In the foreground, artist/science teacher Jody Henseler examines water samples collected that morning from Lake Michigan, just blocks away from the Algoma studio of Don Krumpos and Erin LaBonte. (Photo: Jennifer Smith)

Henseler described group’s concept: “The goal of our mural is to highlight species native to our great Lake Michigan. Many people are familiar with the prehistoric lake sturgeon, walleye, whitefish and bass, but what about psychedelic-looking algaes like diploneis, stephanodiscus and tabellaria? These are the lake’s unsung heroes and the base of our food chain. They need to be celebrated, known and understood so that we humans can work to keep our waters clean and these microorganisms thriving.”

The mural’s design also highlights human uses of the lake, situating our human world within this larger ecological context, where there is much more to life in the lake than what meets the naked eye. The work will remain on City Hall for at least a year.

At the Oct. 15 celebration, speakers in addition to the mayor and the artists will include Sturgeon Bay Dist. 1 Alder Helen Bacon, who also chairs the city’s arts board. Bacon was instrumental in working with Sea Grant on the project.

Local artists and gallery owners Stephanie Trenchard and Margaret Lockwood also played vital roles in the process.

For more information, contact Jennifer Smith, Wisconsin Sea Grant science communicator, at 608-262-6393 or smith@aqua.wisc.edu.

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Fresh off Palisades closure, Michigan will study state’s nuclear prospects

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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In May of 2022, an infrastructure project was completed modernizing Flint’s water plant and establishing a secondary connection to Lake Huron. The city of Flint is now entering its final phase of lead service line replacement. Read the full story by CBS Detroit.  

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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently released the draft “New York’s Great Lakes Action Agenda 2022-2030,” a multiyear action plan to guide restoration and conservation, and foster sustainable, resilient communities in New York’s Great Lakes region. Read the full story by Niagara Frontier Publications.

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The Canadian Coast Guard recently purchased a light icebreaker that will supplement its operations in the Great Lakes, St. Lawrence, and Atlantic regions. Today, it was officially announced that icebreaker has been named the CCGS Judy LaMarsh.  Read the full story by PRNewswire.

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The effort to replenish the decimated lake sturgeon population in Lake Erie has shown early signs of success, but it will be decades before biologists know if they have accomplished their mission. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.

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The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors & Premiers recently announced a new initiative called “100% Whitefish” that aims to use all of the fish. The group is looking to Iceland for guidance and as an example. That country, among others, has pioneered using all of the fish it catches in various products, greatly increasing the value of the catch while developing new products and markets.  Read the full story by The Mining Journal.

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Plastic Free MKE encourages businesses to become “Lake Friendly” by making decisions that benefit the long-term health of Lake Michigan. Transfer Pizzeria in Milwaukee is one business making this commitment. The business has a landfill, a recycling stream and organic waste that turns into compost. Read the full story by Spectrum News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221003-plasticfreebusinesses-protectthegreatlakes

Hannah Reynolds

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In the largest design and construction project of its kind currently underway in North America, crews are restoring the natural systems of the mouth of the Don River, where it empties into Lake Ontario. The river, in its current configuration, is being moved. Read the full story by Canadian Architect.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221003-recalibratinginfrastructure-ontario

Hannah Reynolds