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...AIR QUALITY ADVISORY ISSUED FOR BROWN, DOOR, KENOSHA, KEWAUNEE, MANITOWOC, MILWAUKEE, OZAUKEE, RACINE, & SHEBOYGAN COUNTIES... The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has issued an Air Quality Advisory for Ozone which is in effect until 11:00 PM CDT. This advisory affects people living in the following counties:

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

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Mapping the HABs: Click to see your state’s reports

“The Erie Situation,” a new documentary about toxic algae blooms will air simultaneously on six PBS stations in four states at 9 p.m. ET on Monday Sept. 12. To see if your station is one of them, click HERE.

Finding news about harmful algal blooms is easy – a Google News search provides headlines of the latest outbreaks.

Read Now at Great Lakes Now.

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Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday at her residence at Balmoral Castle. She was 96 years old. As many people take a moment to look back on her life and legacy following her passing, it includes a moment in Wisconsin history when the British monarch visited the United States. Read the full story by WGBA-TV – Green Bay, WI.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220909-queenelizabeth-milwaukee

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Michigan has had a record number of piping plover chicks. That means the United States is nearly halfway to its goal of having 150 breeding pairs of piping plover parents. The Great Lakes piping plovers have been endangered since the 1980s when as few as 12 to 17 pairs of the birds had fledglings. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220909-greatlakes-pipingplovers

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In a press release, U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) applauded FEMA for its intent to fund the Safeguard Tomorrow through Ongoing Risk Mitigation Act, which is intended to address shoreline erosion and flooding. Read the full story by the Huron Daily Tribune.

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If you’re in Toronto and have noticed a storm drain covered in green paint, there is a unique and environmentally-focused reason for it. Students at the University of Toronto, a collection of them that go by the “U of T Trash Team,” said the green paint means the storm drain is, in fact, an Enviropod “LittaTrap” that collects trash and litter and “diverts it” from draining into Lake Ontario. Read the full story by CityNews.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220909-torontostormdrains

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Mermaid Straw, the Valparaiso-based reusable straw maker, is partnering with Save the Dunes to clean up West Beach at the Indiana Dunes National Park. The business that makes metallic straws to replace single-use plastics coordinates volunteers to pick up litter on the beaches as part of its mission to save the Earth. Read the full story by NWI Times.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220909-savethedunes-beachcleanups

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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) recently completed two projects to create new spawning habitat for native fish that are critical for local economies and ecological diversity in Jefferson County. Read the full story by the Central New York Business Journal.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220909-spawningprojects-ontario

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Harmful algal blooms now rank with climate change as a systemic ecological threat and a severe public policy challenge. Collaboration between governments has generated formal state, federal, and bi-national commitments to reduce nutrient discharges, and thorough action plans to achieve them. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220909-toxicalgaeblooms

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After years of limited action, the federal government is moving forward with multiple plans to establish regulations limiting toxic contamination from two PFAS chemicals used for nearly a century to make products resistant to heat, water, grease and stains. Read the full story by the Indiana Environmental Reporter.  

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Over the next six to eight years, the U.S. Army Corps will outfit an engineered channel in the Brandon Road Lock on the Des Plaines River, just outside Chicago, with a series of high-tech barriers that will prevent invasive carp from travelling upstream to Lake Michigan while still allowing boats to pass through. Read the full story by Cottage Life.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220909-invasivecarp

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Work to lift the submerged James Whalen tugboat from Ontario’s Kaministiquia River is set to begin later this week. The century-old tugboat, which the City of Thunder Bay, ON has owned and kept moored along the river for nearly 30 years, took on water and then sank earlier this year. Read the full story by CBC News.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220909-jameswhalentugboat

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Judge: Pipeline can operate on reservation amid reroute work

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge will allow an oil and gas pipeline to continue to flow on a northern Wisconsin American Indian reservation while its operators work to reroute the line around the tribal land.

The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa sued Enbridge in 2019 demanding it remove the section of line that runs across the tribe’s reservation in Ashland County.

Read Now at Great Lakes Now.

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https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/09/ap-pipeline-can-operate-on-reservation-reroute-work/

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Judge refuses to shut down Line 5, but says Enbridge is trespassing on Native American reservation

By Lester Graham, Michigan Radio

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.

Read Now at Great Lakes Now.

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The Fox Locks are run by a volunteer board of directors comprised of community leaders and representatives from state agencies. There are two members each from Brown, Outagamie and Winnebago Counties and designees of the Secretaries of the Departments of Natural Resources, Transportation, and the Director of the State Historical Society.

We had the opportunity to chat with Jean Romback-Bartels, the DNR secretary’s director in Northeast Wisconsin. Jean started her career with the DNR as a wildlife technician, then a park ranger, and was promoted as a land & forestry leader. She holds a bachelor’s degree in wildlife and biology, and a minor in natural resources management and is a dedicated outdoors woman.

Please take a moment to find out why she believes the locks are one of the critical pieces of infrastructure in the State of Wisconsin.

 

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The Fox Locks are run by a volunteer board of directors comprised of community leaders and representatives from state agencies. There are two members each from Brown, Outagamie and Winnebago Counties and designees of the Secretaries of the Departments of Natural Resources, Transportation, and the Director of the State Historical Society.

We had the opportunity to chat with Jean Romback-Bartels, the DNR secretary’s director in Northeast Wisconsin. Jean started her career with the DNR as a wildlife technician, then a park ranger, and was promoted as a land & forestry leader. She holds a bachelor’s degree in wildlife and biology, and a minor in natural resources management and is a dedicated outdoors woman.

Please take a moment to find out why she believes the locks are one of the critical pieces of infrastructure in the State of Wisconsin.

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Blog – Fox Locks

http://foxlocks.org/2022/09/08/meet-our-board-jean-romback-bartels/

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The official summer season is over and to mark the end of a busy season, we held a year-end celebration. In attendance—the people who keep the locks functioning and who literally open the gates for you. These are unique jobs that are rooted in the state’s history. When barges and paddle boats used the river as the main transportation route through Northeast Wisconsin, lock tenders and their families lived in homes at the lock. Their job was to open the gates any time a vessel approached, day or night.
Today our traffic is almost all recreational and the lock tenders don’t live at the locks, but they are still there to open the massive gates to let boat traffic through.
Our lock tenders, maintenance team, support staff, and board members gathered to thank everyone for their hard work. This year marked the first we went all cashless, and lock tenders rallied to the task of checking electronic passes.  We also acknowledged some milestones in service to the system and recognized these folks:

  • Austin Cords, 2 years of service
  • Kathy Lemmer, 2 years of service
  • Joe Holschuh, 2 years of service
  • Dick Vande Hey, 3 years of service
  • Jeremy Cords, 5 years of service
  • Pat Spaay, 6 years of service
  • Scott Thompson, 14 years of service

To top off the evening, our team was treated to a cruise on the Fox River with Captain Dave Peck of River Tyme Tours launching out of River Heath. We thank all of our lock tenders and support teams for their great work and look forward to seeing them next season!

Lock tenders and guests celebrated the end of the ’22 season at Poplar Hall, near Appleton lock 4.

Lock tender Mike Bye shows off his customized shirt!

Executive Director Phil Ramlet and Board Member John Vette.

Phil Ramlet recognizes Jeremy Cords for 5 years of service.

Phil Ramlet recognizes Dick Vande Hey for three years of service.

Phil Ramlet recognizes Pat Spaay for six years of service. Pat is a jack of all trades at the locks!

Phil Ramlet thanks Joe Holschuh for opening the locks for two years.

Kathy Lemmer is thanked for being a lock tender for two years–yes, women can open the lock gates, too!

It’s a family affair for the Lasees! Joe is the official lock tender, but his son Elijah accompanies him on most of his shifts.

Phil Ramlet with our engineering partner Tim Bolwerk from Westwood Professional Services.

Our resident historian Christine Williams with Tim Vosters. Tim’s family was lock tenders for generations.

Lock tenders young and old celebrate the end of the boating season!

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http://foxlocks.org/2022/09/08/fox-locks-team-celebrates-end-of-season/

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The official summer season is over and to mark the end of a busy season, we held a year-end celebration. In attendance—the people who keep the locks functioning and who literally open the gates for you. These are unique jobs that are rooted in the state’s history. When barges and paddle boats used the river as the main transportation route through Northeast Wisconsin, lock tenders and their families lived in homes at the lock. Their job was to open the gates any time a vessel approached, day or night.

Today our traffic is almost all recreational and the lock tenders don’t live at the locks, but they are still there to open the massive gates to let boat traffic through.

Our lock tenders, maintenance team, support staff, and board members gathered to thank everyone for their hard work. This year marked the first we went all cashless, and lock tenders rallied to the task of checking electronic passes.  We also acknowledged some milestones in service to the system and recognized these folks:

  • Austin Cords, 2 years of service
  • Kathy Lemmer, 2 years of service
  • Joe Holschuh, 2 years of service
  • Dick Vande Hey, 3 years of service
  • Jeremy Cords, 5 years of service
  • Pat Spaay, 6 years of service
  • Scott Thompson, 14 years of service

To top off the evening, our team was treated to a cruise on the Fox River with Captain Dave Peck of River Tyme Tours launching out of River Heath. We thank all of our lock tenders and support teams for their great work and look forward to seeing them next season!

Lock tenders and guests celebrated the end of the ’22 season at Poplar Hall, near Appleton lock 4.

Lock tender Mike Bye shows off his customized shirt!

Executive Director Phil Ramlet and Board Member John Vette.

Phil Ramlet recognizes Jeremy Cords for 5 years of service.

Phil Ramlet recognizes Dick Vande Hey for three years of service.

Phil Ramlet recognizes Pat Spaay for six years of service. Pat is a jack of all trades at the locks!

Phil Ramlet thanks Joe Holschuh for opening the locks for two years.

Kathy Lemmer is thanked for being a lock tender for two years–yes, women can open the lock gates, too!

It’s a family affair for the Lasees! Joe is the official lock tender, but his son Elijah accompanies him on most of his shifts.

Phil Ramlet with our engineering partner Tim Bolwerk from Westwood Professional Services.

Our resident historian Christine Williams with Tim Vosters. Tim’s family was lock tenders for generations.

Lock tenders young and old celebrate the end of the boating season!

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http://foxlocks.org/2022/09/08/fox-locks-team-celebrates-end-of-season/

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The Catch: Lincoln Stone Quarry and coal ash

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.

This month, The Catch features stories from “Poisonous Ponds: Tackling Toxic Coal Ash,” a collaborative project featuring the reporting work of students at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications on Great Lakes Now and Energy News Network programs and websites.

Read Now at Great Lakes Now.

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PFAS News Roundup: Indiana research universities study PFAS, EPA designates “forever chemicals” as hazardous

PFAS, short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a group of widespread man-made chemicals that don’t break down in the environment or the human body and have been flagged as a major contaminant in sources of water across the country.

Keep up with PFAS-related developments in the Great Lakes area.

Read Now at Great Lakes Now.

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Danger Looms Where Toxic Algae Blooms

By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue

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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...PATCHY DENSE FOG MAY RESULT IN LOCALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS MORNING... Patchy dense fog developed overnight and will continue until an hour or two after daybreak. Locally dense fog with a visibility below 1/4 mile may result in hazardous driving conditions. Low- lying areas near rivers, streams, and creeks will be especially

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

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...PATCHY DENSE FOG EXPECTED OVERNIGHT... Patchy dense fog, with visibilities as low as 1/4 mile, can be expected overnight. The fog may linger into the Thursday morning commute. Poor or rapidly changing visibility will result in locally hazardous travel conditions overnight, and into early Thursday

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

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The Catch: Bitcoin mining and coal ash

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.

This month, The Catch features stories from “Poisonous Ponds: Tackling Toxic Coal Ash,” a collaborative project featuring the reporting work of students at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications on Great Lakes Now and Energy News Network programs and websites.

Read Now at Great Lakes Now.

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A cross-border program keeps sea lamprey populations in the Great Lakes at bay. But a two-year disruption was never part of the plan. Now experts predict there will be at least a temporary surge to lamprey populations in the lakes following a dip in control efforts during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic. Read the full story by Undark.

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A class of chemical compounds that are no longer produced in significant quantities nor being used in the manufacture of new products, called polychlorinated naphthalenes, or PCNs, has been found in herring gull eggs in the St. Lawrence River; the probable source of these chemical contaminants is the Detroit River. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220907-herring-gull

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It was a banner year for the Great Lakes piping plover. Audubon Great Lakes reports 150 chicks have survived the fledgling process, the largest number since the bird was placed on the federal endangered species list in 1986. Read the full story by WOOD-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.

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The Lake Superior buoy operated by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, located a mere 50 miles offshore from Grand Marais, Minnesota, experienced anomalously cold water temperatures this year: temperatures that haven’t been recorded in decades. Read the full story by WTIP – North Shore, MN.

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The Environmental Protection Agency will be addressing concerns raised by the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe over remediation efforts on New York’s Grasse River after the Tribal Council said the EPA’s chosen remedy to remediate the Grasse River was a “devastating failure.” Read the full story by the Watertown Daily Times.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220907-grasse-river

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“Talking about the bloom:” Meet filmmaker David J. Ruck

“Something was clearly wrong with Lake Erie.”

That’s how filmmaker David J. Ruck remembers being inspired to begin working on “The Erie Situation,” a feature-length film that’s been shown at film festivals this year and now will air simultaneously on PBS stations in four states at 9 p.m.

Read Now at Great Lakes Now.

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...PATCHY DENSE FOG MAY RESULT IN LOCALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS MORNING... Patchy dense fog developed overnight and will continue until an hour or two after daybreak. Locally dense fog may result in a visibility below 1/4 mile, and result in hazardous driving conditions. Low-lying areas near rivers, streams, and creeks will

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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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An Ottawa County, Michigan, electroplating company and two of its top officers have pleaded guilty to violating the federal Clean Water Act by discharging wastewater with excessive amounts of zinc.

The post Guilty pleas in Clean Water Act prosecution first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.

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...PATCHY DENSE FOG EXPECTED OVERNIGHT... Patchy dense fog, with visibilities as low as 1/4 mile, can be expected for the rest of the night. Some improvement in visibility will likely occur in north central Wisconsin as cloud cover arrives. The fog may linger into the Wednesday morning commute elsewhere.

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

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First in decades, a new Great Lakes freighter joins fleet

For the first time in decades, a new bulk freighter has been built on and launched on the Great Lakes.

The Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding Company in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin unveiled the Mark W. Barker earlier this year after spending nearly three years constructing it. The vessel was commissioned by Cleveland-based Interlake Steamship Company which currently operates about a dozen ships.

Read Now at Great Lakes Now.

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Birders search for birds on Wisconsin Point. Image credit: Marie Zhuikov

Join the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve from 9-11 a.m., Sept. 21, for a free, bird-focused morning. People of all ages and ability levels are welcome to attend this accessible birding outing led by birding experts from the Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory and the Friends of the Lake Superior Reserve at the Lake Superior Estuarium (3 Marina Drive) on Barker’s Island in Superior.

Move along the boardwalk or paved trails on a guided bird hike or explore bird artifacts like feathers and skulls indoors at your own pace. Fifteen pairs of binoculars will be available, plus a spotting scope, a wheelchair mount for the scope and portable seating.

Light refreshments will be provided. Come and stay for the whole time or part of it.

Registration is not required but is encouraged so that participants can receive email reminders. Register here. (https://lakesuperiornerr.org/event/accessible-bird-observing/)

These activities are designed with access in mind. If you would like to request additional accommodations, please email Luciana.Ranelli@wisc.edu or call Luciana at (715) 399-4085 at least 10 days before the event.

This free event was made possible through the University of Wisconsin–Madison Dean’s Innovation Grant to collaborators from Upham Woods Outdoor Learning Center, the Reserve, Wisconsin Sea Grant, University of Wisconsin Extension, and Bayfield and Ashland counties.

The post Free accessible birding outing first appeared on Wisconsin Sea Grant.

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News Releases | Wisconsin Sea Grant

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Join Great Lakes Now on the Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant podcast

If you’re a Great Lakes lover and podcast listener, you probably already know about the “Teach Me About the Great Lakes” podcast produced by Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant.

But if not, maybe we have one more reason for you to tune in: Great Lakes Now news is now part of the program.

Read Now at Great Lakes Now.

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...AREAS OF FOG MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING... Areas of fog will develop over much of the region overnight into early Tuesday morning. Patchy dense fog, with visibilities as low as 1/4 mile can be expected, especially in north central and central Wisconsin. The fog will likely impact the Tuesday morning

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

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Isle Royale wolf population surges after nearly dying off

By John Flesher, AP Environmental Writer

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Isle Royale National Park’s gray wolf population has reached 28, a dramatic comeback after the species nearly disappeared from the Lake Superior island chain, researchers said.

Health problems from inbreeding caused a die-off that left only two wolves a few years ago, leading park officials to authorize an airlift of mainland replacements.

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https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/09/ap-isle-royale-wolf-population-surges/

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Great Lakes Moment: Chemical contaminant in St. Lawrence River herring gull eggs traced to Detroit River

Great Lakes Moment is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor John Hartig. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit Public Television.

A class of chemical compounds that are no longer produced in significant quantities nor being used in the manufacture of new products, called polychlorinated naphthalenes, or PCNs, has been found in herring gull eggs in the St.

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Great Lakes Now

https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/09/great-lakes-moment-herring-gull-eggs-detroit-river/

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Illinois state Rep. Marcus Evans has introduced a bill that lays the groundwork for a proposed wind farm in Lake Michigan, about 10 miles from the shores of the Southeast Side of Chicago. Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220902-offshore-wind

Jill Estrada