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By Lester Graham, Michigan Public
The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit PBS; Michigan Public, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; and The Narwhal 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/2025/08/how-many-cigarette-butts-are-littering-your-local-beach/
Lake Superior is the lone holdout in a mussel invasion that has overtaken every other Great Lake, a salvation credited to low calcium levels, cold water, and relative isolation. But a spate of recent outbreaks are testing old assumptions about the lake’s defenses. Read the full story by Minnesota Public Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250827-superior-mussels
Waterspouts swept across the Great Lakes this past weekend as a cold front moved into the region from Canada, and the region may see more in the coming days, weather experts say. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.
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More than 20 years ago, a young girl in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula tossed a message in a bottle into AuTrain Bay on Lake Superior, never expecting to see it again. That bottle traveled over 1,000 miles to the Outer Banks of North Carolina and has finally been returned to its sender, now grown up and living in Marquette, Michigan. Read the full story by the Daily Press.
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Tawas Lake, a 1,600-acre inland lake not far from Lake Huron, is home to Michigan’s largest bed of native wild rice, called manoomin in the Native Anishinaabemowin language. A new lake management plan for Tawas Lake will start with efforts to remove invasive species from the lake – a goal everyone supports. Read the full story by MLive.
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Those for and those against constructing a tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac are making their cases. A comment period for the necessary permits from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy ends this Friday. Read the full story by Michigan Public Radio.
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Visitors sometimes leave stuff behind at Great Lakes beaches. One of the most common pieces of plastic trash found are cigarette butts. Read the full story by Michigan Public Radio.
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Following a protest by First Nations and environmentalists of the planned use of herbicides along Lake Huron’s shoreline, a forestry company has cancelled plans to spray herbicides that contain the chemical glyphosate in the area. Read the full story by CBC News.
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The United Nations has recently designated August 27 as World Lake Day. The day should be used to acknowledge the benefits derived from the Great Lakes and take action to ensure that they remain healthy. Read the full story by The Globe and Mail.
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Researchers eavesdrop on forests, fishing for lake trout, and the rights of nature.
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By Maya Moore
If Congress approves President Donald Trump’s proposal to cut hundreds of millions of dollars from the operations and science budget of the U.S. Geological Survey, the scale and intensity of Great Lakes environmental restoration will be significantly diminished, experts say. Among the programs that could be dismantled entirely is the 70-year-old program to control sea lampreys, an exotic parasitic fish that attacks game fish and has caused billions of dollars in damage to Great Lakes fisheries.
Great Lakes Echo
https://greatlakesecho.org/2025/08/26/trumps-budget-would-devastate-sea-lamprey-control-in-great-lakes/
Wiigwaasi-jiimaanan (birch bark canoes) are one of the essential tools invented by Ojibwe-Anishinaabe people, using materials commonly found in the Great Lakes region — our homeland for 1,000s of years. These lightweight and durable vehicles formed the basis of travel for everyone in the region, not just the Ojibwe. I have come to think of the Ojibwe canoe as the driver of early economies across Turtle Island.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/08/nibi-chronicles-your-hands-will-know-what-to-do/
Demand for water in Great Lakes states is likely to spike from data centers, mining and other uses. Officials should take a more proactive management approach to stave off shortages, according to a new report published by the nonprofit Alliance for the Great Lakes. Read the full story by MLive.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250825-datacenters-waterdemand
Shoreline erosion on Lake Ontario is happening as more extreme storms are making bigger waves that churn up more sediment and pull it deeper into the lake. For the St. Lawrence River, shoreline erosion happens when the river and its tributaries flood. Local governments, organizations, and communities are seeking solutions and investing in shoreline resilience. Read the full story by North Country Public Radio.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250825-shoreline-erosion
Two lighthouses have helped guide ships into the canal and under the Aerial Lift Bridge into Duluth-Superior Harbor for over a century, and both lighthouses may soon be open to the public. Read the full story by MPR News.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250825-duluth-lighthouses
A Door County, Wisconsin, tour guide spotted something unusual, leading to the discovery of a cargo ship that sunk over a century ago. Read the full story by the Wisconsin Public Radio.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250825-wisconsin-shipwreck
Until a Michigan shipwreck hunter found it, the Carruthers was the last of eight vessels still missing on Lake Huron that sank during a 1913 storm. It also, until recently, was among the largest sunken ships in the Great Lakes that were still lost. Read the full story by Detroit Free Press.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250825-huron-shipwreck-carruthers
This is the third consecutive year of record-setting piping plover breeding in the Great Lakes. Now an increasing number of the federally endangered birds are establishing nests on the Lake Huron side of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. Read the full story by MLive.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250825-piping-plover
As the sun rose over Lake Superior on the morning of August 24th, over 150 people went to Park Point, Minnesota, to participate in the first annual Great Lake Superior Swim. Read the full story by WDIO-TV – Duluth, MN.
Great Lakes Commission
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Current watches, warnings, and advisories for Brown County (WIC009) WI
Current watches, warnings, and advisories for Brown County (WIC009) WI
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By Emilio Perez Ibarguen
Michigan's attempt to adopt new home energy efficiency standards is facing more delays because of stiff resistance from homebuilders. The new standards were supposed to go into effect in August but are on hold while a lawsuit filed in June by representatives of the construction industry plays out in court.
Great Lakes Echo
https://greatlakesecho.org/2025/08/24/michigan-home-energy-efficiency-standards-stalled-amid-homebuilders-lawsuit/
By Donté Smith
Butterfly populations are in decline across the continental U.S., dropping by 22% between 2000 and 2020 according to a study in the journal Science. Almost a third of the 342 species studied have seen their numbers fall by more than half. To help combat that trend, the John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids, Michigan, launched its Great Lakes Rare Butterfly Program in 2021 to protect the region’s most threatened species.
Great Lakes Echo
https://greatlakesecho.org/2025/08/23/john-ball-zoo-fights-for-great-lakes-rarest-butterflies/
The tractor sank into the soaked red clay, its tires spinning for grip. Bruce Peterson eased forward, the machine losing momentum until it rolled onto two narrow strips of ground. There, the tires moved easily over firm, dry soil—the only solid footing in the whole field. A week earlier, seven inches of rain [...]
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By Zaria Johnson, Ideastream Public Media
This story was originally published by Ideastream.
Several northeast Ohio counties will soon have a regional climate action plan with recommendations for reducing greenhouse gas emissions that worsen the effects of climate change like extreme heat, severe storms and worsened water quality.
Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/08/cleveland-noaca-seek-public-input-on-climate-action-plan/
A new study shows that Great Lake surface temperatures have experienced increasing extremes from heat waves to cold spells dating back to the late 1990s. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250822-lake-temperature-extremes
Michigan Department of Natural Resources researchers said they determined a lake trout caught in Lake Superior in 2023 was 62 years old. According to officials, the fish, dubbed Mary Catherine, is the oldest known lake trout in the Great Lakes. Read the full story by The Detroit News.
Great Lakes Commission
https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250822-old-trout
Experts on aquatic ecosystems say confirmed reports of blue-green algae blooms on Lake Superior are a cause for concern, but the degree to which they’re tracked nowadays is much more robust than in the past. Read the full story by SNnewswatch.com.
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https://www.glc.org/dailynews/20250822-superior-algal-bloom
