The Ozaukee Washington Land Trust looks to be in competition with a private buyer for a pristine piece of property along Lake Michigan. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220506-lake-michigan
The oldest know pair of common loons have nested together at the Seney National Wildlife Refuge in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan for a quarter century and are back this spring for their 26th year as a breeding pair. Read and hear the full story by WKAR – East Lansing, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220506-loons
In 1972, the federal Clean Water Act proclaimed an ambitious goal – “fishable, swimmable” waters across the U.S. by 1983. Today, just over half of assessed river and stream miles across the U.S. remain too polluted for swimming and recreation, aquatic life, fish consumption, or as drinking water sources.
That assessment comes from a newly released report from the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), a non-profit group founded in 2002 by former EPA enforcement attorneys.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/05/outdated-clean-water-act-polluted-rivers/
May is a good time to look for sunfish nests. The sunfish family includes some of Michigan’s most popular sport fish: largemouth and smallmouth bass, bluegills, pumpkinseeds, crappies, rock bass and others. They are also among the world’s worst invasive fish species.
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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.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/05/midland-dam-failures-report/
By Emma McIntosh, The Narwhal
This story first ran on The Narwhal, a non-profit news organization that publishes in-depth stories about Canada’s natural world.
From warming water to shifting growing seasons, Ontario is already seeing the effects of climate change. But for the most part, Doug Ford and his government say, the province’s natural resources are doing just fine.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/05/report-ontario-natural-resources/
By Eva Ryan, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship is a nationally competitive opportunity that sends graduate students interested in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources and policy to the historical hub that is Washington, D.C. There, these students are paired with , o r a mentor in a federal agency in order to learn more about the policies surrounding the nation’s natural resources.
For the last but certainly not least of the Knauss fellow spotlight articles, I interviewed Theresa Vander Woude. Vander Woude received two Master of Science degrees in Life Sciences Communication and Environment and Resources at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she studied the human dimensions of land and water resource issues.
Theresa Vander Woude is one of four 2022 Knauss Fellows from Wisconsin. She is exploring policy in her posting to the Office of Water in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Contributed photo.
“Before I returned to school, I was an environmental communications professional specifically working on lake nutrient pollution issues in the Madison area,” Vander Woude said. She noted that during her time as an environmental communications professional, her bosses urged her to support her decisions with evidence. This led Vander Woude to an increased intake of research, further learning about what makes environmental efforts successful. Eager for more information, Vander Woude found herself back at UW-Madison.
“I had read all this research and I wanted to know how I could figure out answers to the questions that I wanted to know,” she said, “What makes me so passionate about the human dimensions is that they’re so easy to leave out of environmental decisions because they can be hard to study.”
For example, Vander Woude was able to help out with a project with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. This project focused on how lakefront property owners think about the risks of aquatic invasive species as well as the risks of potential treatment approaches, informing communication with stakeholders when new invasive species are discovered. Vander Woude has also collaborated with Wisconsin Sea Grant’s aquatic invasive species outreach specialist, Tim Campbell.
After gaining experience in working on water issues locally and regionally, Vander Woude was intrigued to see and understand how federal policy came into play for larger water issues with local impact. This led her to the Knauss Fellowship. After mainly focusing her studies on the Midwest, Vander Woude was pleased to expand her knowledge of the U.S. through a placement in the Office of Water at the Environmental Protection Agency’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. “Now I’m able to fit the puzzle pieces together on a broader scale by asking, how do things work elsewhere?” said Vander Woude.
As for her time participating in the Knauss Fellowship, she noted there is a big difference between simply learning about policy versus actually seeing it in action. Vander Woude was able to see several different examples of policy in motion and defined this as one of her biggest takeaways from the fellowship so far. She also touched on the uniqueness of the Knauss Fellowship in that she is able to focus on her own professional development while gaining postgraduate experience, rather than diving straight into the workforce.
While Vander Woude prefers to take life one step at a time and unfold what the future has to offer as she goes, she said, “I do hope to become more comfortable analyzing and commenting on the policy, contributing to discussions, and helping make decisions.”
Vander Woude, among the other fellows, began the Knauss Fellowship on Feb. 1.
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Senate Committee Passes Water Bill with Great Lakes, Invasive Carp Provisions
ANN ARBOR, MICH. (May 4, 2022)—The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee today advanced the Water Resources Development Act of 2022, a key step in ensuring Congress passes this critical biennial water infrastructure legislation. The bill contains provisions that support Great Lakes restoration priorities, such as preventing the spread of invasive carp into the lakes and helping communities prepare for and adapt to climate change. The Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition is supporting several provisions in the bill.
“This bill will help local communities restore and protect the Great Lakes—and will be essential as the region tries to adjust to the increasing impacts of climate change,” said Laura Rubin, director of the Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition. “We support investments in the bill that will help communities prepare for, and adapt to, climate impacts stemming from intense storms and flooding. We also applaud the focus on preventing invasive carp from entering the Great Lakes.”
The Water Resources Development Act, a federal bill that funds water infrastructure projects undertaken by the U.S. Army Crops of Engineers, contains funding to prevent the spread of invasive carp into the Great Lakes, by funding the construction of a lock and dam to halt the advance of the non-native species. The legislation, if passed, would call for the federal government to pay for 90 percent of the cost. The Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition is urging Congress to amend the bill so that the federal government covers the full cost of the project.
You can find the Coalition’s full comments to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in support of these key Great Lakes provisions on our website.
Since 2004, the Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition has been harnessing the collective power of more than 170 groups representing millions of people, whose common goal is to restore and protect the Great Lakes. Learn more at HealthyLakes.org or follow us on Twitter @HealthyLakes.
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Bullfrogs are hard to spot, even though they're loud and large. Using environmental DNA can be helpful in locating and understanding elusive creatures like bullfrogs.
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By Kathiann M. Kowalski, Energy News Network
This story was first published on the Energy News Network and was republished here with permission.
Major weather events accounted for more than a third of the time Ohio customers of regulated electric utilities went without power last year, according to an Energy News Network review of data filed with state regulators.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/05/storms-ohio-electric-grid-climate-change/
Ohio state regulation of streams that flow temporarily after rainfall will be restricted under legislation signed into law by the governor. Environmental groups largely opposed the legislation, saying the streams play an important role in maintaining water quality. Read the full story by The Associated Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220504-stream-regulation
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) first decided to introduce coho and Chinook salmon in the 1960s to control an invasive fish called alewife. Most of the salmon are naturally reproduced but the DNR still stocks salmon to keep up with demand, with plans to release 1.6 million fish this year. Read the full story by WOOD-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220504-salmon
Failing septic systems can allow contaminated water to seep through the earth into nearby bodies of water, causing water quality issues throughout Michigan. This problem is made worse by the state’s lack of septic system regulations. Listen to the full story by Great Lakes Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220504-septic-systems
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Division reported on the dwindling yellow perch population in Saginaw Bay, during one of the 2022 Lake Huron Regional Fisheries Workshops. Read the full story by the Iosco County News-Herald.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220504-yellow-perch
Michigan officials have released their 2022 “Eat Safe Fish” guides and there are several notable updates. The state says the guides can help Michiganders plan their fish consumption to minimize exposure to chemicals that can build up in fish, while still getting all the health benefits of eating fish. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220504-eat-safe-fish
The Brooklyn Dam on the River Raisin in southern Michigan once supplied hydroelectricity to run a factory but now is targeted for demolition by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Read the full story by WSYM-TV – Brooklyn, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220504-dam
Around $1.8 million in fisheries habitat grants administered by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources will be shared between 12 fish habitat conservation projects across the state. Read the full story by The Petoskey News-Review.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220504-fisheries-habitat
Billions of dollars are needed to fix Michigan’s drinking water systems in the rural towns that rely on wells for drinking water instead of the Great Lakes. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220504-drinking-water
Thanks to $20,000 earmarked by Congress, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be looking at the Two Rivers Harbor located on Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan shore to determine federal interest in further studying the harbor’s infrastructure. Read the full story by Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220504-two-rivers-harbor
Known as Mama Duck, the “World’s Largest Rubber Duck” is set to make two appearances in Michigan over the summer, along the shores of lakes Huron and Superior. Read the full story by WDIV-TV – Detroit, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220504-rubber-duck
As one of the longest running and most successful American Water Resources Association (AWRA) chapters in the country, the Wisconsin chapter provides a structure for water professionals and those studying to enter the discipline to learn from each other and a broader, national water community about the latest in research and management. The chapter is made up of those in private industry, scientists, students and water managers at the local, state and federal level.
A hallmark of the Wisconsin chapter’s educational commitment to professional development and informational exchange is an annual conference, conducted in the state continuously since 1977. Each year, the University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute (WRI) is a co-sponsor of the event.
Recently, to preserve and share 45 years of Wisconsin’s water resources legacy, Mike Parsen and Brad Gottschalk of the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey (WGNHS) assembled the collection of conference proceedings. The pair collaborated with Anne Moser and Maya Reinfeldt of the Wisconsin Water Library, which is housed at WRI, to create a permanent digital repository.
Maureen Muldoon, a hydrogeologist at WGNHS, generously donated her hard-copy programs as a starting point and the team filled in historical gaps where needed.
The collection now resides at MINDS@UW and includes digital copies of the proceedings from 1978 to today. It is accessible through the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s online library catalog.
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By Lester Graham, Michigan Radio
This story is part of “Water’s True Cost,” a series by the Great Lakes News Collaborative focused on the rising cost of water in Michigan and the various causes leading to the state of water systems today. Find the rest of the stories in the series here.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/05/michigans-septic-system-problems-lakes/
Michigan’s Lower Peninsula has seen a dramatic increase in ticks in the past 10-15 years due to climate change. Blacklegged ticks, also called deer ticks, can spread Lyme disease to people.
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By David Sharp, Associated Press
California and 15 states that want the U.S. Postal Service to electrify its mail delivery vehicles are suing to halt purchases of thousands of gas-powered trucks as the agency modernizes its delivery fleet.
Three separate lawsuits, filed Thursday by the states and environmental groups in New York and California, ask judges to order a more thorough environmental review before the Postal Service moves forward with the next-generation delivery vehicle program.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/05/ap-states-electrify-usps-lawsuits/
This story is part of “Water’s True Cost,” a series by the Great Lakes News Collaborative focused on the rising cost of water in Michigan and the various causes leading to the state of water systems today. Find the rest of the stories in the series here.
In 2014, the legacy problem of lead pipes throughout the nation came to a head in Flint, Michigan, when the city emergency manager’s decision to switch the water source and not treat it to prevent corrosion led to lead leaching from the pipes into the city’s drinking water.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/05/michigans-water-systems-city-populations/
By Kelly House
This story is part of “Water’s True Cost,” a series by the Great Lakes News Collaborative focused on the rising cost of water in Michigan and the various causes leading to the state of water systems today. Find the rest of the stories in the series here.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/05/water-woes-michigan-suburbs-disinvestment/
By Lester Graham
This story is part of “Water’s True Cost,” a series by the Great Lakes News Collaborative focused on the rising cost of water in Michigan and the various causes leading to the state of water systems today. Find the rest of the stories in the series here.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/05/rural-towns-drinking-water-systems/
The Data Manager (Manager) oversees the Alliance’s Salesforce database system, its integration with other tools from which information flows, administers all database-related projects, and ensures the integrity of the data in our systems. These systems manage contacts, data and metrics for fundraising, constituent engagement, volunteer management, and other data needs. The Manager will support all staff by leveraging our data to achieve our strategic goals, and train staff to be competent users of our database system. Considering both organizational and team member needs, the Manager will find opportunities for improvement in data management systems, processes, and best practices. The Manager also leads special data-related projects and assists teams in developing KPIs (Key Performance Indicators), reports, and dashboards. Applicants should have demonstrated passion for and experience with data, data systems, and analytics. They will create actionable insights that enable Alliance teams to improve the motivation and experiences of our supporters and track progress toward strategic program and fundraising goals.
A sample week for the Manager might start with reviewing to-dos in Asana, planning out tasks for the week, and meeting with Development and Communications staff to spec the needs for a new Salesforce functionality so you can get proposals from vendors on a custom build. You spend several hours merging duplicate records in Salesforce and note an integration that may be the source of the duplicates so you can troubleshoot next week. You help the Development Associate figure out an error they’re getting while entering donations in Salesforce. Later in the week, you meet with the Finance & Operations director to review quarterly progress metrics for our strategic plan and work on updating a dashboard for our board of directors. While updating the dashboard, you suspect there’s a better way to convey some of the KPIs. You note your thoughts and carve out some time to bounce ideas off some colleagues next week. You learn the financials are done, so you move some lower priority to-dos to next week and work with the Finance Manager to begin updating our quarterly financial dashboards. On Friday morning you meet with the Office Manager and our IT provider to discuss the status of our document file migration from the physical server to a cloud-based system and weigh in on a new file management strategy. It has been a hectic week, so you take time for yourself to relax and recharge.
The Manager reports to the Finance & Operations Director as part of our four-person Operations team. They work closely with the Development and Communications & Engagement teams which are the primary users of Salesforce and other Alliance data systems.
Required:
Preferred:
Please e-mail a cover letter, resume, references and writing sample to: hr@greatlakes.org.
Include the job title in the subject line.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled – we are looking to fill immediately. Materials should be compatible with Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat. Applicants will receive confirmation of receipt of their materials and further guidance and updates about the hiring process by e-mail, with interviews provided for finalists. No phone inquiries please.
The Alliance for the Great Lakes is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The search process will reinforce the Alliance’s belief that achieving diversity requires an enduring commitment to inclusion that must find full expression in our organizational culture, values, norms, and behaviors.
AGL Operating Principles and Core Values Statement
Our vision is a thriving Great Lakes and healthy water that all life can rely on, today and far into the future. We aspire to be a voice for the lakes, and to support the voices of the communities that depend on the lakes and their waters.
The mission of the Alliance for the Great Lakes is to protect, conserve and restore the Great Lakes ensuring healthy water in the lakes and in our communities for all generations of people and wildlife. We advance our mission as advocates for policies that support the lakes and communities, by building the research, analysis and partnerships that motivate action, and by educating and uniting people as a voice for the Great Lakes.
For more information about the Alliance’s programs and work, please visit us online at www.greatlakes.org.
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Fighting climate change can often feel like an overwhelming endeavor. Success must be reached using a combination of tactics in a sustained and relentless manner, according to experts.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway wants to spend $425,000 to design a system to filter PFAS chemicals out of a city well.
The Wisconsin State Journal reported Monday that the mayor said the system would be the first in Wisconsin designed to filter the so-called “forever chemicals” out of drinking water.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/05/madison-mayor-pfas-filtration-system/
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — State regulation of streams that flow temporarily after rainfall will be restricted under legislation signed into law by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine.
Construction companies, the mining industry and other business groups say removing so-called ephemeral streams from regulation would make Ohio’s practice consistent with federal law.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/05/ohio-law-state-regulation-streams/
After getting wiped out in the early 1900s due to fur traders and deteriorating water conditions in the Detroit River, river otters have officially made their triumphant return to southeast Michigan, local biologists happily announced on Friday. Read and listen to the full story by WWJ Newsradio 950 – Detroit, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220502-ottersdetroitriver
Great Lakes Awareness Day celebrates the Great Lakes and highlights the issues they face, and how the lakes can be preserved. Read the full story by the Telegraph Forum.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220502-glawarenessday
The Viking Octantis, the first of two new purpose-built expedition ships from the cruise ship company Viking, stopped in Port Colborne, ON Sunday during its inaugural voyage in the Great Lakes. Read the full story by the Niagara Falls Review.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220502-vikingoctantis
The largest and most modern cruise ship on the Great Lakes will visit its first port of call in Michigan on Tuesday after its inaugural journey through the St. Lawrence Seaway. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220502-cruiseshipmi
Coastal restoration efforts are underway across the state as recipients of the Michigan Coastal Management Program grants begin work locally. Read the full story by The Mining Journal.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220502-boataccess
The 767-foot, self-unloading freighter was carrying about 25,000 tons of stone from Port Inland, Michigan, when it grounded Thursday, April 28, as it was approaching Muskegon’s harbor. The Kaye E. Barker was able to transit to Verplank Dock in Muskegon Sunday after lightening additional product from the vessel. Read the full story by the Muskegon Chronicle.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220502-lakemifreighter
Several freshwater fishing opportunities opened across New York over the weekend. This included fishing for northern pike, pickerel, tiger muskellunge and walleye as the seasons opened on Sunday, May 1. Read the full story by ABC50 NOW.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220502-fishingny
How’s the fishing on the St. Marys River? Fisheries staff with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry will be asking this summer and fall during a creel survey beginning in May and running through October. Read the full story by The Sault News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220502-creelsurvey
In Onaway, MI campers squat atop a low cliff overlooking a wending, swiftly-flowing river to protect sturgeon. Read the full story by The Alpena News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220502-sturgeonguard
Six years ago a panel of experts convened by former Governor Rick Snyder concluded that Michigan’s public works — its roads, sewers, water distribution pipes, and other vital systems — were in “a state of disrepair” and Michigan was losing competitive advantage in a globalized economy by not investing in fundamental connective assets like potable water and wastewater treatment. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20220502-miwaterinfrastructure
The sixth annual Water@UW-Madison spring symposium took place on Friday, April 22. Providing an opportunity for water scholars and policymakers to reconnect around water, it was an inspirational way to spend Earth Day.
More than 130 people joined the online community and it featured more than 15 speakers who reflected on water connections from the humanities, social sciences and policy worlds. You can catch a recording of the event.
Caroline Gottschalk-Druschke chairs Water@UW-Madison and led an fascinating panel made up of water scholars.
I’m a member of the Water@UW-Madison executive committee but only played a small role in planning and running of the show. I did act as the morning’s Twitter jockey. The full rundown of live tweets can be found here if you want to keep the positive water vibes alive with a quick read.
There was a panel that explored fellowships that pair governmental agencies and newly minted water professionals to tackle water challenges. A second panel outlined a Water@UW-Madison program called FLOW that matches artists and researchers.
The scholarship of the third panel, made up of impressive water thinkers, could barely be scratched during the one-hour slot into which they fit. Here are links to their pages, which will allow for further exploration. In all but one case, there is also a tweet related to their comments:
Grace Bulltail, professor in the Nelson Institute @GraceBulltail water, energy and land can be markers of dispossession of Indigenous land and resources
Jen Rose Smith, professor in the American Indian Studies Program and Department of Geography. @sprucehen_
Manny Teodoro, professor in the La Follette School of Public Affairs. 50K water systems offer data-rich einvro says @MPTeodoro. I’ll never run out of things to study
Ingrid Diran, professor in the Department of English, Water is messy; it spills. You have to create barriers to think abt it and also think abt it as a connector
Tricia Gorby-Knoot, UW-Extension Natural Resources Institute director. @Gorby-Knoot Water is a natural entrance point to understanding the impact of the land and can tell us abt healing
Water@UW-Madison is an umbrella entity, organizing and amplifying the water expertise of 130 faculty and staff across more than 40 departments and programs. It represents topics such as water quality, invasive species and water policy. Anyone can join.
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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.
There are many similarities between Toronto’s lower Don River and metropolitan Detroit’s Rouge River.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/05/great-lakes-moment-don-rouge-rivers/
This story is part of “Water’s True Cost,” a series by the Great Lakes News Collaborative focused on the rising cost of water in Michigan and the various causes leading to the state of water systems today. Find the rest of the stories in the series here.
PONTIAC, Mich.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/05/bill-michigans-water-infrastructure/
Skiing is a sport enjoyed by millions of people each year. Climate change threatens the sport and the potential for friendships made along the way.
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Skiing is a sport enjoyed by millions of people each year. Climate change threatens the sport and the potential for friendships made along the way.
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Chicago, IL (April 29, 2022) –Earlier today the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released its version of the Water Resource and Development Act (WRDA). In reaction, the Alliance for the Great Lakes released the following statement from Molly Flanagan, the Alliance’s Chief Operating Officer and Vice President for Programs:
“The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released its version of the Water Resource and Development Act (WRDA) today. The bill adjusts the federal cost share for construction of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Brandon Road Lock and Dam project in Joliet, Illinois to 90 percent. This change reflects the importance of the Brandon Road project to ensure invasive carp stay out of Lake Michigan. The Corps—in partnership with Illinois, Michigan and the other Great Lakes states—has already made significant progress in designing innovative technological measures at Brandon Road, which is the choke point for invasive carp traveling from the Mississippi River Basin into the Great Lakes.
However, more still needs to be done. We urge Great Lakes Members of Congress to change the federal cost share to 100 percent in order to ensure the project proceeds to construction without delay. The Alliance for the Great Lakes looks forward to working with our partners in Congress so that the entire country benefits from the new technologies the Corps is implementing as part of this project.”
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Media Contact: Jennifer Caddick, jcaddick@greatlakes.org
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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.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/04/pfas-news-roundup-face-masks-fast-food-chains-sued/
On the cool morning of April 25, doctoral student Eric Ste Marie from the University of Windsor’s department of integrative biology went out for a walk with his partner along the Detroit River prior to an anticipated long day in his lab. Much to his surprise, he saw an animal pop its head out of the water.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/04/river-otters-detroit-river/
Great Lakes Now episodes are packed with interesting history and modern discoveries.
In “Mushrooms and Mobsters,” learn about one of the largest organisms in the world, the fungus that put Crystal Falls, Michigan, on the map. Dig into the past as we look at some of the notable gangsters of the ‘30s and ‘40s that vacationed in by the lakes.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/04/mushrooms-mobsters-episode-quiz/
