The Palisades plant, located on Lake Michigan, was shut down in 2022 but will restart activities and add two smaller reactors in 2030. Once completed, the two additional small reactors would generate 600 megawatts of power combined. Read the full story by the Times Herald.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250228-nuclear-power
A new bill introduced in the Minnesota Legislature by Republican Rep. Tom Dippel aims to transfer funds to support water treatment for PFAS removal in plants in Hastings, Minnesota. However, according to Democratic Rep. Rick Hansen, the fine print actually changes the decision-making from the settlement to individual state legislators and could “pit town against town and neighbor against neighbor.” Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250228-pfas-funding
Permits for hundreds of energy projects may be fast-tracked by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under the Trump administration, including plans for the Line5 pipeline project in the Great Lakes and a fossil fuel plant in Superior. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250228-energy-projects
“Nibi Chronicles,” a monthly Great Lakes Now feature, is written by Staci Lola Drouillard. A Grand Portage Ojibwe direct descendant, she lives in Grand Marais on Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior. Her nonfiction books “Walking the Old Road: A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe” and “Seven Aunts” were published 2019 and 2022, and the children’s story “A Family Tree” in 2024.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/02/nibi-chronicles-invisible-borders/
Research suggests the concentration of microplastics in Lake Erie rivals the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The particles are present in all five Great Lakes, but there’s no coordinated, regionwide effort to monitor the pollutant. Read the full story by Ideastream Public Media.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250228-microplastics-research
Ice fishing has not been possible on Presque Isle Bay off the coast of Erie, Pennsylvania, for the past three years as the winters have been too warm and ice too thin or nonexistent. This year, in some parts of Presque Isle Bay, ice was 14 inches thick. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250228-erie-ice-fishing
Winds off the Great Lakes into the U.S. snow belts have been more potent than normal, according to a NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory analysis. Lake Ontario is still mostly ice free, providing a source of continual snow if the cold keeps coming. Read the full story by The Washington Post.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250228-snowy-season
Native to a small area of the Ohio River watershed, the rusty crayfish was most likely introduced to Lake Michigan as fishing bait. In just a few decades the species has achieved utter dominance over the native crayfish that were once found off Chicago’s lakefront but are now nearly nonexistent. Read the full story by WTTW – Chicago, IL.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250228-rusty-crayfish
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers predicts that water levels for the Great Lakes will continue a seasonal drop until April. Once spring-like weather begins, most of the Great Lakes are predicted to see a rise in water levels. Read the full story by the Erie-Times News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250228-water-levels
Current watches, warnings, and advisories for Brown County (WIC009) WI
Current watches, warnings, and advisories for Brown County (WIC009) WI
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Current watches, warnings, and advisories for Brown County (WIC009) WI
Current watches, warnings, and advisories for Brown County (WIC009) WI
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Current watches, warnings, and advisories for Brown County (WIC009) WI
Current watches, warnings, and advisories for Brown County (WIC009) WI
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For over 70 years, a massive U.S. Steel plant on the shores of Spirit Lake near Duluth, Minnesota dumped toxic waste into the water, causing lasting environmental damage to this sacred site.
Spirit Lake, once a vital ecosystem rich in fish, wild rice, and wildlife, was central to the homeland of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/02/how-do-you-heal-a-sacred-lake/
By Katie Myers, Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, & Izzy Ross
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist, BPR, a public radio station serving western North Carolina, WBEZ, a public radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan region, and Interlochen Public Radio in Northern Michigan.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/02/us-forest-service-firings-decimate-already-understaffed-agency-its-catastrophic/
Ann Arbor, Michigan – The Great Lakes Commission (GLC) today released its 2025 agenda for the Great Lakes. It calls for continued strategic investment in the lakes, which hold 95% of America’s fresh surface water and provide drinking water for more than 47 million people.
“Restoring the Great Lakes means protecting drinking water for millions, as well as growing an $81 billion regional recreational economy and a nearly $51 billion maritime system,” said GLC chair Mary Mertz, director of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. “The Great Lakes Commission urges our federal partners to continue their investment in the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, and other programs that improve the region’s economy and environment, as every $1 spent restoring the lakes generates more than $3 in economic activity for the country.”
In 2025, the GLC urges Congress and the administration to: fully fund the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative; fund the GLC to fulfill its unique role in the region; provide the cleanest and safest drinking water in the world; unlock the economic potential of the Great Lakes Navigation System; eliminate harmful algal blooms; defend against invasive species; and build a resilient Great Lakes basin.
The agenda is being shared in advance of next week’s Great Lakes Day, an annual event that brings together regional leaders and members of Congress who play a critical role in shaping Great Lakes policies. Great Lakes Day will be held in-person in Washington, D.C., following the 2025 Great Lakes Commission Semiannual Meeting. The GLC and Northeast-Midwest Institute organize Great Lakes Day annually to bring together the states, members of Congress and the federal government to raise awareness of Great Lakes issues.
For more information on the GLC and its work, visit www.glc.org.
The Great Lakes Commission, led by chair Mary Mertz, director of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, 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.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/news/federal-priorities-022725
Current watches, warnings, and advisories for Brown County (WIC009) WI
Current watches, warnings, and advisories for Brown County (WIC009) WI
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NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
https://noaaglerl.blog/2025/02/26/noaa-glerl-director-retires-after-40-year-career-in-managing-americas-water-resources/
By Danielle Kaeding, Wisconsin Public Radio
This article was republished here with permission from Wisconsin Public Radio.
Permits for hundreds of energy projects may be fast-tracked by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under the Trump administration, including plans for a pipeline project in the Great Lakes and a fossil fuel plant in Superior.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/02/trump-administration-seeks-to-fast-track-projects-in-the-great-lakes-and-wisconsin/
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.
A new bill introduced in the Minnesota Legislature by Republican Rep.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/02/latest-minnesota-pfas-bill-allegedly-shifts-power-sparks-controversy/
Our project to build portages at all the locks for canoes and kayaks is progressing. Thanks to grants from several community organizations, we have portages complete including upstream and downstream at Little Chute and Appleton Locks 1 & 2 and the upstream side of Appleton Lock 3. Please note the guard lock at Little Chute has no portages completed at this time. This means that even though these locks only operate on weekends, non-motorized boaters can portage around the locks at any time and paddle the river. More information about this project may be found at this link.
We thank these organizations for their generous donations needed to built the portages:
A grant from the David L. and Rita E. Nelson Family Fund within the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region
A grant from Fox Cities Greenways
A grant from the Fox Cities Convention and Visitor’s Bureau
As we raise funds to complete this project, we will build more portages. If you are interested in seeing this project progress, please consider making a tax-deductible donation—more info at this link.
Blog – Fox Locks
https://foxlocks.org/blog/update-on-portages/
According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, current Lake Michigan-Huron levels are 7-9 inches below the long-term average and 10-13 inches below last year’s levels. Read the full story by Up North Live.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250226-water-levels
The binational Lake Erie Committee is composed of fishery managers from the lake’s five bordering jurisdictions to set the total allowable catches for each year as part of a coordinated effort to achieve sustainable harvest levels. The 2024 catch represented a slight decrease in walleye and the numbers for 2025 will likely be set during their annual meeting in March, just ahead. Read the full story by the Post-Journal.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250226-walleye-perch
On Thursday, January 30, the Alliance for the Great Lakes, alongside our partners—The Nature Conservancy, Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association, The Junction Coalition, and the Ohio Environmental Council (OEC)—came together at the Ohio Statehouse to address the state’s most pressing water issues. Water Advocacy Day was a powerful opportunity to engage with lawmakers, share policy solutions, and advocate for clean, safe, affordable water for all Ohioans.
During the event, Helena Volzer, the Alliance for the Great Lakes’ Senior Source Water Policy Manager, led an insightful presentation on the critical impacts of agricultural pollution. She highlighted how excessive nutrients—especially nitrogen and phosphorus from fertilizers and manure—continue to fuel harmful algal blooms across the Great Lakes, posing serious risks to public health, aquatic ecosystems, and local economies. The financial burden of this pollution is often passed down to communities, increasing drinking water costs and placing an unfair strain on low-income households.
“Agricultural pollution isn’t just an environmental issue—it’s a public health and economic issue,” Volzer emphasized. “If we don’t act now, Ohioans will continue to bear the rising water treatment costs while ecosystems suffer.”
Ohio ranks second in the nation for the number of lead service lines, and many older homes still contain lead-based plumbing. Efforts are underway to eliminate lead from drinking water systems, but progress remains slow. Combined with the challenges of harmful algal blooms and agricultural runoff, stronger policies and funding solutions are urgently needed.
Throughout the day, advocates and policy leaders met with state representatives, senators, and aides to push for solutions to prioritize clean water. These discussions emphasized the importance of critical funding for conservation programs such as the H2Ohio program, Ohio’s flagship program to address water quality issues including agricultural runoff, household sewage treatment and wastewater infrastructure, wetland creation, and lead service line replacement. The Alliance and its partners urged lawmakers to strengthen policies that hold polluters accountable, increase investment in clean water infrastructure, and ensure water affordability remains a top priority.
The fight for clean water continues, and Water Advocacy Day was a crucial step in the right direction. Every Ohioan deserves safe, lead-free, and affordable drinking water.
The post Water Advocacy at the Ohio Statehouse: A Call for Clean Water Policies appeared first on Alliance for the Great Lakes.
News - Alliance for the Great Lakes
News - Alliance for the Great Lakes
https://greatlakes.org/2025/02/water-advocacy-at-the-ohio-statehouse-a-call-for-clean-water-policies/
The Environmental Protection Agency released a draft risk assessment in January to evaluate the risk for two of the most prevalent PFAS or “forever chemicals” in sewage sludge. Read the full story by Planet Detroit.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250226-biosolids-pfas
Scientists estimate the current lake trout population in Lake Superior is now at or above what it was before sea lamprey made their way through the Welland Canal. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250226-lake-superior-trout
Scientists say ice on the Great Lakes helps to combat erosion, lake effect snow and algal blooms. Read the full story by CBC News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250226-lake-erie-ice
Michigan environmental groups are pushing back as Enbridge’s Line 5 tunnel faces “emergency” review, potentially bypassing full scrutiny and public input. The move comes after President Donald Trump’s executive order declared a national energy emergency to fast-track infrastructure projects. Read the full story by Public News Service.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250226-line-5
The Trump administration has fired 14 federal workers involved in the Great Lakes sea lamprey control program, says the Great Lakes Fishery Commission. Read the full story by CBC News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250226-invasive-species-program-cuts
The Apostle Islands National Lakeshore is in a holding pattern after the mass layoff of national park staff, part of the Trump administration’s effort to dramatically cut the federal workforce. Nearby tourism boards anticipate staffing shortages at the lakeshore, affecting how much of the park is accessible to visitors. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250226-apostle-islands
During National Invasive Species Awareness Week, Michigan’s Invasive Species Program is joining efforts across all 50 states to encourage everyone to take action to prevent the introduction and spread of harmful plants, animals and diseases. Read the full story by Daily Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250226-invasive-species
The Michigan Maritime Museum in South Haven will host a presentation on women lighthouse keepers throughout Great Lakes history next month. Read the full story by WSJM-Benton Harbor, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250226-women-lighthouse-keepers
Current watches, warnings, and advisories for Brown County (WIC009) WI
Current watches, warnings, and advisories for Brown County (WIC009) WI
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Current watches, warnings, and advisories for Brown County (WIC009) WI
Current watches, warnings, and advisories for Brown County (WIC009) WI
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The emerald ash borer (EAB) has devastated ash trees across North America. But researchers in Ohio discovered something unexpected — some ash trees are surviving. These ‘lingering ash’ not only resist EAB but can even kill its larvae.
Scientists suspected genetic resistance and tested their theory by cloning and crossbreeding surviving trees.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/02/are-the-ash-trees-doomed/
The Winnebago Water Level Assessment Team provides a collaborative opportunity for stakeholder representatives and experts to develop realistic and achievable water level recommendations and related goals that reasonably balance the top priorities of multiple system users and the health of the lakes. Meeting details: Date: Feb. 19, 2025 Time: 9:00 am - 11:00 am [...]
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Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance
https://fwwa.org/2025/02/25/wwlat_2025_02_19/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wwlat_2025_02_19
Just-announced staff cuts and hiring freezes from the Trump administration will jeopardize the ongoing success of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) decades-long battle against sea lamprey, according to officials. While states, provinces and U.S. and Canadian tribes are involved in the labor-intensive efforts, the USFWS performs most of the in-stream treatments in the U.S.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/02/lake-trout-recovery-in-superior-sign-of-lamprey-removal-success/
Current watches, warnings, and advisories for Brown County (WIC009) WI
Current watches, warnings, and advisories for Brown County (WIC009) WI
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Get ready for a season of boating on the Fox River! This year, we open the northern end of the system on May 17, 2025 with DePere and Little Kaukauna open daily. All other locks will be open weekends from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Some changes for those of you who regularly boat through the locks:
This year, a day pass for the locks will be $15 and a season pass will be $150. The only way to purchase passes is online at this link: https://foxlocks.org/product-category/passes/ This is the first time the price for passes has increased in many years. The user fees for the locks help us maintain the historic system and ensure the locks continue to be in working order.
Blog – Fox Locks
https://foxlocks.org/blog/2025-navigational-season-dates-times-announced/
If you hate offices and love the outdoors, we have the perfect job for you! Where else could you be part of living history than by working as a lock tender right on the beautiful Fox River this summer? Our lock tenders are the service representatives of the largest fully-restored, hand-operated lock system in the country. They get to share tidbits of the history of the system with boaters who are happy to be on the water and going through the locks.
Just as they operated when they were built in the 1800s and early 1900s, the locks work on gravity and lock tenders open the valves and the giant lock gates. It’s not hard, and it is extremely cool to know you are doing the same job that lock tenders before you did for the past 170 years.
Our maintenance team makes sure the locks are looking good and ready for customers! This might include maintaining the lock gears, taking care of the lawns and grounds around the locks, painting, maintaining portages, and making sure the locks look great.
All jobs are team oriented and flexible, so if you’re interested please apply at this link.
Blog – Fox Locks
https://foxlocks.org/blog/lock-tenders-maintenance-team-needed/
Current watches, warnings, and advisories for Brown County (WIC009) WI
Current watches, warnings, and advisories for Brown County (WIC009) WI
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By Katie Thoresen, WXPR
This story was originally published by WXPR. WXPR is a community-licensed public radio station serving north central Wisconsin and adjacent areas of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Listen to their stories here.
Rhinelander has gotten about 37 inches of snow so far this year.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/02/where-is-the-heavy-wet-snow-this-winter/
This article was republished here with permission from Great Lakes Echo.
By Kayte Marshall, Great Lakes Echo
In a world dominated by smartphones and screen time, the Department of Natural Resources aims to reconnect kids with Michigan’s great outdoors.
The DNR is funding Nature Awaits, a program dedicated to hosting outdoor learning sessions for fourth grade classes at state parks.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/02/state-program-brings-fourth-graders-to-state-parks/
Ready to roll up your sleeves and make a real impact? Registration is live for Northeast Wisconsin’s largest volunteer trash cleanup, and we’re calling on you to help protect our beautiful waterways. Let’s come together and transform our local environment—one cleanup at a time! Event Snapshot When: Saturday, [...]
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Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance
https://fwwa.org/2025/02/24/fox-wolf-watershed-cleanup-2025-join-the-movement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fox-wolf-watershed-cleanup-2025-join-the-movement
Two friends walked across a frozen Lake Erie to Long Point, Ontario, in February 1977. Two more men made a similar crossing that month. Three others made the trek in reverse, ending in North East, Pennsylvania, in March 1978. No one is known to have walked across the lake at Erie since — for good reason. Read the full story by Erie-Times News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250224-frozen-erie
A Wisconsin Sea Grant-funded research project about the role fire historically played on Wisconsin and Minnesota points along Lake Superior is the topic of a new children’s book.
“Ishkode: A Story of Fire” was authored by research project managers Evan Larson and Nisogaabokwe Melonee Montano with a forward by Robin Wall Kimmerer. It features illustrations by Moira Villiard and was published by Black Bears and Blueberries Publishing of Wisconsin. The story invites readers into a stand of ancient red pines where a grandmother red pine, who has witnessed centuries of connection between people, fire and the land, guides a young woman toward healing and renewal.
“The book is a celebration of hope, healing and lessons we can learn from the land,” said Larson, a professor in the department of environmental sciences and society and a dendrochronologist with the University of Wisconsin–Platteville. He said the book emerged from over a decade of collaboration among Great Lakes researchers and community members. “‘Ishkode: A Story of Fire’ intertwines Indigenous and Western scientific knowledge to share a story of the deep, long-term relationships among people, fire and pines—and the wider web of life in Great Lakes ecosystems, including blueberries,” Larson said.
“The Anishinaabe used fire for ceremonies, to promote plant growth, and to care of the land,” said Montano, a Red Cliff tribal member and a University of Minnesota graduate student who is managing the research project with Larson. “The intentional, controlled use of fire by people shapes fire history in the region. Our book brings these connections to light.”
Larson added, “Our intent was to share the lessons we learned through this work, not just scientists and managers, but also children. When we first started talking about creating this book, I had a vision in my mind’s eye of a grandmother or parent reading to a child, and in that way, starting to rekindle the stories around fire that have been shared for generations. This is one way we can help rebuild a positive relationship with fire as a society – from the ground up with our children, creating opportunities for generations to come to recognize fire as an important part of Great Lakes landscapes and cultures.”
More information about the Ishkode project can be found here. “Ishkode: A Story of Fire” is available in hard cover for $17.95 from Black Bears and Blueberries Publishing.
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News Releases | Wisconsin Sea Grant
https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-research-project-inspires-childrens-book/
Tiny Township, Ontario, is planning to enter into another year of calls for submissions for the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, with this year pertaining to framework around a shoreline alteration bylaw amendment for the township’s dynamic beaches. Read the full story by Midland Today.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250224-tinybeach-greatlakesinitiative
Like other parts of the country, the Great Lakes region is standing up and taking notice of the rapid-fire actions that the Trump Administration has been taking. The latest attention-grabber is President Trump’s decision to fast-track the controversial Line 5 pipeline. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250224-greatlakes-thingsmovingfast
Sea lamprey nearly destroyed fishing in the Great Lakes. The new 90-minute film, The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery, tells the story of those who tackled the mystery of why lake trout, one of the most prized fish in the Great Lakes, nearly vanished. Read the full story by The Daily News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250224-thefishthief-sealamprey-impacts-greatlakes-whitefish
Ice fishing has been good this season, but anglers on the ice targeting walleye or other fish may unexpectedly find themselves with a lake sturgeon on the line. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources reminds anglers that regulations on the targeting and harvest of lake sturgeon are in effect and that on most waters of the state, fishing for lake sturgeon is prohibited and any lake sturgeon caught must be released immediately. Read the full story by The Alpena News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250224-sturegon-protect-ice-fishing
The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission has announced the opening of the bidding process for contractors to carry out a major restoration and maintenance project on the U.S. Brig Niagara. The historic vessel, housed in Erie, Pennsylvania, and best known for its pivotal role in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812, is preparing for its second shipyard visit in recent years. Read the full story by WJET-TV – Erie, PA.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250224-phmc-brig-niagara-shipyard
