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Is asthma in northwest Ohio due to the Lake Erie algal bloom?

Sep 5, 2025 | Daily News

Airborne toxins from the annual harmful algal bloom on Lake Erie are the subject of two studies by researchers at the University of Toledo. The studies are the first of their kind in the Great Lakes. Read the full story by the Port Clinton News Herald.

PFBC opens new research facility in Erie to help study lake

Sep 5, 2025 | Daily News

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) opened a new research facility for local biologists to conduct proper lab testing on Lake Erie’s native species and learn more about them. Read the full story by WJET-TV – Erie, PA.

Burbot fishing booms in Michigan, worrying researchers and anglers that the species is faltering

Sep 5, 2025 | Daily News

As fishing for burbot, a native Great Lakes fish species, has grown increasingly popular, anglers and researchers believe the population is disappearing. Researchers say invasive zebra mussels siphoning nutrients from the water are to blame. Read the full story by...

Reconnecting with water by traditional Anishinaabe canoeing

Sep 5, 2025 | Daily News

A recent grant aims to support waterway navigation training and cultural reconnection to Anishinaabe canoeing for the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. Read the full story by the Duluth News Tribune.

Lake Erie island lab celebrates 100 years of biological science

Sep 5, 2025 | Daily News

The Ohio State University and Ohio Sea Grant program are celebrating the 100-year anniversary of the Franz Theodore Stone Laboratory through an open house this weekend. The lab, which moved to its current location on Gibraltar Island in 1925, dates to the late 1800s,...

Sewer District proposes a fix to combined sewage overflows that shut down Edgewater Beach 3 times this summer

Sep 5, 2025 | Daily News

The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District is studying how to prevent the release of untreated water and sewage into Lake Erie which occurred three times this summer at the waters of Edgewater Beach. Read the full story by WEWS-TV – Cleveland, OH.

Construction begins on Milwaukee’s $17 million cruise ship dock. Here’s what to know

Sep 5, 2025 | Daily News

Construction is underway on Milwaukee’s $17 million South Shore Cruise Dock, which will be Milwaukee’s third designated cruise dock. It will have the capacity to serve the Great Lakes’ largest cruise ships and is expected to open ahead of the 2026...

Michigan Maritime Museum to host lecture on lake sturgeon restoration

Sep 5, 2025 | Daily News

The Michigan Maritime Museum in South Haven will host a presentation this month on a major effort to restore lake sturgeon to the Big Manistee River. Read the full story by WSJM – Benton Harbor, MI.

Agencies search for source of newly discovered Clinton River pollution

Sep 5, 2025 | Daily News

Environmental agencies are searching for the source of pollution that has created two contaminated hot spots in the lower Clinton River. Samples taken in 2017 and 2019 showed high levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from two sites in the lower Clinton River in...

Great Lakes Cheese halts wastewater discharge amid fish die-off investigation

Sep 5, 2025 | Daily News

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation confirmed the Great Lakes Cheese factory in Franklinville, New York, was not in compliance with its discharge permit and has paused discharges from its wastewater treatment facility following a significant...
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Recent GLC News

  • New Great Lakes water use report demonstrates shared stewardship of the world’s largest freshwater system
  • Grants awarded to improve regional management of invasive Phragmites across the Great Lakes basin
  • Great Lakes Commission awards more than $1.7 million to reduce runoff and improve Great Lakes water quality
  • Great Lakes Commission passes resolutions on AI/computing infrastructure and water use; elects new leadership at meeting in Duluth

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