As the coronavirus pandemic continues to unfold, the expected economic toll on tourism towns is only getting worse. Read the full story by The Herald-Palladium.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200410-tourism
Additional funds provided by Congress for Great Lakes environmental improvements will be used to hasten cleanups of highly toxic sites and step up work on other longstanding forms of pollution, federal officials said Thursday. Read the full story by The Associated Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200410-funding
The City of Windsor, Ontario is distributing a brochure to 17,000 homes in the Riverside neighborhood at the greatest risk should record-high lake and river levels lead to overland flooding in the coming weeks. Read the full story by the Windsor Star.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200410-flooding
Bowling Green State University researchers produced some important work recently, looking at the potential to turn liquid wastewater into solid, nutrient-filled fertilizer that can be safely transported to and used on farm fields. Read the full story by The Toledo Blade.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200410-phosphate
A Curtice, Ohio fishery has been charged with wildlife violations after Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife investigators observed abuse and wanton waste of highly-prized game fish on Lake Erie. Read the full story by WTGV-TV – Columbus, OH.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200410-fishery
The popular car ferry S.S. Badger, which carries passengers across Lake Michigan, will delay the start of its 2020 season by about a month in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the full story by the Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200410-ferry
According to projections presented at the Wisconsin Lakes and Rivers Convention last week, the climate, the waters, and the species of northern Wisconsin could look like today’s southern Wisconsin by the middle of the century. Read and listen to the full story by WXPR – Rhinelander, WI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200410-change
The International Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Board said Wednesday that, as of Monday, the lake’s level is 246.92 feet, which is about 16 inches above its long-term average for this point in the year, but 14 inches below the record level recorded in 2019. Read the full story by the Adirondack Daily Enterprise.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200410-ontario
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/2020/04/pfas-indiana-wisconsin-testing-covid-19/
ANN ARBOR, MICH. (April 9, 2020) – Congress must pursue a strategy that ensures its response to the COVID-19 crisis helps those who need it the most and sets our nation on a path to a strong, robust recovery, wrote 75 members of the Healing Our Waters – Great Lakes Coalition, in letters delivered to the US House and Senate today. They called for water service to be restored for those people who have had their service shut off as well as a moratorium of water shutoffs.
The letters call on Congress to institute a moratorium on water shutoffs and restoration of water services to those who have already had it shut off to ensure that no American is without the basic need of clean, safe water during this crisis. The letters also call for a broader strategy of water infrastructure and restoration investments, including the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, that ensure that the nation comes out of this crisis with a more secure water system, and that the cracks in our water infrastructure and delivery systems are repaired for the long term.
Healing Our Waters – Great Lakes Coalition Director Laura Rubin said:
“Clean water is a basic human need, and we must ensure that everyone has access to it. We must address the water insecurity crisis by focusing on inadequate federal investment. At a time when COVID-19 is ravaging communities across America, it is unconscionable that Americans are being cut off from the water they need to live and protect themselves from this terrible disease.
“But our response cannot stop at the immediate problem. Congress must look further and invest in water infrastructure and restoration projects that will help all our communities recover in a way that’s durable and long-lasting.”
The letters from the Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition read:
“The federal government, working with state and local agencies, must require utilities to stop water shutoffs and safely restore water service to households that have lost it … Alarmingly, one nationwide assessment revealed that around 15 million Americans experienced a water shutoff – one out of every 20 households across the country. In Detroit, 112,000 people had their water shut off between 2014 and 2018. In 2017 alone, it has been estimated that one in ten Detroiters experienced a shutoff. Water shutoffs disproportionately impact cities with higher rates of poverty, unemployment, and people of color.
In addition, the letters continue, “Fixing our region’s failing infrastructure can put people to work and set the stage for economic revitalization in our towns and cities. Federal investment in our water infrastructure also can ensure safe, clean water is available to everyone in the region.”
The post Coalition Calls on Congress to End Water Shutoffs, Boost Funding for Water Infrastructure, Great Lakes appeared first on Healing Our Waters Coalition.
Healing Our Waters Coalition
https://healthylakes.org/great-lakes-coalition-calls-for-water-infrastructure-investments-moratorium-on-water-shutoffs/
Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service
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One of the biggest historical sources of pollution to the St. Clair River is about to be fully eliminated. Port Huron, Michigan, has awarded a nearly $2 million contract to separate combined sewers around the Blue Water Bridge Plaza, wrapping up a 21-year, $178 million project. Read the full story by The Voice.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200409-port-huron
The American chair of the International Joint Commission said Friday that precipitation amounts in the coming months will determine the risk of high water or flooding on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. Read the full story by The Daily News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200409-ijc
The EPA is asking the city of Duluth, Minnesota, to apply to receive funding from the agency’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. If awarded, the EPA would give $900,000 to help restore and maintain the St. Louis River Natural Area. Read the full story by KQDS-TV – Duluth, MN.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200409-duluth
Lakes Michigan and Huron, along with Erie and St. Clair, set new monthly mean water level records for March, breaking the previous record from 1986, the Detroit District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Tuesday. Read the full story by the Green Bay Press-Gazette.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200409-water-levels
Enbridge Inc. applied Wednesday for state and federal authorization to construct an oil pipeline tunnel beneath the Michigan waterway that connects two of the Great Lakes. Read the full story by The Associated Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200409-enbridge
The first saltwater ship of the 2020 shipping season has made its way to Duluth, Minnesota. Read the full story by KWDS-TV – Duluth, MN.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200409-shipping
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s $172 million H2Ohio plan to save Lake Erie from harmful algal blooms might be cut because of budget deficits created by the coronavirus pandemic. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200409-habs
The International Lake Ontario – St. Lawrence River Board is predicting rising water levels on Lake Ontario this spring, however the international body says current forecasts suggest the levels may not be as high as they were in 2017 and 2019. Read the full story by the Niagara Gazette.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200409-flooding
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Enbridge Inc. applied Wednesday for state and federal authorization to construct an oil pipeline tunnel beneath the Michigan waterway that connects two of the Great Lakes.
The Canadian company wants to build a roughly 4-mile-long (6.4-kilometer-long) tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2020/04/ap-enbridge-permits-great-lakes-oil-pipeline-tunnel/
Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service
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Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/04/09/michigan-pushed-to-push-harder-for-electric-vehicles/
NCEI News Feed
http://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/national-climate-202003
News | U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
News | U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
https://files.constantcontact.com/be047982301/5a63048e-5d08-4cae-8091-4a9446e9886d.pdf
News | U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
News | U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
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News | U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
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News | U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
https://toolkit.climate.gov/news/application-2020-urban-heat-island-mapping-campaigns-now-available
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Just weeks ago, cities and even states across the U.S. were busy banning straws, limiting takeout containers and mandating that shoppers bring reusable bags or pay a small fee as the movement to eliminate single-use plastics took hold in mainstream America.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2020/04/ap-covid-19-plastic-bag-bans-plastic-reduction/
To minimize crowd size walleye fishing, Governor DeWine has banned the sale of non-resident fishing licenses. Individuals fishing are expected to still follow social distancing guidelines. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200408-walleye-run
Lakewood Councilman-at-Large Tom Bullock recently presented a letter he initiated to the Ohio Power Siting Board, which shows regional support among elected officials in favor of the Icebreaker Wind project. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200408-lakewood
Read how journalist Abigail Diaz retraces her family roots to a Great Lakes ship captain. Read the full story by the Herald Times Reporter.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200408-captain-blaney
At a time when western Lake Erie is likely holding more walleye than it has in decades, and at a point in the fishing season when those highly-prized sportfish are hitting baits like crazy, often filling each angler’s six-fish limit in an hour or two, the charter fleet remains moored at the docks. Read the full story by The Toledo Blade.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200408-charter-fleet
Things are looking up — and up and up — for water levels for Lake St. Clair this spring. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Tuesday released its projections for the spring season for the Great Lake and predictions call for continued high water levels. Read the full story by the Macomb Daily.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200408-StClair-levels
Beleaguered Lake Ontario shoreline residents aren’t out of the woods yet but damaging high water seems less likely than it did several months ago. Read the full story by the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200408-ontario-floods
The City of Marquette, Michigan is moving forward on a project to reconstruct parts of Lakeshore Boulevard. Erosion continues to be a problem on portions of the road closest to Lake Superior. Read the full story by WLUC-TV-Marquette, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200408-reconstruction
The competitive fishing season is arriving, but not to Detroit with the cancellation of the Detroit River walleye tournament near Trenton, Michigan last week. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200408-sports
Vandals are to blame for 30,000 gallons of sewage that seeped into Michigan’s West Fork of Portage Creek between the dates of March 28 and 30, according to Kalamazoo Public Services Director James Baker. Read the full story by MLive.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200408-sewage-vandals
Water levels on Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan and Lake St. Clair broke records that were set in 1986 last month. These levels are expected to stay high and rise toward their peaks. The peaks are expected in late spring or summer. Read the full story by WDIV-TV-Detroit, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200408-water-levels
Cyanobacteria can’t grow in the Great Lakes Basin without NASA knowing. Green or reddish-brown streaks popping up in the region’s freshwater can be a problem. But satellites high above Earth keep an eye on their growth. Read the full story by the Great Lakes Echo.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200408-sky-eye
Travel may not be an option for people right now, but there are many ways to still take in the sights – including through photos of hard-to-find views of the massive freighters that cross the Great Lakes. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20200408-freighter-photo
Here’s a collection of Great Lakes Now work – and other references – to help water become a fun, fascinating at-home lesson.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2020/04/great-lakes-learning-groundwater/
Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service
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Travel may not be an option for people right now with the ongoing spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, but there are many ways to still take in the sights – including through photos of hard-to-find views of the massive freighters that cross the Great Lakes.
The Great Lakes Seaway Partnership is a nonprofit initiative that is a collaboration between U.S.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2020/04/freighter-photos-great-lakes-seaway/
Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service
https://alerts.weather.gov/cap/wwacapget.php?x=WI125F4625918C.DenseFogAdvisory.125F4626C8E0WI.GRBNPWGRB.fb7040bd786cb6fbc0fb5346e8025b39
Fish and Wildlife Service News
Fish and Wildlife Service News
http://www.fws.gov/news/ShowNews.cfm?ref=historic-agreement-will-conserve-millions-of-acres-for-monarch-b&_ID=36584
Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/04/08/eyes-in-the-sky-detect-great-lakes-harmful-algal-blooms/
Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service
https://alerts.weather.gov/cap/wwacapget.php?x=WI125F46251DEC.SpecialWeatherStatement.125F46267AC0WI.GRBSPSGRB.3b77a733acfe35fc01f412b80021d336
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Blog – Freshwater Future
https://freshwaterfuture.org/uncategorized/freshwater-future-weekly-april-7-2020/
Events around the lakes are being canceled, postponed or put on hold until more information comes out.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2020/04/covid-19-coronavirus-sports-recreation-events-canceled/
