The Executive Office of the President’s proposed 2026 federal budget includes a 25% reduction — nearly $1.5 billion — to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That could gut funding for research programs monitoring water quality, weather conditions and fish populations across the region. Read the full story by Spectrum News 1.
Great Lakes Daily News
Latest Daily News
- Great Lakes fish consumption app improves Anishinaabe way of life, study shows
- Illinois wants to protect the Great Lakes from invasive carp, but a toxic mess stands in the way
- Congress urged to address PFAS crisis threatening Great Lakes, public health
- Great Lakes cruise ship will make stop in Toledo Friday, the first to dock here ‘in decades’
- Line 5 tunnel would reduce leak risk, create some construction headaches, Army Corps says
- New details released of proposed hovercraft service between downtown Toronto and Niagara Region
- Great Lakes Fisheries Commission tackles invasive species at annual meeting
- Maritime Heritage Alliance aims to make Great Lakes more accessible for all
- Why are there swarms of midge flies by Lake Michigan every spring?
- Glass-bottom boat tours offer shipwreck views without getting wet
- Illinois acquires land for project to keep invasive carp from Lake Michigan
- Landmark study finds Great Lakes have entered a new era with climate change, extreme events