Great Lakes Daily News

The Trump administration lifted an unexplained stop-work order on the $1.15 billion invasive carp barrier project following a direct appeal from Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and mounting pressure from Illinois officials and Great Lakes groups. Read the full story by MLive.

With invasive species causing $138 billion in U.S. economic losses yearly, a new online database from the Great Lakes Commission aims to help e-commerce buyers and sellers in 50 states identify non-native aquatic plants and animals to avoid. Read the full story by Forbes.

A group of scientists from the University of Minnesota Duluth is helping design a first-of-its-kind physics experiment in Lake Superior which will detect neutrino particles and could help them better understand the sun, distant stars, black holes and even the beginning of the universe itself.  Read the full story by Northern News Now.

The tide is turning against harmful algal blooms on Lake Erie thanks in part to an Ohio program called H2Ohio that encourages farmers to restrict their use of fertilizers. Read the full story by WOSU – Columbus, OH.

For over a century, the St. Louis River Estuary had a bad reputation due to years of wastewater dumping and industrialization. Since being designated as an area of concern, state and tribal agencies across both Minnesota and Wisconsin split the 12,000-acre estuary into different habitat restoration projects digging out contaminated sediment, building new storm water culverts, replanting native plants, and creating safe water access for public recreation. Read the full story by KQDS-TV – Duluth, MN.

Crystal Lake Public Beach in Montcalm County, Michigan, has tested positive for algal toxin microcystin after an algal bloom formed. Health officials discovered the water bloom during a routine beach monitoring. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press.

The Ohio Lake Erie Commission recently released a draft of the final delisting report regarding environmental concerns about the Black River in Lorain County, Ohio. This is one of the final steps in the river no longer being regarded as an area of concern. Read the full story by The Chronicle Telegram.

A Milwaukee County circuit judge has reversed a lower-court decision in a closely watched Lake Michigan shoreline access case, a ruling that could influence how Wisconsin courts interpret the public’s right to walk along the Great Lakes shoreline. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Visitors can get a close look at one of Michigan’s most unique fish during a free tour of the Black River sturgeon hatchery this Labor Day weekend. Read the full story by Up North Voice.

The Michigan Maritime Museum in South Haven will hold a presentation on the ancient history of the Great Lakes next week including what existed in the Cambrian Period, before the Great Lakes even existed. Read the full story by WSJM – Benton Harbor, MI.