A pair of 20-something lake sturgeons in a “touch tank” are ready to greet summer visitors to a new freshwater science center at Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220518-lakeerie-algalbloom
A pair of 20-something lake sturgeons in a “touch tank” are ready to greet summer visitors to a new freshwater science center at Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220518-sturgeon-touchtank
The city of South Haven, Michigan, has the authority to close beaches and Lake Michigan piers when there are unsafe conditions, after a new ordinance was adopted in January. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220518-southhaven-unsafepiers
The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission has awarded money through its Boating Facility Grant Program that will lead to several new fishing and boating access areas open to public use. Read the full story by The Patriot-News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220518-pa-anglers-access
This is part one in a two-part series looking at the cost of water in Ontario. Find the Great Lakes News Collaborative’s series on cost of water in Michigan here.
Canadians living in the Great Lakes basin have perhaps become spoiled at the seemingly endless availability of water.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/05/canada-aging-infrastructure-rising-costs/
Have you caught any odd-looking walleye from Lake Huron? The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said it had received several reports of possible tissue degeneration in walleye from Lake Huron in the town of Au Gres, Michigan. Read the full story by WSMH-TV – Flint, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220518-discoloredwalleye
For two centuries, Marblehead Lighthouse has been a towering mainstay along Lake Erie’s shoreline. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is hosting a series of events this year to honor Marblehead Lighthouse’s bicentennial anniversary. Read the full story by the Fremont News-Messenger.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220518-marbleheadlighthouse
Researchers from the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, and Wayne State University met in Traverse City, Michigan, to discuss the impacts of microplastics pollution. More than 22 million pounds of plastic go into the Great Lakes every year. Read the full story by WKBD-TV – Detroit, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220518-freighter-microplastics-greatlakes
If you want to feel small, stand a few feet from a 740-foot freighter as it slides past on its way out of a 1,200-foot shipping lock at the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220518-freighter-soolocks
More than $100 million in funding for restoration to portions of the St. Louis River near Duluth, Minnesota, was announced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Tuesday. A large portion will be funded through President Biden’s infrastructure law, which will accelerate long-awaited work in St. Louis River Area of Concern on Lake Superior. Read the full story by KSMP-TV – Duluth, MN.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220518-greatlakes-duluth-restorationprojects
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials are forecasting that Great Lakes water levels will continue their seasonal rise. Read the full story by Radio Results Network.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220518-greatlakes-waterlevels
NCEI News Feed
http://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/twenty-years-drought-examined
The same supply chain disruptions that slow Michigan manufacturing could help the recycling industry bring in new business.
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2022/05/18/supply-chain-slowdown-could-boost-demand-for-recycle-materials/
When Monty and Rose – Chicago’s beloved piping plover pair – first successfully nested at Montrose Beach, a popular place on the city’s north side, people celebrated the potential return of a dying bird species and were charmed by the adorable tiny birds.
The Great Lakes piping plover population has been a U.S.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/05/monty-passes-rose-location-question/
The Great Lakes News Collaborative looks at the cost of water in the region and beyond.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/05/waters-true-cost-episode-2205/
The 2021 Great Lakes Commission Annual Report includes remarks from Chair Todd L. Ambs and Executive Director Erika Jensen. The Commission’s annual reports traditionally include remarks from our chair and executive director as well as information regarding revenues, expenses, and commissioners.
Download PDF | Published May 2022
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/library/2021-glc-annual-report
In our newest TikTok, Echo reporter Brooklyn Peppo explores the potential negative health effects of breathing in lake breeze.
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http://greatlakesecho.org/2022/05/17/lake-breeze-can-be-harmful-to-health-tiktok-edition/
In our newest TikTok, Echo reporter Brooklyn Peppo explores the potential negative health effects of breathing in lake breeze.
The post Lake breeze can be harmful to health: TikTok edition first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2022/05/17/lake-breeze-can-be-harmful-to-health-tiktok-edition/
A new study from the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the University of Waterloo, projects a roasty future in Canadian cities as temperatures continue to rise, warming on average at twice the global rate. Read the full story by Toronto Sun.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220516-canada
For more than 100 years we managed to foul the world’s largest freshwater resource to the point that their waters were undrinkable, unswimmable, unfishable. The GLRI is not a debt we are pushing onto future taxpayers, it is a debt we are paying off from our past actions. And it makes economic sense, as restoration dollars return two to three times their investment in value to our region and our nation. Read the full story by The Hill.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220516-glri
In a brief announcement on social media, news was shared late last week that Monty the piping plover has died. Monty’s unexpected death left members of Chicago’s birding community stunned, as well as those who’ve been following his romance with mate Rose from afar for the past four years. Read the full story by WTTW-TV – Chicago, IL.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220516-piping-plover
Michigan communities have reached an inflection point. After decades of maintenance and managerial failures, water systems across the state have deteriorated to the point of crisis. Read the full story by NPR.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220516-michigan
Forty years after the goalpost set by the federal government under the Clean Water Act, Indiana couldn’t be farther from the finish line. Indiana maintains the most polluted waterways out of any state in the country. Of the 62,500 miles of rivers and streams in the state, more than 24,000 miles (38%) are impaired by pollutants. Read the full story by The Herald Bulletin.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220516-indiana
Electric Vehicle drivers will have more spots to charge up along Lake Michigan starting this summer. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says it will add 30 EV charging stations at state parks along the Lake Michigan shore, as part of an effort to create a network of chargers encircling the lake. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220516-electric
According to a Wisconsin study recently published in the Atmospheric Environment Journal, high fossil fuel emissions are traveling from coastal cities by lake breeze to areas surrounding Lake Michigan and creating concern for people with major health issues such as asthma. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220516-lake-breeze
Spring may have only just decided to arrive, but Adopt-a-Beach volunteers are already turning out in force. Nearly 1,000 volunteers have collected over 5,000 pounds of litter. And the numbers just keep growing as more data is reported.
See the progress towards our 2022 goal of half a million pounds.
“It’s been rainy and cold, sunny and beautiful. From lakes Ontario to Superior, volunteers showed up in all types of weather,” says Juliann Krupa, Volunteer Engagement Manager, Alliance for the Great Lakes. “So many committed individuals across the Great Lakes have joined together to keep our beaches clean and spread the word about plastic pollution. It’s truly inspiring. Thank you to all our spring volunteers and an advance thank you to everyone who comes out this summer!”
Read more about Adopt-a-Beach volunteers and the beaches they care for:
The post Adopt-a-Beach 2022: Off to a Strong Start appeared first on Alliance for the Great Lakes.
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News - Alliance for the Great Lakes
https://greatlakes.org/2022/05/adopt-a-beach-2022-off-to-a-strong-start/
Among the issues the development team members will address are public access to the waterfront and environmental concerns related to wetland mitigation. Construction has already begun on the $110 million Harbor 31 project. Among its features are a subdivision, senior housing, marina, apartments, retail and boat storage and sales. Read the full story by Mlive.com.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220516-development
The Cross Lake community in New York State (located 30 minutes from Syracuse in north western New York) are demanding a solution from state officials after they were left underwater for months last summer while others along the Seneca River remained relatively dry. Read the full story by WSTM – Syracuse, NY.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220516-flooding
Wisconsin’s Kenosha Sport Fishing and Conservation Association was created in 1970 with a specific request to create a rearing pond for the purpose of raising fingerling Chinook Salmon. The group raises them for a release into the Pike River, which eventually sends many of them to Lake Michigan. Read the full story by WDJT-TV – Milwaukee, WI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220516-fish
I Speak for the Fish is a new 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.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/05/trout-feeding-frenzy/
Regions 30 miles off the Lake Michigan coast are subject to a polluted lake breeze that contaminates air quality. Their toxic reach varies depending on the weather.
The post Lake breeze can be harmful to health first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2022/05/16/lake-breeze-can-be-harmful-to-health/
Green Bay, WI
https://www.weather.gov/www.nesdis.noaa.gov/news/earth-orbit-noaa-debuts-first-imagery-goes-18
Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service
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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service
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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service
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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service
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In Traverse City, Michigan, Anishinaabe journalist Sierra Clark has been reporting about tribal fishermen throughout the Great Lakes region.
“The story I have been covering came out of talking to a few tribal fishermen in past stories that I had done, and it covers harassment regarding tribal fishing,” Clark said.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/05/the-catch-tribal-fishermen-great-lakes-region/
By Mike Wilkinson and 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.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/05/decisive-action-2020-dam-disaster/
Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service
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As the weather gets warmer you may consider taking a dip in one of the Great Lakes. But, even for the most experienced swimmers, the Great Lakes can be very dangerous, with over 1,000 recorded drownings in the Great Lakes since 2010. Read the full story by WILX-TV – Onondaga, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220513-drownings
Detroit City Council is trying to get the Detroit River included in a list of world heritage sites and local activists from Detroit and Windsor are pushing The United Nations Education and Scientific Cultural Organization to recognize the local landmark. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220513-detroit-river
It has been a year since the state of Michigan ordered Enbridge to stop its operation and organizations, like the National Wildlife Federation, are fighting to keep it that way. Read the full story by WLUC-TV – Marquette, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220513-line-5
The smart buoys that have become an important source of data for Cleveland Water and other organizations that monitor Lake Erie were redeployed this week. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220513-buoys
While many are excited that funding designated to river cleanups are being taken seriously, others note that the $1 billion from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is nowhere near enough. Read the full story by KMGH-TV – Denver, CO.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220513-infrastructure-law
Sunken vessels, like the Argo of Lake Erie can influence the structure, chemistry and biology of marine ecosystems, even decades after they occur. Read the full story by the Smithsonian Magazine.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220513-sunken-vessels
High levels of PFOS — one of a group of related chemicals known collectively as PFAS have been found in smelt sampled along the south shore of Lake Superior. Health officials are advising smelters not to eat more than a meal a month of the tiny silvery fish. Read the full story by Minnesota Public Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220513-smelt
With the ice finally gone on most Minnesota lakes, the spring fish harvest is in full swing. Tribal members say the annual ritual of gathering fish through spearing or netting provides a vital food source for the community and preserves a cultural tradition. Read the full story by Minnesota Public Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220513-fish-harvest
As Michigan parks are primed for another year of pandemic-induced high visitation, upcoming investments couldn’t be coming at a better time. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220513-state-parks
During this year’s ice season, the U.S.-flag Great Lakes shipping industry lost the equivalent of a month due to delays in ice covered waters. Read the full story by Lake Superior News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220513-icebreakers
NCEI News Feed
http://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/global-climate-202204
