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Michigan photographer Danielle Jorae wrote, designed and published Lighthouses of Michigan-Lower Peninsula to fulfill a wish of her childhood self.

“I ran across a document from when I was in kindergarten that outlined how I wanted to become an artist and a writer one day,”

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CHICAGO (February 5, 2024) – In November 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed improvements to the nation’s drinking water rules to finally address the widespread use of dangerous lead pipes for American drinking water. The Great Lakes region contains by far the greatest number of lead service lines of any region in the country, and so has borne an especially heavy burden from this toxic legacy that still endures.  

Today, the Alliance for the Great Lakes submitted comments to EPA aimed at improving the rule and raising concerns with the agency over the rule’s scope and timetable for action. The most important issue for EPA to address is a proposed exception that could allow lead pipes to persist in Great Lakes metropolitan areas like Chicago for over 40 years.  

The Alliance’s comments include:  

  • U.S. EPA should require that systems with the greatest number of lead service lines meet ambitious minimum replacement rates set as a percentage of their total lead service lines, with such rates revisited to ensure maximum feasible replacement over time. 
  • U.S. EPA should further tighten the Action Level to 5 ppb to protect public health, ensure systems are using effective corrosion control treatment, and further promote outreach and education that can help spur lead service line replacement and other removal of lead from water systems.  
  • The Alliance supports U.S. EPA’s proposed enhanced transparency measures and requests that U.S. EPA (a) include requirements that posted information be easily searchable, extractable and exportable, and (b) remove the 50,000-resident threshold for online provision of lead service line replacement plans.  
  • The Alliance supports and suggests ways to bolster U.S. EPA’s emphasis in the Proposed Rule on environmental justice and civil rights obligations pertaining to lead service line replacement and overall Lead and Copper Rule compliance. 

“The Alliance welcomes these long-awaited improvements to the federal Lead and Copper Rule and encourages U.S. EPA to issue a strengthened final rule that delivers on the Administration’s promise to the country and the Great Lakes region. Addressing lead service lines once and for all will bring huge benefits to the region by reducing negative impacts to childhood development and improving cardiac health. President Biden and the EPA should be commended for moving forward with this rule,” said Meleah Geertsma, Alliance for the Great Lakes’ Director of Clean Water and Equity.  

“At the same time, the Alliance believes the Proposed Rule risks leaving the most burdened too far behind by allowing significant extensions of the timeframe for lead service line replacement in cities with the greatest number of lead service lines, including the Great Lakes cities of Chicago and Cleveland,” said Geertsma.  

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Contact: Don Carr, Media Director, dcarr@greatlakes.org 

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* WHAT...Visibility one quarter mile or less in freezing fog. * WHERE...Manitowoc, Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Northern Marinette County, Northern Oconto County, Southern Marinette County, and Southern Oconto County Counties. * WHEN...Until noon CST Monday. * IMPACTS...Low visibility could make driving conditions hazardous. The fog could also freeze on some surfaces and make for slick roads and sidewalks.

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* WHAT...Visibility one quarter mile or less in freezing fog. * WHERE...Manitowoc, Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Northern Marinette County, Northern Oconto County, Southern Marinette County, and Southern Oconto County Counties. * WHEN...Until noon CST Monday. * IMPACTS...Low visibility could make driving conditions hazardous. The fog could also freeze on some surfaces and make for slick roads and sidewalks.

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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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Areas of fog and freezing fog will continue late this afternoon and evening, mainly near the Bay of Green Bay and Lake Michigan. Dense fog is expected at times, with visibilities near a 1/4 mile or less. Moisture from the fog may freeze on untreated roads, bridges, overpasses and intersections, resulting in slippery conditions especially near and after sunset. Motorists should be alert for icy conditions and reduced visibilities. Slow down and allow extra time to reach your destination.

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* WHAT...Visibility of 1/4 mile or less. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, and northeast Wisconsin. * WHEN...Until noon CST today. * IMPACTS...Low visibility could make driving conditions hazardous. Locally slippery roads may also occur.

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Current watches, warnings, and advisories for Brown County (WIC009) WI

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* WHAT...Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, and northeast Wisconsin. * WHEN...Until 10 AM CST this morning. * IMPACTS...Low visibility could make driving conditions hazardous. The fog could also freeze on some pavement and make for slick roads and sidewalks.

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Current watches, warnings, and advisories for Brown County (WIC009) WI

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Areas of freezing fog are expected tonight. Dense fog is expected at times, with visibilities as low as 1/4 mile. Moisture from the fog may freeze on untreated roads, bridges, overpasses and intersections, resulting in slippery conditions. Motorists should be alert for icy conditions and reduced visibilities. Slow down and allow extra time to reach your destination.

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Current watches, warnings, and advisories for Brown County (WIC009) WI

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Ontario sides with Enbridge Gas in fight to connect new homes to natural gas

By Fatima Syed, The Narwhal

The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television; Michigan Public, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; and The Narwhal 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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https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/02/ontario-sides-with-enbridge-gas-fight-to-connect-new-homes-to-natural-gas/

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I-500 Snowmobile Race moving ahead despite warmer weather

By Izzy Ross, Interlochen Public Radio

This coverage is made possible through a partnership with IPR and Grist, a nonprofit independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future.

The International 500 Snowmobile Endurance Race in Sault Ste.

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https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/02/i-500-snowmobile-race-moving-ahead-despite-warmer-weather/

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The St. Lawrence Seaway had a busy year during its longest shipping season ever – nearly 38 million tons of cargo transited the binational system in 2023, which was an overall increase of more than 3.4 percent. Read the full story by WWTI-TV – Watertown, NY.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240202-stlawrenceseaway-shippingseason-2023

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An engineering company being sued by Flint residents over consultation it provided following the city’s switch to the Flint River for drinking water will settle the case for $25 million — a decision that comes about two weeks before class action litigation was set to go to a second trial. Read the full story by The Detroit News.   

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240202-veolia-settlement-flintwatercrisis

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The poor ice conditions on Wisconsin waters this winter continue to adversely affect winter fishing opportunities, including the cancellation of ice fishing tournaments. Read the full story by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240202-icefishing-poorconditions

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This week’s windy, warmer winter weather helped to melt the ice cover around the Western Basin of Lake Erie and its Lake Erie Island area. That prompted the U.S. Coast Guard to suspend its rule requiring boaters to seek permission to 72 hours before they launch. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.

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A new report estimates it will cost several billion dollars to remove 12.7 million cubic yards of copper mining waste called stamp sands which are slowly smothering an important fish spawning reef in Lake Superior along the Keweenaw Peninsula coastline. Read the full story by MLive.   

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240202-lakesuperior-miningwaste

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Points North: Doe, A Deer, A (Sterilized) Female Deer

By Ellie Katz, Interlochen Public Radio

Points North is a biweekly podcast about the land, water and inhabitants of the Great Lakes.

This episode was shared here with permission from Interlochen Public Radio. 

White-tailed deer are one of a few species that have managed to thrive as we urbanize and suburbanize the Midwest.

Read Now at Great Lakes Now.

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https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/02/points-north-doe-a-deer-a-sterilized-female-deer/

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Congratulations to NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory Deputy Director Jesse Feyen on receiving an American Meteorological Society (AMS) award this week! Dr. Feyen was awarded the Scientific and Technological Activities Commission (STAC) 2023 Committee on Coastal Environment Outstanding Service … Continue reading →

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The calendar has flipped to 2024. Our staff members are already tackling new projects. Before they move too deeply into the new year, however, some staff members took a moment to retain the glow of their favorite 2023 project. Anne Moser, senior special librarian and education coordinator, shared her thoughts. This is the final post in this series.

My favorite project in 2023 was the Maadagindan! Start Reading! book club. Each month, educators, librarians, parents (anyone who loves to read with children) meet on Zoom to explore a children’s book written by an Ojibwe author.

Anne Moser. Image credit: Wisconsin Sea Grant

The book club was launched in the spring of 2022 and was created by Morgan Coleman, an intern shared between the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission and Wisconsin Sea Grant. The project has been a labor of love since the start, and I owe much of its success to two groups of people: the incredible students I have mentored over the years and the inspiring honored guests that join us for discussions.

Two community-engaged scholars planned our 2023 meetings: Maya Reinfeldt chose the books in the spring and India-Bleu Neihoff in the fall. Neither had experience in choosing books for discussion or in researching and writing supporting materials for our meetings but both took on the challenge with passion. Mentoring these talented students is an inspiration for me.

The other key to our success was the honored guests who shared their knowledge, insights and wisdom. It is essential that we include a Native voice in our meetings to guide our conversation. In 2023, we were fortunate to have both authors and illustrators join us. Two of our guests stand out: Denise Lajimodiere, author of Josie Dances and enrolled Citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, Belcourt, North Dakota, and Nicole Neidhardt, a Diné (Navajo) of Kiiyaa’áanii clan and illustrator of Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults. Both talked about their craft of writing and illustration, their own experiences as a young Native person reading books by Native and non-Native authors and their connections to the words and pictures in these beautiful stories. Each left us with thoughts on how to integrate the work into our lives and how to move forward in the world with a new perspective.

Every month when our meeting ends, I can’t wait to meet again. It has transformed the way I do my work as an educator and a librarian.

Please join us! Visit our web page to learn more.

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https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/ojibwe-book-club-inspires-and-educates/

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Michigan may have a sustainable answer to the contentious issue of fixing its roads: asphalt made from recycled rubber tires.

A partnership between state regulators, Michigan Technological University and county road commissions has been looking for ways to reduce the piles of used tires around Michigan

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Flint residents reach $25M settlement with engineers in water crisis case

By Kelly House, Bridge Michigan

The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television; Michigan Public, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; and The Narwhal 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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The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant College Program today announced the investment of $4.6 million into Great Lakes research, education and outreach for 2024-26.

In that time, Sea Grant will fund 11 research projects and one education project, totaling $2.8 million, along with 46 outreach projects on seven Universities of Wisconsin campuses.

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Interim Sea Grant Director calls the Great Lakes a true treasure and praises the investment of research dollars to study them.

“The inland seas and their coastal ecosystems are true treasures. This investment is a critical one as we seek to more deeply understand the Great Lakes, enhance their use and foster conservation,” said Christy Remucal, interim director of Sea Grant. “In a 2022 analysis, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Coastal Management valued the Great Lakes regional economy at $3.1 trillion. So, for the actual dollar value of the lakes, as well as the perhaps more intangible cultural value, all Wisconsin residents will see a return on investment from this new freshwater-focused work.”

Thanks to funding from Sea Grant, other entities will participate in the research projects—the Wisconsin Historical Society conducting shipwreck research; Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission engaging in microplastics and contaminants research; Mole Lake Sokaogon Chippewa Community determining more efficient ways to cultivate walleye; and governmental bodies, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Wisconsin Department of Health Services and town of Campbell, on investigations into PFAS in waterways and various questions surrounding the Great Lakes fishery.

Researchers will also look into microbial pollutants on recreational beaches, angler ice safety, creating a tool to measure the levels of microplastics in the Great Lakes, flooding and the 2,000-year-old history of Great Lakes fishing.

In all, nearly 100 scientists, staff and students will be engaged in this work. It is also rewarding, Remucal said, to see new researchers as part of the portfolio. Eight of the 11 projects will be led by scientists who have not previously secured Sea Grant funding.

The participating campuses within the Universities of Wisconsin system are Green Bay and its campus in Manitowoc, La Crosse, Madison, Milwaukee, Stevens Point and Superior.

The NOAA, Department of Commerce, provides funding for this work through the National Sea Grant College Program.

 

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News Releases | Wisconsin Sea Grant

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* WHAT...Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog. * WHERE...Portage, Waushara, Wood, Calumet, Manitowoc, Winnebago, Brown, Outagamie, and Waupaca Counties. * WHEN...Until 11 AM CST this morning. * IMPACTS...Low visibility could make driving conditions hazardous. Low visibility could make driving conditions hazardous. The fog could freeze on some pavement and make roads slick. Air travel delays are possible.

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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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* WHAT...Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog. * WHERE...Marathon, Portage, Wood, Brown, Outagamie, and Waupaca Counties. * WHEN...Until 10 AM CST this morning. * IMPACTS...Low visibility could make driving conditions hazardous. The fog could freeze on some pavement and make roads slick. Air travel delays are possible.

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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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Do you ever wonder what our intrepid scientists run into while taking streamgage measurements in winter? Read one of our hydrologic technicians' favorite stories below, and learn about the upcoming USGS streamgage competition. Gage Greatness!

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Upper Midwest Water Science Center

https://www.usgs.gov/centers/upper-midwest-water-science-center/news/gage-greatness-2023-and-2024?utm_source=comms&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=news

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Meet our staff at the UMid Gladstone Field Office!

The Upper Midwest Water Science Center (UMid) Gladstone Field office is our Northern most field office within UMid’s Eastern Data section servicing Northern Michigan. Our office is co-located with the Forest Service office, on the scenic shores of Little Bay de Noc, in Gladstone, Michigan.

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Upper Midwest Water Science Center

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jvelkoverh@usgs.gov

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* WHAT...Visibility a quarter mile or less in dense fog. * WHERE...Brown and Outagamie Counties. * WHEN...Until 10 AM CST this morning. * IMPACTS...Low visibility could make driving conditions hazardous.

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Current watches, warnings, and advisories for Brown County (WIC009) WI

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Areas of dense fog were being reported in parts of east central Wisconsin early this morning. It should dissipate a few hours after sunrise. Until then, be alert for areas of reduced visibility.

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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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Chicago could be first major Midwestern city to ban gas in new construction

By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, WBEZ

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WBEZ and Grist, a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. 

Read Now at Great Lakes Now.

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https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/01/chicago-could-be-first-major-midwestern-city-to-ban-gas-in-new-construction/

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The Biden administration is poised to lend $1.5 billion for what would be the first restart of the shuttered Palisades nuclear plant in Covert, Michigan, on the shore of Lake Michigan, the latest sign of strengthening federal government support for the atomic industry. Read the full story by The Associated Press.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240131-palisades-nuclear

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Lake Erie is the first of the Great Lakes getting connected to the internet with a series of offshore “smart” buoys via the Smart Lake Erie Watershed Initiative. The buoy project is providing invaluable data to researchers and anglers. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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Ohio Governor Mike DeWine is partnering with a Columbus-based company to destroy stockpiles of toxic firefighting foams containing PFAS. The program will destroy the aqueous foam and return PFAS-contaminated wastewater to non-detectable levels. Read the full story by Ideastream Public Media.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240131-pfas-annihilator

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A bill unanimously passed by an Indiana Senate committee would require the installation of ring life buoys on Lake Michigan piers and public access points. The goal is to have one life ring for every quarter mile of Indiana’s 26 miles of publicly accessible beach. Read the full story by WNDU-TV – South Bend, IN.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240131-rescue-equipment

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The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy has designated 250 miles of shoreline along Lakes Michigan, Superior, and Huron as high risk for erosion. The debate on how states should protect the shoreline is complex, and is highlighted in Douglas, Michigan, where 200 sandbags protect the beach. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240131-beach-erosion

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The Fox River in Green Bay, Wisconsin, contributes more phosphorus to Lake Michigan than any other tributary. And while Wisconsin has strict rules to limit the amount of phosphorus flowing into its waterways, a new report shows that it hasn’t been enough to turn the tide on the problem. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20240131-fox-phosphorus

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PFAS News Roundup: Researchers fear PFAS factory air emissions contribute to widespread contamination in North Carolina

Keep up with PFAS-related developments in the Great Lakes area with Great Lakes Now’s biweekly headline roundup. 

Click on the headline to read the full story: 

 

Indiana 

Bill to allow industry use of some toxic PFAS passes Indiana House  — WFYI 

A bill that would change the definition of toxic PFAS to exclude chemicals Indiana manufacturers want to continue using passed the House on Tuesday. 

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Great Lakes Now

https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/01/pfas-news-roundup-researchers-fear-pfas-factory-air-emissions-contribute-to-widespread-contamination-in-north-carolina/

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Reporting on environmental problems and controversies remains a perilous endeavor, as demonstrated by a series of incidents around the globe.

Journalists are physically assaulted, jailed, interrogated by police, kidnapped, fired, sued for libel, harassed and even murdered for seeking to expose environmental crimes

The post Environmental journalism danger commentary first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.

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In: cisco fishery, Great Lakes commercial fishing, Great Lakes fish roe, Sharon Moen, Swedish Seafood Forum. Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch, there are no cows on the ice, whitefish fishery, World Wildlife Fund-Sweden

The calendar has flipped to 2024. Our staff members are already tackling new projects. Before they move too deeply into the new year, however, some staff members took a moment to retain the glow of their favorite 2023 project. Sharon Moen, food-fish outreach coordinator, shared her thoughts.

Image credit: Sharon Moen, Wisconsin Sea Grant

There’s a Swedish saying: ingen ko på isen. “There are no cows on the ice.” It means a situation is under control. I know this phrase not because I have Scandinavian ancestry but because it helped me facilitate seafood sustainability conversations among the World Wildlife Fund-Sweden, the Swedish Seafood Forum, Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch, the Great Lakes commercial fishing industry and Great Lakes natural resource managers.

My work to clarify the sustainable management of Great Lakes cisco and lake whitefish fisheries began two years ago when a Wisconsin fish processor asked for help. The WWF-Sweden had red-rated these Great Lakes species, labeling the fisheries “unsustainable” and asking consumers to avoid purchasing products related to these fish, namely roe (fish eggs), which is popular in Sweden and valuable to the small-scale fishers of lakes Superior, Michigan and Huron. Swedes take seafood sustainability seriously. Roe sales plummeted as markets pulled product from their shelves.

Roe sales are important part of the annual income of fishers plying the waters of lakes Superior, Michigan and Huron. Image credit: Sharon Moen, Wisconsin Sea Grant

My efforts to facilitate the exchange of evidence-based information through presentations, fact sheets, emails, letters, conference calls and phone calls prompted the WWF-Sweden to reassess Wisconsin and Michigan’s lake whitefish fisheries and Wisconsin’s Lake Superior cisco fishery.

The reassessment was released in September. Lake Superior’s Wisconsin and Michigan fisheries leapt from red (do not) to green (good choice) and Lake Michigan’s lake whitefish fisheries improved to yellow (be careful). People in the industry estimate the mostly overseas sale of cisco and lake whitefish roe generates about $15 million in the U.S.

Working with communication challenges related to fisheries sustainability made me realize how distance, misunderstandings, the complexity of multi-jurisdictional fisheries and the scarcity of funds for accurate assessments can damage the livelihoods of small-scale fishers and the economic viability of coastal communities.

Read more about this project here.

Industry representatives surprised Sharon with flowers. The card reads “Congratulations on a major win!” Image credit: Sharon Moen, Wisconsin Sea Grant

 

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Below are all products released by the Upper Midwest Water Science Center from December 1, 2023 through February 29, 2024.

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Parts of Detroit could be radically transformed by city solar plan, for better or worse

This article was republished here with permission from Planet Detroit.

By Brian Allnutt, Planet Detroit

Neighborhoods east of Palmer Park could soon be transformed by a city plan to power municipal buildings with six solar fields, and neighbors are divided over the prospect.

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Mandated East Palestine creek cleanup is entering final phase, environmental officials say

By Zaria Johnson, Ideastream Public Media

This story was originally published by Ideastream.

Norfolk Southern is making progress on the next phase of its mandated cleanup of East Palestine’s creeks, according to Ohio environmental officials, following the company’s train derailment nearly a year ago.

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Smart buoys help brace Great Lakes for environmental challenges

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

By Daniel Schoenherr, Great Lakes Echo

Lake Erie is the first of the Great Lakes getting connected to the internet with a series of offshore “smart” buoys.

And it’s not just for sending texts on the water.

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Consortium of Great Lakes universities and tech companies gets $15M to seek ways to clean wastewater

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The National Science Foundation has given a consortium of Great Lakes-area universities and tech companies $15 million to develop ways to extract harmful substances from wastewater.

The foundation announced Monday that it has named the Great Lakes ReNEW group as one of 10 regional innovation engines across the country.

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