Green Bay Wisconsin Waterfront News & Great Lakes News (Page 411)

New research by a scientist at Ohio’s Bowling Green State University has found that using dredged material from Lake Erie in place of fertilizer for agricultural practices appears to be correlated to higher crop growth and yields. Read the full story by The Toledo Blade.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251119-agricultural-research

James Polidori

American shippers are at odds with the Canadian government over its regulations that require all Great Lakes vessels or “lakers” to install systems to treat their ballast water by 2030. The systems are aimed at preventing the spread of invasive species through ballast water that’s taken up or discharged by ships at Great Lakes ports when they load and unload cargo. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251119-ballast-regulations

James Polidori

Two Michigan Congressional delegates have introduced bipartisan legislation that would devote $500 million over the next decade to battling invasive quagga and zebra mussels, which have destabilized the Great Lakes food web and driven whitefish populations toward collapse. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251119-mussel-funding

James Polidori

The fate of Enbridge’s Line 5 reroute project around tribal land in northern Wisconsin remains uncertain as parties submit post-trial briefs following the weeks-long contested case hearing over permits issued by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Enbridge faces a court-ordered deadline to get the pipeline off the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa’s land by June 2026 — although that decision is under appeal as well. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251119-pipeline-case

James Polidori

A Lake Superior shoreline restoration project is nearing completion in Marquette, Michigan. The Superior Watershed Partnership began the project in 2017 with $2 million in funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and a $2.5 million National Coastal Resiliency grant that the city of Marquette is matching. Read the full story by WLUC-TV – Marquette, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251119-shoreline-restoration

James Polidori

Last week, nuclear accountability organizations filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the owner of the Palisades nuclear power plant on Lake Michigan in Covert, Michigan. The lawsuit argues an exemption granted by the NRC to allow the plant to reopen was improper and asks the court to prohibit approval of the exemption. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251119-nuclear-restart-lawsuit

James Polidori

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission on Tuesday held its first collection of steelhead trout of the season along Trout Run at Avonia Beach in Avonia, Pennsylvania. Fish eggs from five female trout are combined with milt from three male trout, fertilizing the eggs to become the next generation of steelhead trout in Lake Erie. Read the full story by WJET-TV – Erie, PA.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251119-trout-spawning

James Polidori

A federal judge has ruled that an Elk Rapids, Michigan, food processing company illegally polluted wetlands and tributaries that drain to Elk Lake and ultimately to Lake Michigan’s Grand Traverse Bay. Read the full story by MLive.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251119-wetland-pollution

James Polidori

It was 67 years ago Tuesday that the SS Carl D. Bradley sank to the bottom of Lake Michigan near Beaver Island, claiming the lives of thirty-three men. On Saturday, between 100 and 150 people attended a bell-ringing ceremony at the Great Lakes Lore Maritime Museum in Rogers City, Michigan, to remember the crew. Read the full story by WCMU – Mount Pleasant, MI.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251119-shipwreck-remembrance

James Polidori

In Illinois, the City of Joliet is working to approve a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) to establish a collaborative framework between the city, labor unions, and contractors to ensure that work is completed safely, efficiently, and in the best financial interest of residents. The PLA applies to eight major work packages that include essential improvements to the city’s water system, all of which are required to facilitate the delivery of Lake Michigan water by 2030. Read the full story by WJOL – Joliet, IL.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251119-labor-collaboration

James Polidori

A U.S.-based cruise company won’t be launching its new Great Lakes itineraries out of Cleveland next year as originally planned, opting instead to launch from Buffalo, New York. Toledo will be the cruise company’s only port call in Ohio. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20251119-cruise-launch

James Polidori