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In all, 99 people have died so far in 2018 on the Great Lakes, tying 2012 and 2016 for the highest number of deaths on record, data from the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project shows. Read the full story by the Buffalo News. View the full article

Imagine that we, as Americans, have the right to lawfully stop anything that violated the rights of the Great Lakes. The idea is called community rights, and it’s popping up around the world and across the country, and it is meant to stop anything causing an adverse effect on the ecosystem. Read the full story by Salon. View the full article

At next month’s meeting of the Natural Resources Commission in Lansing, Michigan, Department of Natural Resources fish managers will recommend a small number of Upper Peninsula stream segments for inclusion under a 10-brook trout possession limit. Read the full story by WLUC-TV – Marquette, MI View the full article

A set of bills intended to set stricter reporting requirements for pipeline operators in Michigan quietly passed through committee hearings this week, although some environmental groups say they don’t address the real crux of their concerns when it comes to Enbridge and Line 5. Read they full story by the Petoskey News. View the full article

Scientists looking into the emergence of blue-green algal bloom events in Lake Superior have reason to believe they will continue. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now. View the full article

After years of debate over Isle Royale’s wolf pack that had dwindled to just two, this week a new pair of wolves was caught and airlifted to the remote island in Lake Superior, kicking off an effort by the National Park Service to replenish the predators. Read the full story by Mlive. View the full article

At the heart of problems at the beleaguered conservation authority, according to the audit report, are decisions of its board of directors who don’t follow best governance practices, do not have training to function as effective board members and inappropriately interfere with the day-to-day operations of staff. Read the full story by the St. Catharines Standard. View the full article

Whistles on the Water is a celebration of the steam whistles that graced Great Lakes freighters and passenger liners. As a connecting water, many of those graceful ships from another era steamed along the St. Clair River. Read the full story by the Port Huron Times Herald. View the full article

Now that it’s known a Wixom, Michigan manufacturing company is a source of PFAS contamination in the Huron River, Ann Arbor area lawmakers are urging Gov. Rick Snyder to take action to shut down the plant’s discharge of harmful chemicals. Read the full story by Mlive. View the full article

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett held a press conference Wednesday announcing the city’s new Green Infrastructure plan framework, after it was adopted by the Milwaukee Common Council Tuesday. Read the full story by Urban Milwaukee. View the full article

Water levels will temporarily rise along a portion of the St. Lawrence River between Massena and Ogdensburg during the first two weeks in October to help recreational users remove their vessels and docks, according to the International Lake Ontario-Saint Lawrence River Board. Read the full story by the Watertown Daily Times. View the full article

An article by Harold McNeil in Wednesday’s Buffalo News quoted a climate adaptation expert in The Guardian newspaper calling Buffalo one of two cities in the U.S. as ideal climate refuges. Read the full story by The Buffalo News. View the full article

A Michigan activist told a U.S. Senate panel Wednesday that there needs to be swifter federal action on drinking-water contamination by a potentially harmful class of fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS. Read the full story by The Detroit News. View the full article

Imagine trying to balance in the air a few feet off the ground while standing on a shaky, skinny nylon line stretched between a couple of trees in your backyard. Now imagine if that line were two football fields long and suspended between two cliffs more than 100 feet above Lake Superior. It’s called slacklining, a niche sport that’s getting its footing in the Twin Cities area and around the state. Read the full story by the Minneapolis Star Tribune. View the full article

The Superior Watershed Partnership and Land Conservancy announced the permanent protection of two unique coastal properties on Lake Superior totaling over 3,100 feet of sand beach. Read the full story by WLUC – Marquette, MI. View the full article

After the Flint water crisis, Michigan has been appropriately seen as a drinking-water horror story. However, the state has recently become a leader in the battle against lead contamination in drinking water, putting in place the strongest protections in the country. Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune. View the full article

By operating at the harbor, heavy equipment manufactured at the plant can be more efficiently loaded on to Great Lakes freighters. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel View the full article

Earlier this year, three paddle boarders representing the organization Stand Up for Great Lakes paddled nearly 60 miles from Sinclair Cove, Ontario, to Whitefish Point, Michigan to benefit the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum. Read and view the full story by 9 & 10 News. View the full article

A work detail from Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans descended on the one-time Boblo Island ferry dock on the Detroit River Tuesday and removed what was left of the dock’s metal roofing. Read the full story by the Windsor Star. View the full article

Groundwater provides drinking water to over 2.6 Michigan residents and faces contamination threats from multiple sources. A new report by the water advocacy group FLOW documents the extent of groundwater contamination in Michigan and provides recommendations for protecting groundwater. Read the full story by Bridge Magazine. View the full article

The Treat Farm Trail is a family friendly hike that offers spectacular views of the Empire Bluffs and Lake Michigan and is an excellent fall hike for those visiting Northern Michigan this fall. Read the full story by 9 and 10 News. View the full article

The unexpected return of the American marten to Lake Superior’s Isle Royale has scientists searching for an explanation on how the animal could have repopulated the island with seemingly no human help. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo. View the full article

The U.S. Senate will hear testimony from three Michigan residents on the impact on PFAS chemicals to drinking water during a hearing scheduled for Wednesday. Additional speakers will also provide testimony in a hearing aimed at understanding the PFAS crisis and how the federal government should act. Read the full story by MLive. View the full article

Aquaculture is the Great Lakes is currently prohibited, however proponents are pushing to expand the industry by touting potential economic benefits. Opponents are concerned aquaculture would damage the environment. Read the full story by the Downtown Newsmagazine. View the full article

Great Lakes residents overwhelmingly support immediate action to install new structural protections on Illinois rivers to prevent Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes, according to a recent poll by the Great Lakes Partnership to Block Asian Carp. Read the full story by WMMT-TV – Kalamazoo, MI. View the full article