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The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is to be funded at $368 million, which is $20 million more than the current funding level, for the next fiscal year if the federal $1.7 trillion budget being presented to Congress on December 22 is approved. Read the full story by The Toledo Blade.

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Researchers at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory are building a sensor network to measure and detect Lake Huron water chemistry and acidification due to ongoing absorption of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Read the full story by The Associated Press.

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This week 3M announced that it will stop the production of PFOS and PFAS compounds by 2025. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances are a class of toxic fluorochemicals that pose serious health risks and have polluted water supplies, food systems, and other natural environments in the Great Lakes and across the globe. Read the full story by MLive.

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Residents of the Oneida Nation of the Thames in Ontario are being asked to halt all non-essential water usage for the foreseeable future amid a state of emergency that was declared by the community last week. Oneida officials declared a state of emergency on Dec. 15 after an “all-time low” water level was recorded in the community’s water tower, its main source of water. Read the full story by CFPL – London, ON.

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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has filed a lawsuit against a paper manufacturing company alleging the company transported waste contaminated with harmful PFAS and PFOS chemicals to a nearby landfill where contaminants spread for more than 20 years. Read the full story by Detroit Free Press.

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The last ocean-going cargo ship, or “saltie,” of the 2022 shipping season is expected to depart Duluth, Minnesota, on its way to Italy on Thursday, Dec. 22, which would tie with 1984, 2016, and 2019 as the latest departure date of an ocean-going vessel in port history. Read the full story by Duluth News-Tribune.

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Santa took time out of his busy December schedule on Saturday to participate in the Santa Splash to Pick Up Trash at Rockport State Recreation Area located on the northeastern coast of Michigan’s lower peninsula. Santa and several other divers took to the Lake Huron waters in search of debris, while others picked up litter along the shoreline. Read the full story by The Alpena News.

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The headwaters of Wisconsin’s Ahnapee River gained another level of protection through a conservation easement agreement recently donated to Door County Land Trust. The 158-acre property, which will remain privately owned but managed by the Trust, contains surrounding wetlands that slow down water runoff and filter sediments and nutrients before entering the river. Read the full story by Green Bay Press-Gazette.

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Long before it ended up as a breakwater in Mississauga, Ontario, the S.S. Ridgetown was originally named the S.S. William E. Corey. The ship was built by the Chicago Shipbuilding Company and launched on June 24, 1905; after surviving storms and being run aground during the 1905 “Mataafa Blow,” it was finally retired in November 1969. Read the full story by Insauga.

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When the winter waves of Lake Michigan are crashing onto Sheboygan’s beaches in 30- and 40-degree weather, the surfers will still be there. While Wisconsin’s so-called “Malibu of the Midwest” is less popular than famed surfing spots in California and Hawaii, the owner of a Sheboygan surf shop says his city, and plenty of others on the Great Lakes, offers a lot to the surfing community. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.

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Great Lakes Commission applauds inclusion of Great Lakes provisions in national defense legislation passed by Congress

ANN ARBOR, MI – The Great Lakes Commission (GLC) applauds action by the U.S. Congress to pass the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2022, which also included the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) and the Coast Guard Authorization Act. President Biden is expected to sign the legislation this week.

This legislation addresses several critical GLC priorities, including an update to the authorization for the new Soo Lock, an increase in the federal cost share for the invasive carp barrier at the Brandon Road Lock and Dam, important investments in Great Lakes icebreaking capacity, and an update to the 2007 economic impact study of recreational boating on the Great Lakes which was co-authored by the GLC. 

“Congress again demonstrated its support for improving Great Lakes navigation, protecting against invasive species, and understanding the economic importance of recreation to our region,” said Erika Jensen, executive director of the GLC. “The GLC appreciates the Great Lakes congressional delegation for its leadership on these issues, and we look forward to working with them in the next session to keep building a strong and resilient Great Lakes basin.”

The GLC advocates on behalf of the Great Lakes states and provinces for policies and investments that improve the ecosystems, economies, and communities of the Great Lakes basin. Along with its regional partners, the GLC has been on the forefront of efforts to include Great Lakes programs in legislative activities.

The Great Lakes Commission, led by chair Todd L. Ambs, deputy secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (retired), is a binational government agency established in 1955 to protect the Great Lakes and the economies and ecosystems they support. Its membership includes leaders from the eight U.S. states and two Canadian provinces in the Great Lakes basin. The GLC recommends policies and practices to balance the use, development, and conservation of the water resources of the Great Lakes and brings the region together to work on issues that no single community, state, province, or nation can tackle alone. Learn more at www.glc.org.

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As surveys monitor large parts of the sky at a time, they are more likely to observe short-lived events.

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...A COMPLEX WINTER STORM WILL BRING SNOW, STRONG WINDS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW, AND COLD TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA HEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND... An intensifying storm system will track from the Plains to the Great Lakes region the next few days. The storm will result in snow and increasingly windy conditions, and impact travel during

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...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF WINTRY WEATHER WILL RESULT IN TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS LEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND... .A slow moving storm system will bring a prolonged period of wintry weather to the area the next several days. The initial phase of the storm will consist of mainly snow, which will fall from this afternoon through tomorrow. The second phase will consist of lighter

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...WINTER STORM WILL BRING MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF TRAVEL IMPACTS TO THE AREA THIS WEEK... .A winter storm moving across the Midwest will bring rounds of snow, wind, blowing and drifting snow, and subzero temperatures to the area from Wednesday evening into Saturday morning. There will be two distinct periods of impacts, first from the snow on Wednesday night

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...WINTER STORM WILL BRING MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF TRAVEL IMPACTS TO THE AREA THIS WEEK... .A winter storm moving across the Midwest will bring rounds of snow, wind, blowing and drifting snow, and subzero temperatures to the area from Wednesday evening into Saturday morning. There will be two distinct periods of impacts, first from the snow on Wednesday night

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...COLD WIND CHILLS THROUGH DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY... The combination of cold temperatures and west winds will produce wind chills as cold as 15 below to 25 below zero through early Wednesday. The coldest readings are anticipated in north central and central Wisconsin. Wind chills this cold can cause frostbite on exposed skin in

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PFAS News Roundup: New regulations approved, new solutions explored

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.

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The Catch: Meet the author behind “Nibi Chronicles”

Broadcasting in our monthly PBS television program, The Catch is a Great Lakes Now series that brings you more news about the lakes you love. Go beyond the headlines with reporters from around the region who cover the lakes and drinking water issues. Find all the work HERE.

This month, The Catch features a conversation with Staci Lola Drouillard, a new Great Lakes Now contributor.

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...A STRONG WINTER STORM COULD BRING SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND... An intensifying storm system is expected to track from the Plains to the Great Lakes region during the middle to latter part of the week. The storm will result in periods of snow and increasingly windy conditions. Travel conditions from late Wednesday into the

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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service

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Ballville Dam Removal: History, trends and impacts

For more than a century, a dam divided the upstream Sandusky River from Lake Erie. People got power, but fish were prevented from reaching native spawning grounds.

Then, four years ago, the dam came down, like hundreds around the Great Lakes region. It had been replaced as a power source years earlier, and environmentalists argued to restore the river’s natural course.

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I Speak for the Fish: Favorite fish books

I Speak for the Fish is a 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. 

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Black carp, an invasive species that was first imported to control snails in fish farms where fish are bred, have made their way into Illinois waterways. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources believes black carp have moved up the Illinois River as far as central Illinois. If the invasive carp enter the Great Lakes, they have the ability to dominate the food chain and cause major disruptions to the ecosystem. Read the full story by WBGZ – Alton, IL.

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Lockwood, Andrews & Newman (LAN), an engineering firm accused of having some responsibility for Flint’s lead-contaminated water in 2014-2015, has settled a lawsuit with four families, months after a jury couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict in August. Details of the agreement between the families and LAN were not publicly disclosed in federal court in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Read the full story by AP News.

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The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District is urging its customers to take advantage of programs that will lower their sewer bills while calling on the federal government to do more to help low-income water customers. The sewer district is offering affordability programs at the same time it is having to pay for massive improvements, including the $3 billion Project Clean Lake that is designed to reduce combined-sewer overflows into Lake Erie and its tributaries. Read the full story by Cleveland.com

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The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is requiring the village of Montgomery to submit a water improvement plan for approval of its permit application to divert Lake Michigan water to its residents. The plan requires the village to lower its non-revenue water loss from 28.2 percent to under 10 percent. Read the full story by WSPY – Plano, IL.

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For the past 37 years, an agreement between the State of Michigan, the federal government, and five sovereign tribal nations has guided commercial fishing regulations in parts of the Great Lakes. The last decree was set to expire in 2020 but was extended as negotiations carried on. Four of the five tribes involved are supporting the new decree, but the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians and other sport fishing and conservation groups take issue with changes in the new agreement. Read the full story by Interlochen Public Radio.

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The City of Waukesha, Wisconsin could start breaking ground on a short, but critical stretch of water pipeline in just a matter of weeks, thanks to a Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors decision Thursday afternoon. The 35-mile pipeline will convey Lake Michigan water from Milwaukee to Waukesha and then return it —after it’s used and treated— to Lake Michigan via the Root River. Read and listen to the full story by WUWM – Milwaukee, WI.

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The U.S. Coast Guard’s largest domestic icebreaking operation is underway in Lake Superior. The Coast Guard sector based in Sault Ste Marie has started its winter icebreaking efforts – known as Operation Taconite – because of an increasing amount of ice in the commercial ports located on the west side of Lake Superior. Read the full story by MLive.

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The walleye hatches in the western and central basins of Lake Erie were above average this year, as was the hatch for yellow perch in the western basin. The story was different for yellow perch in the central basin where hatches there “continue to be well below average,” according to a news release from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Read the full story by Cleveland.com

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Muskegon County closed on the former Nugent Sand property on December 13, finalizing the acquisition of more than 160 acres that includes 1,460 feet of Lake Michigan frontage property for its Dune Harbor Park. The park will be opened for public use no later than March 13, 2023, said Muskegon County Community Development Director Robert Lukens. Read the full story by MLive.

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Paul Radomski’s new book Walleye: A Beautiful Fish of the Dark details the biology, management and importance of this iconic fish. Radomski, a fisheries biologist by trade, said he hopes readers will take away a greater appreciation for walleye as they learn more about it. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

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The Catch: Robots Tackle Shoreline Trash

Broadcasting in our monthly PBS television program, The Catch is a Great Lakes Now series that brings you more news about the lakes you love. Go beyond the headlines with reporters from around the region who cover the lakes and drinking water issues. Find all the work HERE.

This month, The Catch features a story about high tech helpers studying and removing plastic pollution.

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Newly published research from the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL), the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR), and partners reveals that using underwater robots could significantly advance scientists’ ability to study the harmful algal blooms (HABs) that … Continue reading →

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The initiative took a holistic approach in developing Kernza, thinking about how the plant could benefit farmers and the environment.

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...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING... Light snow will continue at times during the overnight hours as low pressure moves slowly across Wisconsin. Most locations should see an additional one to two inches of snow by Saturday morning, with locally higher amounts possible. Area road reports indicate there are slippery stretches across

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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service

Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Brown (WIC009) Wisconsin Issued by the National Weather Service

https://alerts.weather.gov/cap/wwacapget.php?x=WI12641E75A118.SpecialWeatherStatement.12641E769F00WI.GRBSPSGRB.3b77a733acfe35fc01f412b80021d336

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The Catch: The Latest on Enbridge Line 3

Broadcasting in our monthly PBS television program, The Catch is a Great Lakes Now series that brings you more news about the lakes you love. Go beyond the headlines with reporters from around the region who cover the lakes and drinking water issues. Find all the work HERE.

This month, The Catch features a story about Enbridge Energy.

Read Now at Great Lakes Now.

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Great Lakes Now

Great Lakes Now

https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/12/the-catch-latest-on-enbridge-line-3/

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The first mission to survey nearly all of the water on Earth’s surface has launched.  The mission will survey water on more than 90% of the world’s surface and measure the height of water in freshwater bodies as well as the oceans.  Read the full story by CNN.

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Great Lakes Commission

Great Lakes Commission

https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20221216-swot

Jill Estrada