NASA DEVELOP Fall 2022 Term at NCEI (Page 2,349)

Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) has announced $1.5 million have been awarded to five projects focused on combatting the harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes. The funding will support a variety of research and technological projects that are being led by national partners in both private and public sectors. Read the full story by WTVG – Toledo, OH.

The Justice Department announced a proposed modified consent decree with Canadian oil transport giant Enbridge on Tuesday that would no longer require the company to conduct internal inspections of certain kinds of cracks in its nearly 70-year-old, twin underwater oil and natural gas pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac. Read the full story by Detroit Free Press.

Karen Murchie, director of freshwater research at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, and a dedicated group of volunteers have forged ahead with studies that monitor whether suckers are loyal to the same spawning sites year after year and whether climate change is impacting their migratory patterns, drawing attention from the broader scientific community. Read the full story by WTTW – Chicago, IL.

Ashley Watt, a University of Windsor doctoral student studying conservation, runs a YouTube channel about the redside dace and recently published a children’s book about the dangers it faces and how people can help protect it. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

The FishPass project in Traverse City, Michigan, can move forward following an opinion issued by a panel of judges with the Michigan Court of Appeals. The project would replace the Union Street Dam with a facility where scientists could test sorting technology to limit the amount of fish passing through the Boardman River. Read the full story by WPBN-TV – Traverse City, MI.

On Friday, October 21, volunteers and big boat owners will come together to put away their boats for winter storage at the annual end-of-the-sailing-season ritual at the Milwaukee Sailing Center. Read the full story by WTMJ-TV – Milwaukee, WI.

One of Ozaukee County, Wisconsin’s, most important streams for spawning fish is nearing a return to its natural state following years of disruption due to the habitat being destroyed by heavy rainfall and an emergency response. Read the full story by Ozaukee Press.

Author David Hoppe of Long Beach, Indiana, recently published a book about life in the Indiana Dunes. Hoppe’s “Letters from Michiana: Reflections Along Lake Michigan’s Southern Shore” is a collection of essays on subjects that vary from public access to Indiana’s beaches to raking leaves in a forest. Read the full story by The Times of Northwest Indiana.

The Kahnawake Environment Protection Office (KEPO) held a Tekakwitha Island, Québec, “clean-up operation” on Saturday for the second time – last year’s haul included a propeller, a bicycle, and a manhole cover. For KEPO, collaborating with environmental groups helps the organization pursue its larger goals around helping Kahnawa’kehró:non connect to and protect the natural world. Read the full story by The Eastern Door.

In Seneca and Oswego counties, New York, state training workshops will help guide local governments through a variety of watershed issues, including floodplains and watersheds, why these features are important, and how they can be better protected with land use tools and best management practices. Read the full story by The Citizen.