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Science Says What? is a monthly column written by Great Lakes now contributor Sharon Oosthoek exploring what science can tell us about what’s happening beneath and above the waves of our beloved Great Lakes and their watershed.
On July 26, 2010, people living along Talmadge Creek in Marshall, Michigan awoke to a sharp, sickening smell.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2023/07/science-says-what-lessons-learned-from-a-deliberate-dilbit-spill/
Homes along Lake Michigan in Indiana are facing encroaching water due to erosion and climate change. However, the solution to build hardened revetments is causing pushback from environmentalists. Read the full story by the Journal Gazette & Times-Courier.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230731-shoreline-dispute
Several species of fish and mussels are disappearing from the Great Lakes, and a team of researchers at the University of Windsor is trying to find out why. Read the full story by CKNX- Wingham, ON.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230731-biodiversity-loss
The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community has been conducting a program of manoomin (wild rice) restoration for more than a decade as the amount of wild rice in the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan has declined over the past century. This will be aided by the development of a collaborative wild rice stewardship plan. Read the full story by the Daily Mining Gazette.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230731-wild-rice
In Michigan, the annual State of the Lake address succinctly described the importance of Lake St. Clair to its residents with a review of various restoration projects, efforts to ensure water cleanliness and safety, the economic impact of the lake, and the results of the first-ever Lake St. Clair Coastal Study. Read the full story by the Macomb Daily.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230731-macomb-county
The Ontario government will invest $6 million to support 30 multi-year projects aimed at helping protect, conserve, and restore the Great Lakes. The project areas include the southeast shores of Lake Huron, Eastern Georgian Bay and Huron-Bruce and are aimed at reducing plastic litter, excess nutrients and road salt entering the waterways, and advancing climate resiliency. Read the full story by the Owen Sound Sun Times.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230731-province-projects
There’s a mystery unfolding in northwest Indiana, where hundreds of bats washed up on the shore of Lake Michigan on Saturday. Read the full story by WBBM- Chicago, IL.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230731-dead-bats
The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District has posted a health advisory at Cleveland’s Edgewater Park following heavy rains that caused sewage and stormwater to overflow and be dumped into Lake Erie. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230731-edgewater-health
According to a report, Indiana is the state with the greatest economic impact from cargo handling by ports and terminals along the Great Lakes-Seaway system. Read the full story by Northwest Indiana Business Magazine.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230731-indiana-seaway
Tony Gatliff, a 42-year Grosse Pointe Farms resident and former ship’s officer and pilot for the Ford Motor Co. Fleet, has taken on the unique project of creating cottages out of the pilot house of a freighter. Read and listen to the full story by the Grosse Pointe News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230731-freighter-homes
The Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks has confirmed the blue-green algae in a water sample collected on July 25. People are reminded to avoid water whenever a blue-green algae bloom is present and to wait two weeks after it has dissipated. Read the full story by the Chronical Journal.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230731-superior-algae
Sea Grant’s Sharon Moen won the 2023 Communications Service Award from the National Sea Grant Communicators Network in a virtual ceremony last week.
Moen has been a part of the Sea Grant community for 24 years, beginning as an editor for Minnesota Sea Grant and now serving as the food-fish outreach coordinator for Wisconsin Sea Grant. Throughout the years, her skills at conveying messages about the study, conservation and economic importance of the Great Lakes have been front and center.
“Science communications work can be terrifying, funny, riveting and maddening but it is certainly important,” Sharon Moen said. “I’m honored my colleagues recognized my terror and joy with this award. I continue to be inspired by the Sea Grant Network and the innovative ways its communicators are extending information to enhance the use and conservation of coastal, marine and Great Lakes resources.”
This award is presented every two years to an individual from one of Sea Grant’s 34 programs located in coastal states, as well as Guam and Puerto Rico. It recognizes creativity, vision and a commitment to the Sea Grant mission and goes to someone who has notched noteworthy accomplishments. In Moen’s case that has been a lengthy list, including:
In selecting her for the award, one judge said, “Sharon has had a remarkable impact on state, regional and Sea Grant network communications throughout her career. Her ability to relay scientific information in a creative and engaging way has set a standard for science communication.”
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https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-staff-member-wins-national-award/
NCEI News Feed
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/field-identification-guides-for-pacific-coral-species
The U.S. House on Wednesday passed a bill directing completion of a new study of potential security shortfalls at the Soo Locks, as well as the supply chain and economic impacts of a potential failure at the Great Lakes shipping lock complex at Sault Ste. Marie. Read the full story by The Detroit News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230728-soo-locks
Lakes seeing less water moving through them due to a lack of rain may see conditions ripe for blooms to form. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230728-algal-blooms
One of the federally endangered piping plover chicks that’s been roaming a North Side beach in recent weeks has ties to a prominent local family. Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230728-plover
The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has filed a lawsuit against 3M and 23 other companies over contamination of its water and fish with PFAS, so-called “forever chemicals.” Read the full story by Minnesota Public Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230728-pfas
Officials of Port Milwaukee and The DeLong Co., Inc. recently celebrated the grand opening of the $40-million Agricultural Maritime Export Facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Read the full story by the High Plains Journal.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230728-maritime
The US. Army Corps of Engineers is installing a new stone breakwater at Buffalo, New York’s Outer Harbor. Read the full story by The Chronicle Telegram.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230728-breakwater
The St. Lawrence River has at least 250 wrecks that can be explored in the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario. Read the full story by WWNY -TV – Watertown, NY.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230728-shipwrecks
Wisconsin’s newest papermill, opened by Green Bay Packaging in 2021, has been validated as a “net-zero” water user. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230728-paper-mill
On the 43rd Governor’s Fish Ohio Day on Thursday, July 20, legislators, natural resources administrators, tourism officials and the media flocked to Port Clinton, Ohio to pay homage to what many say is the greatest of the Great Lakes. Read the full story by The Beacon.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230728-fish-ohio-day
City leaders have been working to push forward a unified vision for a new lakefront plant in Cleveland, Ohio. Read the full story by Cleveland Magazine.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230728-cleveland-lakefront
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By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue
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/2023/07/workers-needed-to-fulfill-americas-infrastructure-goals/
Eat Your Heartland Out is a Taste Awards nominated program about the intersection of food and culture in the American Midwest. The show is produced by the Heritage Radio Network, a leader in culinary audio storytelling and distributed on the Public Radio Exchange (PRX), which provides content to public radio affiliates across the United States.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2023/07/eat-your-heartland-out-fish-feast/
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/staff/taaja-tucker-silva
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/staff/nichole-angell
The U.S. Geological Survey along with conservation agencies from Michigan, Wisconsin, and Ontario are utilizing three uncrewed research vessels in the Great Lakes. The surface vehicles, called saildrones, are wind-powered and can stay out on the water 24 hours a day for months, gathering fish population data. Read the full story by Michigan Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230726-research-vessels
A Lake Ontario cruise was no summer vacation for several teachers who spent a week on board an Environmental Protection Agency ship, testing water quality on the lake. The voyage plays an important role in the future health of not just Lake Ontario, but all of the Great Lakes. Read the full story by Spectrum News 1.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230726-science-reseach-trip
In 2014, New York’s Great Lakes Action Agenda was created to bridge the gap between planning and action. The plan is getting an update and this time taking aim at more targeted areas that have been identified by local organizations to need a higher level of focus. Read the full story by WROC-TV – Rochester, NY.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230726-action-agenda
Despite often being described as smelly and not nice to look at, charter fish captains say they find algae blooms helpful when it comes to catching more fish in Lake Erie. Researchers worry about the accumulation of toxins in the fish from the algae. Read the full story by CBC News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230726-algae-blooms
An annual Erie, Pennsylvania, conference is exploring the potential impact of Project Resolve — an initiative passed by the Erie County Council earlier this year. Project Resolve is a regional strategy to advance manufacturing while also reducing plastic and waste pollution that affects freshwater systems, like Lake Erie. Read the full story by WJET-TV – Erie, PA.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230726-project-resolve
Wetlands are a vital part of the Great Lakes ecosystem. Today, there are about five million acres of wetlands in Wisconsin, covering about 15 percent of the state. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230726-lake-michigan-wetlands
Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist was in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, Monday to visit the construction site for a new lock at the Soo and Lake Superior State University. Read the full story by The Sault News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230726-soo-locks
The remainder of the U.S. Brig Niagara’s 2023 sailing schedule has been officially canceled due to mechanical issues. Read the full story by Erie Times-News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230726-brig-niagara
Earlier this year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its Draft National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution. While EPA’s draft strategy is a good start, the EPA will need to strengthen its accountability measures if they want to actually limit plastic pollution and the harm it causes. Read the full story by The Hill.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230726-plastic-pollution
It’s been one of the least dangerous years on Lake Michigan’s east coast. Ron Olson, chief of Parks and Recreation for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, attributes the drop to better public education on rip currents, life jackets, and the flag system. Read the full story by WXMI-TV – Grand Rapids, MI.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230726-lake-michigan-drownings
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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An encore presentation of stories about eFoiling, water infrastructure, and The Catch.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2023/07/efoiling-and-unpaid-bills-episode-2307/
Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service
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Peanut currently holds the Guinness World Records title for the oldest living chicken.
The post The life of Peanut: Inside the story of the world’s oldest living chicken first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.Great Lakes Echo
http://greatlakesecho.org/2023/07/25/the-life-of-peanut-inside-the-story-of-the-worlds-oldest-living-chicken/
By Lester Graham, Michigan Radio
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/2023/07/research-vessels-are-on-the-great-lakes-but-theres-no-crew-on-board/
Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service
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‘Forever chemicals’, otherwise known as PFAS, are found nearly everywhere in a household – from cooking pans to rugs. While you may not be able to completely avoid the chemicals, there are some things you can do at home to reduce your exposure. Read the full story by WXIN-TV – Indianapolis, IN.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20230724-foreverchemicals-filter-water-at-home
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