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Latest Daily News
Lakeshore communities use sandbags, pumps, and drones as flood stage gets nearer
With Lake Ontario expected to get near its flood stage later this week, lakeshore communities are preparing for the worst. Read the full story by WHEC-TV – Rochester, NY.
Microplastics and algal blooms threaten double-whammy of trouble for Lake Erie
A new research paper suggests that the billions of pieces of plastic might be giving algae particles more surface area to bind onto inside Lake Erie. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade.
Lake to table: How Lake Superior’s catch reaches northland plates
As fishing season begins, local fishermen and businesses are working together to share the flavors of Lake Superior—while preserving the lake that makes those traditions possible for generations to come. Read the full story by WDIO-TV – Duluth, MN.
Bay City Western sixth graders release more than 100 fish they raised from tiny eggs
After Bay City Western Middle School students in Michigan watched and cared for about 150 Chinook salmon that started out as eggs and grew to about two to two and a half inches long, it was time to release them into the Kawkawlin River. Read the full story by MLive.
Walleye and musky fishing season now open on Wisconsin lakes
A fedral court issued a temporary restraining order preventing the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians from restricting fishing of walleye and musky on certain lakes, after the band attempted to prohibit non-members from using forward trolling and forward-facing sonar on all lakes within the reservation’s boundaries. Read the full story by WITI-TV – Milwaukee, WI.
Isle Royale honored among 6 historic preservation projects across Michigan
Governor Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan announced during a ceremony on Friday that six projects were awarded Governor’s Awards for Historic Preservation. The projects included Isle Royale National Park where the cultural resource program has conducted archaeological survey work along Nipissing beach, a “relic of Lake Superior shoreline approximately five thousand years old.” Read the full story by WLUC-TV – Marquette, MI.
How do we adapt Michigan’s dams to climate change?
As waters recede across northern Michigan waterways from last week’s historic flooding, local leaders, advocates and experts are renewing calls to bolster safety regulations, upgrade or remove some of the state’s aging dams. Read the full story by Michigan Advance.
Activists want mills along Lake Michigan to invest in clean steel
Northern Indiana’s shorefront steel industry is the largest grouping of steel mills in the country and an economic engine for the local economy. Activists want steel production to transition away from using coal as soon as possible. Read the full story by the Allegheny Front.
How the Great Lakes power Michigan’s economy
Between shipping and tourism, the Great Lakes generate billions of dollars for the Michigan economy. Read the full story by WDIV-TV – Detroit, MI.
What to know about the greatest threats to the Great Lakes
Approximately 180 non-native species now live in the Great Lakes, and about a third of them are considered invasive, the three biggest threats are zebra mussels, sea lamprey and invasive carp. Each one is quietly disrupting the ecosystem that millions of people and animals depend on every single day. Read the full story by WDIV-TV – Detroit, MI.