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After designation as an “area of concern” over 30 years ago, restoration of a section of the Menominee River is almost complete and will make it more suitable for fishing and swimming. The river forms the boundary between the southern tip of the Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and the northeast corner of Wisconsin before emptying into Lake Michigan. Read the full story by WISC-TV – Madison, WI. View the full article

The Great Lakes Observing System has a text-a-buoy system that allows boaters, anglers, and the curious to get a response text with the latest water and weather conditions. Read the full story by the Windsor Star. View the full article

As Lake Erie warms and winds blow the Western Basin’s harmful algal blooms eastward, they merge with a separate, less toxic bloom of a different type of algae in the Central Basin. The combination develops into tons of algae that sinks to the bottom of the lake where it decomposes and consumes oxygen until the lowest 10 feet is nearly entirely depleted. This “dead zone” threatens the drinking water for millions of Northeast Ohioans and forces fish and other aquatic creatures to leave the contaminated area or die from lack of oxygen. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer. View the full article

Blasdell and Rush creeks, once several hundred feet apart, have merged to form a single mouth emptying into Lake Erie, making crossing 10 feet of water the only way for Woodlawn, New York residents to get to Lake Erie. Read the full story by The Buffalo News. View the full article

Over 2,000 pounds of invasive red swamp crayfish were seized from a truck at the border between the U.S. and Canada in Port Huron, Michigan, when a commercial hauler attempted to leave the United States. Read the full story by The Associated Press. View the full article

U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) announced that the Great Lakes Observing System Regional Association in Ann Arbor, Michigan, will receive a $585,702 grant to improve early warning systems for harmful algal blooms on Lake Erie. Read the full story by The Press & Guide. View the full article

Residents and beachgoers along Lake Michigan’s shoreline have dealt with rising lake levels for several years. In the last five years, communities across southeastern Wisconsin have been especially impacted by erosion and bluff failures. Read the full story by WDJT-TV – Milwaukee, WI View the full article

Following its designation as an EPA Superfund site, parts of the Kalamazoo River near Otsego, Michigan, are being returned to public use. Read the full story by MLive. View the full article

Analyzing data stretching back to 1918, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers found water levels for Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, St. Clair, Erie, and Ontario were noticeably higher than what typically is seen this month. Read the full story by The Detroit News. View the full article

While paddleboarding across Lake Superior, the co-founder of Stand Up for Great Lakes noticed an alarming amount of trash in the water. Now he is leading coordinated beach cleanups across the Great Lakes. Read the full story by WWUP-TV – Sault Ste. Marie, MI. View the full article

Summit Metro Parks will use money from a recent grant to improve water quality for a section of the Cuyahoga River in its newly acquired Valley View, Ohio, property. The $370,000 grant was provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Great Lakes Commission. Read the full story by WKSU – Kent, OH. View the full article

A U.S. District Court case briefing contains new accusations leveled against the U.S. EPA as a part of an ongoing lawsuit regarding the agency’s actions concerning harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade. View the full article

Project Clean Lake, a $3 billion effort in Cleveland, Ohio, is hoping to reduce discharge of untreated sewage into Lake Erie through the construction of 7 underground storage tunnels. Read the full story by WEWS-TV – Cleveland, OH. View the full article

In Michigan, test results show contamination has been pouring out of Selfridge Air National Guard Base into the Clinton River and Lake St. Clair, which is the source of drinking water for nearby municipalities reporting detections of harmful chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. Read the full story by MLive. View the full article

Michigan and Ohio’s Republican congressional delegation helped shepherd an appropriations bill to approval on Thursday in the U.S. House of Representatives that would maintain full funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative in fiscal year 2019. Read the full story by The Ripon Advance. View the full article

Democrat Rich Cordray and Republican Mike DeWine both said they’ll include state farmers in any discussion about how to deal with harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie. Read full story by the Sandusky Register. View the full article

The Michigan state Legislature is considering bills that would speed up wetland restoration. Read the full story by NPR – Michigan Radio. View the full article

Activists concerned about Lake Ontario’s rising waters and their impact on residents along the lake shore in both Canada and the U.S. came together Saturday for a tour of damaged areas in New York’s Niagara and Ontario counties. Read the full story by The Daily News. View the full article

On Tuesday, federal officials are hosting a public meeting in Saginaw, Michigan, to discuss the next phase of a multi-year effort to protect and clean up the Great Lakes. Read the full story by the Associated Press. View the full article

In Michigan, a recent cleanup effort along a stretch of the Menominee River is expected to boost fish and environmental health in the area as the river recovers. Read the full story by WLUC-TV – Negaunee, MI. View the full article

Forty to 50 feet below the surface of Lake Erie — in a location that’s being kept secret — lies what is thought to be the lost Schooner Ship Lake Serpent. A team will examine the wreckage on Tuesday, hoping to positively identify the ship. Read the full story by WOIO-TV – Cleveland, OH. View the full article

An unusually high number of beach closures and water contamination advisories are hitting Michigan at the height of this tourism season. Read the full story by Bridge Magazine. View the full article

It’s about time we learn to stop downplaying risks related to the Line 5 oil pipeline where it crosses the Straits of Mackinac and begin moving forward with what now should be the obvious move to eliminate the threat. Read the full story by the Record-Eagle. View the full article

Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Watercraft requires all boats to be registered, including kayaks, canoes and inflatable boats. Read full story by Cleveland.com. View the full article

About 990,000 gallons of sewage was dumped into Lake Erie over the weekend in Dunkirk, New York. Officials say that rainfall of over two inches played a role in the sewage leak. Read the full story by WKBW – Buffalo, NY. View the full article