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Invasive zebra and quagga mussels don’t appear to be very widespread in the Apostle Islands of Lake Superior. The preliminary findings are part of a two-year study to determine the extent of their numbers and where they originated. Read the full story by the Superior Telegram. View the full article

After yet another summer of dangerous and destructive flooding, Wisconsin residents seem more ready than ever to discuss how climate change is affecting the state. Read the full story by Urban Milwaukee. View the full article

Dangerously high waves – some approaching 15 feet – are forecast for the Great Lakes today as gale-force winds are whipped up ahead of a cold front sweeping through Michigan. Read the full story by Mlive. View the full article

Recent test results from the Ohio EPA reveal that PCB levels remain dangerously high in sediments from the Cuyahoga river. The manmade industrial chemicals are hazardous waste, potentially carcinogenic, and have been banned since 1979. Read the full story by the Cleveland Plain Dealer. View the full article

A proposed $1.6 million project to rehabilitate St. Johns Marsh in Clay Township, Michigan, has been stalled because of permitting problems. The proposal includes use of an herbicide to control invasive Phragmites, which has many residents concerned. Read the full story by the Port Huron Times Herald. View the full article

A flotilla of boats set off for Galloo Island on Thursday morning in protest of a planned wind farm on the Island in Lake Ontario. Read the full story by the Watertown Daily Times. View the full article

Recent controversy surrounding water withdrawals from the Great Lakes Basin are the focus of the new edition to Peter Annin’s book “The Great Lakes Water Wars.” Read the full story by MinnPost. View the full article

In Ohio, dozens of people attended an informational meeting Thursday to find out more about FEMA’s recently completed preliminary Flood Insurance Study and its preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps. The projects are part of an ongoing effort to modernize FEMA’s coastal flooding maps. Read the full story by WTVG-TV – Toledo, OH. View the full article

Since many southward bird migrations follow the shores of Southwestern Ontario’s Great Lakes, lots of birders are flocking to Lake Erie and Lake Huron. Read the full story by the Kingston Whig Standard. View the full article

International shipments on the Great Lakes to ports like the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor and the Port of Chicago are up 4 percent so far this year, largely because of a robust grain trade. Read the full story by the Northwest Indiana Times. View the full article

The newly dedicated, 42-mile water trail for canoeists and kayakers circumnavigates the island located 30 miles off the northwest lower Michigan coast. Read the full story in the Traverse City Record Eagle. View the full article

Shedd Aquarium announced the Chicago Marathon will join the cause, asking all marathon hotel partners, restaurants and vendors to stop using disposable straws during race weekend next month. Read the full story by WTTW-Chicago, IL. View the full article

Buckle up for the gales of September. Gale watches and warnings are kicking in today across much of Lake Superior, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. Read the full story by MLive. View the full article

The problem is docks left high and dry and boats stuck in boathouses. The water on Lake St. Lawrence is the lowest it has been in 20 years. Read the full story by WWNY-TV-Carthage, NY. View the full article

Miller Ferries, serving Lake Erie’s Put-in-Bay and Middle Bass Island, has contracted with Fraser Shipyards of Superior, Wisconsin, to build a new drive-on, drive-off passenger/vehicle ferry for delivery in fall 2019. The vessel will be christened Mary Ann Market in honor of the family matriarch and the company’s late owner. Read the full story by the Put-in-Bay Daily. View the full article

A year ago, cleveland.com took over a separate website, RocktheLake.com, and populated it with attractions, events, stories and videos from across Ohio’s north coast. Because Lake Erie matters. Read the full story by Cleveland.com. View the full article

After two months, researchers from Michigan Technological University have submitted the final version of a state-sponsored study looking into the risk factors associated with the Line 5 petroleum pipeline. Read the full story by the Petoskey News-Review. View the full article

The expanding list of warnings related to chemical contamination in the Huron River has gotten even more extensive, with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services advising people to avoid swallowing foam on the Huron River, or letting their pets near it. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press. View the full article

Biologists at DTE Energy are scuba diving in Lake Erie, off the shore of its Monroe Power and Fermi 2 nuclear plants, this fall to gather research on freshwater mussels native to the Great Lakes. Read the full story by Monroe News. View the full article

The Insurance Bureau of Canada is calling for “urgent action” when it comes to preserving Canada’s wetlands as a way of limiting flood risk, reporting that restoring ponds and wetlands can be a more cost-friendly and effective way of preventing flooding than man-made alternatives, such as dams or levies. Read the full story by CTV News. View the full article

A new report warns that warmer and wetter climate in the Midwest could lead to the displacement of some cold water fish species in southern Lake Michigan and trigger die-offs in smaller inland lakes. Read the full story by The Associated Press. View the full article

Although agencies and partners are approaching the invasive grass carp challenge in their own ways, they still collaborate to be more effective in their management and eradication attempts, wherever possible. Read the full story by The Manitoulin Expositor. View the full article

Environmental regulators say they’ll deploy a drone over a northern Michigan lake to search for springs that could be laced with chemicals from firefighting foam used at the nearby Camp Grayling military base. The chemicals are emerging as a widespread threat to drinking water systems. Read the full story by The Associated Press. View the full article

The National Museum of the Great Lakes is adding a tugboat, fittingly named the Ohio, in front of the museum’s freighter. Read the full story by the Cleveland Plain Dealer. View the full article

Fall colors last longer in parts of Michigan because the massive Great Lakes system creates a microclimate in parts of the state where it stays warmer overnight, which extends fall and the associated color changes. Read the full story by MLive. View the full article