Army Corps of Engineers to dredge Manistique Harbor

Aug 1, 2025 | Daily News

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District will start a maintenance dredging project at Manistique Harbor in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula as early as August 7. The $1.865 million project will remove 92,500 cubic yards of sediment and place it along the west...

Volunteers hit the river to collect payloads of trash

Aug 1, 2025 | Daily News

More than 70 volunteers joined Save the River’s Trash Free River Days Weekend to remove 1,501 pounds of trash from the Upper St. Lawrence River last week. The volunteers retrieved a variety of trash which would otherwise contribute to rising microplastic levels in the...

Inland lake, stream surveys provide DNR with crucial data

Aug 1, 2025 | Daily News

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) completed more than 280 fisheries surveys across the state in 2024. Collecting key data on Michigan’s fisheries is critical for successful management of the state’s diverse fisheries, though critical fisheries...

Surfing culture makes Sheboygan the ‘Malibu of the Midwest.’ A WPR reporter tried it himself.

Aug 1, 2025 | Daily News

A business in Sheboygan, Wisconsin’s “Malibu of the Midwest” is known for being the state’s first surf shop. People have been surfing on Lake Michigan since the early 1950s, and Sheboygan surfers began forming surf clubs by the ’60s, though the city did not have a...

“Incredibly rare” freshwater jellyfish captured on camera in Lake Erie

Aug 1, 2025 | Daily News

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) shared a video of freshwater jellyfish at Presque Isle Bay in Lake Erie. The incredibly rare jellyfish is super hard to find, according to the DEP. Read the full story by KDKA-TV – Pittsburgh, PA.

All water is local

Jul 30, 2025 | Daily News

The Grand Portage Band of Ojibwe-Anishinaabe’s team of biologists are keeping Lake Superior’s waters clean — while sounding the alarm on harmful algal blooms and climate-driven water threats. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now.

Still sailing after more than 80 years on Great Lakes. What to know about the SS Alpena

Jul 30, 2025 | Daily News

The SS Alpena, built 16 years before the ill-fated SS Edmund Fitzgerald and launched in 1942 under the name SS Leon Fraser, was built in Ecorse, Michigan, and has been hauling bulk cargo ever since. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.

A jellyfish at Presque Isle? What you should know about this freshwater species

Jul 30, 2025 | Daily News

A Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection summer intern was at the docks of the Presque Isle Marina when he found a rare invertebrate, Craspedacusta sowerbyi, swimming through Marina Lake, part of Presque Isle Bay. Read the full story by the Erie...

Microplastics are polluting our beaches and these volunteers are cleaning them up

Jul 30, 2025 | Daily News

Nearly 70 volunteers were out at Station Beach in Kincardine, Ontario, with buckets, sieves and trash pickers in hand, as part of a beach clean-up organized by the Lake Huron Coastal Centre. Read the full story by CBC News.

COMMENTARY: Great Lakes offshore wind could power the region and beyond

Jul 30, 2025 | Daily News

The federal government recently stopped approving offshore wind projects in the ocean, but the Great Lakes may provide another option for producing clean energy in the region. Read the full story by The Conversation.