Great Lakes Daily News

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced plans to stop the spread of invasive carp in the Great Lakes via a series of high-tech barriers designed to prevent invasive carp from reaching Lake Michigan while still allowing boats to pass through. Read the full story by The Manitoulin Expositor.

Indigenous leaders in North America, environmental and geographical experts, and volunteers are collaborating on the Biinaagami Project, a planned three-year initiative to engage Canadians and Americans in stewardship of the Great Lakes. Read the full story by The St. Catharines Standard.

The Great Lakes Water Authority announced that a repaired water transmission main that services several Metro Detroit communities is now expected to resume normal operations in early October, weeks after its expected resumption, after a leak closed the main in mid-August. Read the full story by WDIV-TV – Detroit, MI.

This Thursday, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy is hosting a virtual public hearing on a push to restore the Grand River’s rapids in downtown Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids Whitewater and the city of Grand Rapids are seeking a permit to remove four low-head dams and replace them with rocks and boulders. Read the full story by MLive.

In Minnesota, Brighton Beach’s construction plan is an estimated $3.5 million dollars. However, Duluth’s Parks and Recreation department is finding ways to reduce costs and be more sustainable, such as by reusing Brighton Beach’s current rocks and gravel. Read the full story by WDIO-TV – Duluth, MN.

Trash Fish Cleveland organizes volunteers to clean up trash from waterways leading to Lake Erie and aims to educate and encourage the Cleveland community, giving volunteers a new perspective on plastic pollution. Read the full story by Spectrum News 1.

The Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup, launched in 2020 by Pollution Probe and the Council of the Great Lakes Region, is focused both on cleanup technology and raising awareness of the plastic waste problem. Devices like the BeBot, a $55,000 beach-sifting robot, aim to spark people’s curiosity and get them concerned about the issue. Read the full story by Axios.

A new film, “Against the Current 2: Keeping Invasive Carp Out of the Great Lakes,” is documenting efforts to prevent invasive carp species from entering the Great Lakes. The film is a sequel to 2020’s “Against the Current,” which detailed work on the Brandon Road Lock and Dam project near Chicago. Read the full story by Finger Lakes 1.

The Great Lakes region sits at the intersection of two migratory super-highways, the Mississippi and Atlantic flyways, where more than 380 bird species fly through the region each fall. The Bird Migration Explorer, a new interactive map from the National Audubon Society, lets bird watchers track the journeys that globe-trotting birds make each year. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Momentum continues to build in the Green Bay area for the National Estuarine Research Reserve, a federal designation to help protect and study coastal wetlands and natural estuaries. Land set aside for the reserve is designated through a six-step process that usually takes about four to six years to finish. Read the full story by Press Times.