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Long-lost ship found in Lake Huron, confirming tragic story

By John Flesher, Associated Press

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Even for the Thunder Bay area, a perilous swath of northern Lake Huron off the Michigan coast that has devoured many a ship, the Ironton’s fate seems particularly cruel.

The 191-foot (58-meter) cargo vessel collided with a grain hauler on a blustery night in September 1894, sinking both.

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...ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTRY WEATHER TODAY INTO TONIGHT... Despite today being the first day of the meteorological spring, a strong upper level disturbance tracking east from the Northern Plains will bring another round of wintry weather to the area today into tonight. Occasional light snow and flurries or sprinkles are possible through mid-morning, but this precipitation

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Ian Outside: Let’s go ice climbing

In the spirit of rehabbing my relationship with Midwest winters, it was high time I found recreation to keep me outside and moving.

After a summer of hiking, off-roading and even eFoiling I was in dire need of some fresh air adventure, but didn’t know where to start.

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Science Says What: How worried should we be about microplastic pollution?

Science Says What? is a monthly column written by Great Lakes now contributor Sharon Oosthoek exploring what science can tell us about what’s happening beneath and above the waves of our beloved Great Lakes and their watershed.

Microplastic pollution has been building up in the Great Lakes since at least the 1970s.

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Detroit water rates have gone up 407% over the last 20 years, and 120% in just the last 10 years.

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...SLIPPERY ROADS TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT... Patchy light snow and light freezing drizzle will taper off from west to east overnight, with little overall impact. However, falling temperatures will cause wet roads to freeze, resulting in continued hazardous travel conditions, which may linger into the Tuesday morning commute.

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...SLIPPERY ROADS TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT... Light snow and patchy freezing drizzle will taper off in most areas by midnight. However, falling temperatures will cause wet roads to freeze overnight, resulting in continued hazardous travel conditions. Motorists should anticipate snow or ice covered spots on roads

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I Speak for the Fish: Courting Sunfish

I Speak for the Fish is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor Kathy Johnson, coming out the third Monday of each month. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit Public Television. 

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This network provides valuable, real time data on a stream’s water quality, level and temperature. 

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...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Mixed precipitation. Additional snow and sleet accumulations up to 3 inches and ice accumulations around a light glaze. Winds gusting as high as 40 mph. * WHERE...Calumet, Manitowoc, Winnebago, Brown, Kewaunee, and

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The relationship between residents of coastal communities and their local water heritage can advance restoration efforts, create recreational opportunities and promote tourism and economic growth, a new study says. At the same time, that relationship can create tensions between environmental and economic interests, it says. Read the full story by the Capital News Service.

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Eleven environmental groups are urging the Michigan Supreme Court to reverse a ruling that stops the state from placing more permit restrictions on manure and other animal waste from large concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). Read the full story by Michigan Public Radio.

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About $74 million in taxpayer dollars aims to slow down the impact of erosion at Illinois Beach State Park in Zion, Illinois. The project is the largest capital project in the Department of Natural Resources history. Read the full story by The Center Square.

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...LARGE AREA OF MIXED MODERATE TO HEAVY MIXED PRECIPITATION CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL THIS MORNING... A band of heavy mixed precipitation in the form of sleet and snow is impacting the area this morning. The freezing rain and sleet will occasionally change to heavy wet snow rapidly reducing visibilities to a mile at times. Rapid accumulations of sleet and

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...LARGE AREA OF MIXED MODERATE TO HEAVY MIXED PRECIPITATION RAPIDLY MOVING INTO CENTRAL AND EASTCENTRAL WISCONSIN CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL... Latest radar indicated a large band of mixed precipitation in the form of freezing rain, sleet, snow and rain impacting areas generally south of a line from Kewaunee to Rhinelander.

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...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Mixed precipitation expected. Total snow and sleet accumulations between 1 and 3 inches, especially in the northern Fox Valley, and ice accumulations of one tenth to two tenths of an inch. Winds gusting as high as 40 mph.

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...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... * WHAT...Mixed precipitation expected. Total snow and sleet accumulations between 1 and 3 inches, especially in the northern Fox Valley, and ice accumulations of one tenth to two tenths of an inch. Winds gusting as high as 40 mph.

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...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... * WHAT...Freezing rain mixed with sleet changing to rain during the midday hours. The precipitation will change to snow or sleet in the afternoon. Total snow and sleet accumulations 1 to 3 inches and ice accumulations around one tenth of an inch. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph.

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...MODERATE SNOW CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL EARLY THIS MORNING... Light to occasionally moderate snow will continue early this morning, then then taper off from southwest to northeast between 4 am and 7 am. The highest snowfall accumulation rates will generally be along and south of a line from Sturgeon Bay to Green Bay to Oshkosh. A total accumulation of 2 to 3 inches of powdery

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...SNOW COVERED ROADS CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL OVERNIGHT... Light to occasionally moderate snow will continue overnight, then then taper off from southwest to northeast between 4 am and 7 am. The highest snowfall accumulation rates will generally be south of a line from Green Bay to Marshfield. A total accumulation of 2 to 3 inches of powdery snow can be expected across most of the

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...ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT... Light to occasionally moderate snow will quickly overspread the region from southwest to northeast through midnight. The snow will persist into the overnight hours, then taper off from southwest to northeast between 3 am and 6 am. A total accumulation of 2 to 3 inches of powdery snow can be expected across most of the area.

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A federal judge has given Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel another chance to argue that her lawsuit seeking to shut down the Line 5 petroleum pipeline is best heard in state court. The issue of which court holds jurisdiction over the lawsuit has become a crucial detail in the legal battle over Enbridge Energy’s pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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The governors of Michigan and Illinois are proposing to jointly pay $114 million toward an infrastructure project that would stop invasive silver and bighead carp from moving into the Great Lakes via Chicagoland waterways. Combined, the two state appropriations would cover the total non-federal share of current estimated project costs for the Brandon Road Lock and Dam. Read the full story by MLive.

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Last year the Lake Michigan Commercial Fishing Board made a formal request to begin netting lake trout on Lake Michigan. To that end, the Wisconsin DNR formed the Lake Michigan Lake Trout Commercial Harvest Stakeholder Group, made up of about a dozen state residents, to provide input on the commercial harvest of lake trout. Read the full story by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Detroit District and Great Lakes Fishery Commission (GLFC) have announced the completion of a $1.67 million permanent sea lamprey trap on the East Branch AuGres River in National City, Michigan. The finalization of the project represents a long-standing partnership between USACE and GLFC to control invasive sea lampreys and protect the $7 billion Great Lakes fishery. Read the full story by Oscoda Press.

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A restoration plan is close to being finalized for the Tittabawassee River, Saginaw River, and Saginaw Bay watershed to compensate the public for the loss of natural habitats and recreation opportunities, due to decades of industrial activity and pollution. The project, which will restore and preserve thousands of acres of wetlands and other natural habitats is funded by a nearly $6 million settlement with Dow Chemical and General Motors. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.

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A special training program will take place over the weekends of April 22-23 and May 20-21, 2023 in South Haven, Michigan and is free with membership in the Michigan Maritime Museum in South Haven. Participants who complete both weekends will be eligible to join the crew of the museum’s own tall ship, “Friends Good Will.” Read the full story by MLive.com.

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Last September, Hoverlink Ontario Inc. held an open house to announce its plan to build the first-ever hovercraft transit service in North America. It plans to carry 180 passengers at a time across Lake Ontario between Toronto and Niagara Falls in just 30 minutes. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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On Feb. 15, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) sent the U.S. Air Force a request for installation of several new interim cleanup systems to remove toxic PFAS chemicals from the groundwater and soil. Advocates and state officials are now pushing the U.S. military to build more stopgap systems to clean up groundwater contamination around the former Wurtsmith Air Force base while a slow-moving investigation continues. Read the full story by MLive.

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In his new book, “The Devil’s Element: Phosphorus and a World out of Balance,” Dan Egan sounds alarms on both the scarcity and overabundance sides of the phosphorus-human equation. Thanks to heavy use of phosphorus in fertilizers, many experts foresee it becoming a scarce resource. But too much phosphorus in the wrong places — in the runoff to lakes, ponds and rivers — leads to toxic algae blooms that ravage bodies of water, kill tourism and make people sick. Read the full story by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Using trail cameras, FOX 2 photojournalist Coulter Stuart spotted a beaver at an inlet on Stony Island in the Detroit River. Once the home base for a massive project that transformed the Detroit River and Great Lakes shipping traffic, the 100-acre plot of land is slowly being reclaimed by wildlife; the reemergence of beavers is a sign of that progress. Read the full story by WJBK-TV – Detroit, MI.

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The Kewaunee Marina is working toward certification in the Clean Marina Program. Image credit: Theresa Qualls, Wisconsin Clean Marina Program

Staff at the city marina in Kewaunee, Wisconsin, were interested in voluntarily gaining certification as a clean marina, but several challenges faced them. Lucky for them, the Wisconsin Clean Marina Program not only certifies marinas in the state as environmentally friendly, it also helps them get to that point by providing guidance, training and technical assistance in adopting best management practices (BMPs) that reduce pollution and protect Wisconsin’s waterways.

The Kewaunee Marina sits on Lake Michigan at the base of the Door County peninsula. This 104-slip full-service facility is operated by the city, and features a public boat launch, parking lot, fish cleaning station and campground.

The marina would need to undertake several difficult and costly projects to improve coastal resilience and stay open during high-lake-level years. That’s where Clean Marina Program Coordinator Theresa Qualls comes in. Her program wrote a grant proposal to the Fund for Lake Michigan for money to develop a plan for two big-ticket items the marina needs: a boat washing station and stormwater improvements. The proposal was successful, and the engineering plan is now almost complete.

Once implemented, the boat washing station and stormwater improvements are expected to have major positive impacts on water quality and flooding. Qualls explained that boat washing stations are used at the end of the boating season in the fall. Boats are hauled out on land and their bottoms are pressure-washed to remove dirt and any growths that have accumulated. This usually takes place over the course of a month and involves many boats.

Once implemented, a new boat washing station and stormwater improvements are expected to have major positive impacts on water quality and flooding at the Kewaunee Marina. Image credit: Theresa Qualls

“Traditionally, all of that material would get washed right back into the lake, and the bottom paint kind of sloughs off,” said Qualls. “It can contain metals such as copper. It’s not good for the environment or for water quality and wildlife. So, practices are needed to either collect and treat the wastewater or divert it so it can settle in a different area.”

The plan for Kewaunee Marina involves installing a new boat washing station and directing the wash water into a rain garden, which will naturally clean the water as it filters through the sand and is soaked up by plant roots. The proposed station will also allow boaters to remove aquatic invasive species from their watercraft.

The marina’s large parking lot is prone to flooding, so other improvements include raising the level of the parking lot by 2 feet and planting three rain gardens that can help store up to an inch of rain from storms. “That will help with stormwater pollution as well, and should help solve the flooding issues,” said Qualls.

The engineering consulting company, Ruekert & Mielke, Inc., gathered public input on these plans last fall during a meeting held at the marina. “The people who came to the meeting were really engaged and stayed quite a while, and they had some good ideas,” Quall said.

The Kewaunee Marina engineering plan and cost estimates are expected to be completed by this March. Then Qualls will work with the city to find other grant opportunities for the on-the-ground work.

One hitch is that the boat washing station and the rain gardens can’t get put in until the parking lot gets raised. Qualls and the city will also be seeking funding for that. She is optimistic they can find a way to get all the work done.

“The city of Kewaunee and their public works department have been great partners,” she said. “The marina manager, Augie Kinjerski, has been just fabulous to work with. It’s been a great partnership. They’re all really supportive of this.”

Currently, the Clean Marina Program has 21 certified marinas and 24 pledged marinas. Certified marinas have implemented all the BMPs that are advised by the program. Pledged marinas are facilities that are in the process of becoming certified. Qualls said the Kewaunee Marina became pledged in 2021 and she expects they will become certified in the near future.

“We’ve found that boaters really care about the water and the water resources. They are supportive of this program. And we’ve found that these practices do help improve water quality. Marinas want to be part of it, and they’re really proud once they’re certified,” Qualls said.

For more information about the Clean Marina Program in Wisconsin and other Great Lakes states, take a look at this recent story and video.

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Request for Proposals: Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program

The Great Lakes Commission today issued a request for proposals for the 2023 Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program (GLSNRP) grant program.

The Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program has provided grants to reduce nutrients and sediments entering the Great Lakes for more than 30 years. This year’s program will continue to help local partners take action to reduce nutrient loads from agricultural watersheds and eroding shorelines and streambanks in the Great Lakes basin.

Through the program, nonfederal units of government, tribes, and incorporated nonprofit organizations are eligible to receive grants for up to $300,000, supporting work over a period of up to four years. Applicants are invited to submit proposals for activities associated with one of the following project types: agricultural non-point, or shoreline and streambanks.

Applications will be reviewed by representatives from the eight Great Lakes states, plus federal partners at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA). Final decisions on funded projects are anticipated in summer 2023. Selected projects would begin work not later than October 1, 2023.

The Great Lakes Commission has managed the GLSNRP for more than 30 years with funding support through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative since 2010. Funded projects support progress toward the achievement of GLRI Action Plan objectives and goals. The program is a partnership with NRCS, U.S. EPA, and the Great Lakes states. Please visit www.nutrientreduction.org for more information. 

The due date for applications is 5:00 p.m. Eastern on April 21, 2023. A webinar for applicants will be offered on March 14, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern to discuss funding priorities and the application process, receive tips for submitting competitive proposals, and ask questions of Great Lakes Commission staff. Information to join the webinar is below. For more information, please contact Connor Roessler at croessler@glc.org or 734-396-6085.

To register for the webinar, go to: https://bit.ly/3EaAEt5

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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...GRADUALLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... The winter storm that has been affecting the region since Tuesday night will continue to lose its grip on the area this afternoon. Periods of snow will continue across northern and far northeast Wisconsin early this afternoon. But the snow will be lighter than it was this morning. Up to a couple inches of additional

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Court: Nessel can try again to return Line 5 lawsuit to state court

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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...SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN WISCONSIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON WHILE SNOW TAPERS OFF ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN... Periods of snow, possibly still briefly moderate to heavy at times, will across northern and far northeast Wisconsin into this afternoon. The steadier precipitation should transition to

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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service

Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service

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...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * WHAT...Snow. Another inch or so of accumulation expected, but 2 to 4 inches of additional accumulation over northern Door County. * WHERE...Marathon, Portage, Wood, Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Menominee, Outagamie, Shawano, Southern Oconto County, and Waupaca Counties. * WHEN...Until Noon CST today.

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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service

Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service

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The River Talks will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 8 with “History of the Upper Estuary and Fond du Lac Neighborhood: River History and Winter Stories,” an in-person presentation at the Lake Superior Estuarium Confluence Room (3 Marina Drive, Barker’s Island in Superior) given by Christine Carlson, historian and for 13 years, author of a popular column in the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa newspaper “Nagaajiwanaang Dibaajimowinan,” and Mark McConnell, an Elder with the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and collaborator with the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve education program. Carlson will share historic insights about the Fond du Lac neighborhood of Duluth and McConnell will share traditional winter stories.

This talk is an evening program held in conjunction with the St. Louis River Summit. Summit registration is not required to attend, and the public is welcome. Light refreshments will be provided. Weather dependent, the stories may be told outside the Estuarium around a fire.

Other River Talks will be held April 12 and May 10, 2023. For more information, visit the River Talks page: go.wisc.edu/4uz720.

The River Talks are sponsored by the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve and the Wisconsin Sea Grant Program.

 

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...POCKETS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED THIS MORNING... After a lull in the snowfall during the hours before daybreak, snow has again increased across the area. Pockets of moderate to heavy snow were embedded within the large area of snow now moving through the region. This will continue for the next few hours. The renewed snowfall will probably cause road conditions to begin

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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service

Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service

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...SNOW WILL RETURN TO THE FOX VALLEY THIS MORNING... Snow tapered off or ended in most places in the Fox Valley early this morning, but some light to perhaps moderate snow will return around 8am or 9am and last a couple hours. It could be mixed with sleet or freezing drizzle. Additional snow amounts will probably be only and inch or so, but will make freshly plowed roads covered

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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service

Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service

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