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This year’s Port Huron to Mackinac Island sailboat race on Lake Huron started on Saturday under light winds, and conditions did not pick up for the sailors. Most years the first boats finish on Sunday, but this year the first two finishers did not arrive until Monday morning. Read the full story by the Associated Press. View the full article

Preliminary new floodplain maps for St. Clair County, Michigan, were made public this week, and over 1,200 structures have been removed from the special flood hazard areas, which require owners to pay for flood insurance. Read the full story by The Port Huron Times Herald. View the full article

The binational shipping industry on the Great Lakes supports almost 238,000 jobs between the United States and Canada and brings in $35 billion annually, according to a new economic impact study released Wednesday. Read the full story by The Duluth News Tribune. View the full article

Many Michiganders have decried the Department of Environmental Quality’s approval for Nestle to pump water from the Great Lakes for just the annual $200 permit fee, but Michigan Governor Rick Snyder said that “as a practical matter, they followed the rules as they exist, they followed sound science, so the permit was issued.” Read the full story by WDIV-TV – Detroit, MI. View the full article

Ruengrit Changkwanyuen, General Motors’ information launch manager in Thailand, completed his first dive in Lake Huron and spent years exploring shipwrecks in the Great Lakes. Over 20 years later, Changkwanyuen played a key role in the Thai cave rescue. Read the full story by The Detroit Free Press. View the full article

Library | In this edition: New video showcases St. Marys River restoration,GLC launches online portal for maritime jobs on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River, GLC urges Congress to fully fund the GLRI in FY19, and more. The Advisor e-newsletter offers Great Lakes Commission news and information to keep our partners up to date on our work on behalf of our member states and provinces, and the 48 million people in the Great Lakes region. Subscribe today! Published May 2018 | View May 2018 E-Newsletter Click here to view an archive of recent Advisor e-newsletters, or to subscribe to the Advisor! Return to the Library main page CONTACT If you need help finding project information, or materials from inactive or archived products that are not available in the Library, please email Laura Andrews, [email protected]. Library by Subject About the Commission Advisor Air Quality Aquatic Invasive Species Areas of Concern Data and Monitoring Economy and Transportation Energy Habitat and Coastal Land Use Maps Newsletters News and Announcements Policy and Advocacy Ports and Navigation Regional Agreements Soil Erosion and Dredging Tourism and Recreation Water Quality Water Quantity and Use View the full article

A Cornell University professor is leading a research project using New York beaches as a laboratory in hopes of perfecting a rapid DNA-based tool for detecting bacteria used to determine beach closings. Read the full story by Spectrum News. View the full article

While most of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan is parched for tourists, Munising is awash with them during the summer and has gone from a ghost town to boom town in just a few years. According to residents, the interlopers are threatening to destroy the very thing that draws them here — the nearby Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Read the full story by The Detroit News. View the full article

While most of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan is parched for tourists, Munising is awash with them during the summer and has gone from a ghost town to boom town in just a few years. According to residents, the interlopers are threatening to destroy the very thing that draws them here — the nearby Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Read the full story by The Detroit News. View the full article

Waves on Lake Michigan can reach dangerous heights, and rip currents are common. The most important step you can take to keep your family safe at the beach is to do your research before you leave your home. Read the full story by WNDU-TV – South Bend, IN. View the full article

Money to complete a study of a potential project related to Asian carp and the Great Lakes may be approved in Washington D.C. soon. That’s according to Wisconsin U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who advocated for the funds. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio. View the full article

The average American throws away about 185 pounds of plastic a year, and millions of tons of it goes into the ocean. Ocean plastic pollution is well documented. Now, there’s increased interest in looking at pollution in the Great Lakes. Read the full story by WDJT-TV – Milwaukee, WI. View the full article

Heavy rainfall over Lake Superior in the last month has sent 2.75 trillion gallons of additional water into the largest of our Great Lakes. In a typical year, Lake Superior will see its water level increase by 3 inches between June 13 and July 13. This year, it rose by 5 inches during that window, according to the National Weather Service in Marquette. Read the full story by MLive. View the full article

The future of the Great Lakes is up for public comment. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is crafting the next phase of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and is seeking comment at public meetings and online. Read the full story by The Public News Service. View the full article

Michiganders have been surfing for decades but will get their first Great Lakes Surf Festival on Aug. 18, in Muskegon. Read the full story by The Macomb Daily. View the full article

When it comes to the health and maintenance of Lake Michigan, some environmentalists, property owners and even surfers have expressed their concerns. Some of those concerns: toxins, the Foxconn deal in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and rising lake levels. Read the full story by WTTW-TV – Chicago, IL. View the full article

As peak algae season nears for Lake Erie, there has been a flurry of activity in Ohio designed to deal with the dreaded blooms that can cause municipalities to shut down water systems, close beaches, and put a damper on the tourism economy. Read the full story by Great Lakes Now. View the full article

On Saturday, a group of historical re-enactors will launch their 35-foot fiberglass reproduction of an 18th century birch bark Montreal Canoe into the Black River in Port Huron. From there, they will paddle to the St. Clair River and head south to visit local historical societies. Read the full story by the Times Herald. View the full article

In Michigan, light winds are plaguing the annual Bell’s Beer Bayview Mackinac Race from Port Huron to Mackinac Island. Read the full story by the Detroit Free Press. View the full article

A new survey by the International Joint Commission asked more than 4000 people living around the lakes what they think and how they feel about the Great Lakes. The poll showed that 24% of people did not know the challenges facing the lakes. Read the full story by CBC News. View the full article

The Quebec government must act immediately to protect the province’s lakes and rivers from a particularly nasty invasive species called Eurasian watermilfoil, nicknamed the “zombie plant,” before it’s too late, a coalition of municipalities, businesspeople, scientists, tourism groups and environmentalists said Monday. Read the full story by the Montreal Gazette. View the full article

Repairs on the seawall near the mouth of the Black River in Lorain, OH are having benefits for boaters and fish. Read the full story by the Lorain Morning Journal. View the full article

Lake Ontario hit its highest levels in 100 years in the spring of last year, creating problems across Toronto’s waterfront. Waterfront parks suffered a combined $28.3 million worth of flood and wind damage over the last year — but the city’s Parks, Forestry and Recreation budget plan only covers 13 percent of the repair work. Read the full story by CBC News. View the full article

As many Toledo, OH suburbs study the potential of using the Michindoh Aquifer for water, the Bryan City Council held a public meeting to gather information from people who rely on the aquifer for water. After hearing from many concerned citizens, city council passed a resolution opposing any outside entity extracting water from the aquifer. Read the full story by the Toledo Blade. View the full article

The Gibraltar Point Lighthouse guided ships into Toronto’s harbor when the port was the city’s most thriving commercial asset. Built in 1808, the lighthouse is the oldest building of its kind still standing on the Great Lakes.Read the full story by The Canadian Press. View the full article