3 Year Anniversary for the July 19 Severe Weather Event
Green Bay, WI
https://www.weather.gov/www.weather.gov/grb/071919_severe_event
Green Bay, WI
https://www.weather.gov/www.weather.gov/grb/071919_severe_event
Green Bay, WI
https://www.weather.gov/www.weather.gov/grb/072019_severe_event
Green Bay, WI
https://www.weather.gov/www.weather.gov/grb/072019_severe_event
MADISON, Wis. — Mexican free-tailed bats can be infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus but don’t appear to spread it or become sick, according to a U.S. Geological Survey study published today.
Wisconsin
http://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/covid-19-virus-can-infect-mexican-free-tailed-bats
By Mary Schmidt, Fox Locks Marketing
We’re used to seeing pontoons, pleasure boats, and kayaks through the Fox Locks, but imagine if a pleasure cruiser longer than a football field were to go through a lock. You’d need a really big lock and that’s what we saw on a recent cruise on the Danube River. Our tour passed through Germany, Austria, Slovakia and Hungary where we crossed through several locks—most during the overnight hours. We were on board the Avalon Passion, one of the Avalon line’s river cruisers—at 443’ long and 39’ wide, the ship can be a tight fit in a lock if there are other boats present. As a comparison, our locks are between 35’-37’ long!
We started the cruise at Regensburg, Germany, then crossed beautiful hills on the way to Passau, Germany. The Jochenstein Lock is in the Wachau Valley near Passau and provided excellent views through the locks.
The captain invited us onto the bridge to watch the process, but as soon as we were in the lock, he steered the ship from controls located on the port and starboard sides of the ship. There, he got a closer look at the clearance on the sides of the lock—at some points it was only a few inches. Please watch this short video to get an idea of what it’s like to travel through locks that have been in use for commercial and pleasure crafts for years.
Blog – Fox Locks
http://foxlocks.org/2022/07/18/a-trip-through-european-locks/
By Mary Schmidt, Fox Locks Marketing
We’re used to seeing pontoons, pleasure boats, and kayaks through the Fox Locks, but imagine if a pleasure cruiser longer than a football field were to go through a lock. You’d need a really big lock and that’s what we saw on a recent cruise on the Danube River. Our tour passed through Germany, Austria, Slovakia and Hungary where we crossed through several locks—most during the overnight hours. We were on board the Avalon Passion, one of the Avalon line’s river cruisers—at 443’ long and 39’ wide, the ship can be a tight fit in a lock if there are other boats present. As a comparison, our locks are between 35’-37’ long!
We started the cruise at Regensburg, Germany, then crossed beautiful hills on the way to Passau, Germany. The Jochenstein Lock is in the Wachau Valley near Passau and provided excellent views through the locks.
The captain invited us onto the bridge to watch the process, but as soon as we were in the lock, he steered the ship from controls located on the port and starboard sides of the ship. There, he got a closer look at the clearance on the sides of the lock—at some points it was only a few inches. Please watch this short video to get an idea of what it’s like to travel through locks that have been in use for commercial and pleasure crafts for years.
Blog – Fox Locks
http://foxlocks.org/2022/07/18/a-trip-through-european-locks/
A parade and ceremony will take place today in Thunder Bay, Ontario in recognition of 60 years of Canadian Coast Guard service. The event will celebrate the critical contribution and role of the Canadian Coast Guard in maintaining and policing the waterways of the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Seaway System since 1962. Read the full story by Lake Superior News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220718-coast-guard
Celebrated every year on the third Sunday in July, Lake Superior Day is a day to bask in the glory of the largest of the Great Lakes. Read the full story by WDIC-TV – Detroit, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220718-lake-superior
Dr. David Philipp, a professor at the University of Illinois and a Director of the Fisheries Conservation Foundation has been studying the bass populations in eastern Ontario lakes for decades. He argues that though the bass season opened June 18 this year, males were still guarding their broods contributing to increased nest predation. Read the full story by Smiths Falls Record News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220718-fish-spawning
Even though this is the first year for the Viking’s cruise ships on the Great Lakes, commercial cruising has been slowly expanding in the lakes the past decade, with the exception of the initial pandemic years. 2022 may be setting records, with nine cruise ships setting sail this season, four of them new ships making their inaugural trips through the locks and into the lakes. Read the full story by Chicago Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220718-cruise-ship
The state of Michigan may no longer plant brown trout in Lake Huron in Northeast Michigan, as efforts to release them yielded only about 2% survival. Instead, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is planning to release brown trout in other areas where they believe the survival rate is higher. Read the full story by The Alpena News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220718-brown-trout
Kevin Ailes began researching the wreck of the Milwaukie, a ship that went down in a fierce winter storm near Saugatuck in November of 1842. It’s one of the earliest known shipwrecks along the West Michigan lakeshore. Read the full story by UpNorthLive.com.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220718-shipwreck
NCEI News Feed
http://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/participating-2022-esip-july-meeting
Ontario’s electricity system is searching for more power producers as demand rises and a major nuclear plant nears retirement, a process likely to secure more natural gas generation while the government seeks to end reliance on it. It means that for at least the next two decades, greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector are set to increase. Read the full story by The Canadian Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220718-energy-nuclear
The former Marmoraton iron mine in Northland, Ontario is being considered for a pumped energy storage site potentially powering 1,000 homes through the stored hydropower, but financial concerns remain. Read the full story by The Narwhal.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220718-energy-pump
On Saturday July 16th, the 98th Bayview Mackinac Race took place as more than 170 sailboats headed out onto Lake Huron. Read the full story by Times Herald.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220718-sailboat-race
The town of Euclid, OH located about 15 minutes northeast of Cleveland, has had fish wash up on their shoreline over the past week. View the full story by WOIO-TV – Euclid, OH.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220718-dead-fish
Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service
https://alerts.weather.gov/cap/wwacapget.php?x=WI1264009A344C.DenseFogAdvisory.1264009A45E0WI.GRBNPWGRB.2777072c3b4a01b9eaadb00d5334973e
Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service
https://alerts.weather.gov/cap/wwacapget.php?x=WI12640098F5F0.DenseFogAdvisory.1264009A45E0WI.GRBNPWGRB.2777072c3b4a01b9eaadb00d5334973e
Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service
https://alerts.weather.gov/cap/wwacapget.php?x=WI12640098AA8C.SpecialWeatherStatement.126400995B80WI.GRBSPSGRB.3b77a733acfe35fc01f412b80021d336
In the Great Lakes basin, public water supplies and industrial water consumption are continually both the largest users and consumers of water, but overall usage of Great Lakes water has gone down in recent years according to the Great Lakes Commission’s most recent water use report. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220715-water-consumers
Great Lakes officials are using tech to scan the web for businesses selling invasive species. The Great Lakes Commission is testing a web-crawler that scans for websites selling invasive species that could harm the Great Lakes. Read the full story Michigan Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220715-gldiatr
Michigan’s fisheries will be getting a $34 million boost from the state’s new budget, which will go to infrastructure upgrades at Michigan’s aging fish hatcheries and replacing an outdated Great Lakes survey vessel. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220715-fish-budget
The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System, a 300-mile freshwater system that includes both Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River, has seen a steady increase in traffic since the start of its 2022 navigation season with few supply chain issues. Read the full story WWTI-TV – Watertown, NY.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220715-supply-chain
Beyond the health risks of algal blooms, Toledo, Ohio residents are paying the price for this ever-present threat. According to a report released in May by the nonprofit Alliance for the Great Lakes, the city of Toledo spends, on average, $18.76 per person annually on algal bloom monitoring and treatment, making water bills unaffordable to many. Read the full story by Grist.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220715-water-cost
The group Citizens Against Wind Turbines In Lake Erie held an informational meeting Tuesday night in Hamburg, New York calling for a moratorium on offshore turbines in the Great Lakes. Read the full story by WGRZ-TV – Buffalo, New York.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220715-wind-turbines
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced on Wednesday that it received a $150,000 grant to expand K-12 environmental education in the Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River watersheds. Read the full story by the Watertown Daily Times.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220715-education
While many flame retardants are now banned, accumulation in wildlife is still prevalent, with these chemicals being found in almost all the animals studied in the St. Lawrence River. Read the full story by The Conversation.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220715-flame-retardants
Pollution Probe and the Council of the Great Lakes Region are leading the charge to keep our beaches and waterbodies clean through the Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup — the largest initiative of its kind in the world, using innovative plastic capture technologies to remove plastic and other litter from the Great Lakes. Read the full story by the Toronto Star.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220715-plastic
If you have spent any time on the beaches of Lake Erie lately, you may have likely noticed a big ship canvassing the water. The NOAA vessel Thomas Jefferson has been canvassing the lake for the past week by using high-tech sonar to help mariners understand what is beneath the water. Read the full story by Erie New Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220715-lake-floor

Keep up with energy-related developments in the Great Lakes area with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup.
Click on the headline to read the full story:
Illinois
Solar, storage projects set to bring jobs, tax revenue to Illinois coal communities — Energy News Network
Six retired coal plants in downstate Illinois will soon receive solar panels and become renewable energy storage sites.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/07/energy-news-roundup/

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/2022/07/grand-traverse-group-wins-praise-for/

A common question for casual observers of Great Lakes vessels is “Where are the big container ships?” The reference is to the massive ocean-traversing ships with containers stacked stories high.
The container ships have been absent from the Great Lakes where cherished lake freighters dominate the waterways hauling bulk cargo.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/07/shipping-update-great-lakes-container-cargo/

By Kari Lydersen, Energy News Network
This story was first published on the Energy News Network and was republished here with permission.
A recent state procurement formalizes plans to put solar and storage on the site of several retired coal plants. The owners will receive grants and higher-value renewable energy credits to finance the projects.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/07/solar-storage-projects-set-to-bring-jobs-tax-revenue-to-illinois-coal-communities/

By TODD RICHMOND, Associated Press
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s conservative-controlled Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a conservative member of the Department of Natural Resources policy board may remain on the panel indefinitely in a far-reaching decision that leaves Democratic Gov. Tony Evers all but powerless to seat any of his appointees who need legislative approval.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/07/wisconsin-court-conservative-holdover-can-stay-on-dnr-board/
NCEI News Feed
http://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/global-climate-202206

Overall water usage in the Great Lakes is dropping, largely due to water conservation and management efforts, according to the Great Lakes Commission’s most recent water use report.
The GLC compiles annual water use data, a stipulation outlined in the 2008 regional water use agreement known as the Great Lakes Compact.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/07/industries-public-water-consumers-great-lakes-water/
The Campaign Manager (Manager) is a convener, organizer and policy advocate who works closely with other members of the Alliance’s policy team and our coalition partners to advance equitable investments in clean water and drinking water infrastructure. Water infrastructure in the United States is failing too many communities; estimates suggest water utilities must invest nearly $1 trillion to maintain their systems over the next 25 years. New federal funding for water infrastructure will help close this gap. However, the communities with the greatest need still face several barriers to accessing the federal funds needed to restore clean water. Done right, this historic investment could remove millions of toxic lead drinking water pipes, strengthen community resilience in the face of climate change, and alleviate our nation’s growing water affordability crisis.
The Manager will address these challenges through two primary streams of work:
A typical week for the Manager…might begin with a quick check-in with the Policy Director for Clean Water and Equity to discuss progress on priority projects and coordinate tasks. You start drafting a grant report, but then a partner texts to let you know they heard that the meeting with [Agency Official X] has been scheduled for tomorrow. You set the grant report aside and start texting, emailing, and calling partners who need to be at this meeting, developing strategic talking points and making sure they have the fact sheets and other resources that you worked with them to develop. You attend the meeting, take notes, and help facilitate. After the meeting, you schedule a debrief meeting with partners to discuss what was learned and decide on next steps. In the debrief meeting, partners decide next steps are to develop materials designed to educate decision-makers about needed SRF reforms, meet with relevant agency and legislative staff to better understand the challenges and barriers they have in trying to implement these reforms, and identify existing case studies from other geographies. You begin to draft an action plan and develop budgets to ensure external partners and Alliance colleagues are on the same page. You set up a Google folder to share all docs with external partners, and flag for the Director that you’ll need her feedback, edits, and approval by the end of the month. You check your Outlook calendar and are reminded that your grant report is due. You finish your report and email it to the Foundation & Corporate Giving Manager. It has been a hectic week, so you take time for yourself to relax and recharge.
The Manager reports to the Policy Director for Clean Water & Equity
Organize Advocacy Campaigns
Convene Advocacy Networks
Relationship Building
Create Data-Informed Policy Priorities
Program Development
Additional Skills / Pluses
Please e-mail a cover letter, resume, references and writing sample to:
hr@greatlakes.org. Include job title in the subject line.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Materials should be compatible with Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat. Applicants will receive confirmation of receipt of their materials and further guidance and updates about the hiring process by e-mail, with interviews provided for finalists. No phone inquiries please.
The Alliance for the Great Lakes is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The search process will reinforce the Alliance’s belief that achieving diversity requires an enduring commitment to inclusion that must find full expression in our organizational culture, values, norms, and behaviors.
AGL Operating Principles and Core Values Statement
Our vision is a thriving Great Lakes and healthy water that all life can rely on, today and far into the future. We aspire to be a voice for the lakes, and to support the voices of the communities that depend on the lakes and their waters.
The mission of the Alliance for the Great Lakes is to protect, conserve and restore the Great Lakes ensuring healthy water in the lakes and in our communities for all generations of people and wildlife. We advance our mission as advocates for policies that support the lakes and communities, by building the research, analysis and partnerships that motivate action, and by educating and uniting people as a voice for the Great Lakes.
For more information about the Alliance’s programs and work, please visit us online at www.greatlakes.org.
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https://greatlakes.org/2022/07/campaign-manager-clean-water-equity/

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.
Want to head out to the Great Lake Erie Birding Trail?
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/07/the-catch-lake-erie-birding/
Lake Superior’s surface temperature is the coldest it has been since 1997 at this point in the year. These cold temperatures could discourage the spawning of invasive species and set native populations up to thrive. Read the full story by WSAW-TV — Wausau, WI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220713-temperature-spawning
In Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, the Sault Tribe is expanding its walleye stocking program that has released nearly 19 million walleye through the Great Lakes since its inception in 1995. With the addition of a third breeding pond, the program released over two million walleye this year. Read the full story by The Sault News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220713-walleye-stocking
Muskegon Lake, a designated Area of Concern in Michigan, is celebrated as being virtually clean of its industrial past after an investment of over $80 million over more than 30 years. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220713-muskegonlake-restoration
A team aboard the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ research vessel Lake Char discovered the deepest occurrence of lake trout spawning in the Great Lakes at over 400 feet. This study uncovered the mystery of the spawning location and habitat of the deep-water lake trout. Read the full story by Up North Voice.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220713-laketrout-spawning
As the threat of high Lake Ontario water levels worries shoreline communities in New York, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer visited Sodus Point to push for activating FEMA’s $500 million revolving-loan program to help pay for flood-prevention projects. Read the full story by Finger Lakes Times.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220713-floodprevention-funding
A Leamington, Ontario, environmental group is calling for governmental action to prevent the possibility of destructive flooding due to rising Lake Erie water levels. Read the full story by CBC News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220713-flooding-prevention
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy laid out a $250 million plan to repair dams that failed in May 2020, draining Secord, Smallwood, Sandford, and Wixom Lakes. Read the full story by WNEM — Saginaw, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220713-dams-funding
A month after the Illinois DNR officially rebranded Asian carp as copi, Gordon Food Service, one of West Michigan’s largest food service companies, is working to find a supplier to sell Asian carp products. Read the full story by WOOD-TV — Grand Rapids, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220713-gordonfoodservice-asiancarp

Two Great Lakes cities are among “The World’s 50 Greatest Places of 2022” as compiled by Time magazine.
Detroit and Toronto made the list along with destinations on all the continents and in outer space. The magazine said the list came from its “international network of correspondents and contributors, with an eye toward those (destinations) offering new and exciting experiences.”
What puts these key Great Lakes cities in such company?
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/07/detroit-toronto-time-50-greatest-places/

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.
In Milwaukee, officials are working to eliminate combined sewage overflows that can pour pollution into local waterways including Lake Michigan.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/07/the-catch-pollution-problems/

Poor housing conditions can have an effect on people’s health both mentally and physically by posing a threat to the family or individual living there, especially for young children and babies.
The health and wellbeing of residents are impacted especially in areas where there’s both industry and older housing.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/07/home-hazards-what-can-you-do/