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Sea lamprey control program receives OK to rehire federal workers, after initial scare

By Ellie Katz, Interlochen Public Radio

This article was republished with permission from Interlochen Public Radio.

The Great Lakes’ sea lamprey control program has the OK to rehire three dozen federal employees it needs to combat the eel-like, invasive fish species.

That’s after staffing cuts and hiring freezes from the Trump administration last month threatened the work, which the Great Lakes Fishery Commission said would have led to more than $200 million in lost fishing potential.

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Could Lake Erie really become Lake Ohio?

On March 14, Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said that perhaps Lake Erie should be changed to Lake Ohio. 

According to reporting from Cleveland.com:

“Anybody think if there’s a Lake Michigan, maybe there should be a Lake Ohio around here?” Ramaswamy said, about 13 miles away from Lake Erie.

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Six tribes withdraw from federal talks over Line 5 tunnel permit

By Izzy Ross, Interlochen Public Radio

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Interlochen Public Radio and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization.

In a rare move, six tribal nations in Michigan have withdrawn from discussions on a federal permit for the Line 5 tunnel, which the Canadian company Enbridge wants to build under the Straits of Mackinac.

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PFAS bill protecting utilities companies passes in Indiana House and Senate

Catch the latest updates on what’s happening with PFAS in the Great Lakes region. Check back for more PFAS news roundups every other week on our website.

On March 24, Indiana Senate Bill 426 was signed by House Speaker and Senate President Pro Tempore.

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What would the Great Lakes region be like with bullet trains?

A few months ago, I was riding on Amtrak’s new Borealis line from St. Paul, Minn., to Chicago. The train was packed that day, and the new line has proved popular.

My coach seat was much nicer than any airline. Plus, I didn’t have to go through security.

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The Great Lakes’ sea lamprey control program has the OK to rehire three dozen federal employees it needs to combat the invasive fish species. That’s after staffing cuts and hiring freezes from the Trump administration last month threatened the work, which the Great Lakes Fishery Commission said would have led to more than $200 million in lost fishing potential. Read the full story by Michigan Public.

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Due to a Wisconsin state law barring privately owned water systems from receiving loan forgiveness, the Superior Water Light & Power Company can’t access the federal loan forgiveness included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that helps financially strapped communities upgrade water systems. Many state lawmakers and city officials want Superior residents to benefit from the federal money, but they’re at odds over how to make that happen. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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After being notified that the Line 5 tunnel project will likely be fast-tracked for federal approval, Great Lakes tribes are withdrawing as cooperating agencies in the federal environmental review process. In a letter, tribal leaders explained that the process has lacked meaningful dialogue with Indigenous Nations and other cooperating agencies, as well as undermined the federal government’s responsibility to protect tribal treaty rights.  Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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The executive director of FLOW (For Love of Water), a law and policy center in Traverse City, Michigan, says the partnership between Canada and the United States regarding the Great Lakes has worked well, with critical Great Lakes programs, partnerships, and binational agreements that support the lakes in many ways. Read the full story by Bridge Michigan.

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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will once again hire several people to monitor the critically endangered Great Lakes piping plover at four state parks. Those jobs are typically federally funded by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative; however, due to cuts to federal programming, funding has only been released to cover two of the five planned hires. Read the full story by WOOD-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.

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Rising temperatures and changing environmental conditions in the Great Lakes are contributing to harmful algal blooms (HABs), and new research suggests that the nearshore regions of Lake Superior could indicate climate change’s effects on the region’s ecosystem. HABs are often associated with warm, nutrient-rich lakes, but recently have been showing up in cold, low-nutrient lakes such as Lake Superior. Read the full story by Bridge Michigan.

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Farmers in 10 northwest Ohio counties in the Western Lake Erie Basin are now eligible to enroll or re-enroll in H2Ohio’s agriculture incentive program that uses proven, science-based, best management practices to help improve water quality throughout the state. Read the full story by Spectrum News 1.

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers predicts that water levels for the Great Lakes will continue a seasonal drop until April; all of the Great Lakes this winter are below the 2023-2024 levels due to winter conditions. But now that spring-like weather is starting to show, most of the Great Lakes are predicted to have rising water levels. Read the full story by the Erie Times-News.

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Recent moves at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have environmental advocates on alert, as proposed agency layoffs and promises of deregulation raise questions about the impact on the Great Lakes region. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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A new Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) research vessel, the 66-foot R/V Steelhead II, is currently being built in northern Michigan. The vessel will come equipped with a lab, netting, and solar panels, letting the DNR research the health of the Great Lakes without going ashore. Read the full story by WPBN-TV – Traverse City, MI.

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Wetlands rules face rollback under Trump: Great Lakes pollution next?

By Brian Allnutt, Planet Detroit

This article was republished with permission from Planet Detroit. Sign up for Planet Detroit’s weekly newsletter here.

Environmental Protection Agency Director Lee Zeldin issued guidance to limit federal protections for wetlands last week that environmental advocates say will lead to more pollution in the Great Lakes.

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Starry stonewort growing underwater.

Starry stonewort, and invasive aquatic algae, was first found in Wisconsin in 2014.

In 2014, Tom Reck was chairman of the Little Muskego Lake District when an invasive species made an unexpected appearance. It was the first time starry stonewort, an invasive macroalgae, had been found in Wisconsin.

“The problem was, we didn’t really know what was going to happen,” Reck recalled. At the time, little was known about how starry stonewort would behave — or how to control it. Media reports painted a dire picture, with one calling it the “start of the death of a lake.” 

Ten years later, starry stonewort’s status in Little Muskego hasn’t changed: it remains at the bottom of the lake despite robust efforts to remove it. But what experts know about managing invasive species has changed. 

In the newest season of “Introduced,” Wisconsin Sea Grant’s aquatic invasive species podcast, we not only learn how those experts are tackling the stonewort problem but how language, fear and human responses play a role in managing aquatic invasives.  

 

The power — and peril — of fear

Bret Shaw interviews for the Introduced podcast.

Bret Shaw discusses the risks of fear-based AIS messaging with Introduced. Photo: Wisconsin Sea Grant

Fear plays a major role in how people react to aquatic invasive species (AIS). Paul Skawinski, who was involved in the initial response to starry stonewort through his role at Extension Lakes, has since reflected on how AIS messaging has evolved.

“When I started working with AIS 20 years ago in 2004, people didn’t even know what an invasive species was,” said Skawinski. “[Natural resources professionals] really stressed how scary and damaging these species were.”

Fear-based AIS messaging is often based on an assumption that invasive species have devastating consequences in every lake, and aggressive action is necessary to eradicate or contain them. But research has proven that this isn’t always the case. Aquatic invasive species behave differently in different environments. 

“Sometimes they’re very aggressive, but sometimes they’re just integrated into the community and they don’t cause any real big issues,” said Skawinski.

Bret Shaw, a researcher at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, studies how communication influences environmental behavior. He recently collaborated with Wisconsin Sea Grant’s Tim Campbell to evaluate the effectiveness of fear-based AIS messaging, which often pushes lake management groups to consider aggressive herbicide use on their lake. Chemical treatment, however, carries its own risks and may harm native plants, disrupt ecosystems or possibly create better conditions for invasives.

“We want to avoid people creating ecological damage out of fear that’s not proportionate to the risk,” Shaw said.  

The importance of waiting and watching

How should one respond when a new invasive species is found in their lake or river? Paul Skawinski now recommends the “wait and see” approach. 

“Healthy, balanced lakes with a lot of healthy aquatic plants and healthy shorelines can often defend themselves pretty well against the invasion of a new species,” said Skawinski. “So waiting and watching is an important technique to try and has been pretty successful in Wisconsin.”

Tom Reck’s perspective has also shifted in the last 10 years. “Starry stonewort is a carpet on the bottom [of the lake], which is kind of nice when you’re boating or swimming instead of standing in muck,” said Reck. And although the future remains uncertain, he’s noticed that people around the lake have learned to live with it. 

“I’m not sure if it’s as bad as we thought,” said Reck.

To learn more about the story of starry stonewort, the science behind how humans react to new invaders, the consequences of fear-based messaging and the power of waiting and watching, listen to Introduced — available here or on your favorite podcast app.

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Slippery travel in spots is possible this morning, especially north and west of the Fox Valley. The combination of light winds and mostly clear skies, along with temperatures falling below freezing may create frost deposition on roads, bridges and sidewalks. A light coating of frost may result in slippery travel in spots. Motorists should be on alert for changing conditions! Road temperatures are expected to warm above freezing by late morning, thus ending the risk of slippery conditions.

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Microplastics Lurk in Freshwater Environments Across Pennsylvania

By Kiley Bense, Inside Climate News

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here.

PHILADELPHIA—At the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge visitors center, a sculpture of a great blue heron made from recycled plastic bottles greets guests.

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An environmental initiative in Thunder Bay, Ontario, is helping keep garbage out of local waterways, with nearly 1,500 pieces of litter diverted from storm drains in the past year via the installation of LittaTraps in storm drains across the city. Read the full story by CBC News.

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Millions of fish along the shore of Lake Huron have died since January after they were attracted to warm water produced by the Bruce Power nuclear plant and became trapped in the station’s intake channels, an Ontario First Nation says.  Read the full story by the Toronto Star.

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The Great Lakes region has long stood as a model of cross-border collaboration working together on a multitude of invasive species and water issues, but the Trump administration’s combative stand on binational relations and deep cuts to Great Lakes initiatives have put environmental progress at risk. Read the full story by the Globe and Mail.

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U.S. Representative, Nick Langworthy, has reintroduced the Lakes Before Turbines Act, which would prohibit developers from utilizing tax credits for construction of wind farms on any of the Great Lakes. Read the full story by the Post-Journal.

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Anglers of the Au Sable, a nonprofit environmental organization in northern Lower Michigan, has sued the U.S. Air Force and National Guard in U.S. District Court, alleging that plans to expand low-altitude flight training in the eastern Lower Peninsula will harm prized waterways, natural areas and the quality of life in the region. Read the full story by Detroit Free Press.

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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is about to begin the walleye egg collection on the Muskegon River in Newaygo County, with plans to collect nearly 26 million eggs to send to hatcheries around the state. Read the full story by WPBN-TV – Traverse City, MI.

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Michigan’s Mackinac Bridge is among the 68 bridges across 19 states that the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommended be assessed to determine “the risk of collapse from a vessel collision.” This comes as part of the ongoing investigation into last year’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore. Read the full story by WDIV-TV – Detroit, MI.

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GLANSIS Database Keeps Tabs on Biological Invaders The Great Lakes are one of the most unique freshwater ecosystems in the world – but are also heavily threatened by biological invaders. Aquatic invasive and nuisance species are the plants and animals … Continue reading →

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Overview

The Alliance for the Great Lakes is a non-partisan non-profit organization based in Chicago with staff across the Great Lakes region working to advance policies and programs that preserve and protect Great Lakes water for current and future generations. The Alliance has worked on agriculture policy issues for decades and is looking to expand its technical capacity with a specific emphasis on agronomy, soil health, conservation implementation, and the connection to downstream water quality. To accomplish this, the Alliance is seeking an Agriculture and Water Quality Consultant (Consultant) to provide strategic technical advice and recommendations on a range of priority topics under the Agriculture and Source Water Program. These topics will vary throughout the year but may include:

  • Analysis on the potential water quality impacts from proposed modifications to fertilizer and manure application rates
  • Recommended conservation practices to mitigate nutrient losses
  • Review of livestock permits to ensure water quality goals are achieved
  • Strategies for improving soil health

Knowledge/Skills

  • Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Management, Agricultural Engineering, Crop and Soil Science, or other related degree.
  • 5+ years working in agronomy, agricultural engineering, soil science, conservation implementation, and water quality.
  • Strong working understanding of state-level policy and legal requirements related to fertilizer and manure application, soil management, and water quality.

Job Parameters

  • This is a one-year contract with the potential for renewal in future years. The Consultant will bill the Alliance hourly, with a minimum commitment by the Alliance of $2,500, and a maximum of $15,000 in the first year, dependent on needs as the work progresses.
  • Great Lakes Basin (remote) with strong direct experience in Wisconsin, Ohio, and/or Michigan.

Application Process

Please e-mail your resume, references and writing sample to: hr@greatlakes.org.

Include the job title in the subject line.

Applications will be accepted until the job is filled – we are looking for the Consultant to start by June 1, 2025 . 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.

About the Alliance for the Great Lakes

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.

Our mission 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. Learn more about the Alliance at www.greatlakes.org. 

The Alliance envisions 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. 

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The accumulating snow across north-central and northeast Wisconsin is gradually diminishing early this morning. Any additional accumulation through 9 am will be under an inch, mainly across northern and far northeast Wisconsin. The combination of the snow over the past 24 hours and temperatures falling to or below freezing could result in hazardous travel this morning, especially on untreated roads and bridges. Treated roads could also become icy in spots through mid morning until road temperature climb above freezing. Motorists should allow extra time to reach your destination and slow down as black ice may be hard to detect. Allow extra room between you and the car in front of you.

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* WHAT...Wet snow. Additional snow accumulations up to two inches. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph. * WHERE...Brown, Kewaunee, and Outagamie Counties. * WHEN...Until 1 AM CDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Plan on slippery or slushy road conditions. The latest road conditions for the state you are calling from can be obtained by calling 5 1 1. Minor tree limb damage could lead to isolated power outages.

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* WHAT...Rain and snow changing over to a wet snow during the afternoon. Total snow accumulations of 1 to 4 inches. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph. * WHERE...Brown, Kewaunee, and Outagamie Counties. * WHEN...Until 1 AM CDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions.

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* WHAT...Rain and snow changing over to a wet snow during the afternoon. Total snow accumulations of 1 to 4 inches. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph. * WHERE...Brown, Kewaunee, and Outagamie Counties. * WHEN...From 1 PM this afternoon to 1 AM CDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Slow down and use caution while traveling. The latest road conditions for the state you are calling from can be obtained by calling 5 1 1.

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Farmers and small business owners were promised financial help for energy upgrades. They’re still waiting for the money.

By Emily Jones, Katie Myers, Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco and Izzy Ross

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist, BPR, a public radio station serving western North Carolina, WABE, Atlanta’s NPR station, WBEZ, a public radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan region, and Interlochen Public Radio in Northern Michigan.

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In Chicago, a new notification system is being proposed at boat launch sites that would alert people to sewer overflow events, warning people to avoid contact with the water. Read the full story by WTTW – Chicago, IL.

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A tropical lake in Central Africa might not seem like the first place you would look to gain insights into North America’s Great Lakes. But that’s just what researchers from Bowling Green State University in Ohio have been doing for the past three years. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Arriving a day early to drop anchor and capture this year’s “first ship” award at the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, is actually two vessels in one: the Clyde S. Vanenkevort/Erie Trader, an articulated tug/barge combo. Read the full story by MLive.

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Putting passion to pages: Minnesota authors release second guide to state wildflowers

This article was republished here with permission from Great Lakes Echo.

By Shealyn Paulis, Great Lakes Echo

Within Minnesota’s wetlands, forests and prairies, thousands of different species of wildflowers bloom annually – some only once and in the evening. In their second book, two Minnesotan women put their passions to paper and set out to uncover all the state flora has to offer.

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U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and a group of six other Democratic senators representing Great Lakes states sent a letter this week to NOAA Vice Admiral Nancy Hann pressing for more information about how staff cuts at the agency will affect programs on the lakes. Read the full story by the Wisconsin Examiner.

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed eliminating its scientific and research arm and up to 75% of its staff, leaving the future of the agency’s Duluth freshwater laboratory and its more than 100 employees uncertain. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.

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Southwestern Ontario’s commercial fishing industry is feeling the pressure of looming U.S. tariffs expected on April 2 on all Canadian goods. That includes fish caught and processed in Ontario, a vast majority of which comes from Lake Erie and is exported south of the border. Read the full story by CBC.

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The Ohio Division of Wildlife is warning anglers not to ignore state fishing limits. The agency says it recently busted 10 people for taking too many walleye during fishing trips on Lake Erie. Read the full story by the Canton Repository.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250321-ohio-overfishing-walleye

Hannah Reynolds

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Dozens of people gathered at the Great Lakes Aquarium after hours on Thursday for the first event in a new series. Titled “Women in Science,” the panel series features local women with various scientific backgrounds. For the inaugural event, the focus was on studying diverse relationships with water in the Great Lakes region. Read the full story by WDIO-DT-TV – Duluth, MN.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250321-greatlakesaquarium-women-in-science-series

Hannah Reynolds